Rampant Zebra

The point is that these players were recruited after a big show of clearing out the deadwood. I think using the term has inadvertently meant that we have only recruited players who couldn't find anywhere better rather than actually wanting to play for Vale. Which is why they are not very good.

I think while we continue to use terms like "deadwood" we will always struggle to recruit players. It suggests a mindset which doesn't value them. I know that players are mostly interested in money but team spirit is needed too.

I don't think there is a master plan, just a series of poor decisions have lead us to the brink of relegation. I feel strangely calm this morning now it is clear that we are going to be relegated. Dipepas goal yesterday got me off my feet but the players didn't respond by going on to win.

I think we will if they do it alphabetically...

I can't see anything changing, the public denouncement of David Flitcroft makes it more difficult to dispense with his services I suspect.

I think the decision about potential new owners is Carols, us fans just have to decide if we want to go and watch matches.

I have only been a fan for 25 years so I guess it isn't important that I was unaware of this meeting until two days after the event. I suspect that the majority of fans will decide for themselves if they want to continue to watch the football on offer which has been poor for some time.

Maybe you didn't see the link I posted...

We need 4 teams below us, it won't be a problem for me if Cheltenham are one of them...

I don't make comments just to liven up the forum. I bet Thierry Small was determined to score last night to show that he was a good player when played in his correct position though.

At least Thierry Small was on form tonight for Charlton.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-youngster-dan-gore-28758717

Want some decent players Need to win a lot of games before the end of the season Expect to get relegated 😑

Ask a fan of, say, Hereford, Chester, Torquay or Oldham if they would swap places right now, I wonder what they would say. "We are on the way" I expect...

I think some people are concerned about the backroom setup because despite all the rhetoric it doesn't seem to be producing results on the pitch now. Also, money is money and can only be spent once regardless of the cost centre it is taken from. Not to mention the fact that money has been misspent on the playing side too. Just my opinion of course.

I guess you mean Martin Foyle as a scout rather than a striker... 🙂

If we had some strikers would that be so bad? Fresh start without the millstone of vale park around our neck.

I think part of the issue of the off field spending for me is that it doesn't seem to have been done very well for the amount it cost.

That is the point though, it does dim the hope. The corner seems to get further away rather than closer as we reverse towards league 2.

We are currently struggling because we have spent too much money, a lot of that was at Clarkes instigation, paying off players under contract, desperate signings like Hussey, digging up the pitch, changing home ends etc. I think my judgement is sound. You are obviously entitled to your own opinion, this is a discussion forum for opinions. 🙂

We have changed too much too quickly, even in the Bruno season we still kept a core of previous players. Evolution not revolution is the normal procedure for success in football. I expect it says that in Rudgies book. I don't think we should still have Luke Joyce in midfield but we now have a squad of players who mostly have no affinity to the club and it shows.

When I saw the thread title "League 1 relegation watch" I thought it was going to be an new item stocked in the shop to celebrate returning to League 2.

That is my point, clearly not fit.

He is not what we need right now though, he needs a preseason to get up to speed. He will be returning to his parent club by the time he has had a run in the team.

He looked exactly what he is, a technically gifted young player with zero experience of mens football.