Match Thread: Bristol Rovers v Port Vale

[Sam Kelly's Left Boot]

8 minutes ago, Beech said:

 

<ovf censored> hell. That turned out to be hard work after such an easy first half. I had a full head of hair 45 minutes ago but if I look in the mirror now I'll see a 12th century monk looking back at me.

Nice, call me.

[valiant_593]

Really hope Rodney isn’t injured, he’s starting to look decent and held it up really well again tonight 

[boslemportvale91]

Dirty team managed by a scumbag manager. Justice done 

 

Well done vale 👏 I'm sure I've got my gold total 90s boots in the house somewhere if they need a striker 

 

 

[Aguar61]

We clung on there to take 3points,great stuff Vale,just kept ourselves out of jail as it were,ha ha.

[philmpv]

Great first half. Pity about the poor second but it's hardly surprising. Our most creative player in Worrall gets subbed. Then our only actual striker gets subbed, Walker comes on and Conlon moves out to the right wing. All over the place, and we struggled as a result. I don't like Walker. He's waaaaaayyyyy too negative for me. Always looks backwards. That didn't help our loss of attacking impetus in the second half. Garrity won us that game, it's that simple. Physios earning his money at the moment. Another win, back up to third. Happy days. UTV

[Vale1995]

Made hard work of that think we struggled having no focal point after devante went off as players playing out of position but still could of controlled it a bit better either way good 3 points doesnt matter how you get them they all count the same. 
 

team sheet is going to be interesting on Saturday 

 

really dont like aaron martin he is a disaster waiting to happen

[Packmoor_vale]

Big win that pressure of a little bit Saturday 

We’ll done vale 

[Joe B]

I really don't think that we clung on. 

We were poor 2nd half, but at no point was our goal under any threat bar that tame flick that was trickling wide at about 1mph. Nothing else.

We failed to keep the ball but Stone has had the most boring evening a keeper's ever had. 

They sprinted about and were pumped up but had zero quality and, despite the disappointment that we didn't continue in the manner we finished the first half, it wasn't like we were throwing bodies on the line and Stone was keeping us alive. We just let them have the ball a lot and watched them do practically zero with it.

[Guest Vale at home]

18 minutes ago, The man in the pub said:

That felt harder than it should have been.

Yes it did . 

[fraggle]

Newport come from 2 behind to lead 3-2
tough game Saturday with half a squad 

We could do with signing either their top scorer or any one of Leyton orients top scorers

[Doha]

1 minute ago, philmpv said:

 I don't like Walker. He's waaaaaayyyyy too negative for me. Always looks backwards. That didn't help our loss of attacking impetus in the second half. 

Really? Walker consistently plays quality through balls. He played in Politic to kill it mid second half but the keeper saw it and sprinted out, the defenders certainly didn't. He does that quite a lot?

Agree about Garrity though. 

[Packmoor_vale]

Just now, Joe B said:

I really don't think that we clung on. 

We were poor 2nd half, but at no point was our goal under any threat bar that tame flick that was trickling wide at about 1mph. Nothing else.

We failed to keep the ball but Stone has had the most boring evening a keeper's ever had. 

They sprinted about and were pumped up but had zero quality and, despite the disappointment that we didn't continue in the manner we finished the first half, it wasn't like we were throwing bodies on the line and Stone was keeping us alive. We just led them have the ball a lot and watched them do practically zero with it.

I thought that mate 

[Iron Curtain]

That’ll do… dogs of war.

I would have been happy with 2 points from two away games at Rovers and Newport. 

Whatever happens on Saturday we are a point up on that!

5 games until the Jan window is open.

Scrap, fight, rat, whatever it takes… just get to Jan and still be in touching distance.

[Biddulph_PV]

I’d take a point now from Newport, that will be a long 90 minutes. I suppose we’ll have to line up something like:

Stone

Cass-Smith-Legge

Gibbo-Pett-Conlon-Walker-Jones

Burgess-Garrity

(Assuming Worrall, Rodney and Politic are all crocked).

Jeepers.

Great result tonight in the circumstances.

[Aguar61]

2 minutes ago, boslemportvale91 said:

Dirty team managed by a scumbag manager. Justice done 

 

Well done vale 👏 I'm sure I've got my gold total 90s boots in the house somewhere if they need a striker 

 

 

Wonder where my Patrick Kenny Dalgliesh boots are,£12.99 from Power Sports,tower square Tunstall are...anc league hot shot Sunday morning at Hanley Park..... probably swapped them for a Fall l.p.