Match Thread: EFLT R3 Salford City v Port Vale

[PVFC764]

Think you can say - Brown, Gibbo, Smith have played well.  Monty, Joyce and Atkinson have tried.  The rest have just not tried to  force their way into JA and Co's thoughts for saturday.

[osprey]

Conlon done ok

[Walka003]

And people wonder why askey is reluctant to make subs during league matches. I wouldn't want to bring any of this lot on either!

[toyahw]

That was really pathetic. The players who came in were dire.  

[osprey]

Hope we can raise our game for Saturday

[Biddulph_PV]

Typical Vale. Two steps forward and three back. Feel more angry tonight than I did proud on Saturday night. Yes tinpot trophy it might be, but it’s one we’ve won twice and if we’d got to the final then it would have set us up great for a proper go at things next year 😡😡😡

[PVFC764]

Excuses will be the pitch was poor.  No Salford managed to play their game on it.  No a lot of the Vale players went missing and those who tried can't do it all.

This shows the squad is not able to come in and push for a saturday place.  They are too young/inexperienced or just can't do it.

 

[SFBT]

6 minutes ago, southport vale said:

Why are we not interested in going further in this competition. Surely he knows Salford play lump ball and he drops the best defender to the bench. Centre forward on left wing. More than anything this shows the matches the reserves are playing are not good enough to get players match fit. From the highs of Saturday to the depths of despair.

I agree. The lack of reserve games cannot help.

[Heatwave]

2 minutes ago, Biddulph_PV said:

Typical Vale. Two steps forward and three back. Feel more angry tonight than I did proud on Saturday night. Yes tinpot trophy it might be, but it’s one we’ve won twice and if we’d got to the final then it would have set us up great for a proper go at things next year 😡😡😡

Evidently JA didn't agree with you - he didn't put out his strongest team.

[PVFC764]

Just now, Heatwave said:

Evidently JA didn't agree with you - he didn't put out his strongest team.

Don't think JA put out his 4th best side after this game.  5 or 6 players tried tonight and the others went missing.  

The fringe players had a good chance to show the manager what they can do and say hay pick me for saturday's squad.  What really happened was - JA and Co will be thinking god they are crap and would not make the lads and dads sunday league.

[Paul6754]

Too many changes led to too many players who've not had much game time over the last month resulting in poor performance.

[Biddulph_PV]

1 minute ago, Heatwave said:

Evidently JA didn't agree with you - he didn't put out his strongest team.

Yes, clearly.

Worrall and Legge must be rubbing their hands with that display for when it comes to discussing their contract renewals.

[toyahw]

That was really depressing. We played a weakened team, but you would hope the peripheral players would come in, add some energy and stake a claim for a first team place. And they were hopeless. I want to like them. Get behind them. But on that evidence they are just not up to scratch. Naming no names but there were some bloody poor performances out there.

None from the regulars.

[Biddulph_PV]

Just now, toyahw said:

That was really depressing. We played a weakened team, but you would hope the peripheral players would come in, add some energy and stake a claim for a first team place. And they were hopeless. I want to like them. Get behind them. But on that evidence they are just not up to scratch. Naming no names but there were some bloody poor performances out there.

None from the regulars.

I’ll do it for you...Bennett, Cullen and Browne. Crap all of them.

[Fosse69]

Spare a thought for  the 287 hardy Vale souls who made up the 630 attendance.