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Match Thread: Exeter City v Port Vale


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I just wanted to say I wish you well today, it might be difficult to take 3rd spot given that Bristol Rovers have Scunthorpe at home, but Vale definitely deserve a play off spot.

For us, time to reflect on an awful season and start to plan for League 2.

Thanks also for being kind to me with regard to the dark clouds over the club I love.

 

 

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I just wanted to say I wish you well today, it might be difficult to take 3rd spot given that Bristol Rovers have Scunthorpe at home, but Vale definitely deserve a play off spot.
For us, time to reflect on an awful season and start to plan for League 2.
Thanks also for being kind to me with regard to the dark clouds over the club I love.
 
 
I do not understand the dislike of the Alex from some Vale support we are 90 mins away from the unthinkable and playing you again 3 games ago we were out of this league and now we are very much in it .
I want a miracle today for the owners
and the people who work there socks off behind the scenes to make the players life's as comfortable as
Come on Vale
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As usual on my two hour Saturday morning walk, I took the role of Port Vale manager. These are my conclusions:

A must not lose game. Simple.

Team A: A team whose only aim is to get a point. Plenty of sh*thousery: time wasting, breaking up play, feigning injury, winding their players, getting in the refs ear etc. etc.

                                                        Stone

Smith.                         Martin.                           Hall.                      Hussey

 

Gibbo.                                          Pett.                                             Benning

                                Garrity.                     Charsley

                                                 Proctor

 

Team B: A more ambitious side. Capable of beating any side in the division on its day. Will need majority of the players to be better than their opposite number to win and relies on the majority to have a 'good game'. This team could also expect to get that all important point. If fit:

                                                Stone

                   Smith.                 Martin.           Hall

 

Gibbo.                                Pett.                             Benning

                        Garrity.                      Charsley

                           Proctor.                 Wilson

Finally, Team C. A totally different animal altogether. A team set up to take the game to the opposition and go for an all out victory from the start. Again, relies on each man being better than their opposite number and 'having a good game'. Please note though, this team won't be going totally 'gung ho' as it knows it can't afford to leak too many goals. With the players we have available and if fitness allows, it could look like this: 4141

                                                        Stone

Gibbo.                      Smith.                        Hall.                Benning

                                                    Pett

Amoo.                        Garrity.                    Taylor.                 Worrall

                                                  Proctor

Already looking forward to next Saturday's two hour walk where I'll either  be considering a team for the play offs or who to retain, release or who to bring in. Great stuff!

UTV

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12 hours ago, Playa Amodores said:

Digs in Torquay, is Fawlty still there. Enjoy

I remember Phil Sherwin telling me years ago that he once went to Torquay United and the programme seller was the image of John Cleese. 🙂

Sorry off topic but had to get that one in.

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We need what we have got to be more confident and effective. For example the strikers should get in the opposition box and be in positions to score!!!!!! I don't think we can change the fundamental shape of the team which has been drilled on three central defenders with wingbacks the whole season. Changing to 451 is a recipe for being 1-0 down after 5 minutes. We could do with not playing Exeter and having easier opposition. But given we are, I think playing away and being forced to defend and counter attack may be better than being at home and playing on the front foot. 

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Safe journey to all Vale fans heading down to Exeter today. I'm really jealous!

Will be sat on the couch nervous as hell and shouting at the TV at 3pm today.

Have a funny feeling in my water that we'll get something out of the match today. Just stuck a tenner on with Ladbrokes

UTV and KTF

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27 minutes ago, Warren said:

We need what we have got to be more confident and effective. For example the strikers should get in the opposition box and be in positions to score!!!!!! I don't think we can change the fundamental shape of the team which has been drilled on three central defenders with wingbacks the whole season. Changing to 451 is a recipe for being 1-0 down after 5 minutes. We could do with not playing Exeter and having easier opposition. But given we are, I think playing away and being forced to defend and counter attack may be better than being at home and playing on the front foot. 

I've read one or two posts on here that think we should change formation. I'm not sure about that as the players seem to find it difficult; wasn't that what happened at Colchester?

I think they were completely shell shocked by the comprehensiveness of our defeat to Bristol Rovers and still haven't got over it. What the side needs is an early goal - for us, not Exeter - to calm things down and give them back their self confidence. 

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Having not been able to get tickets for todays game and treat my missus to a long weekend away in Devon I purchased tickets instead for the live screening at Vale Park. However,  having had a very sleepless night dreading the worst scenario today I cannot subject myself and my old ticker to actually watching! I am going out in the hope of NOT knowing any scores until the read out at 5pm. At the very worst then I'll have a brief heart attack and usual moment of utter frustration other than sitting through 90 plus minutes of purgatory.  I wish EVERY single one of you fantastic Vale fans, wherever you are, a brilliant day. If we do achieve promotion I'll probably celebrate from a hospital bed, such is the intensity and ludicrous pressure Vale put on us more mortals!

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Gibbo will start today, or play a full 2nd half. Dazzler back to his old job will really stir the troops. Got to be solid at the back and we need that little bite we have been missing. We’ll draw today, don’t let Exeter think they can roll us over because that’s terrible for a club like Vale.

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Whoever did the team talk at half time Monday needs to let them have it before the game we need 90 mins off the first 20 mins on Monday second half .
If we play aggressively we have a chance if we stand off players we have no chance.
I know Pett Charsley and Garrity will be at it just need the other 8 turn up including a competent goalkeeper who stands up not lets lousy shots go in at his near post .
I'd change the keeper myself but everyone to there own thought Gibbons was poor on Mon when he come on but we know what he can produce when at his best .
Every player need produce a 7/8 out of 10 performance today no less
UTV




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I don't know if anyone else is feeling like me this morning, but I seem to be a bit calmer and somewhat resigned to taking whatever this afternoon throws at us.

For the last three matches I had been nervously anxious with expectations that we would win those games and was of course, mightily disappointed, but today those expectations are far lower and therefore anything positive will be an absolute bonus! 

Does that make sense?

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