[January Transfers and Rumours]

2 minutes ago, Gooders said:

Are any of them any good!

Better than the ones we've signed...

[January Transfers and Rumours]

4 minutes ago, capirex said:

Christian Doidge has resigned for Forest Green from Hibernian. Experienced striker with a good scoring record. Would have been worth a punt.

Burton and FGR signing strikers now. Big clubs distorting the market again! 😡

[January Transfers and Rumours]

11 minutes ago, LancyTony said:

I don't think we'll ever loose a game of football?

Have you seen the gaps in our defence?

[January Transfers and Rumours]

36 minutes ago, LancyTony said:

Does any of that affect what happens on the pitch? Or, might it help to bring a little more money into the Club?

What he's saying is that things off the pitch are seeming to take precedent over things on the pitch. All the fan zone, hot dogs, community hub, etc.. are great. But they're pointless and will bring in nowt if no one is coming because the first team is <ovf censored> and we're losing every week.

[January Transfers and Rumours]

Let's distort that bloody market baby!

[January Transfers and Rumours]

2 minutes ago, Bede said:

Did he really <ovf censored> say that?

No. But it's bad you can hear him saying it!

[January Transfers and Rumours]

38 minutes ago, saintvaliant said:

It is slightly disconcerting that others around us in the table seem to have found an ability to sign attacking options.

Carlisle, Wycombe, Exeter, Charlton have all brought in attacking reinforcements. Maybe it isn’t impossible to land a striker after all?

[Flitcroft]You have to realise that Carlisle, Wycombe and Exeter are far bigger clubs than us with massive spending power. They are really distorting the market with their spending.[/Flitcroft]

[January Transfers and Rumours]

3 hours ago, sheffieldclayhead said:

Don't think we will get anyone else in - permanent or loan or new manager - financial maybe?  Saving for next season hopefully in L1

Didn't the club use that excuse for why we had such a poor Jan and why we were so <ovf censored> in the second half of last season as well? 

When will the powers that be realise that the most important thing for football fans is what happens on the pitch? 

[January Transfers and Rumours]

44 minutes ago, PVFC FAN said:

Absolutely right. He has a chance to prove himself. We can splash the cash on someone decent or get a backup for loft.

 

I will get behind Loft everytime he's on the pitch. But if we are relying on him as our main striker, then we will be in League 2 next season.

[League one relegation watch]

6 hours ago, bobbymanc said:

Out of the relegation zone on "points deducted. Carlisle have won 4 games this season. One was against us. Cheltenham 6, one against us. We've got 14 points in 19 games. Absolutely sleepwalking towards league 2 as it stands. Lose next Saturday and Crosby has to go. He should have been sacked after Boxing Day to give us a chance during January.

I hope this doesn't upset Carol too much, but it's pointless sacking Crosby to make better signings. It's Flitcroft making the signings. They both need sacking if we want any real change. Sacking Crosby will just bring another scapegoat in for Flitcroft's constant failures. 

Sorry for being mean.

[January Transfers and Rumours]

We really don't need any more kids unless they can come straight in like Blaster. We have been dragged into a relegation scrap. We are only out of the relegation zone because of points deductions. Untried kids cannot be thrown in to save us. But we've been told by the man in charge of things on the pitch that we can only afford kids on loan. I really worry we'll go down if Funso and Garrity are out for a while and we don't sign a real striker. 

[January Transfers and Rumours]

40 minutes ago, darren1810 said:

I'm not sure Plymouth are comparable myself. Capable of gates twice our size and bigger budgets than ourselves. 

They have utilised the loan market excellently. Yet despite Azaz being one of the outstanding players last season he wasn't recalled by Villa and farmed out elsewhere. 

Plymouth also saw a first season of consolidation followed by substantial progress ( 7th ). Then promoted. Whereas we have stagnated in our league position. 

Plymouth are a miles bigger club than ourselves. 

My goal as a Vale fan having seen the Rudge years is for a sustainable club and decent entertainment. 

Not sure this tippy tappy vision of a League one club provides the latter. Other than the last 3 1/2 home games I've been bored rigid. 

What worries me is that we just become Crewe. Happy to sell all our kids, playing tippy happy football, in a 'nice family environment'. We used to take the pıss out of them for this. Vale should have a bit of grit and needle. Away managers always used to say 'Vale Park is a horrible place to go'. We're becoming far too nice and detached from what I see us as. Yes it's nice that we're getting kids and families in, but we should also be a bit rough and ready. We had the balance exactly right in the promotion season, as you saw with the Swindon game. This season we have strayed too far away from our working class, edgy, a bit nasty roots. Everything that comes out of the club is controlled. The interviews with Alfie and Blaster, all geared towards us being a nice and friendly. The Boro game typified this. 

[Blackpool (H) match thread - 29th Dec]

27 minutes ago, johnjeffersfanclub said:

I've got a lot of respect for a few Crosby Out Vale fans tonight. @Valiiant @JoeB2 and @Vtid. fair play. We completely disagree on Crosby, but a fair and balanced reflection. I was over positive after Barnsley, because I happen to really like AC (such is football). I think I just want a decent ex-lower-league centre back to get a decent crack at management. And I hope he will.

Going more direct today showed a bit of managerial growth. He had more front-foot players available and flexed it a bit. 

Last note from me. I swapped my ticket tonight. Went back to my roots at the back of the Paddock. Best experience ever. Watching just felt right again.

We moved back for last nights game and the Barnsley game. Like you say, feels good to be back home. I think you can tell a chunk of us have moved back as well as the atmosphere is a lot better on the Railway side again.

[Blackpool (H) match thread - 29th Dec]

I know the young lads did well when they came on, but I'd be really concerned about them starting against Blackpool's attack.

There again I would be if Grant and Massey started, so 🤷‍♂️

[Crosby In]

15 minutes ago, Doha said:

Personally for me, I don't like the fact that we keep frigging losing and went 17 weeks between seeing a striker score a league goal for us. P15 W2. Maybe I'm asking too much. 

This is Vale mate. We're <ovf censored>, accept it. Stop thinking things can be better. Stop thinking we can win a few games. Everyone is doing their bestest. If the fans stopped moaning, we might win a game. If you dunna like it, go down the Brit.

[Barnsley (H) match thread - Boxing Day]

29 minutes ago, andy jones said:

Should Ryan Loft have been left on to play with JW instead of Uche?

The only place Ryan Loft needs leaving is on a deserted island without a boat.

[Barnsley (H) match thread - Boxing Day]

6 hours ago, Vtid said:

Take a 1-0 win but how nice would a comfortable revenge victory be after that opening day spanking! I'd go... 

                                 Ripley

                Debrah     Lowe       Yak

    Massey        Sang        Garrity        Grant

                    Devine           Chislet

                                 Willo

     2-0 Vale... Wilson & Chislet 

Can't imagine the science will allow Willo to start. I'd got with this though. Willo and Uche to do 45 each.

[Merry Christmas]

1 hour ago, DickDale said:

Merry Christmas everyone, even Stoke fans 

Baby Jesus didn't die for this

[Merry Christmas]

Some of us do nowt but moan, some of us do nowt but praise, but everyone of us love the club in our own way.

Hope everyone has a brilliant day. Let's get down the Park on Tuesday and get behind the lads.

Merry Christmas and Up The Vale

[Wycombe (A) match thread - 23rd Dec]

9 minutes ago, Hot Rat said:

I think the problem isn't the possession based football, its the pace of the game. We played pacey possession based football with a high press against Wigan and the result was very entertaining. Unfortunately when we take our foot off the gas the same system looks ponderous. 

Spot on mate. We did the same against Mansfield and then reverted back to usual. We've shown we can play that way, that's the blueprint, so fans every right to be pissed off when we revert back to pedestrian football.

[Wycombe (A) match thread - 23rd Dec]

3 minutes ago, Paul6754 said:

When Tom Pope lead the attack Vale were more direct and the terms 'Hoof ball and Pope ball" were coined, there was a section of Vale fans on OVF who were dissatisfied with how Vale played.

Crosby has introduced a more possession based approach and still a section of OVF fans are unhappy.

What do Vale fans want in terms of playing style? I suspect something that doesn't exist especially at Lge 1 level.

For me good results are key and I couldn't give a damn how we play.

The way we played at home under Rob Page was perfect for me. High press on the front foot 4231 formation. Personally I like high intensity, right and left backs that can overlap (Gibbo and Clark) and a couple of quick wingers, that beat their man and get the ball in to a big lad in the middle.

[Wycombe (A) match thread - 23rd Dec]

19 minutes ago, smithie said:

It's a race to the bottom for the most brainless and uninspiring chant sometimes. I'd love to have a phones-and-cameras-off chat with Crosby and the players on what they really think about some of our fans. 

The kids that have moved to the middle of the Hamil are embarrassing. They've come close to something happening a few times this season. A couple of us said something when they were singing their <ovf censored> against Boro. A mix of families, them, Bycars oldies and a few of us that moved from the stand in the hope of a better atmosphere hasn't worked. I'm back home in the Railway Stand against Barnsley and the rest of the season probably.

[Wycombe (A) match thread - 23rd Dec]

47 minutes ago, Connolly said:

I ain't tolerating the fouled mouthed rage & hate in the stands any longer, and I know there are others who will call it out too. Laws still apply in football grounds.

Perhaps some of these men have a mental illness, which is understandable 

I've got bare mental health issues m8. I'll continue to shout profanities as I see fit with your blessing. Merry Christmas.

[Wycombe (A) match thread - 23rd Dec]

6 minutes ago, Hoppers said:

Two good names but what makes you think they would come?

Why risk it, eh?

[Wycombe (A) match thread - 23rd Dec]

Crosby out