Match Thread: Port Vale v Barnsley

[darren1810]

39 minutes ago, Bycarsbill said:

I certainly hope not.  Don't think it's just the pitch causing the "scrappy unentertaining football!"

Didn't stop Barnsley entertaining their fans with a beauty for the first nor Derby getting two good footballing goals. 

[Bycarsbill]

1 hour ago, philpvfc said:

It has certainly got worse in the last couple of months and I think the pitch has a large part to play.

I agree it certainly has got worse recently.  Hopefully the relatively dry spell we've experienced recently will help.  However, whatever the state of the pitch, it hasn't stopped the various  opposition teams form coming to Vale Park and beating us!

[Bycarsbill]

1 hour ago, darren1810 said:

Didn't stop Barnsley entertaining their fans with a beauty for the first nor Derby getting two good footballing goals. 

Absolutely, that's the point I'm making--the pitch is the same for both teams, so it clearly must be down to other factors.

[gags 64]

And we will have to put up with the same scrappy un entertaining football for at least 3 years.

Peterborough, Derby, Wycombe and Barnsley seemed to cope with it and played some good stuff. Think we need to stop blaming the pitch for our shortfalls

[philpvfc]

1 hour ago, gags 64 said:

4 hours ago, philpvfc said:

And we will have to put up with the same scrappy un entertaining football for at least 3 years.

Peterborough, Derby, Wycombe and Barnsley seemed to cope with it and played some good stuff. Think we need to stop blaming the pitch for our shortfalls

The Peterborough. Barnsley and Wycombe games were very scrappy with little quality from both teams, just because we lost does not mean the other team played quality football. I didn’t see the Derby game so can’t comment on that game. 

[Jacko51]

Dramatic improvement in the pitch today?

[philpvfc]

42 minutes ago, Jacko51 said:

Dramatic improvement in the pitch today?

Really?

[Jacko51]

12 hours ago, philpvfc said:

Really?

Joke. There must have been because we won!

[philpvfc]

23 minutes ago, Jacko51 said:

Joke. There must have been because we won!

Did think you were being serious.😀

[Guitar Ray]

I think the point is that whilst the pitch is very poor it’s not the be all and end all.  We saw again several times yesterday players simply making misplaced passes when under no pressure.  Unforced errors aren’t down to the pitch and the better teams make fewer unforced errors on our pitch.  What it does mean though is that you’re not going to see teams play lots of tight triangles just now as it’s too bobbly but it should still be possible to play decent football if we can pass the ball accurately with a bit more consistency.

[Jacko51]

1 hour ago, philpvfc said:

Did think you were being serious.😀

No probs mate.  I should have put a smiley face!!

[mbycars]

On 17/02/2023 at 10:41, Hoppers said:

Which surely makes a mockery of the limits imposed in the first place - im not taking the Peee, but am I missing the point somewhere with this one???

I don't think there is any safety limit for Lorne ST all the seats can be sold. The issue in that stand is, seats taken up by season ticket holders and Junior valiant season tickets who do not attend .

If they don't inform the club that they are not attending then the club cannot resell the seats  and that's why we have  people complaining they can't get a seat in there and it is never full.