Match Thread : Port Vale v Harrogate Town

[JRC]

4 minutes ago, darren1810 said:

I didn't say we had a right to win it.

You have to earn the right.

So you are saying Stevenage and Barrow have good starting X1 then too ? 

3-0 Vale 

Barrow have had some decent results so far. Certainly don't think they are a nailed on 3 0.

[PVFC764]

Harrogate have started at a pace by the sounds of it.  

Come on Vale, a goal may stop their pressure.  

 

[Doha]

Well below standard so far. 

[soothsayer]

Very scrappy game. Harrogate are very physical and are looking for free kicks all the time. We need to get it down.

[Jacko51]

Glad to get to HT level. Poor stuff. 

[TylerB]

 

Harrogate are exactly what we knew they would be. Big, physical and organised. Need to think about putting Rodney through the middle, with McKirdy coming on to add a bit of creativity. We're definitely a better footballing side than they are when the ball is on the deck, but they are a well drilled side and effective at what they do.

[TylerB]

27 minutes ago, PVFC764 said:

Harrogate have started at a pace by the sounds of it.  

Come on Vale, a goal may stop their pressure.  

 

Wouldn't exactly call lumping the ball forward at every opportunity as pressure. There game plan has been better than ours so far but they've hardly created a chance of note, the same as us.

There was only ever going to be a goal difference in this game. If we up our game by 10% in the second half going forward we'll take the points.

[Walka003]

One of the worst halves of football from us in a while. Aimless long balls to no one, Cullen cutting a very frustrated figure.

[boslemportvale91]

Awful first half. Getting absolutely bullied 

The attempted long balls to Cullen is frustrating, it never works but they continue to do them. We desperately need someone to spark some creativity,  the midfield really need to step up in the second half.

This is a game where we need Pope playing.

[CambridgeDon]

Terrible half and terrible game. Outmuscled, second to the ball, can't pass and seem to have no answer to their pressing. Only Legge and Brown, for me, have come out with any credit. Lucky to go in at 0-0.

We are missing our better players - Gibbo, Amoo and Pope.

Just hoping we play better second half - surely it can't be as bad.

As for them - just like the old Wimbledon

[darren1810]

Dragged us down to their level. 

One of those games where the usually unflappable Smith looks like he's in a struggle.

Midfield anonymous.

Brown, Legge and Rodney in flashes are the best players , nobody else has turned up yet. 

[TylerB]

 

Nothing quite like an over reaction. We've been due one to be fair.

[valefan16]

Defensively done ok but created very little, crying out for Pope to hold it up to be honest. Need to work them out and improve second half!

[ClntonBoulton]

Good God.....what am I watching? An awful game with us trying to play like them. We need to get it down and pass it not lump it up to a stranded Cullen. Frustrating half of football.....is it windy in Boslem?

[valiant_593]

2 minutes ago, TylerB said:

 

Nothing quite like an over reaction. We've been due one to be fair.

Where’s the over reaction? People are commenting on the game...

really poor so far. Not turned up.