2 hours ago, darren1810 said:

Gibbons as a midfield destroyer and passer, love it VFIA . Can't believe Askey hasn't considered it before 

He could probably do a job there to be fair but wouldn't want to experiment in a game like this!

Anybody know if theres places to eat near the ground, or is it in the middle of nowhere?

There are loads of eateries near the ground including KFC, Frankie and Benny's, TGI Friday's and McDonalds.

Edited February 6, 20206 yr by Jacko51

There are loads of eateries near the ground including KFC, Frankie and Benny's, TGI Friday's and McDonalds.

Cheers [emoji106]

Cheers [emoji106]

You can see 80% of the pitch from the majority of them strangely!

14 hours ago, connor hackett said:

Anybody know if theres places to eat near the ground, or is it in the middle of nowhere?

It is the equivalent of plonking a ground in the middle of festival park. You can't go wrong .

News on Oyeleke hopeful,  chance of an appearance.

News on Oyeleke hopeful,  chance of an appearance.

And Smith

And taylor in another week. Embarrassment of riches in midfield then. What a stark contrast to the choice of kay, pugh and Tonge just a couple of seasons ago

And Smith

7 minutes ago, philmpv said:

And taylor in another week. Embarrassment of riches in midfield then. What a stark contrast to the choice of kay, pugh and Tonge just a couple of seasons ago

It’s beggars belief that managers couldn’t see that we needed energy in a midfield 3. And who can forget in the list of strange decisions when we saw  some of the pace (monty) being tried as the left centre half of a back 3.

Edited February 7, 20206 yr by PV1973

23 minutes ago, PV1973 said:

It’s beggars belief that managers couldn’t see that we needed energy in a midfield 3. And who can forget in the list of strange decisions when we saw  some of the pace (monty) being tried as the left centre half of a back 3.

I wouldn't false Aspin for not recognising we needed energy in midfield as he recruited Hannatt, Conlon, Joyce and Oyeleke to provide it. What made him a poor manager for me was his summer recruitment was premised around playing 3 4 3 and he then bottled it and went 4 4 2. The Montano as a left centre half was bonkers, particularly as he would have been very effective as a left wingback. He recruited Vassell who Campbell (who knows a thing or two about defending) is trying to sign at a , admittedly cash strapped, struggling team in a higher league to play on the left of a back 3. Aspin never once played him there despite justifying signing him based on his success in that role.

Personally I don't overly care what formation we play. But Askey wants to play 4 3 3, recruited players to play 4 3 3, spent preseason working on 4 3 3 and plays 4 3 3. Aspin wanted to play 3 4 3, recruited and spent close season working on 3 4 3; then went 4 4 2. Just showed a lack of clarity of purpose, conviction and belief in what he was trying to do.

Hope we turn up for this one and get on the front foot from the start. With a bit of luck they may have a bit of a hangover from the fa cup. It a tough match but we need all players to be at 100% . Good luck to all the traveling Valiants with you in spirit as still recovering from my op . UTV  

Hello, all.

Just here for my weekly dose of chaos, courtesy of VFIA's team sheet.

Gibbons in a double pivot with Joyce. Superb.

The working week is complete. Off to the pub.

VFIA is the best poster on here. Love it.

Hello, all.
Just here for my weekly dose of chaos, courtesy of VFIA's team sheet.
Gibbons in a double pivot with Joyce. Superb.
The working week is complete. Off to the pub.
VFIA is the best poster on here. Love it.

I would love to see him on Championship Manager. I bet it’s chaos.

Montano left wing,       Oyeleke, Pope & Smith included on the bench