Congratulations Tom...109 and more to come..

[Aussie Rules]

What a magnificent way to become Port Vales 2nd highest goal scorer - and your treasured memory permanently set 'Stone'  😎

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[old sage]

Hey Up Aussie you have stolen my thunder. Yes well done Tom lad the top Port Vale goal scorer since the 2nd W/W what an outstanding achievement for the lad who really is one of our own.

 None of the 11 who played yesterday let either themselves or Port Vale down but one or two things stood out very clearly which are that  we have a few players that could or can play at a higher level, starting with our super keeper Scotty Brown what a gift he was from Wycombe and their boss Ainsworth. Smithie who had a very impressive game and looked comfortable in the company of a few great players. Both Monty and Amoo showed just hoe effective they could be if only they had more self belief in their own ability. Pace kills at any level and both of them have that in bucket loads.

 Finally the 'main man' who describes himself as the 'slowest player in the world'. Well he may be slow but he has a football brain well above the lower leagues level as he proved without a doubt yesterday. Take his goal when he cleverly ran around the defender who was marking him to attack the cross from David Amoo, he didn't wait for the ball to come to him but went to meet the ball and with a sublime nod of his head sent us all into raptures. Yes Tom lad you might not be the quickest on your feet but you are right up there with both your heading ability and quick thinking. I ask in all sincerity is there a better header of the ball than 'Our Tom' in the entire football world today? In my maybe biased opinion I say no and yesterday he proved that the 'World's slowest player' can give any defence a torrid time, if he gets decent service from his team mates and a strike partner would be nice to profit from his many flicks and knock downs.

 Critics can say that Foyley ( another great servant) scored at a higher level but he also had better players servicing him. If Tom Pope had the balls crossing  to him from the likes of Guppy and McCarthy like Martin had the mind boggles just how many goals and assists he would have bagged.

 Anyway Popey thank you for your contributions to Port Vale's cause over the past decade, helping us to promotion in 2013 and possibly more importantly helping to keep us from relegation on three separate occasions Plus as Aussie points out those lovely 109 goals and if your are cared for the many more that I believe are still in your locker to help us to achieve promotion once again, go get 'em kid! Thank you for being a ray of sunshine for the supporters in a dark period for our Club.

 Fortunately we now have great new owners, a decent manager (though I wish he would play with two up top) and a few decent players life looks good for our chequered future.

 

[Woakesy]

Yes, congratulations Popey. A massive achievement, especially to get the record at the best domestic team over the last few years.

Brilliant banter on twitter too!

[PVFC_4_EVA]

Well done Popey. Absolutely great header.

What a shame it is that we have never played stoke with Pope in the starting line up.

He really does turn up for all occasions.

[TylerB]

 

Typical Pope goal, brilliant header and bit of movement to get across his marker, but that cross was an absolute peach and Amoo should do a bit more of that. 

But we're lucky to have Tom Pope and he'll deserve to have a stand named after him once he's retired.

[Portvale4]

When is the statue being built? 

[Jacko51]

On Boxing Day we were fortunate enough to be given tickets the hospitality area at Mansfield.  We went in and sat down at our table which had 8 Mansfield fans and us!  When we said we were Vale the first thing one of them said was "Can we have Tom Pope?" 

Tom is, to paraphrase Jesus, a prophet without honour in his hometown.  Everyone else in our division appreciates him and what he can do.  Some of our fans take him for granted.

[Fosse69]

11 minutes ago, Jacko51 said:

On Boxing Day we were fortunate enough to be given tickets the hospitality area at Mansfield.  We went in and sat down at our table which had 8 Mansfield fans and us!  When we said we were Vale the first thing one of them said was "Can we have Tom Pope?" 

Tom is, to paraphrase Jesus, a prophet without honour in his hometown.  Everyone else in our division appreciates him and what he can do.  Some of our fans take him for granted.

A Notts mate says the same, the grass is always greener when assessing opposing strikers. 

[PVFCSVA]

Congratulations to Tom and the whole of the club from tea lady to chairman. A great day out at a lovely stadium. 

Noted that Tom said Stones wouldn’t speak to him afterwards in the changing room. A sign of how distant players in the premier league are from reality and feeling untouchable. A bit of banter on twitter and Stones feels he can’t give him the time of day. If it’s correct it’s such a shame and shows how these players earning x,y and z think about themselves. 

Tom Pope = absolute legend! 

Stones along with some Man City fans who have had a dig at Pope maybe need to come back down to earth. It was 11 v 11 yesterday regardless of wage packets and every man in yellow did themselves proud on a day we will never forget. We were actually level for 27 minutes, almost a third of the game and outdone by 2 cruel deflections and another scrappy goal. 

Finally a note to Dion Dublin on Match of the day last night. A little more respect for my club would have been deserving. 

[Heatwave]

On 05/01/2020 at 09:07, PVFC_4_EVA said:

Well done Popey. Absolutely great header.

What a shame it is that we have never played stoke with Pope in the starting line up.

He really does turn up for all occasions.

We did, for the bog smashing 4-0. When he scored he pulled up his shirt to show the Stokies in the Hamil that he wasn't a fat bastard.