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On 17/05/2021 at 17:21, darren1810 said:

I wonder if Enoch Andoh would ever of been a decent sale. We will never know as sadly injury curtailed his Vale career but when he was on song he was flying. 

Yes, he would! He was exciting...raw, but exciting and I've never seen one of our players fouled so often by so many different opponents. It's a crying shame we couldn't develop him on...he could have had a great career!

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You walk down the stone steps, as darkness surrounds the air around you with an eerie, menacing silence. You dare not make a sound as you tip-toe through the maze of seemingly abandoned corridors. You hug your withered parchment to your chest as you scurry through, careful not to drop it in this cruel and hostile place.

Some say these crumbling tunnels were used long ago, but that is legend by now, and those who had uttered it have long since perished without a scrap of evidence to cling to. But you believe. You have to believe.

After what seems like hours of oppressive cold and blinding blackness pressing against your eyes, you see a faint glow in the deep, blurry distance. Hurrying hunchbacked towards it, you see the twinkle of sharp, icy, steel locks, bolts and hinges - apparent only through the dancing rays of a flickering torch light standing guard.

As your piercing pupils dart wildly across the sight in front of you, your mouth instinctively free-falls. Bewilderment, elation and excitement explodes in your heart. There is a sign decorating the door, carved into rippling wood. You recognise it as the graceful oak tree that stood until recently out in the daylight. Its ceremonial chopping could mean only one thing, so the myth goes. It was planted on the day of Port Vale’s last successful transfer window, in bountiful days seldom remembered. The eager hands that tended the soil that day could not have imagined the sandy, desert wasteland that would ensue before it could be uprooted, and celebrations could begin. The pain. The hurt. But here it was, felled, etched and mounted. Even in the dim embers, it was clear as day.

The dusty, charred-brown parchment still tightly scrunched in your fist, you bang frantically on the echoing, ominous door to confirm your hopes and dreams. A face suddenly emerges in the hatch. It is walled on all sides by an uncompromising metal sheen, but this is no match for the glint of determined hunger in the eyes meeting your gaze. “Welcome to the transfer operation centre war room battle planning strategic hub analytical intelligence centre” exclaimed a gruff bark. “2.0” came a equally passionate voice from inside the secure room “we did have a conference centre set out upstairs.” “Enough of this time-wasting” interrupted the first person “pass through the missing piece.” In a state of existential shock, awestruck glee and vindicated, renewed belief, you hastily push the precious merchandise through the hole and a swift hand snatches it from your grasp like a venomous snakebite.

You don’t mind that the frail parchment is pulled through suddenly and the reinforced hatch gets slammed in short order behind it. They have a job to do and you are simply thankful to be included, even if fleetingly.

As you skip away with a glowing sense of accomplishment, the day was only just beginning inside the chamber, despite the sun setting in a purple haze out amongst the clouds. Technology the world has never seen, experts from all over the globe and newly designed techniques fashioned solely for this ambitious purpose are all being employed on a vast warehouse floor bustling with earnest activity. Above them are two sultry figures, standing arms folded on their balcony, watching it all unfold below with a cunning, collective curl of the lip. As they unveil the image on the parchment with a flourished unrolling, they turn to each other and nod with mirrored, gleaming smiles.

Holding the four corners between them, with a glowing sense of endeavour that only a plan in action can provide, they stick it right in the centre of a whiteboard populated with hundreds of dog-eared mugshots of players. Some were crinkled, the creases telling tales of being passed around in anxious musing. Some were scratched out in fury, others circled with fervour, but each and all lead to this moment. Every hopeful little face has been reviewed and categorised, but none hold a candle to this missing link. This beautiful, diamond in the rough. Some will be honoured with a supporting role to the main act, but it’s painstakingly obvious to everyone in the bunker where Vale’s future lies. As the puppet-masters step back and admire their completed mission, they simultaneously burst into tears in fierce anticipation of the masterpiece fans are about to experience. They fold into a heap of released emotion. With their last morsel of energy they stare up into the eyes of the man who will single-handedly lead the Valiants away from League 2 obscurity. They grab their comrade’s shoulders, shaking, giggling and fighting back joyous screams. Then quietly ... they whisper in one united breath ... “Theo is the one.”

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1 hour ago, LancyTony said:

Yes, he would! He was exciting...raw, but exciting and I've never seen one of our players fouled so often by so many different opponents. It's a crying shame we couldn't develop him on...he could have had a great career!

Enoch Ando was a brilliant little player. You could see that someone was going to hurt him, he needed protection from the referee's. I believe a move to Spurs was on the horizon. Just shows how cruel the game can be.

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Could be - you have almost 10 years over me. And I actually understand you thinking that we may have too many coaches - but, if you break it down, like this: 
Will we get a well-trained team without a coach? Probably not?
If we bring in just 1 coach, will he be an all-rounder, or a specialist? Probably an all-rounder won't be as good as a specialist - but, then we need a specialist for each discipline...so that's 4.
Then, are these coaches going to be training the youngsters, too, or do we need coaches who specialise in training and developing kids?
It soon mounts up, Geoff...and that's not even considering fitness, etc!  I believe we're finally putting a good foundation in place. Fingers crossed!
The bizarre thing is we only have a strength and conditioning coach for the first team at the minute so I'd say we're light in that department
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On 12/05/2021 at 15:59, philmpv said:
On 12/05/2021 at 15:52, ClntonBoulton said:
They've just been released by us......as well as Connor Head, Connor Trap and Connor Mark.....

Don't forget Connor Play

Also Connor B Bothered we've had a lot of his relatives over the years.

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1 hour ago, 1 said:

You walk down the stone steps, as darkness surrounds the air around you with an eerie, menacing silence. You dare not make a sound as you tip-toe through the maze of seemingly abandoned corridors. You hug your withered parchment to your chest as you scurry through, careful not to drop it in this cruel and hostile place.

Some say these crumbling tunnels were used long ago, but that is legend by now, and those who had uttered it have long since perished without a scrap of evidence to cling to. But you believe. You have to believe.

After what seems like hours of oppressive cold and blinding blackness pressing against your eyes, you see a faint glow in the deep, blurry distance. Hurrying hunchbacked towards it, you see the twinkle of sharp, icy, steel locks, bolts and hinges - apparent only through the dancing rays of a flickering torch light standing guard.

As your piercing pupils dart wildly across the sight in front of you, your mouth instinctively free-falls. Bewilderment, elation and excitement explodes in your heart. There is a sign decorating the door, carved into rippling wood. You recognise it as the graceful oak tree that stood until recently out in the daylight. Its ceremonial chopping could mean only one thing, so the myth goes. It was planted on the day of Port Vale’s last successful transfer window, in bountiful days seldom remembered. The eager hands that tended the soil that day could not have imagined the sandy, desert wasteland that would ensue before it could be uprooted, and celebrations could begin. The pain. The hurt. But here it was, felled, etched and mounted. Even in the dim embers, it was clear as day.

The dusty, charred-brown parchment still tightly scrunched in your fist, you bang frantically on the echoing, ominous door to confirm your hopes and dreams. A face suddenly emerges in the hatch. It is walled on all sides by an uncompromising metal sheen, but this is no match for the glint of determined hunger in the eyes meeting your gaze. “Welcome to the transfer operation centre war room battle planning strategic hub analytical intelligence centre” exclaimed a gruff bark. “2.0” came a equally passionate voice from inside the secure room “we did have a conference centre set out upstairs.” “Enough of this time-wasting” interrupted the first person “pass through the missing piece.” In a state of existential shock, awestruck glee and vindicated, renewed belief, you hastily push the precious merchandise through the hole and a swift hand snatches it from your grasp like a venomous snakebite.

You don’t mind that the frail parchment is pulled through suddenly and the reinforced hatch gets slammed in short order behind it. They have a job to do and you are simply thankful to be included, even if fleetingly.

As you skip away with a glowing sense of accomplishment, the day was only just beginning inside the chamber, despite the sun setting in a purple haze out amongst the clouds. Technology the world has never seen, experts from all over the globe and newly designed techniques fashioned solely for this ambitious purpose are all being employed on a vast warehouse floor bustling with earnest activity. Above them are two sultry figures, standing arms folded on their balcony, watching it all unfold below with a cunning, collective curl of the lip. As they unveil the image on the parchment with a flourished unrolling, they turn to each other and nod with mirrored, gleaming smiles.

Holding the four corners between them, with a glowing sense of endeavour that only a plan in action can provide, they stick it right in the centre of a whiteboard populated with hundreds of dog-eared mugshots of players. Some were crinkled, the creases telling tales of being passed around in anxious musing. Some were scratched out in fury, others circled with fervour, but each and all lead to this moment. Every hopeful little face has been reviewed and categorised, but none hold a candle to this missing link. This beautiful, diamond in the rough. Some will be honoured with a supporting role to the main act, but it’s painstakingly obvious to everyone in the bunker where Vale’s future lies. As the puppet-masters step back and admire their completed mission, they simultaneously burst into tears in fierce anticipation of the masterpiece fans are about to experience. They fold into a heap of released emotion. With their last morsel of energy they stare up into the eyes of the man who will single-handedly lead the Valiants away from League 2 obscurity. They grab their comrade’s shoulders, shaking, giggling and fighting back joyous screams. Then quietly ... they whisper in one united breath ... “Theo is the one.”

im speechless 🙂

 

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1 hour ago, dishydave said:
2 hours ago, LancyTony said:
Could be - you have almost 10 years over me. And I actually understand you thinking that we may have too many coaches - but, if you break it down, like this: 
Will we get a well-trained team without a coach? Probably not?
If we bring in just 1 coach, will he be an all-rounder, or a specialist? Probably an all-rounder won't be as good as a specialist - but, then we need a specialist for each discipline...so that's 4.
Then, are these coaches going to be training the youngsters, too, or do we need coaches who specialise in training and developing kids?
It soon mounts up, Geoff...and that's not even considering fitness, etc!  I believe we're finally putting a good foundation in place. Fingers crossed!

The bizarre thing is we only have a strength and conditioning coach for the first team at the minute so I'd say we're light in that department

You're right - no point in getting only the first team into fighting condition! Good habits and practices need to run throughout the club!

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1 hour ago, 1 said:

You walk down the stone steps, as darkness surrounds the air around you with an eerie, menacing silence. You dare not make a sound as you tip-toe through the maze of seemingly abandoned corridors. You hug your withered parchment to your chest as you scurry through, careful not to drop it in this cruel and hostile place.

Some say these crumbling tunnels were used long ago, but that is legend by now, and those who had uttered it have long since perished without a scrap of evidence to cling to. But you believe. You have to believe.

After what seems like hours of oppressive cold and blinding blackness pressing against your eyes, you see a faint glow in the deep, blurry distance. Hurrying hunchbacked towards it, you see the twinkle of sharp, icy, steel locks, bolts and hinges - apparent only through the dancing rays of a flickering torch light standing guard.

As your piercing pupils dart wildly across the sight in front of you, your mouth instinctively free-falls. Bewilderment, elation and excitement explodes in your heart. There is a sign decorating the door, carved into rippling wood. You recognise it as the graceful oak tree that stood until recently out in the daylight. Its ceremonial chopping could mean only one thing, so the myth goes. It was planted on the day of Port Vale’s last successful transfer window, in bountiful days seldom remembered. The eager hands that tended the soil that day could not have imagined the sandy, desert wasteland that would ensue before it could be uprooted, and celebrations could begin. The pain. The hurt. But here it was, felled, etched and mounted. Even in the dim embers, it was clear as day.

The dusty, charred-brown parchment still tightly scrunched in your fist, you bang frantically on the echoing, ominous door to confirm your hopes and dreams. A face suddenly emerges in the hatch. It is walled on all sides by an uncompromising metal sheen, but this is no match for the glint of determined hunger in the eyes meeting your gaze. “Welcome to the transfer operation centre war room battle planning strategic hub analytical intelligence centre” exclaimed a gruff bark. “2.0” came a equally passionate voice from inside the secure room “we did have a conference centre set out upstairs.” “Enough of this time-wasting” interrupted the first person “pass through the missing piece.” In a state of existential shock, awestruck glee and vindicated, renewed belief, you hastily push the precious merchandise through the hole and a swift hand snatches it from your grasp like a venomous snakebite.

You don’t mind that the frail parchment is pulled through suddenly and the reinforced hatch gets slammed in short order behind it. They have a job to do and you are simply thankful to be included, even if fleetingly.

As you skip away with a glowing sense of accomplishment, the day was only just beginning inside the chamber, despite the sun setting in a purple haze out amongst the clouds. Technology the world has never seen, experts from all over the globe and newly designed techniques fashioned solely for this ambitious purpose are all being employed on a vast warehouse floor bustling with earnest activity. Above them are two sultry figures, standing arms folded on their balcony, watching it all unfold below with a cunning, collective curl of the lip. As they unveil the image on the parchment with a flourished unrolling, they turn to each other and nod with mirrored, gleaming smiles.

Holding the four corners between them, with a glowing sense of endeavour that only a plan in action can provide, they stick it right in the centre of a whiteboard populated with hundreds of dog-eared mugshots of players. Some were crinkled, the creases telling tales of being passed around in anxious musing. Some were scratched out in fury, others circled with fervour, but each and all lead to this moment. Every hopeful little face has been reviewed and categorised, but none hold a candle to this missing link. This beautiful, diamond in the rough. Some will be honoured with a supporting role to the main act, but it’s painstakingly obvious to everyone in the bunker where Vale’s future lies. As the puppet-masters step back and admire their completed mission, they simultaneously burst into tears in fierce anticipation of the masterpiece fans are about to experience. They fold into a heap of released emotion. With their last morsel of energy they stare up into the eyes of the man who will single-handedly lead the Valiants away from League 2 obscurity. They grab their comrade’s shoulders, shaking, giggling and fighting back joyous screams. Then quietly ... they whisper in one united breath ... “Theo is the one.”

 

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You walk down the stone steps, as darkness surrounds the air around you with an eerie, menacing silence. You dare not make a sound as you tip-toe through the maze of seemingly abandoned corridors. You hug your withered parchment to your chest as you scurry through, careful not to drop it in this cruel and hostile place.

Some say these crumbling tunnels were used long ago, but that is legend by now, and those who had uttered it have long since perished without a scrap of evidence to cling to. But you believe. You have to believe.

After what seems like hours of oppressive cold and blinding blackness pressing against your eyes, you see a faint glow in the deep, blurry distance. Hurrying hunchbacked towards it, you see the twinkle of sharp, icy, steel locks, bolts and hinges - apparent only through the dancing rays of a flickering torch light standing guard.

As your piercing pupils dart wildly across the sight in front of you, your mouth instinctively free-falls. Bewilderment, elation and excitement explodes in your heart. There is a sign decorating the door, carved into rippling wood. You recognise it as the graceful oak tree that stood until recently out in the daylight. Its ceremonial chopping could mean only one thing, so the myth goes. It was planted on the day of Port Vale’s last successful transfer window, in bountiful days seldom remembered. The eager hands that tended the soil that day could not have imagined the sandy, desert wasteland that would ensue before it could be uprooted, and celebrations could begin. The pain. The hurt. But here it was, felled, etched and mounted. Even in the dim embers, it was clear as day.

The dusty, charred-brown parchment still tightly scrunched in your fist, you bang frantically on the echoing, ominous door to confirm your hopes and dreams. A face suddenly emerges in the hatch. It is walled on all sides by an uncompromising metal sheen, but this is no match for the glint of determined hunger in the eyes meeting your gaze. “Welcome to the transfer operation centre war room battle planning strategic hub analytical intelligence centre” exclaimed a gruff bark. “2.0” came a equally passionate voice from inside the secure room “we did have a conference centre set out upstairs.” “Enough of this time-wasting” interrupted the first person “pass through the missing piece.” In a state of existential shock, awestruck glee and vindicated, renewed belief, you hastily push the precious merchandise through the hole and a swift hand snatches it from your grasp like a venomous snakebite.

You don’t mind that the frail parchment is pulled through suddenly and the reinforced hatch gets slammed in short order behind it. They have a job to do and you are simply thankful to be included, even if fleetingly.

As you skip away with a glowing sense of accomplishment, the day was only just beginning inside the chamber, despite the sun setting in a purple haze out amongst the clouds. Technology the world has never seen, experts from all over the globe and newly designed techniques fashioned solely for this ambitious purpose are all being employed on a vast warehouse floor bustling with earnest activity. Above them are two sultry figures, standing arms folded on their balcony, watching it all unfold below with a cunning, collective curl of the lip. As they unveil the image on the parchment with a flourished unrolling, they turn to each other and nod with mirrored, gleaming smiles.

Holding the four corners between them, with a glowing sense of endeavour that only a plan in action can provide, they stick it right in the centre of a whiteboard populated with hundreds of dog-eared mugshots of players. Some were crinkled, the creases telling tales of being passed around in anxious musing. Some were scratched out in fury, others circled with fervour, but each and all lead to this moment. Every hopeful little face has been reviewed and categorised, but none hold a candle to this missing link. This beautiful, diamond in the rough. Some will be honoured with a supporting role to the main act, but it’s painstakingly obvious to everyone in the bunker where Vale’s future lies. As the puppet-masters step back and admire their completed mission, they simultaneously burst into tears in fierce anticipation of the masterpiece fans are about to experience. They fold into a heap of released emotion. With their last morsel of energy they stare up into the eyes of the man who will single-handedly lead the Valiants away from League 2 obscurity. They grab their comrade’s shoulders, shaking, giggling and fighting back joyous screams. Then quietly ... they whisper in one united breath ... “Theo is the one.”

Jackanory, circa 71 or 72 I think. Either Johnny Ball or Floella Benjamin?

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14 hours ago, 1 said:

You walk down the stone steps, as darkness surrounds the air around you with an eerie, menacing silence. You dare not make a sound as you tip-toe through the maze of seemingly abandoned corridors. You hug your withered parchment to your chest as you scurry through, careful not to drop it in this cruel and hostile place.

Some say these crumbling tunnels were used long ago, but that is legend by now, and those who had uttered it have long since perished without a scrap of evidence to cling to. But you believe. You have to believe.

After what seems like hours of oppressive cold and blinding blackness pressing against your eyes, you see a faint glow in the deep, blurry distance. Hurrying hunchbacked towards it, you see the twinkle of sharp, icy, steel locks, bolts and hinges - apparent only through the dancing rays of a flickering torch light standing guard.

As your piercing pupils dart wildly across the sight in front of you, your mouth instinctively free-falls. Bewilderment, elation and excitement explodes in your heart. There is a sign decorating the door, carved into rippling wood. You recognise it as the graceful oak tree that stood until recently out in the daylight. Its ceremonial chopping could mean only one thing, so the myth goes. It was planted on the day of Port Vale’s last successful transfer window, in bountiful days seldom remembered. The eager hands that tended the soil that day could not have imagined the sandy, desert wasteland that would ensue before it could be uprooted, and celebrations could begin. The pain. The hurt. But here it was, felled, etched and mounted. Even in the dim embers, it was clear as day.

The dusty, charred-brown parchment still tightly scrunched in your fist, you bang frantically on the echoing, ominous door to confirm your hopes and dreams. A face suddenly emerges in the hatch. It is walled on all sides by an uncompromising metal sheen, but this is no match for the glint of determined hunger in the eyes meeting your gaze. “Welcome to the transfer operation centre war room battle planning strategic hub analytical intelligence centre” exclaimed a gruff bark. “2.0” came a equally passionate voice from inside the secure room “we did have a conference centre set out upstairs.” “Enough of this time-wasting” interrupted the first person “pass through the missing piece.” In a state of existential shock, awestruck glee and vindicated, renewed belief, you hastily push the precious merchandise through the hole and a swift hand snatches it from your grasp like a venomous snakebite.

You don’t mind that the frail parchment is pulled through suddenly and the reinforced hatch gets slammed in short order behind it. They have a job to do and you are simply thankful to be included, even if fleetingly.

As you skip away with a glowing sense of accomplishment, the day was only just beginning inside the chamber, despite the sun setting in a purple haze out amongst the clouds. Technology the world has never seen, experts from all over the globe and newly designed techniques fashioned solely for this ambitious purpose are all being employed on a vast warehouse floor bustling with earnest activity. Above them are two sultry figures, standing arms folded on their balcony, watching it all unfold below with a cunning, collective curl of the lip. As they unveil the image on the parchment with a flourished unrolling, they turn to each other and nod with mirrored, gleaming smiles.

Holding the four corners between them, with a glowing sense of endeavour that only a plan in action can provide, they stick it right in the centre of a whiteboard populated with hundreds of dog-eared mugshots of players. Some were crinkled, the creases telling tales of being passed around in anxious musing. Some were scratched out in fury, others circled with fervour, but each and all lead to this moment. Every hopeful little face has been reviewed and categorised, but none hold a candle to this missing link. This beautiful, diamond in the rough. Some will be honoured with a supporting role to the main act, but it’s painstakingly obvious to everyone in the bunker where Vale’s future lies. As the puppet-masters step back and admire their completed mission, they simultaneously burst into tears in fierce anticipation of the masterpiece fans are about to experience. They fold into a heap of released emotion. With their last morsel of energy they stare up into the eyes of the man who will single-handedly lead the Valiants away from League 2 obscurity. They grab their comrade’s shoulders, shaking, giggling and fighting back joyous screams. Then quietly ... they whisper in one united breath ... “Theo is the one.”

Long. But good post.

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18 hours ago, dishydave said:
19 hours ago, LancyTony said:
Could be - you have almost 10 years over me. And I actually understand you thinking that we may have too many coaches - but, if you break it down, like this: 
Will we get a well-trained team without a coach? Probably not?
If we bring in just 1 coach, will he be an all-rounder, or a specialist? Probably an all-rounder won't be as good as a specialist - but, then we need a specialist for each discipline...so that's 4.
Then, are these coaches going to be training the youngsters, too, or do we need coaches who specialise in training and developing kids?
It soon mounts up, Geoff...and that's not even considering fitness, etc!  I believe we're finally putting a good foundation in place. Fingers crossed!

The bizarre thing is we only have a strength and conditioning coach for the first team at the minute so I'd say we're light in that department

 

18 hours ago, 1 said:

You walk down the stone steps, as darkness surrounds the air around you with an eerie, menacing silence. You dare not make a sound as you tip-toe through the maze of seemingly abandoned corridors. You hug your withered parchment to your chest as you scurry through, careful not to drop it in this cruel and hostile place.

Some say these crumbling tunnels were used long ago, but that is legend by now, and those who had uttered it have long since perished without a scrap of evidence to cling to. But you believe. You have to believe.

After what seems like hours of oppressive cold and blinding blackness pressing against your eyes, you see a faint glow in the deep, blurry distance. Hurrying hunchbacked towards it, you see the twinkle of sharp, icy, steel locks, bolts and hinges - apparent only through the dancing rays of a flickering torch light standing guard.

As your piercing pupils dart wildly across the sight in front of you, your mouth instinctively free-falls. Bewilderment, elation and excitement explodes in your heart. There is a sign decorating the door, carved into rippling wood. You recognise it as the graceful oak tree that stood until recently out in the daylight. Its ceremonial chopping could mean only one thing, so the myth goes. It was planted on the day of Port Vale’s last successful transfer window, in bountiful days seldom remembered. The eager hands that tended the soil that day could not have imagined the sandy, desert wasteland that would ensue before it could be uprooted, and celebrations could begin. The pain. The hurt. But here it was, felled, etched and mounted. Even in the dim embers, it was clear as day.

The dusty, charred-brown parchment still tightly scrunched in your fist, you bang frantically on the echoing, ominous door to confirm your hopes and dreams. A face suddenly emerges in the hatch. It is walled on all sides by an uncompromising metal sheen, but this is no match for the glint of determined hunger in the eyes meeting your gaze. “Welcome to the transfer operation centre war room battle planning strategic hub analytical intelligence centre” exclaimed a gruff bark. “2.0” came a equally passionate voice from inside the secure room “we did have a conference centre set out upstairs.” “Enough of this time-wasting” interrupted the first person “pass through the missing piece.” In a state of existential shock, awestruck glee and vindicated, renewed belief, you hastily push the precious merchandise through the hole and a swift hand snatches it from your grasp like a venomous snakebite.

You don’t mind that the frail parchment is pulled through suddenly and the reinforced hatch gets slammed in short order behind it. They have a job to do and you are simply thankful to be included, even if fleetingly.

As you skip away with a glowing sense of accomplishment, the day was only just beginning inside the chamber, despite the sun setting in a purple haze out amongst the clouds. Technology the world has never seen, experts from all over the globe and newly designed techniques fashioned solely for this ambitious purpose are all being employed on a vast warehouse floor bustling with earnest activity. Above them are two sultry figures, standing arms folded on their balcony, watching it all unfold below with a cunning, collective curl of the lip. As they unveil the image on the parchment with a flourished unrolling, they turn to each other and nod with mirrored, gleaming smiles.

Holding the four corners between them, with a glowing sense of endeavour that only a plan in action can provide, they stick it right in the centre of a whiteboard populated with hundreds of dog-eared mugshots of players. Some were crinkled, the creases telling tales of being passed around in anxious musing. Some were scratched out in fury, others circled with fervour, but each and all lead to this moment. Every hopeful little face has been reviewed and categorised, but none hold a candle to this missing link. This beautiful, diamond in the rough. Some will be honoured with a supporting role to the main act, but it’s painstakingly obvious to everyone in the bunker where Vale’s future lies. As the puppet-masters step back and admire their completed mission, they simultaneously burst into tears in fierce anticipation of the masterpiece fans are about to experience. They fold into a heap of released emotion. With their last morsel of energy they stare up into the eyes of the man who will single-handedly lead the Valiants away from League 2 obscurity. They grab their comrade’s shoulders, shaking, giggling and fighting back joyous screams. Then quietly ... they whisper in one united breath ... “Theo is the one.”

the new bob dylan! give him a nobel prize!😏:clap::boring::drink:

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