Match Thread - Stevenage v Port Vale

[PV1973]

If pope out then surely Miller has to start?

If Pope starts I think Miller will be on the bench.

[onestepatatime]

I don't really care what team he puts out tonight, as long as they all attempt to play to their full potential. I'll be there supporting the Vale and assume that even the so called "fringe players" will now be trying their hardest with the thought of the Sunderland Cup Tie in their minds.

[bycarspete]

Same team, only change if all fit, miller for Whitfield

[philmpv]

Despite the obvious failings going forward if he kept exactly the same side, including Clarke and Vassell as wing backs which simply didn't work. Hope I am wrong though.

 

We won didn't we? That says to me that it did work, in that we got the goal, and then went 5-4-1 for the second half?

[pjg1876]

Same team, only change if all fit, miller for Whitfield

 

Same team but Miller for Worrall on the bench

[osprey]

Lucky

[PVFC764]

Come on Vale. Sort it out. Hate Tuesday games as Vale seem unable to win these very often.

[Doha]

[PVFC764]

Well defended post - our defenders still a sleep. God Doha, that was close to going 1 down. Nervous enough and then you put that on. Think this could be a long night.

[Guest TommyMac]

 

Is that Legge standing watching their player run through?

[PVFC764]

Is that Legge standing watching their player run through?

 

Think you could say it was all of them. But looks like Legge.

[osprey]

Hard work but ok at half time

[PVFC764]

Well nil nil. Would take that at the moment as I thought they would score, but seem as bad as us.

[Hagrid]

We're playing like we're away at Man City.

 

Backs to the wall, gritty, utterly defensive and unambitious.

 

I know we're away but its to ******* Stevenage. At times we're playing a 7-2-1.

 

Mostly outclassed that first half. Not tight enough to Timlin and JCR seeing a lot of the ball.

 

Get Miller on and lets have a go. Sick of this negative football. How far have we fallen where its a clinging on, 'heroic' effort to be 0-0 at HT with Stevenage, or nicking a win via a penalty at Oldham.

 

We've had Popey mouthing off on twitter about 'we are where we are' () and it seems like the squad have had it drilled into them that they are lower mid-table and should be grateful for every point they get.

 

FGR finished marginally above us last season and they're flying. What's all this rhetoric about 'we only just survived' when we've signed Brown, Legge, Whitfield etc?

 

We're so much better than this.

[beasty77]

Who did the back pass?