Papa Smurf picking the team!

[bar1]

Norman ignore the idiots on here. Thanks for funding another signing, things will pick up soon enough UTV

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Juat noticed this on twitter. Is our chairman picking Saturdays team?

 

Welcome Ryan to PVFC.Looking forward to walking straight into team in the back 4 for Saturday.

We need a minimum of 5 wins or more additions

 

Think you missed at least one ???????????? off the end of your thread title! ;)

[bookworm]

Soon Smurf could do without a Manager and lets all pick the team by social media think of the money we could save and we'd never get the sack!!

 

behave yourself.

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Good god I'm going start taking happy pills before coming on here just lately. 😂. Lighten up Guys. People take Twitter and social media far too seriously. And let's be honest, he couldn't do much worse than the defence we've got, considering its got more holes in than a box of ruddy PG tips 😂

 

I'd rather have SMURF in defence than Yates, Robertson, Dickinson and Duffy! :D

[sunny boslem]

Ignore the boring ****s on here king smurf thanks again for trying to better our team

[cheeky]

Having read a lot of what NS has said, I think he has two "hats" when it comes to he Vale; his owner "hat" and his "fan" hat. How I see it, because of his passion for the vale, the lines between the two become a little blurred at time and when he speaks on social media, I think he's doing so, more with his fan "hat" on. I mean let's be honest, is he saying anything different to what we have been saying/thinking?

[valeparklife]

Smurf - I love you. Carry on doing what you're doing and we'll be just fine. Thanks again for funding yet another signing!

[tisdeano]

imagine the uproar if the new guy did not get picked to start

 

social media relating to vale would be in meltdown

 

we over the past few days have been demanding the defence is changed, the club have made a move to start the change

[Rudge's Flat Cap]

There's only one Norman Smurthwaite. Give him the keys to Burslem!

[TheSage]

NS sees the same thing as we do every week, plus a lot more behind the scenes. He knows what's going on and how fans feel and it's quite refreshing to see him articulate from time to time what most of us are thinking on the terraces.

[onestepatatime]

Norman has stated that he would be issuing P45's to several of the squad selected by Page. He clearly sees the same as we do sat in his roof top position. What does concern me therefore is why oh why is Page therefore selecting the same old, same old, underperforming players? If we and the Owner are obvious to the deficiencies in the squad why is Page unable to change his actions by picking certain players so clearly lacking?

 

It is obvious who has not played well for some time yet they still find their names in the 1st team squad and more depressingly actually in the 1st 11. It has not worked for a while so change for other squad players to actually play in their "best" positions has been needed but still the Manager persists in selecting the usual, consistently poor players! It's no wonder we are all frustrated and crowds are declining.

 

Come the end of May and Norm has promised there will be a few leaving and not offered contracts or asked to go on loan again. Will Page be then given permission to seek out players "he" wants? That will be the time we will be able to see if he honestly accepts quite a few in the squad are not worthy of progressing Vale further? In the meantime we have to bide our time and see if we can achieve consolidation and stay in this Division. Norm has repeatedly shown his hand and again dipped into the coffers to secure what we hopefully have all been crying out for in a tall, commanding, young, efficient centre half.

[PVTony]

Page or no Page, Smurfs passion will see us through.

 

Thanks Norman. I appreciate your financial and tenacitious imput.

 

I have a feeling that we will keep a clean sheet tomorrow at walsall.

[rayzer]

Norman and RP's worry must be that three of the under performing back four are under contract for next season and if they dig their heels in and are happy to stay and pinch a wage, it will have a big dent on next years budget.

[PVTony]

Norman and RP's worry must be that three of the under performing back four are under contract for next season and if they dig their heels in and are happy to stay and pinch a wage, it will have a big dent on next years budget.

 

Get them loaned out with the loanee club paying part wages.

[Ben]

In the diplomatic world probably Norman would be better keeping low key on his comments but thats Norman so we will see if it helps tomorrow with a timely kick up the backside on the footballing side of the club.