Match Thread - Port Vale v Stoke C U21

[Fosse69]

Let's not kid ourselves here, this Stoke City U21 team aren't a bunch of "kids".

 

It's a young squad of cherry picked youth internationals, most bought for fees.

 

We could easily get thumped 4-0.

They may well have cost more than the Vale team, not difficult I know, but they lack experience apart from the couple of old heads they are allowed.

[Jacko51]

In their last game Sam Clucas played. He cost £6 million. You could buy Vale for that (except the price has probably gone up again!)

[fraggle]

Still not going, still a nothing game despite the numbers of Sjoke fans going...

[bookworm]

I hope vale win but I wont be going while that BBC keeps sucking the life blood out of the club and that useless ****** isn't getting a brass farthing out of me so my season ticket wont get renewed whilst that **** is in charge so to speak.

[fraggle]

We should have done that when we sold over 6k season tickets that time, and the freebies given out.

 

If they published season ticket numbers as often as the Sjoke game tickets, we may have sold more season tickets - purely based on hype

[valefan16]

Stoke lost to Newcastle kids last week and we eased past Newcastle. Be professional we should ease through this.

[sandyford_valiant]

Stoke lost to Newcastle kids last week and we eased past Newcastle. Be professional we should ease through this.

 

Its Vale v Stoke. They backed on by 4,000 which will give them a huge lift. We dont exactly score many do we or create a lot. This will be far from easy professional or not in my opinion.

 

Id love nothing more than to beat these 3/4. Shut them up.

 

If we do not win we will never hear the end of this for 30 years.

 

Do not lose Vale

[hamilboy]

Stoke locked in after the game until the Vale fans have dispersed .......

 

Hope it takes as long as we were locked in at the victoria ground it could be midnight before they get home.

[Guest]

Come on Vale nothing more be said now its down to the players to do the business .

Fans well looking like over 7500 minimum gate .

I just feel to get more in they should keep the prices at 10 quid /5 quid but im sure lots of fans will makea last minute decision to go or not

 

UTV its going be a very interesting night with the love whats shown between the supporters for one another .

As i have witnessed many times .

[PV1973]

Stoke lost to Newcastle kids last week and we eased past Newcastle. Be professional we should ease through this.

These are totally different types of games to anything we normally play. These academies born in the premier league are producing players for a different style of football all together.

 

Usually these young players won't be used to the hustle and bustle of men who are used to the battle of lower league football. Its a fair chance that a lot of their players haven't played many games where it matters, because bear in mind most lower league players liveliehoods depend on them doing well and earning new contracts and for me that adds more honesty to the football. There may be less quality football played, but I think theres more hard work. Players are willing to fight for the ball and each other.

 

I just hope we win. I can see us puting a strong side out tonight for this.

[NEV]

just been told by a stoke fan hes a friend of the family that the vale pub is only for stoke fans anybody else heard not far on vale fans again

[PV1973]

Yes thats for Stoke fans only. Makes sense to me with so many of them there.

[wwindsor]

Yes thats for Stoke fans only. Makes sense to me with so many of them there.

 

And it needs a refurb so thanks to sjoke for stumping up the cost once you have recked it!!!

[PV1973]

And it needs a refurb so thanks to sjoke for stumping up the cost once you have recked it!!!

Its going to be carnage tonight. I don't miss that aspect of the derbies at all.

[bycars bootboy]

Its going to be carnage tonight. I don't miss that aspect of the derbies at all.

 

It's not and its not a derby.