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2 minutes ago, smithie said:
It's the elephant in the room as regards the move but there's seemingly no place for home and away fans chanting at each other at Vale any more. Sorry to say but a lot of the fun has been sucked out since the move. People can opine as they see fit about how it shouldn't matter but it does, and I'll say "Good luck" to anyone trying to get new fans to come along and enjoy a flat atmosphere.
I'd love to think that the move could be reversed but that won't happen.
It's part of football the tribal element. Chanting and baiting without overstepping the mark.
Other than ' stand up if you love the Vale ' the atmosphere in the Hamil is flat. However you need something to feed off . Hopefully tonight the team provide that.
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12 hours ago, ValeForever. said:
The striker debacle is unbelievable. How do other clubs do it? Why is it always Vale who struggle to lock down a decent striker.
Crewe took a punt on Baker-Richardson from Newport, he's flying. Wimbledon signed Al-Hamadi from Wycombe reserves, they've now got a player on their hands being talked about at Championship level. Accrington seem to unearth a prolific striker every other season, Colby Bishop the latest off the conveyor belt.
My point being, non of these players would've cost the Earth when they were first signed. They would've all been well within our budget & our reach. Where are we scouting? Which leagues are we looking at? Are we scouting reserve games etc? The 2 x latest signings up top stink of desperation. A striker to add numbers in Ryan Loft because we lost Ellis, & then Uche who was lying on a beach somwhere. I mean come on. Taking the piss.
I agree with you but will add we tried Dior Angus as a speculative punt. And then Matt Taylor who looked disinterested other than bickering with the referee.
But you're right. To sign one at 11.50 pm on deadline day and then the press release made out it was a right coup ! And then as you say a bloke in desperation without a club is really bad recruitment on our part.
You've got to have a minimum base of 15 goals between two strikers and even then the rest has to chip in with 30 plus.
Anyone see Loft, Uche or Wilson getting 15 between them ? Answers on a postcard.
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10 hours ago, LancyTony said:
It's ludicrous because - as we have seen so often in the past - there's no such thing as a certainty, with us! Just because we seemed to have the easiest path to the Q/F - those games still have to be won (...and won in good style)! How many times have we had "easy" Cup ties and let ourselves down - often, embarrassingly? How many times have we made Giantkillers out of non-League outfits?
I did put the caveat it was still an outstanding achievement. All I'm saying probably not eloquently is that on paper ( which as you say is no guarantee) we have had an easy path. I feel it's masked our league standing and had we gone out at Mansfield we may of now had a new incumbent? Pure speculation and irrelevant as we won with a fantastic display.
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Blartell back in football with Grimsby.
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14 minutes ago, LancyTony said:
Clearly, some posters are prepared to give our injury list as a possible excuse for the downturn in results?
As for that ludicrous second statement - how many times, in the past, have Vale had the chance to progress but failed - and, often, by an embarrassing defeat? Having the better route to the last 8 is one thing...actually accomplishing it is quite another!
Why is it ludicrous?
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2 minutes ago, MBE said:
We are in the bottom 6 for XG and bottom 3 number of quality chances created. The stats and my eyes tell a different story. Only Shrewsbury and Cheltenham have a worse XG and quality chances created by us, both teams we have lost to.
You can keep ignoring it and lapping up what Crosby says about finishing chances but thats the reality.
I've rewatched the Shrewsbury and it's criminal the number of quality deliveries from Sang but we don't have any player wanting to make a run and attack the balls. Thats poor coaching
This will look like I'm targeting Loft ( Uche was equally rubbish) but at the end when there was opportunity to get bodies in the 6 yard box as we sought an equaliser , he was loitering near the edge of the box with no endeavour to gamble and get amongst it near to goal. Hence on occasions Sangs crosses look poor . As I said Uche was equally culpable. They've got to show more desire to score a goal or at least have an attempt.
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I'm all for balance. We all have views but it's as though Crosby is somehow excused/exempt from this current malaise with some posters.
He is the manager. Whether he's a lovely bloke or whatever you can simply not defend the results. They are simply appalling including 2 very damaging home losses to Burton and Cheltenham.
Let's make this very clear .We could not have handpicked a better route to the last 8 in the cup. Whilst it's a fantastic achievement and opportunity the highest placed team we've beaten is Fleetwood. This run has papered over widening cracks within the starting X1.
At this moment in time he's doing a dreadful job.
What I'd like to know is if there's a cut off point ? 10 games,15 games or even more ? .
Saturday was so so predictable I'm sure many will agree with me there ? So if that's the case there has to be something done relatively soon.
If we lose tomorrow it's so Vale like to win at Stevenage and reach round 3 and once again a stay of execution .
As a last resort I'd give the 3 pre Christmas league games and then a decision has to be made.
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Ultimately whether you're Liverpool, Stoke, Rotherham, Crawley or Port Vale , 10 games with 3 points is a sacking.
It's quite a straight forward decision. Not even open for debate.
0-3-7 or 1-0-9 . It's 3 points from 30.
Disgraceful.
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1 minute ago, Powerline said:
No chance we’ll beat Derby. It’s about to be no wins in 11. Truly diabolical
Which then makes Exeter huge.
After that we're not getting many points until the New Year.
Change has to be made promptly.
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On 15/11/2023 at 22:47, Matlock Vale said:
We're playing better football than we ever did under Clarke. Better football than Adams, Bruno, Askey, Gannon, Aspin, Brown, Sinnot and possibly Page, since probably Horton's teams.
It's all open to debate a sweeping statement like that.
Pure football I agree. Entertainment I disagree.
Fleetwood 5-2 and Rotherham 6-2 were pure attacking delights under Adams. Two wingers flying at teams in JMW and Vincent. Far more exciting than what's been seen so far with the possession based sideways,backwards, sideways and back to Ripley football..
Under Adams we had numerous 3 and 4 margin victories.
There's no question our current midfield at their best are outstanding footballers. But the lack of cutting edge makes it like watching paint dry at times.
I'd take Adams style all day as I like to get off my seat occasionally.
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13 hours ago, ollyandpatch said:
Local young lad named Cal. Goes every Vale match and all England games...
That's the lad. As I said earlier was in Rome on Friday night and 13 hours later in a pub in Peterborough Town centre.
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13 hours ago, Warren said:
He wasn't getting games at Rochdale. He needs to play and progress. To me he looks lightweight. He needs to overcome that to play at the level Port Vale is at. Being a bit unfair there, I guess it's just normal development.
Completely overtaken by Plant . Needs to start showing something soon as footy is brutal.
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18 hours ago, Vtid said:
remain unbeaten for the rest of the campaign 😂 stay off that chimp powder 🤦🏼♂️
Only if Smith dropped !
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37 minutes ago, Conrad said:
Phil Sherwin.
I thought its a young lad about 23 at most. His flag says where you go we will follow.
Last September he was in Rome on the Friday night, 12 hours later he's in a Peterborough pub going to our game.
I'm sure it's him as his flag is always behind the goal every England game.
That said it might be Mr Sherwin but I wouldn't have him down as a flag putter upper.
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9 hours ago, Osh said:
And I get that Darren, I really do.
So, let's say tomorrow goes wrong or next Saturday. We fire AC.
That's going to cost us money. We still the have the same group of players. We still have the same injury crisis.
We have lots of people on here saying we need to score more goals. How do we do that with the resources we've got.
We had people on here complaining that we didn't have any strikers. The club has gone out and got two more; I know some hate them, but ta all we can afford.
Some on here hated the fact we didn't play 2 up front. So we played 2 up front. Still not happy.
So what you gonna do. And no broad brush strokes - firm details. Oh, and by the way, be prepared cause there will be people on here who will disagree with anything you or I say.
What's that saying about pleasing some of the people some of the time
The counter argument to that is how much money does the unthinkable cost us? 83 Crawley in the Bycars or 26 Harrogate on a wet Tuesday night .
I totally get the injury situation it's ravaged us. My concern with AC is his lack of adapting or deviation from our trusted 5 at the back. The way we have cautiously tip toed into games this season has absolutely cost us points. Bolton for one. We gave it a go albeit their keeper went home with clean gloves but it took us 45 mins to realise they weren't all that.
It's an awkward one. I really really hope he turns it around. But I do agree with other posters that the cup run has got us all giddy ( rightly so ) and in reality our league form is the bread and butter. At the moment it's going soggy and stale.
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Whilst I agree the midfield are a joy to watch at times.
The two business ends of the pitch are disastrous as the stats prove.
I remember West Brom always crowing about their wonderful carpet football when they were in The Premier league. Must of been relegated at least 3 times.
It's a results business. We have 3 points from the last 27. Injuries or no injuries the buck stops with Crosby. I was there Saturday and the 2nd half capitulation with not one effort on goal from ourselves was shocking.
Up to the 50th minute I actually had Lincoln down as the worst team I'd seen all season yet we still managed to throw it away.
Shrewsbury is humongous now as I'm not seeing much against Derby especially on a Tuesday !
How long do we give it ? Failure to win any of the next two sees us eleven without a win. Change has to be made then if only for the hope of avoiding defeat at Exeter.
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2 hours ago, Bycarsbill said:
Talking the talk and walking the walk are two different things. AC talks often about being more "clinical" and "shutting out the opposition" but the evidence tells us that this just isn't happening! It appears that every time we take the lead, we become content with trying to hold on instead of building on that lead. How many times have we scored more than one goal per game?
Come on AC, get a grip. Stop all the "talk" let's have the "walk"!
Yet to have a 2 goal cushion all season long. Simply have to put games to bed.
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2 hours ago, Brian Johnson said:
I think that the club should put @Rampant Zebra in charge of ticketing
Just as well we didn't put him in charge of managerial appointments or we'd still be League 2.
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Fleetwood summer night school holidays. Reduced prices. Crowd 2743.
Crewe local Derby. Summer night. Kids still off. Reduced prices. Crowd 6375.
Sutton .3rd round. Schoolkids probably absent.Reduced prices. Crowd 4113.
So where are these hordes of missing fans when the club do their best to make less attractive games affordable?
I can't believe folk are being critical of a once in a lifetime game and a pound increase. The opposition aren't glamorous but neither are we to Boro. But it's a game we have an outside chance in, and remember a draw in 90 mins gives us a chance in the penalty lottery.
Our owners have tried reduced prices and look at the gates. I don't blame them one bit for the price structure.
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1 hour ago, Granville said:
I was quite surprised he got the Oxford job in the first place, that MK side were woeful over the two games we played them last season. He's been backed well at Oxford too and got them to 2nd but I'm still surprised he got the Brizzle job.
Alexander as new Bradford manager is an odd one too. Sacked by MK recently yet just strolls into another job.
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3 hours ago, Granville said:
Liam Manning? Wasn't he the one who took MK Dons down only to get another chance at that level with Oxford? Doesn't look like he's repaid their faith in him.
The very guy.
Said it many times.. whether it's a player or manager leaving that 99% of the time they'll all go for an extra piece of silver.
The loyalty is with supporters and always will be.
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Oxford manager gone to Brizzle City.
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Prices for Lard at Coventry this weekend.
Football is crazily expensive.
This Quarter final is far from expensive.
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For balance I went to Wimbledon v Bradford last week. 27 quid for league 2 football. Oxford I think was expensive for a 3 sided ground at 26 quid.
I understand about the concessions upsetting folk with families as life is hard af the minute. But a quid extra for adults is more than reasonable. This is a once in a lifetime moment to reach a cup semi final.
We've made diddly squat so far in this competition . Surely we'll sell this out. Its a massive game. Absolutely huge. We've a punchers chance of history.
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Vote of No Confidence (2)
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Nobody has migrated from Hamil end of the Paddock to the Bycars end. Any singing mob in the Paddock has been decimated this season ( maybe gone in the Hamil ).
And the Lorne Street has never to my knowledge had any singing ?