Valiant62

A process of morphing from bad luck into progressively poorer performances as confidence seeped away.

Yes really, I speak as I find.

Mid August to Mid September = best football I can remember seeing at Vale. That was 10 players other than Arblaster as well. Psychology and momentum are huge in football. For me, a good manager would have got a tune out of that squad and we should have stayed up. It’s gone now but Moore is far from starting with a clean slate, he’s got it all to do to get me back on board.

The pitch thing does seem like a red herring now. I haven't done the maths but.. fewer injuries? I also wonder if these sports bra things are the reason we're making some bizarre substitutions: heart rate goes above 80 (30 in Ojo's case) and they haul them off.

because he's our best defender? 🙂

To be fair, that is a remarkable achievement

Does anyone have a comprehensive list of the squad with remaining contract lengths?

Not “Moore out” for me but he isn’t starting next season with a clean slate by any means.

I suspect you’d struggle as well

Proper women can be aggressive and hate losing as well btw

I think as time goes on, you can't describe Carol as inexperienced or not knowing what she's doing, so that would explain the "letting go" of experienced senior employees. All of which is fine except the jury is out at present on the current "powers that be". For me the model of trying to develop our own production line is going ok but lags behind the needs of the first team. Going down means it's going to be more difficult to attract the Arblaster / Devines of this world and Weir and the anonymous lad from Man U have been completely inadequate replacements.

Done

I still think we're more likely than not to go down but at least now it seems it would be guns blazing and we've given a lot of youngsters a lot of experience which has been good for the clubs reputation and attractiveness to potential players.

I thought this was an interesting interview generally but particularly for later bits where Les Ferdinand talks about his cxperiences as DoF at QPR. Different club with different problems but still interesting to compare and contrast to Vale.

Can’t help wondering what would have happened if we’d kept Harrison