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Match Thread: FAC2 Cheltenham T v Port Vale


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9 minutes ago, philpvfc said:

1. Hopeless like the rest of the team for the first half hour but improved as the game went on and put a great cross just before half time that was inches from being tapped in by Pope.

2. Really good game, IMO best player on the pitch behind Pope. Joyce had the best game I’ve seen and that was helped by the fact Conlon is a far better tackler. Conlon seemed a lot more composed than he has been.

3. We started to improve 10 minutes before half time, we just played a more passing game rather than looking for Pope too early. Cheltenham had a 6ft6 centre midfielder who was dominating and he went off injured before half time, that obviously helped us.

Having Conlon back is a big plus. Loads of energy, committed, great left peg. With Burgess, Taylor, Atkinson, and Conlon competing to partner Joyce (with the slim hope that Manny can sort his hamstring out) central midfield is a real position of strength for us.

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16 minutes ago, Joe B said:

Having Conlon back is a big plus. Loads of energy, committed, great left peg. With Burgess, Taylor, Atkinson, and Conlon competing to partner Joyce (with the slim hope that Manny can sort his hamstring out) central midfield is a real position of strength for us.

That's a massive difference!

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11 hours ago, Houston Valiant said:

Man Utd played Exeter at home in 2005 and nearly 68,000 watched it. If, and it's a big if, we get them away , I'm sure it would be at least 50,000. Of course, Liverpool at VP would be fine too.

Burton away then.

With the giant clubs it depends on their ST rules, some include cup tickets or a requirement to buy.

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2 hours ago, valiant steve said:

Feed the Pope! Wonder how many goals he'd have this season if he'd been played as the main striker with two wingers either side of him? Moe than Bennett I reckon. 

UTV

Well he's already scored more goals than Bennett regardless!

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Their “boys” to our right seemed a new addition from last season. And they were literally boys, they looked like school kids trying to give it the big un. Funny to see them getting chucked out as well. 
 

I had a guy behind me who did nothing but slag off Pope, saying we’re always a man down when he plays and how sh*t he is. Suffice to say he was dancing around in that second half. 

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5 hours ago, ollyandpatch said:

Just reading through the posts. Genuine Vale fans slagging Pope off really need to take a good hard look at themselves. The second highest goal scorer in our 143 year history has earned a right to have a dodgy 45 minutes. In years to come when our grandkids look at the history books the name Pope will pop up as one of our all time greats. We are witnessing that history in front of our eyes. We are blessed.  

I think we need to adjust to the age of Pope. Askey is managing him to try to get a whole season fit out of him with realistic use. If he were to try to play every game his joints and muscles would get injured, maybe a big injury, maybe cumulative small ones, and he would be more likely to be out longer. When he has come on as sub he has shown good energy. Also he is able to be at peak when the opposition are tiring. And another factor here is Port Vale are fit. We have won games because of that this season. I have seen Liverpool twice in the last few weeks, a seriously fit team, and Port Vale were massively behind them before Askey and there is now a much more credible gap allowing for difference in resources. So Pope benefits from that as well. Of course he should start some key games, and yesterday was one. That might be a £500k to £1m game for the Vale in the next round and allow some strengthening in the next window or further ground improvements. 

I confess I slagged off Pope after he first came back. I didn't think he was fit enough. He didn't get to the box and shoot when played through and in a foot race with ex player Jones. With hindsight it was the whole team.

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6 minutes ago, Walka003 said:
1 hour ago, Paul6754 said:
For any ex-pats who can't access the BBC video highlights. Get in.
 

Anyone else think that's an extremely harsh penalty to give? He was falling over how is he supposed to stop that happening!

Very unusual, he brought the player down but didn't know it, could easily have been kicked on the head.

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