Match Thread: Port Vale v Exeter City

[Fosse69]

Well, hard to say what will happen, unbeaten at home but without a win this year, playing the highest ranked team so far, must be a win. Don't hold me to that, but that's how football goes sometimes.

[rsb]

have the ground staff managed to clear the snow and get the covers on I think P-P on Tuesday.

[valiant steve]

Hope it's on. Chance to move even further clear of the bottom two.

[SourceOfTheTrent]

Weather forecast suggests it'll go ahead no problem, it's going to warm up significantly by Tuesday afternoon.

[onestepatatime]

After Saturday's snowstorming blitz in the 2nd half I wouldn't mind it snowing again. Perhaps Aspin's insistence that no gloves be worn meant the players had to run around more to keep warm

[mikey]

Exter have dropped off the pace recently. I think we can get something from this game.

 

1-0

[pjg1876]

I just hope that Neil Aspin has finally seen the light that Forrester cannot play up front on his own. Not sure that Montano is the right person for left back, better going forward.

 

My team for Tuesday would be : Boot, Gibbons and Smith as Full Backs. Howkins and Raglan as Centre Backs. Worrall, Hannant, Tonge (or Pugh) and Montano in Midfield and Forrester and Wilson up front.

 

We will need Howkins for his height at Wycombe so needs to form a partnership with Raglan before then.

[ELDERBEZZA]

They have some pace in their midfield and I hope they don't slice through our midfield like Stevenage did for their first goal!!

[davehartshill]

If we are going play Montano as a left back then I’d like to see us play 3-5-2 and use him and Gibbons as wing backs. Also allows us the luxury of an extra centre half to help with some of our awful defending.

 

Boot

 

Raglan

Smith

Howkins/Howe

 

Gibbons

Worrall

Pugh/Tonge

Hannant

Montano

 

Wilson

Forrester

[NellyTheValiant]

Boot

 

 

Gibbons

Smith

Howkins

Montano

 

Worrall

Pugh

Hannant

Harness

 

Wilson/Barnett

Forrester

[valefan16]

Weather forecast suggests it'll go ahead no problem, it's going to warm up significantly by Tuesday afternoon.

 

Only potential problem could be waterlogging I guess with the pitch exposed Saturday but should be alright.

 

Exeter drew with Yeovil and lost to Morecambe last two... no reason we can’t get something here.

 

If we could just get that elusive win we would probably only need a couple more points to be safe!

[Conrad]

Boot

 

 

Gibbons

Smith

Howkins

Montano

 

Worrall

Pugh

Hannant

Harness

 

Wilson/Barnett

Forrester

That looks good to me but without Barnett.

A win would be nice but another point would be ok.

[NellyTheValiant]

That looks good to me but without Barnett.

A win would be nice but another point would be ok.

 

I'm not sure that Wilson would last the 90 Conrad hence the change, besides which when we went with Barnett up top 2nd half during December we managed to keep hold of leads and actually win games.

[SFBT]

I agree with Howkins playing.

Somebody has to deal with the nemesis Akinfenwa on Saturday.

[Guest]

Well start as you mean to go on was major impressed with last half hour showing yesterday so heres my team injuries permitting .

Boot

Gibbons Hoskins Raglan Mont

Pugh Worrall

Harness Wilson Hannant

Forrester

I think in this side ive chose you have the drive of worrall in midfield ,pugh to win the ball then u have Harness and Hannant willingness to go past players on the wings and u have Wilson in the hole behind Forrester with them all changing positions so that at times Wilson is in front of Forrrester and Forrester is in front of Wilson as i think we could be quite a team if we didnt have to babysit the central defence all the time .

Thats where Hoskins comes in for Smith out of the two in the games i saw he was the better performer .

Lets hope its on i have a good feeling about this game for the first time in a home game for a long time we looked fluent yesterday .

That last half hour should give us the confidence beat Exeter and Wycombe this week .

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