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  1. 6 minutes ago, Warren said:

    In the modern game, with foreign players allowed, the Premier League is the strongest in the world or right up there with La Liga et al. But also the strongest going back in time for the same reason - large numbers of foreign players. And good for that of course. 

    So I think keeping players who could play higher is confined to the difference between L2 and L1 and the difference between L1 and the Championship. I think we only have one player good enough to play at Championship level and thats Ripley. But clearly he should have got there by now and therefore maybe I'm just wrong about that. 

    Ripley is our best keeper for a while ( low bar ). For me he's too emotional. The amount of times he argues with Smith is puddled.

    He's not Championship level or someone would have taken him from Morecambe. 

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  2. 6 minutes ago, Warren said:

    I think another phenomenon at clubs like Port Vale is that some players stick around who could play at higher level. There can be different reasons for that, albeit I'm saying only a few players have been like that. My take on Shuker was that he was a fraction of the player I remember at Tranmere. Right at the very end of his career. 

    Players stick around at Vale who can play at a higher level ?

    Have I read that correctly Warren. 

    Care to name one ? 

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  3. 9 minutes ago, For Us All said:

    319 staff seem a lot?

    Lots and lots of fancy dan job titles with jobs for the boys. Amount of ex Police on the books who are already drawing huge pensions is ridiculous. 

    Of course we were woefully under staffed previously but are now inundated with these posts that exist in our current world. 

    Diversity and inclusion officer. They'll have an assistant undoubtedly etc etc etc .

  4. 1 hour ago, JRC said:

    IFollow is much better this season. The only occasional problem is loss of the Radio Stoke commentary.  I don't remember any problems with the video this season.  

    I'd see that as a bonus not as a problem 😉 

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  5. I know it's not a great example. 

    Luton were expected to be the laughing stock of the Premier league. 

    They've taken the lead at Anfield, lost 4-3 to Arsenal. Led against Man City. Etc etc. Really given it a go and given their fans some joy. 

    I just don't like this passive approach when we play the so called bigger fish. Some of the performances against the top six sides have been disgraceful. 9 nils in 11 tells the tale. Far too much respect paid. 

    And I understand we didn't need a 5 goal hammering but those hardy souls who took time off work and spent their hard earned cash deserved better than 

    A) The team selection 

    B) The bowing down to Peterborough 

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  6. Can't wait to be put out of our misery. 

    Either way up or down I can't wait for this lingering torture to be over.

    Not in a month of Sundays did I expect a result tonight. But again it's the manner and the performance. 

    Somehow we've won 2 in 19. Got 1 point from the last 9 without scoring a goal and yet are only in the bottom 4 on goal difference. 

    How we are still in it is beyond me but it's no longer in our hands with Cheltenham having an extra game. 

    Roll on full time after Cambridge and then the inquest can begin .

     

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  7. Just now, Playa Amodores said:

    If it’s Martin when I used to have an ST in the RS. He’d sit with his elderly mother and father. His mother was for ever grabbing his arm trying to get him to sit down. Her efforts would last about fifteen seconds then he’d be off again with his extremely colourful language.

    I asked a couple of months ago about a youth called ‘Normal’ who went in the 80’s. Does anyone know his identity.?

    I remember Normal. 

    Who was anything but !! 

    Think he went on the official buses ran by Dave Tellwright.

  8. Just now, valiant steve said:

    I don't think anyone genuinely believed that we'd get anything from the game tonight, other than a heavy defeat! 

    3 0- it could have been better, it could have been worse. I still think we'll go down but Cheltenham, Burton, Cambridge and Shrewsbury are all as bad as us, so we've still got a chance!  

     

    Shrews and Cambridge need one win for us to be highly unlikely to catch them.

    Be 2 from us ,Burton and Cheltenham. 

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