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Off topic but kind of related. Is Dan Gore still at the club? Can’t remember the last time he was mentioned
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23 hours ago, Vale1995 said:
What a terrible season its been on and off the pitch. But somehow after yesterdays win we are in with a sniff of pulling off a miracle the only way i think we can get ourselves out of this is if we pack the park. Our last home games are all winnable and i think if we were to win them wed stay up. Id like the club to offer cheaper tickets to get bums on seats. Its the start of a new dawn flitcroft is gone although left in position far to long weve all finally got our wishes. Bring family/mates along lets do our bit to push the lads on . They showed fight and passion yesterday lets get vale park rocking for the first time since the hamil switch. I truly believe if we do it can give the players that extra bit in terms of belief to try and get us over the line. we have been fantastic this season considering what weve been put through this season but now is the time to put that all to bed and create some noise in the right way. We are all vale. We all want league one next year. Lets help achieve this.
Good post. Fact is, recent away performances have been better than home ones. Maybe the atmosphere at VP has been negative for the players.
Up to the fans now to create the ‘Swindon buzz’, and save the moaning for after the season end.
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Not really qualified to answer whether we need a DoF as such, because I’m not sure how important the role is at this stage.
A lot of the good stuff going on behind the scenes is now set up. I realise it needs to be managed, but couldn’t that be part of the CEOs job?
We certainly need to focus on recruitment, and invest in that area, and possibly funds for that could partly be generated by NOT replacing the DoF.
Good recruitment now will be so beneficial to the young squad, and would help to get the most out of their potential.
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41 minutes ago, Playa Amodores said:
I bet the midfielders and forwards are praying that this bloke doesn’t write an article about them.
I wonder if Carol subscribes to Football League World…
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Jason Lowe may be the first person to play league football on a zimmer frame
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I think Carol needs to stop thinking that football is a mysterious business, which needs to be explained to her by some self proclaimed guru.
She is a successful business person, and she must use her business head to look at the issues objectively.
In business terms, the product is not fit for purpose, and needs a complete overhaul.
The customers are loyal, but losing faith. (I was astounded by the loyalty shown yesterday, viz the pre match positivity, when put in the context of the ‘customer experience’ since 29th December)
She then has to review the performance of all her key managers, and decide who among them has shown that they are capable of implementing the required overhaul.
She then needs to look at the whole structure of the business, and decide if there is a better way to run it.
This message is in lieu of my response to the survey asking about my visit to Vale Park yesterday
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Got home today and found an email in my inbox asking me to rate my Vale Park experience
Wwhere to begin?
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14 minutes ago, JS Valiant said:
I would imagine he has told some Home Truths and you can’t do that Port Vale.
As some of us Fans have Found Out, the Club and a certain % of the Fan Base don’t like it, it doesn’t align and suit the Process.
I’m not generally one for conspiracy theories, but this has a ring of truth. He seems quite vocal on the pitch, and was certainly a stand out at Cheltenham.
If we don’t intend to play him though, why get him in at all?
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4 minutes ago, PV1973 said:
Because you aren’t picking the teams and Moore is?
Thanks. Hadn’t thought of that
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32 minutes ago, Rampant Zebra said:
Do you mean "why is Moore not playing him"? 🧐
Yes. Or even naming him as sub
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Can anyone on here explain the treatment of Lopata?
When I’ve seen him, he looks like our most capable defender, then he disappears. Why is he not playing more?
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Back on topic.
I thought yesterday’s game was the poorest quality for a long time. Shrewsbury were awful, and we were worse.
In terms of playing quality, if you took out Wilson and their no. 11, it was hard to imagine there were professional footballers out there.
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1 hour ago, Vale1995 said:
I heard that the injury excuse for being sent back was a cover up apprently his attitude was shocking and also he looked a shambles in training(as in not very good at football) so they club sent him back. The injury line was used to cover it up. Either way great bit of recruitment!!
On 08/03/2024 at 12:08, MBE said:Yes he was involved in a 10 v 10 session yesterday as was Loft. No real clues to the line up Saturday it was mix and match on both sides.
Interestingly though Ojo and Chislett didn't take part. They were involved in the light training drills with Uche which makes me even more convinced Ojo hasn't thrown it in but is managing his injury.
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3 hours ago, Paul6754 said:
Not true. The 50:50 tackle he thundered into on Saturday, in the 2nd half in Vale's half, in which he hurt himself and the Derby player suggest he's not pulling out of 50:50 challenges. He was booked on Saturday so after that he had to watch his step. If anything Ojo doesn't look 100% fit to me.
Yes Paul. But Vale fans always need a scapegoat
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6 hours ago, Vale1995 said:
Cowards on the pitch and cowards in the board room
I did not see any evidence of players failing to try yesterday.
Ojo is nowhere near fit, and is playing because there is nobody else.
The fault is in recruitment, which has led tous playing Massey or a 17 year old at CF.
i was a bit surprised by the ‘not fit to wear the shirt’ stuff at the end.
I understand the frustration, but attacking the guys who were out there was perhaps missing the point
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1 hour ago, Dr Delgado said:If that’s what you saw then I will have to bow down to your observation, you being a reliable and regular poster. Hopefully the head coach saw it too.
I’m not a huge fan of Ojo, but you have to factor in that he is playing when nowhere near match fit. Ditto Garrity. And probably Chislett.
Because we have so little quality in the squad, the better players have been run into the ground. It all comes back to recruitment.
The story of this season is that the two loan midfielders performed above and beyond. Coupled with Garrity’s goals and Ripley’s goalkeeping, we got to November in an unrealistic position.
The DoF got lucky, because these factors covered up the woeful inadequacy of the recruitment.
Then we get a couple of injuries, the two lads get recalled, and then we have the farce of January. Williams and Gore were sold to us as examples of the DoF’s acumen, then he panicked and we ended up with Mighten and no striker.
Im a fan of 35 years, and have been through the Bratt years, the mystery buyers, Norman and Ribeiro, but I have never been as disappointed in my club as I was during the second half last night.
It’s probably about context.
Carol came in all guns blazing, and raised my hopes, to the point where I thought she would drive Port Vale in a sustainable way, and they would become a club to be proud of. It worked for a while (Etihad, Swindon, Wembley, good young home-grown players etc etc).
But over the last 18 months, it has looked more and more like a vanity project. The community stuff is very laudable, but it seems to have become the main focus. Maybe the OBE is to blame..
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5 minutes ago, Bede said:
If we go down and Stoke also go down, he won't ever be able to attend a Vale game again.
I remember when we used to joke about Agent Jones and Agent O’Neil. I suspect the Coates family have successfully put their agent into PVFC
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3 hours ago, Vtid said:
Mitch Clark back on the bench possibly today 🙏 be nice see Dan Gore amongst the subs too
Does anyone think Gore will play for us again?
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1 hour ago, Devine intervention said:
Thinking about tomorrow night .
Play Lomax at right back with Sang and Shorrock at Left back with Mighten and play Loft up top with Wilson .
Lomax has that energy what's required in the two times he as come on field /played he as for being very good he is positive and I think he can free Sang up quicker for him to whip the kind of quality in that Loft if the ball comes in sooner should be able head down to Wilson score or him score himself .
Shorrock also has pace to burn and his very positive also along with mighten in home games Vale should take opposition to the cleaners I'd be very excited see a set up of hard running players gracing Vale Park.
For the nosayers then look at the 3-0 v Blackpool Shorrock was very good yet hardly seen him since.
We at home and I think these boys will get us win up the field and having goal attempts.
I'm not saying play them away .
We need be going for it if I see Lowe and Ojo in midfield again I will wonder if manager really wants be here
Lowe can do a job in defence, but it is totally unrealistic to expect him to play in midfield
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1 hour ago, News Feed said:
Rob Fielding thinks that it may already be too late, but the side simply has to win against Fleetwood following their capitulation against Lincoln City at the weekend. Rob Fielding writes… These are my thoughts after a chastening day at Vale Park which saw the Valiants slip further into relegation trouble. The worst possible start […]
The post “Trapdoor looms” – five thoughts after a dire day at Vale Park appeared first on onevalefan.co.uk.
Very balanced article, which should carry a lot of weight with the ownership, partly because Rob is a respected figure, and mainly because he has avoided the name-calling and finger-pointing of some of the more excitable posters
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3 hours ago, PV1973 said:
Yes we did but having to play that formation when we are chasing a game and naturally going for it a bit more is different to starting with it. I think that as we have no natural fullbacks it will get exploited by teams.
I’d have been happier with Lowe, Smith, Lopata and Jones as a back 4 yesterday.
Massey and Grant cannot defend or stop crosses. If they are to play, they should be attackers. Jones was a weird one yesterday. He seemed to spend a lot of time as a wingback, leaving Grant nowhere.
wingback is 2 jobs in one. With the limitations of the squad we have available, it would surely be better to ask players to do ONE DEFINED JOB, rather than the current mess.
I agree we have no fullbacks (except Lowe). But we have no wingbacks either.
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Just a question after yesterday. We had no fit genuine wingbacks, but we played the system anyway. Why?
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My Takeaway from yesterday was that we had a threadbare team, put together quite intelligently, who worked terrifically hard for each other.
The crowd played its part too.
the rest of this season won’t be pretty, but on yesterdays showing, it will be exciting.
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13 minutes ago, rob1983 said:1 hour ago, Brian said:Job done then. If you’re going to get him, he’s bound to want to come
What's your point?
I’m responding ironically to your rather silly post
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Colin Garlick.
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Imagine if we’d got gore and Weir instead of Ollie and Allie!