Matchday Thread: Millwall v Port Vale

[smithie]

As for the fans turn up if u care Utv

 

Short-term, that's it in a nutshell.

 

Lets' do our bit in helping the side out of this mess, we can have recriminations and blame-games once we're safe.

[Jacko51]

How can anyone say we will struggle in league two when we would have a much changed squad?

 

This squad as bad as it is crushed a Hartlepool side struggling so even this squad wouldn't go down in L2.

 

We also lost to Mansfield and were very fortunate to beat Stevenage.

[darren1810]

We also lost to Mansfield and were very fortunate to beat Stevenage.

 

VF16, the cup game cannot be used as a yardstick, as Jacko said we struggled to beat Stevenage. We also drew at Donny.

If you are using that logic then Sutton Utd should be riding high in the Championship after beating Leeds.

A 4-0 demolition of Hartlepool does not make me think we will be riding high next season were the worst to happen.

 

Of the 4 who went down

 

Donny coming straight back up

Blackpool mid-table

Colchester mid-table

Crewe just about kept heads above the parapet with 6 points in 4 days.

 

No-one has a crystal ball but this current team would not be coming back as Champions of League 2 , we would be in a period of mediocrity.

[bar1]

How can anyone say we will struggle in league two when we would have a much changed squad?

 

This squad as bad as it is crushed a Hartlepool side struggling so even this squad wouldn't go down in L2.

 

And got outplayed by Stevenage and lost to Mansfield

 

 

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[tommytunstall]

We will struggle in League 2 next season. Hate to say it but it will take a lot to turn this round. Fo eg New owner, cash injection, new playing staff, major improvements on the Commercial/Marketing side etc etc.

How can anyone say we will struggle in league two when we would have a much changed squad?

 

This squad as bad as it is crushed a Hartlepool side struggling so even this squad wouldn't go down in L2.

[Guest TommyMac]

We also lost to Mansfield and were very fortunate to beat Stevenage.

 

Don't forget we lost to Carlisle.

[Jacko51]

Don't forget we lost to Carlisle.

 

I'd blanked that one from my memory!

[CambridgeDon]

Last night was depressing.

 

We've got a squad of 35 players and yet we turn up at one of the strongest teams in the league having to play someone who is injured in midfield and our manager named as a sub. There's no sadder and clearer message about our disastrous decisions in the summer than that.

 

We were meek, lost every battle, were slower to every ball, had no idea when in possession, looked vulnerable from every set piece and didn't beat the first man with any of our own set pieces. At times, it was like watching a set of schoolboys against real pro's. Smith had a torrid time against Morrison, Walker and Hooper were lost - the tactic of lumping high balls up to kids at Millwall away wasn't a masterstroke - and have regressed since showing bright sparks when they were first introduced to the side. We've already ruined Callum Guy, that was the first time I'd seen him since his magnificent debut and I was shocked at how much his level had dropped. Michael Brown spent the majority of the evening 'having banter' with the home fans around the dugout, and made ineffectual changes to an already odd game plan. Once again we showed a complete lack of focus and professionalism by conceding a goal less than 60 seconds after saving a penalty.

 

The night was topped off by fans (me included) arguing with eachother about whether this side was worse than Dean Glover's vintage of 2008. We're in a dire state of affairs if we're trying to justify this against that standard.

 

Utterly, utterly depressing - a match report that has relegation written all over it. What's so hurtful is that I expected that with Brown in charge we would play to his never say die style but it looks as if there is no spirit in the side whatsoever. How Brown is going to put this right, with so few experienced players, is beyond me.

 

At this rate, it will be an utter miracle if we escape the drop.