Sat 15th Nov 2014, Port Vale v Rochdale, pre-match, the match itself.

[Fosse69]

Back to the bread and butter. With nearly 2/3 of the league games to play, 30 games with 90 pts at stake, mid table should be within our grasp, and then review at Xmas. So will we get 4 or 6 more points this month? Rochdale should give us a test of our abilities, although we have injuries, suspensions and even international call-ups. I think we will have to score at least 2 goals, maybe 3, to gain 3 points.

[TeenValiant]

I think we'll win

[paulvaliant]

Neal

 

Yates Streete Dickinson Daniel

 

Dodds O'Connor Lines Marshall

 

Williamson N'Guessan

 

Subs - Johnson, Veseli, Birchall, Brown, Moore, Slew, Panayiotou.

[Santa]

Struggling a bit with unavailable players but I'd go 4-2-3-1:

 

Neal

 

Yates Robertson Streete Dickinson

 

Brown O'Connor

 

Marshall Lines Daniel

 

N'Guessan

[TeenValiant]

Struggling a bit with unavailable players but I'd go 4-2-3-1:

 

Neal

 

Yates Robertson Streete Dickinson

 

Brown O'Connor

 

Marshall Lines Daniel

 

N'Guessan

 

I think thats pretty good in 10 out of 11 positions, but unfortunately we're a 4-4-2 friendly team

[valeblue]

:bomb:Toughie this Rochdale are in a rich vain of form , need to get at them from the start!

[TeenValiant]

Neal

Yates. Robertson. Streete. Captain Carl

Moore. O'Connor. Brown. Marshall

N'Guessessan Daniel

 

I think Moore had an impact Saturday, I'm assuming he's match fit? Daniel deserves a shot as well I think, problem is, I don't know where to put him, because apparently he's a ST/LM/RM/CF/CM/LB/CB/GK.

[valiant_593]

Struggling a bit with unavailable players but I'd go 4-2-3-1:

 

Neal

 

Yates Robertson Streete Dickinson

 

Brown O'Connor

 

Marshall Lines Daniel

 

N'Guessan

 

Would be my side as well but we will play 442.

[Ben]

Rochdale play a similar style to MK Dons with quick sharp passing movements in the last third if we dont get in there faces and break there play down we could have another result like Saturday.

The team is crying out for a ball winner in midfield and have all season maybe the time is right to see if Michael Brown can do that.

[valeparklife]

Hate playing Rochdale, just a horrible team to play. So much gamesmanship and dirty tactics in recent games. Bracing myself for a game full of diving, crowding the ref, timewasting, shirt pulling, fouling etc. Urgh.

[Ben]

See Henderson is out suspended 8 goals so far.

[Santa]

Hate playing Rochdale, just a horrible team to play. So much gamesmanship and dirty tactics in recent games. Bracing myself for a game full of diving, crowding the ref, timewasting, shirt pulling, fouling etc. Urgh.

Dale seem to have knocked that on the head since they sacked Coleman.

 

They've also got rid of the bald lad who was their captain and who was in the referee's ear all game that time we threw away a two goal lead and Morsy got red carded.

[Loggerheads Sage]

Dale seem to have knocked that on the head since they sacked Coleman.

 

They've also got rid of the bald lad who was their captain and who was in the referee's ear all game that time we threw away a two goal lead and Morsy got red carded.

 

Yes, I thought they were much better when they passed us to death and knocked us out of the JPT last year.

[cheshirevaliant]

McGivern is both suspended and on international duty, so he won't play. Also, Moore is still the 3rd best right midfielder in the squad, and that is being generous.

[valiant_593]

McGivern is both suspended and on international duty, so he won't play. Also, Moore is still the 3rd best right midfielder in the squad, and that is being generous.

 

I agree, personally I think he's looked dreadful, a bit like Vincent did after Christmas.