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[smithie]

Only Vale "fans" could plan our name change for WHEN we

 

a) go down and

b) go down again

 

I pray to God the negativity on here isn't indicative of people in the club.

 

This pessimism would turn me away sooner than on the pitch performances. I'm sick of reading it. It's not like it's an opinion, it's a mindset.

[blackdog]

Only Vale "fans" could plan our name change for WHEN we

 

a) go down and

b) go down again

 

I pray to God the negativity on here isn't indicative of people in the club.

 

This pessimism would turn me away sooner than on the pitch performances. I'm sick of reading it. It's not like it's an opinion, it's a mindset.

 

I'm guilty of being pessimistic, can you tell me what I have to look forward to ? what team I can expect next season? who will be the manager ? How many of todays team will be with us next season? If there is a shred of optimism I cant see it.

[toyahw]

Only Vale "fans" could plan our name change.

Burslem Beavers.... could get a lot of google hits.

[smithie]

. I'm a firm believer in grammatically correct insults.

 

Me too. That's why "grammatically correct" should be hyphenated.

[toyahw]

Me too. That's why "grammatically correct" should be hyphenated. ��

 

Really? Why should that be? Grammatically-correct looks ridiculous. But I'm not one the Englush Luanage gurus from oxfrod.

[fairportnick]

Here we go again. All of our Oxford English Langusge graduated supporters come out of the woodwork to comment on how a thread is posted.

Whilst some others pass comment on my business acumen.

I suspect you are the ones embarrassed by your loyal support of Norman .

 

The fans are part of the problem.

[NellyTheValiant]

If there'd been many more in the trenches like you back in the day we'd all be speaking German now....

 

They were back home telling the boys in the trenches to go over the top.

[smithie]

Really? why should that be?

 

The adverb is linked to the adjective to make it a single entity in this instance.

 

Hope that explains"why"

[smithie]

I'm guilty of being pessimistic, can you tell me what I have to look forward to ? what team I can expect next season? who will be the manager ? How many of todays team will be with us next season? If there is a shred of optimism I cant see it.

 

Try these then;

 

We've still to play many of our rivals. The consensus is that we're playing better and certainly due a bit of luck.

 

Best of all, it is still 100% in our hands.

[smithie]

The fans are part of the problem.

 

The ones that stay away are a real asset aren't they?

[Andyregs]

Immediate following our promotion season I widely criticized Norman Smurthwaite and his ability to run our football club. I was massively berated when I suggested that he was a bumbling bafoon and needed to appoint a CEO. Most narrow minded fans could only see that he was the savior of Port Vale. This is simply not true. Six other bidders sat at that table.

I only hope that we can prepare for our next chapter in our history. Let's not go into denial let's not kid ourselves as you all did following Norman's take over when he was celebrating in burslem with his adulating drunken very Nieve fans.

Norman will not sell the club and the ground.

No one ever will buy the football club without the ground.

We will be relegated this season absolute fact.

We will drop out of the league next season. Fact

We are heading exactly the same way as Chester, Stockport.

FC Port Vale really is not that far away . Our fan base with a descent ground share will see us back in the league within ten years.

The question is do we keep paying Mr Asset Stripper Norman our ticket money to watch his cash starved teams loose every week. Or do we just wait for the ineviatble.

I am done Norman there are no winners in this you were duped into believing Port Vale would make you money by Wildes .

You had no clue about running a football club .

We have all been their if a business doesn't bring you a golden egg year one you pull back on staffing costs.

I look forward to a day you are no part of our beloved club

 

People argued with you because of the many outlandish claims you made about yourself and the ridiculous amount of money you said we should he making out of school proms and weddings as though vale park was a more high class venue than the likes of Crewe hall.

[Valiant in Brum]

The fans are part of the problem.

 

The fans have been part of the problem for a while. Like what some have said with Norman, I said these similar things about v2001 back in 2004 I was ridiculed and mocked for saying they were wrong for the club by the very same people who led the protests.

 

The fanbase is equal with its heart of little old Port Vale, held back new stadia, ambition and all sorts. The fans are as much to blame as dodgy owners.

[fairportnick]

The ones that stay away are a real asset aren't they?

Always happy to be of help

[blackdog]

Try these then;

 

We've still to play many of our rivals. The consensus is that we're playing better and certainly due a bit of luck.

 

Best of all, it is still 100% in our hands.

 

That's not enough for me I'm afraid 2 wins in 20 is it ? 2 goals against on average, we are playing like a side that goes down, playing reasonably well today and still loosing, we cant rely on luck and it might be in our hands but are they a safe pair of hands?

 

And finally with Smurthwaite at the helm we have no chance.

[smithie]

That's not enough for me I'm afraid 2 wins in 20 is it ? 2 goals against on average, we are playing like a side that goes down, playing reasonably well today and still loosing, we cant rely on luck and it might be in our hands but are they a safe pair of hands?

 

And finally with Smurthwaite at the helm we have no chance.

 

The point is, we've got straws to clutch at. It could be a lot worse.