Match Thread : Port Vale v Mansfield Town

[philmpv]

Here we go again.....

Pope was NOT given ANY good service, Why were Worrall & Amoo Not on WITH him ?

[Davo666]

Not many I'd retain out of this pile of <ovf censored>, bloody shocking !!

[mikey]

Scott Brown motm for me -  that says it all

[Biddulph_PV]

Brilliant Whitehead. 

[osprey]

Could have been 0-7 today

[Pops]

Worst £10 I’ve ever spent. 😩

[Wrex]

9 minutes ago, Iron Curtain said:

As much as we live an opening day, we also hate a last game of the season.

Last time we won one was 2011-12

 

Bizarre how those stats have lined up

[ELDERBEZZA]

Brown was immense after that earlier blip.Prevented 0-8

[Bald Eagle]

4 minutes ago, philmpv said:

Here we go again.....

Surprised it’s taken this long.  Whoever was picked / whatever the formation  it should have been different.  It can’t be because Pope is past it!

[Biddulph_PV]

Thank God that’s all over. There are players there that would struggle to get a game for Hanley Town on that showing.

Absolutely atrocious, no other way to describe it, and I hope that’s how DC calls it.

[1]

Hurst will never be league quality, just being young isn’t enough. Surely there’s young players better than him.

[Santa]

16 minutes ago, philmpv said:

I hope that's not a euphemism Doha

Hopefully it's a metaphor rather than a real axe.

[Sam Kelly's Left Boot]

Blessing in disguise that today, justifies a big clear out.

 

Onwards & Upwards.

[efsb]

Retained list day on Monday or Tuesday is going to be like an episode of Game of Thrones on that showing.

[Joe B]

Abysmal, and a nice microcosm of the majority of this season; players fundamentally not good enough, going through the motions and letting the club down, a legacy of poor recruitment and squad mismanagement.

Only reinforces my overarching belief; get rid of all we can this week

I was wavering on Brisley but he's prone to a gaff. Bang average at best and we can do better.

Joyce looks his age, and miles off the pace. A good servant but his time has come.

Brown made a string of tidy saves late on but is very slow to get down, as evidenced by the free kick, and he'll be 37 next season. Extending him is just delaying the eventual challenge of replacing him. Let's be proactive and not rue further regression, which could cost us. 

Pope was anonymous and it will be a sad end to a legendary Vale career if he goes, but the club must come first. Give him a charity match when restrictions are lifted and name the new training ground/pitches after him.

Montano is a good player but I lose no sleep if he goes. Too many ups and downs. 

The rest are no brainers; Mills, Fitzpatrick, McKirdy et al will be wiped from memory as soon as that retained list is out.

If Carol can find some pennies down the sofa to pay off Whitehead, Robinson, and Amoo, then even better.

Time for a reset. Clarke is the man; time for Flitcroft to deliver on his talk. Let's be active with signings; none of this 'waiting till the price drops'. Identify targets and improve the 11 at the first opportunity. No compromise. Spin this league.

What a f*cking rubbish season. UTV