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I know it's costly signing a goal scoring striker, you know the "real deal" but what did Uche and Loft combined cost ? Probably the same only with no goals .

Sat next to a Sheff Wed fan on a plane who told me he was on £27k a week.

A good starting pointPV1973. Being Old School I kinda like the idea of an experienced scout going to watch them too.

Who needs a striker, oh yes we do and have done for 18 months. If only we had known.

Sometimes we hear things from people inside the club that if made public could put that person in serious trouble . Obviously I don't mean Carol but stuff that Carol doesn't want made public. If a statement comes out that isn't the truth I would prefer to hear someone like Jacko saying they know it isn't the truth even if she cannot divulge her source.

You are right Tony the 3000 hardcore Vale fans will always be there. That is regardless of what division we are in and who our owner is. However to improve and climb up the Leagues it's those casual supporters we need to regularly attract. It's regular gates of 10000 not gates of 3000 that is needed. Good luck with your recovery, some things in life are more important than football.

Ha ha cheers Osh. For my sins I am a Lorne St season ticket holder so I will be at the Vale.

It was interesting to hear Sproeys comments on the radio after the game. He said Vales pitch is massive and it cries out for 4 at the back. He should know , he played enough games on it. I know he is a football agent but Carol if you won't and dont listen to the fans then at least listen to someone who really has the Vale close to their heart. You walk past a statue dedicated to his family everyday you go into your office .That is the calibre of person you need to put your trust in and not a chancer like "Flickers". Someone who will tell you the truth , not just what you want to hear.

Better than her last letter but worrying that things have been so bad for so long and we just got meaningless platitudes. Carol put her faith in the wrong people and was too easily fobbed off when things were going Pete Tong. Her lack of judgement concerns me and despite the fans going into meltdown , she put her trust elsewhere. Carol is a good owner in that she has bank rolled the Vale but she has alot to put right as many of the fanbase have lost faith in her judgement. There were a lot of poor decisions.

Main players not replaced, fewer fans in stadium due to dire football.😁

Apparently we would be playing better football and having fewer injuries once we replaced the pitch. That was the preferred option rather than spending money on decent players. Phenomenal.

Getting Cass League 2 ready for when the rest of his team mates join him.

Agreed Santa, problem is there was no cake. Recipe for success goals from midfield which we got and a striker scoring 15/20 goals along side another scoring 10/15. Many on here at the beginning of the season were minimising the impact of lack of strikers by saying goals spread around the team will more than compensate. That hasn't aged well.

What is so worrying is that the recruitment was the obvious problem highlighted on OVF from the end of last season. It was a flashing red warning light that the club chose to ignore. As regards to challenges to Flitcroft, Carol made it obvious he was bomb proof, and that's despite a fans revolt, which was ignored. Fairplay to the fans delegation who went and spoke to Carol and had to open her eyes to the fact that the Emperor had no clothes . Ok I get it that Carol has little footballing experience but as a business person in any industry, you ignore your customers justifyable complaints at your peril.

As you say Melbourne it's going be difficult to recruit good players to come into such a poor team, although as they say money talks. Equally as important is how do we offload a team full of under contract losers ?. I'm sure teams will be looking to take the few shining lights we have, which are the only ones worth keeping. Garrity and Chizzys excellent goal tallies in an awful team will have put them on plenty of League 1 teams radar.

We haven't signed a goalscoring striker for over 12 months not because they weren't available but because of the cost. Instead if we had used the DOFs wages and signed one his goals would have kept us up. Having a DOF hasn't.

Spot on Jacko, everything you have said has been there to see all season, and most of the previous one too. Obviously no one at the club reads the comments on OVF , what do we know. Thought the pitch looked great.

So Carol that's what Championship ready really looks like. To use another catchphrase , Phenomenal, in it's correct use, best describes the Peterborough players. There is a massive job ahead for someone as the upgrade required on the pitch is massive. I feel it needs saying incase anyone from the club is reading this, I mean the players and not the grass. Unfortunately the focus has been too much on improving the pitch, and look where that has got us . It was like shooting in , the gulf between the 2 teams was a chasm. To use an old Railway phrase "Mind the Gap".

So not paying decent wages for strikers isn't a recent thing then.

Bring back Wrights pies, although Phil Bowers said Wigan's mascot , Crusty, looked quite tasty.

Tranmere mate tells me the Blue One is rumoured to have put £1.5 M into the club to cover their losses. I told him to be afraid, very afraid.

I didn't go the game but listened on the radio. Having previously given Lofty stick was really chuffed he scored and put a shift in too. Having now watched the goal I thought criticism of Loftys through on goal effort was a bit harsh. It was a reasonable effort just missing , not a row Z or hits the corner flag attempt. Really hope he gets confidence from his goal and now has a run of goals to the end of the season. Facing his old club on Friday must be a massive incentive .

Totally agree PA. Hopefully DM can use his contacts like DC did and bring in the right sort of quality of player in the positions required. Relating it to my own work experience,I was a Sales Manager. I was responsible for recruiting new sales people. That worked as I brought in the people I thought had the right work ethic and we're a good fit for the team. Also I had a vested interest in making sure they worked out and having been a salesperson knew exactly what I was looking for.

Sounds like DM brought his own team with him so let them bring in the right sort of players. They will stand and fall by the incoming players so it's only right they choose them. Interesting to see what happens to the large number who are still under contract.

We are on a worse run of form than John Coates appointing new Sjoke managers.