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  1. Not a name known to many OVF posters I suspect. But whilst being Head of Academy Coach & Player Development at the Vale Josh also has a second job as Manager of Leek Town FC and 'his' team are the antithesis of PVFC first team results wise. Whilst we are busy getting ourselves relegated Leek Town have, since a 5-0 drubbing that saw Josh take over as Manager, won 15 drawn 2 lost 0 in the league. This fantastic run now sees Leek Town comfortably top of the league and if results go their way on Saturday will see them win the league and take the one automatic promotion spot to Step 3 of the non league pyramid. Just three more promotions to league 2 may seem a task beyond them, but, on average gates of around 500-600 , I hope you will agree it's an amazing success story. So, congratulations to you Josh and Leek Town FC. Look forward to you taking on the likes of Macclesfield and FC United of Manchester next season if i am not mistaken.
  2. Vale have tweeted its a 358 miles round trip tonight. It should be half that for Flitcroft !!
  3. Sing their delilah back with ... Why why why d'you bother There is a full song but will have to ask other Vale fans to give you the full version as I am in the pub and inebriated with hope that we can finally win a game tomorrow!
  4. Reference your last paragraph. The throw in was right below where sitting and i said the same to friends around me when it ended up back with Ripley. On a different incident in the second half they got a free kick exactly where Smith's was that resulted in the first goal. Shock, horror, they passed the ball forward and it resulted in them getting a throw in deep into our half. 3-5-2 doesn't mean you have to play tippy tappy sideways then back to your keeper. On the same subject yet again at kick off the kicker passes ir straight back to Ripley. It's totally bloody negative. At their kick off they passed it back 10 yards to a creative midfielder and lo and behold it was passed deep into our half and stayed there for long enough for it to become obvious they had attacking intentions. Every time Funso receives a pass he is facing his own goal and passes it back. He never takes it on the turn and moves the ball forwards. Unlike the Lincoln midfielder. Yes they played 3-5-2 but they played it positively. We are totally uckin NEGATIVE with everything we do!!
  5. Can anyone tell me why yesterday ... The referee didn't disallow their first goal as their player wasn't ten yards from the ball when he intercepted Smith's pass to Deborah? Why did the Ref give a penalty when the offence (Jones holding shirt) started well outside the area and it remained one incident until their player decided to fall down? Thoughts anyone?
  6. I only wished we had a team full of experienced bottom half league 1 players. At least we would have a chance of staying up!
  7. Superb post. I thought the fans support was very good yesterday. Has PV1973 says he is not a goalscorer. Words like Toxic are far too easily used. If you were in a real toxic situation you would realise the vast majority of fans at Vale are far from toxic. Gutted and disappointed yes, but not toxic. At the moment we have a simple job to do. Support all the players in our team.
  8. He was recovering from a bad injury when we signed him but he is fit now. Cheltenham have no more money than us but they don't have delusions of grandeur and sign competent league 1 players. My post last night explained the folly of signing Prem youngsters on loan on contracts that allow them to be recalled at Christmas. Lose lose scenario. They spend the first quarter of the season getting caught out adjusting to men's football. Then if they are playing well in the second quarter of the season they get recalled by their owning club. Or if they are not playing well get left St the Vale. If they have been recalled we waste the January window signing other Prem kids and the bloody scenario starts all over again. Meanwhile we end up heading into league 2.
  9. Failing to invest ... £10M and counting. You are clearly on a wind up.
  10. Yeah some looking at the bigger picture .... stay away, don't support the team, Carol gets fed up of the <ovf censored> and calls it a day, Administration and closure. Alternatively looking at a different picture .... support the new Manager and team, give them confidence, team wins both home games stay in division, RW gets involved as he stated, local Derbies next season against Wrexham, Stockport, Crewe, and hopefully Sjoke. Win the lot and play offs beckon. Oh and if you go enjoy the pre-match with friends. For me there's no choice as aftera lifetime of going there's not enough years left to find happiness elsewhere. Although Leek Town are well worth watching this season. 10 pts clear at top of division.
  11. Would agree with many but a bit harsh on others mate. I would say ... Jones a bit harsh Sang useful and very useful if played in best position Uche. A big loss. Think the Pompey defender actually dislocated his arm and then twisted it. Ojo far better than half decent IMHO Jacovitti looked V Good before injury. Wilson we are a far better team at home when he plays. I think Brian all players have an extra 20% in them if confidence can be restored. Hence why next two games will indicate whether we get relegated or not. All about opinions of course. I accept I am a heart man.
  12. I would be very relieved if we finish 18th! If DM is going to have control of first team playing formation and tactics I have no problem Flitcroft staying as he is, apparently, very good at bringing money into the club. Plus his signings record other than striker has been good on the whole.
  13. BTW she didn't have to buy the club. With attitude like your post perhaps spending £millions on saving the club was the worst decision she has made! The queue of potential buyers was 1
  14. Will support the team 100% but feel the damage has already been done with defeats in last 2 games. The incompetence of the Management since the Burton home game, where our charity defence shone and gave warning to one and all of what was to come if left unfixed now leaves us heading back to the 4th division. The signing of Prem youngsters on deals where they could be recalled half way through a season is total incompetence. It meant we spent the first quarter of the season taking huge risks with the team whilst they adjust to playing men's football. Then after them playing for just contributing one quarter of a season we are shiton as they get recalled and sent to championship or their first team. This leaves us having to fill those positions with new loans that will take another quarter of a season to adjust to men's football again to our detriment. Flitcroft has sacrificed our position in league 1 on a project that could never work. Whether it be instigating a club wide formation (3-5-2) that was not only beyond our own players abilities but also deeply unpopular with the paying customers ... us fans. Plus the scenario of loan players impacting our overall team performance. Ollie and Divine prosper from being at Vale whilst our club and us fans head back to the 4th division. Under no circumstances should we have ever taken loan players if they could be recalled. Its either a season loan or don't take them. How I wished we had not taken them on loans that had recall clause in them and simply signed competent league 1 players on full time contracts. Finally, to blood our own young kids en-masse when the team is in free fall is criminal to their development and our prospects.
  15. I think just about every post I put on makes it very clear that I don't support Flitcroft's 3-5-2 Hopefully DM is going to change that with our support.
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