Matchday Thread: Port Vale v Wycombe Wanderers

[Fosse69]

Suppose Brown will go back to playing the exciting football under Rob Page.One up front with Pope.Hanging on for a draw or pinching a goal.

Well at least it kept us in L1.

[Paul6754]

I have a good vibe about tomorrow, Tonge looks a class above Lge2, Pope and Pyke will do the business.

[Andyregs]

A lot of talk about dropping pope for forrester, but maybe worth giving pope a start alongside another striker before making that judgement?

[smithie]

A lot of talk about dropping pope for forrester, but maybe worth giving pope a start alongside another striker before making that judgement?

 

Just one problem....Forrester doesn't score goals. It's quite useful if your striker strikes, but this bloke doesn't.

[aspin for england]

Hope you are happy with Wednesday's result against Leeds reserves were stayin down.

Seems that you were very happy , but i bet the win at Crawley really upset you.

 

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[bycars bootboy]

One thing I'm really looking forward to tomorrow is the lovely new toilets in the Railway Stand!!

 

What a strange post.

[jeffers]

I think at home we will play 4-2-3-1 personally similar to under MA.

 

I can agree with that, so assuming Pugh & Tonge are the holding players, who plays the middle of the three. ADF or Pyke.

I think we will see Forrester sharing the front role with Pope and Pyke / Turner sharing the 10 role. With three wingers pushing for two places the squad looks good.

[JOHNNYAITCH]

Enjoy the match...hoping for a good start to the home season

 

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[valefan16]

Turner in the Dodds role might actually work you know. He can play on the wing so can beat a man and shown against Crawley we will look to get into a scoring position.

[TylerB]

Even if Pope isn't scoring he occupies defenders which gives space for any partner and other players. I hope Montano is fit today asI think he'll be a vital player for us this season. I exoect we'll see something like this today:

 

Hornby

 

Wilson

Smith

Kay

Denton

 

Montano (fingers crossed)

Tonge

De Freitas

Harness

 

Pyke

Pope

 

Subs:

 

Slinn

Davis

Gibbons

Pugh

Reeves

Turner

Forrester

 

That's a blimmin' good 11 on paper for League Two, and a much better team than what we had in the league above last season.

 

If Montano doesn't start then De Freitas will play out wide and Pugh will continue alongside Tonge.

 

[gavcradd]

If Lainton isn't fit then Hornby starts, but who have we then got as a sub keeper on the bench? Slinn has just gone out in loan.

 

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[bar1]

Even if Pope isn't scoring he occupies defenders which gives space for any partner and other players. I hope Montano is fit today asI think he'll be a vital player for us this season. I exoect we'll see something like this today:

 

Hornby

 

Wilson

Smith

Kay

Denton

 

Montano (fingers crossed)

Tonge

De Freitas

Harness

 

Pyke

Pope

 

Subs:

 

Slinn

Davis

Gibbons

Pugh

Reeves

Turner

Forrester

 

That's a blimmin' good 11 on paper for League Two, and a much better team than what we had in the league above last season.

 

If Montano doesn't start then De Freitas will play out wide and Pugh will continue alongside Tonge.

 

 

The defence looks pretty solid now. Last season we had to score about 3 to have a chance of winning a game.

 

1 nil vale

 

 

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[valiant_593]

Just one problem....Forrester doesn't score goals. It's quite useful if your striker strikes, but this bloke doesn't.

 

Your wrong.

 

He did score goals in league 2 for bury.

 

He didn't in league 1 but were in league 2 now so that's irrelevant. We have 3 strikers who are proven to score at this level in pope, forrester and Barnett. Pyke should be able get a fair few as well.

 

Let's see how he does in league 2 before making s judgement already.

[Santa]

Forrester scored two goals (two decent finishes) at the start of last season but wasn't properly fit for a long time. I think if he can maintain his fitness (and obviously that's still a big question mark) then he could be a bit of a wildcard for us.

[Robbie Earle's Perm]

Forrester clearly has talent as he proved on Wednesday when he was one of very few who came out with any credit of the Leeds debacle.

 

If we can keep him fit and not overtrain him he could be a diamond.