Matchday Thread: Port Vale v Bradford City

[Guest]

Jones was a fine finisher .

Its gone he has gone .

The performances under Brown have been miles better than the dross we endured under Page .

Bruno well its like he has gone on holiday (Smurf ) and he has got chatting to the ex Leeds player and he has being taken in by what seemed to be a winner when in fact he was a loser.

Whats done is done we cannot turn back the clock .

Purkiss error prone and its obviously because he spent months out the team ,squad he lost focus and he is probably at 70 per cent fitness ,disillusioned maybe that he was not listened to and is not at it .

What annoys me is that if u can c something isnt right ( like no westport lake ,hill running making sure the players r at least in tip top condition for the demands of 50 plus games a season,

,treating the club like a holiday camp .

I like Brown but wasnt he part of the management set up so why wasnt he getting the players doing that .

I am enjoying the performances obviously not the results .

Would i prefer win ugly ,no not really i prefer win in style but as long as the players give me everything i can live with Vale losing .

Brown will make a fine manager ,he needs work on his subs though as they have not affected the game in a good way thus far .

I expect Vale to believe they can win all remaining games and they can they just have to be luckier and i think the recent performances and foundations layed by Brown Kelly and co will soon start bearing points .

All i want know is when is Reggie is back he gives us something else we need that something else.

Fuller should have being signed the ex Stoke player i watched him v Vale lefends he was absolutely magnificent just what tbe Vale faithful 3700 deserve.

[PV1973]

The performances under Brown have been miles better than the dross we endured under Page

I think so too.

 

Purkiss error prone and its obviously because he spent months out the team ,squad he lost focus and he is probably at 70 per cent fitness ,disillusioned maybe that he was not listened to and is not at it .

The problem with Purkiss is that he is costing us goals. Hes become a liability. But what do you do, drop him and try inexperienced players in that position or stick with the experience in Purkiss and hope he can get through his bad spell?

 

What annoys me is that if u can c something isnt right ( like no westport lake ,hill running making sure the players r at least in tip top condition for the demands of 50 plus games a season,

,treating the club like a holiday camp .

I like Brown but wasnt he part of the management set up so why wasnt he getting the players doing that .

Because he was frozen out by Bruno. The trouble is now they can't do too much of that kind of intense running between games as it will knacker up their preparations for games. It would be too much for their bodies to recover from if they went on huge runs for a couple of days a week.

[TheSage]

If we'd got everyone match fit and available I'd be hopeful that we might escape as I agree that by and large Brown is trying to get us playing more on the front foot and we're certainly having more opportunities now.

It's just a crying shame that we haven't got the likes of Streete,Walker, Knops, De Freitas and Reggie in the squad as the bench would look much stronger.

No matter what you think of him Reggie has made an impact from the bench and we need him to play a role in these last few months.