Match Thread: Port Vale v Forest Green Rovers

[Bobnewtonian]

1 minute ago, Warren said:

Their 300 fans (say 10% of their home attendances) will not be making much noise. 

More important that we do then !

[Brian]

4 hours ago, The man in the pub said:

Derby win was largely unexpected, FGR win more expected. Life doesnt work out like that. Just hope Vale players expect it to be really hard game, we play better when we have that mindset. For the 3 points against Derby to be a bonus the FGR game needs to yield something, preferably a win.

Darrell’s at the wheel. Don’t worry about complacency.

[Stockleys_socks]

2 hours ago, Valiiant said:

You're not wrong. But if we're at it as a team I think we're more than capable of getting the three points. We should go into the game full of confidence after the weekend, so I'll be confident.

Saturday proved that we're capable of beating anyone in this league so yes we can certainly go into the game full of confidence.

[Breadwinner]

Ought to open hamil to home fans for this game imagine having 3 to 4000 fans bouncing around singing in a end where the logistics would do the club the justice it deserves and create a atmosphere what will give the other fans in other areas the players ,the management everyone a lift as we tackle another decent side at home .
It just makes sense to me Forest Green in bycars netting down middle etc .
Team well I'm sure the team who did so well at Derby deserve the shirts but different games require different players to do there bit and lets hope if selected they indeed do .
UTV

[Walka003]

Stevens

Massey Smith Forrester Jones McCarron

Conlon

Garrity Politic

Harrison Wilson

Get at them from minute 1 and they'll crumble. 2-0 vale

[mattyboy]

7 hours ago, Walka003 said:

Stevens

Massey Smith Forrester McCarron

Conlon

Garrity Politic

Harrison Wilson

Get at them from minute 1 and they'll crumble. 2-0 vale

If I'm honest I'd prefer to start with the full complement of 11 players

[Walka003]

2 minutes ago, mattyboy said:

If I'm honest I'd prefer to start with the full complement of 11 players

Lol, good spot, updated.

[darren1810]

15 hours ago, Warren said:

Their 300 fans (say 10% of their home attendances) will not be making much noise. 

Very optimistic Warren, they will do well to bring 180. 

[Danish Valiant]

Think it's a bit strange, that so many have Butterworth in their starting 11. Given that last time he started against Posh, he wasn't in the game at any point, was abysmal and deservedly hauled off at half time.

[Vale Ball]

Stevens

Massey Smith Forrester Jones McCarron

Conlon

Garrity Politic

Harrison Wilson

Get at them from minute 1 and they'll crumble. 2-0 vale

Not so sure about that.

[dazzerjames]

Think it's a bit strange, that so many have Butterworth in their starting 11. Given that last time he started against Posh, he wasn't in the game at any point, was abysmal and deservedly hauled off at half time.

Although it worked really well in the home game against Shrewsbury, where we are expected to be on the front foot and create. Not sure he can have the same impact away from home where we are spending long spells without the ball

Politic or him could be the key on Saturday just behind the front 2

I quite like politic coming on late though when the game is stretched and can have a run at defenders

Nice to have good options for a change !

[bomber]

I just hope the lads are fired up for this one! I don't think for one second we can just turn up and win! We all need to be at it from the off !

[mikey]

theyre 4-1 down at the moment and their GD is looking poor at -17

[valefan16]

Huge opportunity to put a 7 point gap between us and the bottom 4, with MK playing Plymouth and Oxford away at Exeter.

Got to be looking to get at that FGR defence really, they seem to be haemorrhaging goals. Lost their big summer signing Reece Brown to injury tonight too.

[TJHValiant]

On 10/10/2022 at 14:20, The man in the pub said:

Derby win was largely unexpected, FGR win more expected. Life doesnt work out like that. Just hope Vale players expect it to be really hard game, we play better when we have that mindset. For the 3 points against Derby to be a bonus the FGR game needs to yield something, preferably a win.

To be fair we know Forest Green are good and although we beat them early on last season, this isn’t a gimme.