Is Smurf all talk no action ?

[Gareths54]

Yet again after another shocking away performance Smurf was apparently fuming at the end of the game and was quoted as saying "Toast" to the radio Stoke reporters,this was similar actions to the Exeter defeat where he told supporters on the coaches he was sacking Page next morning and then failed to follow up his words with action. At the time he used the excuse that he was misquoted and then came up with a different version later on when Page left.

What excuse are we going to be told this time ? And will he follow up his comments with Action before it's too late ??

[smithie]

You should know by now to take a large proportion of what he says with a pinch of salt.

 

And if he was fuming on Saturday, I'm not surprised. If I'd travelled for this one, I'd have been really anoyed. I can take (and half-expected) hammerings at Sheff United, Bolton and Charlton, but 4-0 at poxy Wimbledon is surely the lowest point of the season so far.

 

Despite all that, I'm not sure what a sacking this side of Christmas would achieve other than hand a ready-made excuse to the players that they were "disrupted/shocked/unsure of the future" should we suffer a you-know-what at home to Walsall.

 

My gut instinct is to give Bruno until Oldham. Fail to win there and we're in bother.

[Birches Head Fred]

He's probably realised that if he sacks him the severance payout will mean him losing out on the deal and advice we all know, NORMAN had never lost out on a deal yet 😐

[TylerB]

I like him in that he wears his heart on his sleeve, states what's on his mind rightly or wrongly and clearly has some affection for the club.

 

But what he knows about football, and running a successful football club, you could write on the back of a postage stamp twice over.

[jjvale_03]

You should know by now to take a large proportion of what he says with a pinch of salt.

 

And if he was fuming on Saturday, I'm not surprised. If I'd travelled for this one, I'd have been really anoyed. I can take (and half-expected) hammerings at Sheff United, Bolton and Charlton, but 4-0 at poxy Wimbledon is surely the lowest point of the season so far.

 

Despite all that, I'm not sure what a sacking this side of Christmas would achieve other than hand a ready-made excuse to the players that they were "disrupted/shocked/unsure of the future" should we suffer a you-know-what at home to Walsall.

 

My gut instinct is to give Bruno until Oldham. Fail to win there and we're in bother.

 

If a match has ever had 0-0 written all over it, it's our trip to Boundary Park on Jan 2nd.

[smithie]

If a match has ever had 0-0 written all over it, it's our trip to Boundary Park on Jan 2nd.

 

One good thing is it's only £15 in. Cut-price masochism.

[valeparklife]

He has passion I will give him that. He doesn't have Vale in the blood like us but losses like this hurt him.

 

Just feel his energy is a bit misguided a lot of the time.

 

Get Rudge involved on a consultancy basis and pick his brains!

[Doha]

He's probably realised that if he sacks him the severance payout will mean him losing out on the deal and advice we all know, NORMAN had never lost out on a deal yet 

 

There's a Christmas 2016 early get out clause isn't there?

[Fosse69]

Toast grilled by now, add dripping and a dose of salt, sorted.

[osprey]

There's a Christmas 2016 early get out clause isn't there?

 

is there ?????

[Bald Eagle]

is there ?????

 

Rumoured on here, but don't know if there is any truth in it. Think then Plan B if not top 6 by Xmas has led to the view that there may be a performance clause

[Guest]

We aint bottom but if the last two performances defensively continue then its a giver that we will be by seasons end .

It hasnt worked and before a ball was kicked i felt deep down that this season wouldnt be good .

Smurf need takes action its as simple as that ,we r falling big style conceding terrible sunday league goals .

As a Vale fan of course i wanted it to be a success and there were signs early season that we would be top ten ,now we look a basement side because players aint doing there jobs properly and the manager is stuck in his ways of not changing it till we r nearly out of the game .

We have showed character in home games but away we r a shambles ,the results and performances r so abysmal ,he is the manager if he cannot motivate the players then get someone in who can.

Yet we wiped the floor with top of the league Scunthorpe .

What the hell has gone on,its too late now the foreign experiment has failed ?the players r totally a waste of space away and at home they only play for about 20 mins .

A good side protects there goalkeeper ours is so overworked its ridiculous ,Smith and Streete r going backwards u dont concede 7 goals in two games if your centre halves r dominant so they be split up put Smith at Right back ( where he played for Torquay and bring Knopps in centre half with Streete ,left back is a big problem u cant play Kiko there he is getting targeted as the weak link so who the hell do u play there i suggest Purkiss .

Sort it out Smurf this cannot continue

[fairportnick]

Nothing like a bit of faffing.

[Jacko51]

All quiet on the Vale Park fron this morning. I was there from just after 8.30 for about three hours and neither the Chairman, Manager nor any of the players were in evidence. Rumour is that the manager is in Portugal.

[NellyTheValiant]

All quiet on the Vale Park fron this morning. I was there from just after 8.30 for about three hours and neither the Chairman, Manager nor any of the players were in evidence. Rumour is that the manager is in Portugal.

 

Did you have your 'BRUNO OUT' placard?