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He'll be loving the chance to get minutes in a game, and knows he'll be a hero if he scores...no need to feel sorry for him!

How much are we spending badly?

There are only a couple of halfwits who continue this narrative!

Not much different to Bolton and Derby, who they will likely replace?

Yes - but it's easier to criticise the Vale, than give them any credit for trying something different!

Fairly ironic you made that statement - one of the best teams in our League, last season, and doing ok in the Championship! They ended this game having had more than 30 shots - Maidstone had 2...sound familiar?

No - because he's already played for 2 clubs this season!!!!!!

Yes...but they made too many individual errors. They would have lost whichever style they tried to play, making that many mistakes! Incidentally - did they change their playing style for that game only? Or, had the way they've played all season been let down by those individual errors?

...about...as welcome as chlamydia!

Love that you don't mind calling DF a liar, in black and white! Obviously, Prem teams want their players to get games...they aren't going to loan them to be a part of the furniture! Just a thought - was it you, recently, who said something like "get any old rubbish in, as long as they fill gaps"? If it wasn't you, I apologise? If it was you - I prefer the way we work now! Don't let your obvious loathing for DF - and, probably the role of DoF - sway you away from what's happening with the Vale. It seems you don't care if we are becoming a well-liked and respected club? Just as long as we play Popeball all the time and sack off this modern version of football?

Maybe not the best example to quote, Warren? - it was the investigation that was as flawed as Fujitsu's software!

I agree - but, as a classicist I was referring to ambrosia - the food of the Gods...and how appropriate is that?

Yes - that's a L:ancashire problem, too! Our supermarkets only stock those by "Staffordshire Oatcakes" which are better than nothing...bit not as good as the real thing! Admin...I know...off topic...for some while. Time to have a thread dedicated to our ambrosia?

I consider oatcakes to be part of a full English breakfast...so, bacon, sausage and eggs and you have the best start to the day! Edit: and mushrooms!

Yep - that sounds pretty soulless!

Wow - you manage to kill the mood every time, don't you? "Begging around" and "scrounge" are as far away as they can be from what's really happening here - we are identifying young and gifted talent from elite clubs, and persuading them that these players can get a good grounding with us. None of this is done by happenstance...nor with a begging bowl! As you may have read, Man United "scouted us" for a while, to make sure we were the real deal for them. That, alone, is a feather in our cap - to establish that kind of trust with clubs like Liverpool and Man IU. We often hear "why can they loan players from top clubs, but we can't?" - it's because we've never put in the groundwork that has to be done, and not, since the days of Rudgie, had many managers with the chutzpah to ask Man Utd for one of their players, on loan? Yes - I get we're still 18th in the League...and some of us think we're one game from the drop...but we haven't played many matches, recently, for various reasons out of our control, which has left us with up to 3 games in hand, and a single win could move us up 4 or 5 ;places. Take a look upwards, for a change, instead of permanently fearing the drop? It's not scary!

I knew I should have posted the rumour!!!!! hahaha

Win one game in hand puts us up about 4 - 5 places...win two puts us up 7 places. We have 3 in hand on some clubs...and, yes - I know they have to be won!

I think that's your best and most accurate post, manc_vale! Welcome to the Club!

'tis alchemy...not sorcery!

That just shows the versatility of the oatcake - sweet or savoury! And, yes - golden syrup and butter were awesome!!

Pitch looks good, and seems to play well! Not heard any complaints about it?

Seems a decent passer? I like he does his defensive duties, too - even as far back as his own penalty box. And not afraid of a tackle! Looking forward to seeing him play!

Toney was banned! You should know gambling isn't something as simple as wanting a bit of a flutter, a little entertainment? The issues for a person to start gambling can be very complex, and have nothing to do with winning money, even? It can be a very destructive lifestyle, and cases need to be dealt with with some sympathy / empathy?