Fri 17th Apr 2015, Port Vale v Preston NE, pre-match, the match itself.

[Fosse69]

i'll be there as usual in the railway stand hoping for at least a point and if we play as well as we did against mk then we might get all three but its a big ask against the cheats, oh for three points.

3 points would be wonderful, who knows what their nerves will be like? A large following can either inspire or increase the pressure, hoping that it is the latter.

[valeparklife]

I hope we have a referee that gets to grip with Garner's diving and theatrics. Or just sends him off for being a **** straight away.

 

Wishful thinking that we actually have a referee with at least half a brain?

[bookworm]

I hope we have a referee that gets to grip with Garner's diving and theatrics. Or just sends him off for being a **** straight away.

 

Wishful thinking that we actually have a referee with at least half a brain?

 

now that is wishful thinking

[mbycars]

Difficult game but they have stuttered recently as well ( Fleetwood and Gillingham come to mind ) they maybe getting nervous too after letting the Gills pull two goals back at their place on Tuesday. It depends how tired some of players are after two high tempo games this week. I would make at least one change and bring in Coulibaly for Campion.

[TheSage]

Don't disagree with the above but we'll also need a bit of height in the team.

 

Who is the referee?

[Jacko51]

 

Who is the referee?

 

Richard Clark. Not the worst. He sent off McCombe at Northampton but he had broken the bloke's leg so that was deserved! He did the 2-2 at Rochdale in the promotion season.

[soothsayer]

Difficult game but they have stuttered recently as well ( Fleetwood and Gillingham come to mind ) they maybe getting nervous too after letting the Gills pull two goals back at their place on Tuesday. It depends how tired some of players are after two high tempo games this week. I would make at least one change and bring in Coulibaly for Campion.

 

I think we could be playing them at the right time as they need the points big time too with MKD right behind them. Can't understand why Page played one up front at home to Colchester but it could be the right move tomorrow. I'd go 4-2-3-1.

Neal,

Veseli-Duffy-Collins-Dicko,

O'Connor-Brown,

Coulibaly-Dodds-Marshall,

Williamson (unless Pope can play at least 60 mins).

Subs: Campion, Pope, McGivern, O'Sullivan, Robertson, Yates, Daniel.

 

Regardless of the result we will still have two games to get the one win we will need to stay up so everyone needs to stick together and put their frustrations on hold until May 4th!

[Birches Head Fred]

Richard Clark. Not the worst. He sent off McCombe at Northampton but he had broken the bloke's leg so that was deserved! He did the 2-2 at Rochdale in the promotion season.

 

Tut-Tut......I didn't personally think it was a sending off - but I think the fact that it was clear as the lad was being treated, that it was a broken leg, then that made up the ref's mind as I don't think he knew what else to do.

[Houston Valiant]

My tactic for the match would be to get Duffy and Collins to run up to Garner, and bounce off him while clutching their face and yelling. Then get the rest of the lads to surround the ref. ;-)

 

In the first minute as well. :)

[ollyandpatch]

The Preston following will certainly be effected by the "ticket only" admission. I have been on their forum and there are a lot of fans who would have travelled down had it been pay on the day !

I actually rang out ticket office to get the story straight, and was told tickets will be on sale at Deepdale until 1pm tomorrow, then they will shut up shop.

Our ticket office manager said this was because they didn't have enough staff to man the away portokabin.

[Mario]

Our ticket office manager said this was because they didn't have enough staff to man the away portokabin.

 

Can we afford to turn custom away ?

[Conrad]

Can we afford to turn custom away ?

 

No club in this league can, makes another good point for a cash turnstile though, the club needs as many through the gate as it can get, Preston fans money is as good as ours.

[Conrad]

The Preston following will certainly be effected by the "ticket only" admission. I have been on their forum and there are a lot of fans who would have travelled down had it been pay on the day !

I actually rang out ticket office to get the story straight, and was told tickets will be on sale at Deepdale until 1pm tomorrow, then they will shut up shop.

Our ticket office manager said this was because they didn't have enough staff to man the away portokabin.

 

Might as well **** the portakabin off then, especially if we have got it on hire.

[melv]

Might as well **** the portakabin off then, especially if we have got it on hire.

 

If only 20 tickets were sold from the portakabin between 17:00 -20:00 it would cover the wages needed to staff it i expect.

[Mario]

I darent comment after the flak thrown about on the give me strength thread last night, except to say is this another example of lost revenue streams ? only asking