Sat 3rd Jan 2015, Port Vale v Gillingham, pre-match, the match itself.

[Like Vale I Do]

Was confident of 3 points here but now we're up against managers just been sacked syndrome so they'll all be right up for it - we need to match them all over the park. Really starting to miss Pope now I am, would like to see him back asap.

 

Bought tickets for Chesterfield yesterday so really hoping to go on the back of a win Sat - 3-1 Vale Sat and a sneaky 1-0 win Chesterfield will do nicely

[Heatwave]

Pulis, Hessenthaler (2x), Taylor (2x), Ternent, Cooper, Jepson, Stimson & Allen: Gills managers since Paul Scally took over in 1995.

 

Does anyone recognise a pattern here?

 

Jepson played for Vale, the rest didn't?

[fairportnick]

Seconded.

 

Gills will play well for a man who has been a stalwart for the club.

 

Like Vale did for Glover?

[Rudge's Flat Cap]

Like Vale did for Glover?

 

I don't think form and effort came in to it under Glover. It was just the worst Port Vale side in history.

[Samwelo]

I'm expecting an unchanged team again. However considering Campion is now signed up for 18 months and I'm entitled to be optimistic :D this is what I'm hoping for:

 

------------Neal------------

Yates--Robertson--Vaseli--Dickinson

-------Brown---O'Connor

Marshall-------------Moore

-----------Lines--------------------

----------Campion----------------

[Conrad]

M

I'm expecting an unchanged team again. However considering Campion is now signed up for 18 months and I'm entitled to be optimistic :D this is what I'm hoping for:

 

------------Neal------------

Yates--Robertson--Vaseli--Dickinson

-------Brown---O'Connor

Marshall-------------Moore

-----------Lines--------------------

----------Campion----------------

No N'Guessan?

[Samwelo]

M

No N'Guessan?

 

I'd like to see Moore given another chance, hopefully he's in a better place now and he can recreate some of the performances he did in a red shirt at VP.

[Conrad]

I'd like to see Moore given another chance, hopefully he's in a better place now and he can recreate some of the performances he did in a red shirt at VP.

 

Fair enough, I would go with your selection but with N'Guessan instead of Lines.

[Samwelo]

Fair enough, I would go with your selection but with N'Guessan instead of Lines.

 

Yea couldn't argue too much with that. Unfortunately we all know that Williamson will start :mad:

[Conrad]

Yea couldn't argue too much with that. Unfortunately we all know that Williamson will start :mad:

 

Think you could be right there.:(

[barry]

Williamson is our top scorer of fit players available tomorrow. Why shouldn't he start?

[cheshirevaliant]

Williamson is our top scorer of fit players available tomorrow. Why shouldn't he start?

 

Because he isn't new, and things that are new are automatically better.

[smithie]

We could and probably will disagree about Ben Williamson all year.

 

However, Rob Page's statement that Ben is bang in form and has an excellent goals-to-games ratio is very very odd.

 

The 4-goals-in-22-games stat would normally be enough to "rest" a striker.

 

I just can't see the lad as good enough for survival in this division, never mind getting out of it in the other direction.

 

For what it's worth I'd love Ben to score a hat-trick tomorrow and stick his fingers up to me.

[soothsayer]

Always a tough came after the opponents have dismissed their Manager on the eve of the game but I'm hoping for a 2-1 win.

[PVTony]

Rob Page is well pleased with the effort and performances of late, I expect him to start the same eleven.

I also expect the Vale to win by two clear goals.