Match Thread: Port Vale v Exeter City

[Fosse69]

Need to stop Exeter`s winning streak against us and end our winless streak in general. Easy to say, how to do it is more difficult. Get the returning strike force playing together with adequate service to score more goals than the opposition, tighten the defence too. A job for AC, DC and Flinty to get their heads together with a plan, and get the players heads up. Bounce of the ball helps.

[Rampant Zebra]

Who is Flinty?

[Brian Johnson]

3-0 Vale with 2 goals by Foyle and the other by Kent

[valiant_593]

Mipo hat trick 

[Granville]

I'd love to see us change formation but with our defenders being neither quick or imposing enough I can't see it. We're also affected by not having an actual right or left back to move to a back four.

If everyone is fit (!) then maybe:

Stone

Cass, Forrester, Smith, Jones

Ojo, Pett

Worrall, Politic, Massey 

Taylor 

But it'll probably be:

Stone 

Forrester, Smith, Donnelly 

Worrall, Garrity, Ojo, Conlon, Benning 

Proctor, Harrison 

[Alfie1962]

Whatever side is picked we need to stick with it and not keep swapping and changing. The number of times Conlon and Fuso went for the same ball last night showed partnerships aren't working. We need to settle it so partnerships can be developed in my opinion.

[darren1810]

Sad to admit. But i'll take 0-0 as another point towards safety. 

[valefan16]

Need to be winning this one really at home, they are in poor form like us and their star man and Vale nemesis Jevani Brown is likely to still be suspended depending how his court appearance goes tomorrow, he wont be selected until legal proceedings have been concluded.

Got to look at games like this, MK, Burton at home in coming weeks as the best chance of wins to pull us to safety.

We need to get back to basics and doing what we were pre NY. That includes on and off the field.

[osprey]

more chance of scoring with some proper forwards available but will we score enough to overcome the regular mistakes at the back? 
 

hope so. But that’s all it is, hope.

[darren1810]

1 hour ago, osprey said:

more chance of scoring with some proper forwards available but will we score enough to overcome the regular mistakes at the back? 
 

hope so. But that’s all it is, hope.

It's the hope that kills you. 

[Howjy04]

Willo now training on grass- DC.

[Birches Head Fred]

Willo now training on grass- DC.

Are we only going to play him at away games then ?

[Valiant62]

5 minutes ago, Birches Head Fred said:

11 minutes ago, Howjy04 said:

Willo now training on grass- DC.

Are we only going to play him at away games then ?

… while he builds up to playing on clay? 😹

[Guitar Ray]

5 hours ago, Rampant Zebra said:

Who is Flinty?

One of the Slag Brothers out of Wacky Races I think.

 

[Warren]

5 minutes ago, Guitar Ray said:

One of the Slag Brothers out of Wacky Races I think.

 

The ref will give a free kick if he hits the centre half over the head with that.