Matchday Thread: Gillingham v Port Vale

[Fosse69]

Stormy times at present, our chances don't look good after Saturday. By the time we play again in Burslem, motivation and organisation need to have improved, the best use of the new arrivals and existing players to be progressing, a large task indeed. Will we have a team giving it a go against a hardended bunch like Gillingham?

[Andy Proctor]

Fair play to anyone that goes this be lucky get 100 go there. Im expecting us to lose 2 nil cant see where the next win is coming home.

[Andy Proctor]

Fasan

Gibbons smith streete pugh

Shodipo guy foley de freitas thomas

Walker

Drop purkiss and tanser as they are either out of form or not good enough. Play 5 in midfield so we dont get out battled and fought like we normally do.

[Bucknall Rob]

Fasan

Gibbons smith streete pugh

Shodipo guy foley de freitas thomas

Walker

Drop purkiss and tanser as they are either out of form or not good enough. Play 5 in midfield so we dont get out battled and fought like we normally do.

 

Playing Walker on his own up front will be a receipe for disaster away from home, the ball will just keep on coming back to us, he is too lightweight to hold the ball up, gets knocked off the ball too easily, not sure we have got anyone good enough to play this way. After yesterday's poor performance, got to be a couple of changes. For me if everyone was fit it would be;

 

Farsan

Gibbons Smith Streete Kiko

Shodipo Guy Foley Thomas

Forrester Hooper

 

Hooper is wasted on the wing, get him up front, he has proved in the past he can finish when given the chance, the full backs have been poor in the last 2 games, would be a massive gamble but think Gibbons should be given a chance, Purkiss has really poor for a number of weeks and think Kiko was made a scapegoat after the Wimbledon game and never been seen since, he did well in the couple of games before.

[Andy Proctor]

Kiko is garbage. Hes too small and cant defend. Play him left midfield yes play him left back no.

[jacko4]

Gillingham 0-5 Vale ... Start of the playoff push anyone?

[TheSage]

I know that some lads were poor yesterday but I would not be inclined to throw in yet another youngster (Gibbons) at this stage. We've enough of them already and that's the core of the problem.

 

Away from home I'd go 3.5.2 and try and strengthen the defence. Bring in Knops, possibly pair JJ and Forrester (agreed), and have a solid midfield three, hoping we might get one on the break. Midfield? It's perm any 3 from about 8 isn't it? Foley is a cert. Pugh for his experience I think. And one more? Who knows? Thomas? Guy?

 

It's a tough tough ask for Brown and anything we can get out of these two games will be a huge ask and a massive bonus. Don't Millwall have a cup match after they play us? Might help a bit but I'm clutching at straws.

[smithie]

The bottom 3 teams look as good as down. We've just got to make sure we're not 4th bottom come the end of April.

[Conrad]

Fasan

Gibbons smith streete pugh

Shodipo guy foley de freitas thomas

Walker

Drop purkiss and tanser as they are either out of form or not good enough. Play 5 in midfield so we dont get out battled and fought like we normally do.

 

Tanser out of form?

He's only played 2 games.

[Rampant Zebra]

Fasan

Gibbons smith streete pugh

Shodipo guy foley de freitas thomas

Walker

Drop purkiss and tanser as they are either out of form or not good enough. Play 5 in midfield so we dont get out battled and fought like we normally do.

Tanser has played around 40 league one games, has anyone else got more experience at left back?

 

 

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[NellyTheValiant]

They've not won this year either and won only once since the end of November, they have had a few decent away draws at the likes of Sheff U and Bradford. Home form looks very average but I'd still fancy them as we're looking shockingly bad.

[TheSage]

How do you work that out? Coventry maybe but the others are within three points of safety.

 

I think it's probably 5 from the bottom 6 to go as Shrewsbury are on the up as are MK Dons. I think Swindon will escape but it's us and Bury, Oldham and Chesterfield battling not to join Coventry.

 

I don't know how the fixtures all look but to be frank we don't look like stringing two wins together any time soon and I am very fearful. We're on an appalling run and have been for months and if we get out of this now it'll be a miracle.

 

The other point is our goal difference is now looking very bad.

[NellyTheValiant]

Swindon are beating Oxford currently 1-0 at HT so they'll go above us if they win by 2 clear goals.

[Frank Mustard]

Tanser out of form?

He's only played 2 games.

Those two games he's played, Knopps is by far the better option.

[paulvaliant]

Fasan

 

Streete Knops Smith

 

Kelly? Pugh ADF Kiko

 

Foley

 

Hooper Forrester