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Looks like Fleetwood now sold Josh Earl to Barnsley as well as losing Marriott earlier. Dare I say Saturday might be a good time to play them. Reading also looking like might lose Azeez to Plymouth so their fire sale continues.

The thing with Loft and I will preface this by saying I still don’t especially think much of him but we need to get out of our heads with him that just because he’s over 6ft he’s a target man. You almost need to treat him like Josh Thomas and knock it into the channels and get him into a foot race with the defender, there is his strength. Playing it into his feet with his back to goal is no good as his ability to control a ball is awful.

Blinding save or kicked McKirdy in the face again? Either is plausible.

It’s not just the fee. If a bigger club like Charlton who get more through the gate each week than we do couldn’t agree personal terms with JCH realistically what chance would we have without taking a big step towards bankruptcy? It’d be within a year we’d go the same way as Reading. Goodwin has got less production this season than Garrity.

So yeah it is Leon that’s holding up signing Walters

Just seen on the Radio Stoke updates he was asked about it and said as suspected his agent had concocted it. On one hand it’s almost admirable to shoot so high but just hope it doesn’t damage the lad putting that sort of pressure and focus on him.

Honestly they’re the positions that stand out like a sore thumb to me. Ideally would have liked a permanent one but take the point about the cost at the moment and they’ve been front up on it.

From what Flitcroft said it seems promising that Shorrock will commit his future to the club. Hindsight speaking now but wish Phil had asked him about Brazier and these stories that keep getting fed about Barca etc.

At a rough guess his agent Leon Constantine probably wants his palm greasing.

That account is notorious for getting those things among others badly wrong. On their official site today they said 1900. Ticket Update: Port Vale (A) - News - Portsmouth WWW.PORTSMOUTHFC.CO.UK

Doubt it we only gave them 2000 allocation and they said they’d sold 1900 earlier.

I have to admit I thought for sure Conlon would follow DC down to Cheltenham but maybe it came down to money and location. Oldham probably in a position since the takeover to offer better to him on both counts. Wouldn’t shock me if he made a move for Gibbo in the remainder of the window though.

Steve Cotterill the latest lamb to the slaughter at FGR. Actually seems about as good a manager as they could hope for really.

I never even contemplated an oatcake without cheese then your choice of either bacon or sausage. Not sure about this sorcery others speak of here.

Yeah preferably with some pace in both positions. Can never have too much of that. Also frees up Grant if the mood or situation takes to have him play inside too. Interesting comments from Flitcroft on the official announcement that Man Utd have been scouting us for a while. Opening up some doors for us that weren’t there previously. Just so long as remember we have to have our own permanent core I like the strategy. "We have worked tirelessly to create trust and bonds with the country's best clubs and we can now present evidence of the strategy through our successful loans in the first half of the season, highlighting game time opportunities, a platform to learn and develop and support systems on and off the pitch. "We as a club have been scouted by Manchester United over a period of time, they have interviewed us and selected us based on how we play and how we support young players”

Guess it’s all fun and games until we find out we blew the remainder of the budget on getting Fab to shoot that video 🤣 Lets get another wingback and forward in and anything else then is a bonus.

If memory serves me right when he joined permanently Aspin had the hump with him about his agent and then he got bomb-squadded by Askey after he took over for what seemed to be implied to be non-footballing reasons whatever they were.

Ben Whitfield I think lasted the whole season or at least from the point he signed on loan.

Have never known a Vale signing get given a stage by stage report on it like this. What it does show is how much work actually goes into getting one over the line even after the point of reaching agreement I guess.

Got to love how committed Fab is to keeping us updated on our transfer news 😃

Blackett-Taylor confirmed as moved from Charlton to Derby so unfortunately we’ll have to see him play against us again this season. Reckon that will push Derby over the top in the promotion race.

Just waiting for our new insider Fab to release the “Here we go” tweet now 😃

Agreed, particularly in the case of Arblaster when it was established we were signing him how many really thought he’d become a mainstay of the midfield like he did? Not many if we are being honest, Devine had similar billing from Tottenham fans as United are giving Gore but in reality neither had been proven at senior level.

Not sure it makes much difference in all honesty. Shrews also use the DOF model so in theory should just be business as usual for them. I’m hoping in the remainder of the window we are still looking for an extra option to play LWB. Grant is improving as the season is getting on but it’s a risk to assume he’ll stay fit for the duration as well as the physical demands of the position (plus I think getting someone in could free him up to play in the middle when the opportunity allows).