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But the recruitment team are going a great job and we have a good squad. 🤪

Feel marginally more optimistic after that tonight. Obviously disappointing to lose but we looked far more like a professional football team tonight than we have for a long while imo. Decent structure, played some ok stuff at times and on another day probably take a point but they’ve scored a worldie and then finished us when the game got stretched. With more time training and playing that system you would hope we improve but we still look short going forward no matter what training ground work we do. No complaints on the effort levels tonight but the reality is that 4 or 5 just aren’t good enough. That’s not their fault, it is what it is. There is only one man I hold responsible for the mess that we are in.

If that is a back 4 I might just cry tears of happiness.

Pretty much the same side I would try. I’d perhaps swap wings for Chis and Mighten to let Chis cut in on his right.

Carlisle, Fleetwood, Vale and either Shrews or Cheltenham. Fancy Charlton will have a run of 3 or 4 games at some point to pull them out of the mire.

Blackpool must have been bad at their place then.

Responsible for everything that touches the pitch but accountable for none of it.

Does anyone really believe this squad can get 5 wins to survive? I’m struggling to see another win let alone having to do it 5 times over. Today they were out-played, out-fought and out-thought. I’d contend they might be a worse squad than our last relegation campaign and that was a dreadful squad too. Still, at least they have nice changing rooms.

3. At. The. Back. Does. Not. Work.

3 at the back. Moore Out.

There’s a couple of decent sized car parks in the town centre. 10-15 minute walk to the ground.

Moore has said there is nothing in the links to Dwight Gayle.

Pay on the day available and more than 750 sold already. Good effort that.

It would be an absolute p1ss3r if having been paid off by S***e if Gayle rocks up at Vale and scores the goals to keep us up.

Not quite as much as a Huddersfield fan being on a Port Vale forum after you’ve just beaten Sunderland in the Championship. Just think about that for a minute, really think about it. Weird.

I would be surprised if Wayne Jacobs isn’t named assistant manager. Moore had him at Baggies and Wednesday and clearly trusts him.

Forecast for Friday and Saturday in Cheltenham looks fine.

When I bought yesterday it looked it 3 blocks were being sold online and a 4th block showed as available for sale but not online (maybe for in person sales?). 2 blocks were marked Do Not Sell (the two blocks closest to where their kids gather). Wouldn’t surprise me if those blocks become available to buy.

Original allocation was 800 but that end holds 1,100 so suspect they can release additional blocks.

The registration of a player and the squad list work slightly distinct from each other to the extent that you can be a registered player but not included on the squad list. You are only deemed “out of registration” between transfer windows if the registration expires or is cancelled before the end of the preceding window - I.e for the recent window by 11pm on Feb 1st. So Gayle could be registered by a club and play but Gregory cannot.

Credit where it is due that is an appointment I thought was beyond us. Very good record and well regarded in the game. Intrigued to see which tactical system he uses. Was known for using 3 at the back at West Brom and Wednesday but a 4–2-3-1 at Doncaster.

There are 3 midweeks in April we could try to push the game into rather than trying for the one that works for both Posh and Vale in March (which would be 19th March). Personally I’d rather play that game later than today on basis it gives Moore another game at the helm and by mid March we might have a couple of players back fit.

Get the rain dances going folks

There are no free hits in our situation. Every game is now a cup final. Tomorrow is a tough one but on any given day any side in this league can beat any other.

Do you not think any appointment is a gamble? There is no guarantee that any manager comes in and turns around our season. But on the balance of probability, a manager with 3 very good jobs done out of 4 would seem a decent enough shout.