andy jones

Bob Hazell was a kitten off the pitch. Not sure I would have wanted to upset him all the same.

The cons far outweigh the pros. The biggest con is we postponed Saturday games to fit international call ups. Losing ticket revenue and quite possibly, in our case, points and our league 1 standing. If a young loan joins us he spends time getting up to speed. Then when showing potential gets recalled by his owning club. We then have to start again. Or if he is a loan we want to look at before signing then when we try to sign him we are out bid (as per the goalscorer who left us for Bradford? Some seasons ago) We have been relegated because of an egotistical DOF who brought in young prem/championship loans, promoted our own academy too soon, and failed in his basic number one job of signing league 1 competent and experienced players to play in their recognised positions. Sorry to go off topic ... Congratulations to you Ollie. You appear to be a good guy who has a long, successful, career in front of you. I just wish we, as a club, had not based our 'process' on a project where everyone benefitted except the Vale.

I agree about earning your own luck mate but Rick O'Shay hasn't favoured us with his presence this season other than for the opposition!

I just want us to have the run of the green and some luck and decisions go our way.

The performance last night was very disheartening. Somehow Moore has to get a turn out of this disjointed and demoralised squad not once, not twice but three times in our remaining home games. He will deserve Manager of the season if our heads are still above water at the end of this season. Personally I don't want to see Ripleyrolla ball out to Smith or Uncle Cobbley ever again. The insanity of trying to play the Man City way with footballers who are clinging to league 1 football shows the inmates have escaped the asylum!

First off ... they paid well over the odds to keep our club in existence and no an alternative Fairy Godmother was not standing in the wings. Secondly ... in addition to buying the club the Shanahan's provided the finance to take us into league 1. Thirdly ... the investment to ensure the club could and can play at Vale Park has been £11M Finally Someone who put nothing into Vale and took everything out ... Flitcroft is the culprit and Carol's mistake was to Trust him. Perhaps we need to show support not belittle.

Think that's bit pathetic Stamford. When we have an owner who, for the very first time in my memory (1957 started watching) who has actually invested in the club rather than shafting it that is poor mate. £11,000,000 is it at the last count? If it was me and you were a typical fan I would just say 'uk you'. Are you going to fill the gap? The Shanahan's (particularly Carol) deserve our support at the minute IMHO

How much cheaper does this offer make it. Not exactly Christmas is it?

Strange how Sjoke's match mirrored ours. Only difference is they will definitely be in their league again next season and we won't be in ours.

Longport Oatcakes are the only Premier league outfit we will ever see in the Potteries!

I think we are all getting addled as to how the xxx we are in this mire in the first place!

So loyal fans who paid for their tickets early pay full price, but glory seekers who want to see the cup winners get there's for half price? Let's hope we send them all home disappointed. Darren Moore's tactics remind me a lot of Micky Adams. Get tight at the back and work from there.

One thing that I think is in our favour and that's who has the best Manager when comparing their careers.

Sorry can't agree with that. We failed to win in goodness knows how many games when DC came in. We were saying where's the new Manager bounce. In fact the first win under DC wasn't until the match after Andy Crosby joined the club. So perhaps it's AC we should thank for ending the long wait for a win when DC became Manager?

Perhaps you need to take into account off the pitch costs. Half a million on the pitch was it? I am not saying the footballing budget was well spent. But I would question your comment the total purse has been tightened.