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  1. I found that statement to be bland and sterile. It was full of high level good intent "we are all in this together" mentality. The author is a club employee, with input from the owners. I fear this is another attempt to stem the tide of supporter discontent that has misjudged the mood. The DOF has sacked two managers based on performance. However, his record is pretty dreadful but he seems to be above and beyond criticism. There are a number of specific issues I would like to raise with the owners and to receive answers. I would then wish to publish my own account of such a meeting. This will not happen we know. I remain supportive of the Shanahan family. I am not wholly disheartened about our impending relegation to Division 2, we've been there before many times. I am disheartened by the sterile corporate "<ovf censored>" that is presented to show that all is well. I am even more disappointed about the poor decision making of the DOF and the apparent shabby treatment of some players who served us well.
  2. Well yes Henderson probably just about pips Peter Farrell. The worse part about Martin Henderson was that we swopped Bob Newton to get him, oh the folly. We have made some enormously bad decisions in the past.
  3. A few former players that I can remember joined the Police service. Gordon Logan, Dave Mitchell, Tim Parkin. Jim Arnold was not a Police Officer but he worked for Staffordshire Police. The most bizarre career change was Terry Armstrong, he became a Prison Officer, then later became a Prisoner!
  4. It is much simpler than that. Danny Cowley turned down Bradford City for family reasons. He has had his share of travelling up and down motorways for work. He is an Essex boy, his family are all from Essex and Colchester perfectly suits both he and his brother for family reasons. They can both live at home and drive in to work each day. Just like Connor Hall chose to do. Their training facility is top class much higher standard than many others at that level. The stadium, although derided by people who remember Layer Road fondly, has great views all round. The hospitality boxes are top class and the car parking, with park and ride, are really well situated just off the A12. I think the challenge appeals to him. Colchester really have potential, Phil Parkinson took them up to the Championship and I think the project also appeals to the Cowley brothers. I am sure Colchester had to pay a decent wedge but less that he could have earned elsewhere.
  5. Tony Loska very unlucky to leave us. He was a makeweight in the deal that brought Neil Griffiths to us. He was a very good left back. He was a star in Chester's run to the semi finals of the League Cup as a Division 4 club, along with John James of course. Gordon Logan was also a bit unlucky to be released. He stood in at right back. He usually played if any other defender was injured and Clint Boulton was moved to cover, particularly in our promotion season when Johnny King missed some games. Clint went into the middle and Gordon came into the team. He was a tall solid defender who never let us down, great to have as back up. We sold Brian Horton for £30,000 and just 2 years later we paid £40,000 to sign Peter Farrell. Never in Port Vale's history has such appalling judgement been shown. Peter was our record signing, he was an average Div 4 midfielder, nowhere near the class of Nobby Horton. Peter's signing was a huge folly by newly appointed and hugely forgettable manager, Dennis Butler. Frank Sharp arrived with a good CV and started off really well as a clever right winger, but come the Autumn his form nosedived and he quietly disappeared from view.
  6. Tom's contribution was magnificent he is a real role model of a good professional. Sadly injuries curtailed his career towards the end of his time with us and the step up a league, allied to his injuries were telling factors. I cannot imagine any Vale fan failing to be generous in acknowledging Tom's contribution. His last message sums him up as a person. I hope he leads Oldham back into the football league, at age 27, if he maintains fitness, he will be a huge asset to them. Adios Tom.
  7. Some good names there. Bob Mountford never really moved his career on with us, shame he was a good player. Keith Leonard, fabulous, he was the one who got away, he was on loan from Villa and did so well they recalled him. Tony Lacey magnificent all round defender or midfield, exactly what we need right now. Sammy Morgan a nightmare for opponents and really aggressive forward. John Woodward had two magnificent seasons but tailed off in his third. In his prime he was a smooth silky forward with an eye for goal. Gary Dulson, least said soonest mended!
  8. Yes I remember him as well, he was a right back I thought we signed him from Huddersfield, but I just checked his wiki and we signed him from Hull, but he started out at Huddersfield. He was one of three right backs that we tried to replace John Brodie with in successive seasons. The others were Ian Osbourne and Neil Wilkinson, none of them managed do do anything of note. We even resorted to playing Neil Griffiths at right back (for those who can't remember him, he was a very good left back and very left footed). It took about 4 years to replace John Brodie when we signed Gerry Keenan from Bury. WE had a lot of forgettable players in that period of the late 70s early 80s.
  9. Yes I do, he played most of his games for us in that awful 1964/65 season when we were relegated. It was during Freddie Steele's second and disastrous spell as manager which almost broke us. Mitchell seemed to have something about him but he dropped off. He was given a free transfer and bizarrely signed for Ipswich in Div 2 but he didn't make it there either. Mitchell was a contemporary of Mel Machin who went on to have a stellar career. Both were managed very poorly at Vale Park.
  10. Of the three sackings today, Munoz and Hughes are no surprise at all. The only surprise to me is why either of them were appointed in the first place. Neil Harris is a surprise, I suspect there is a big difference of opinion behind the scenes between manager and owner. Ah well, Neil Warnock has plenty of options now.
  11. I think that the Scot Parker decision is not quite so outrageous as others think. If you read the statement made by Bournemouth's owners, they make it clear that they need their manager to help them progress in a sustainable way. Mr Parker, in the wake of the 9-0 defeat said on the BBC that his team are "under equipped" for the Premier League. My interpretation of the owner's statement is that they are not at all happy with Mr Parker publicly criticising his players and the owners (which his comments suggest he was doing). Managers need to realise that they cannot demand endless big money signings to feed their mistakes then keep asking for more. Bournemouth wish to be sustainable, quite right so. I think that Mr Neill at Sunderland was trying to force the hand of the owners to open the cheque book. He has found the right partner at Stoke, who happily throw huge sums of money at their distinctly average football team and feed the egos of their managers who splash out big transfer fees. The BBC did a good opinion piece of Mr Parker's sacking, I think they make so important points about what has gone on here.
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