Match Thread: Port Vale v Oxford United

[DazFred]

Just now, MBE said:

Yeah the ref couldn’t wait to stop the play for Oxford, certainly gave them all of the 50/50 decisions and some extremely dubious decisions especially at our corners.

I’m sure it had nothing to do with the fact he’s from just outside the Oxford area.

Thought it was amazing that Politic was tripped yet he played "advantage" as it went to Conlon on the edge of the box. So he missed a penalty and a sending off for their number 18. Another appalling ref

[NellyTheValiant]

1 minute ago, DazFred said:

Thought it was amazing that Politic was tripped yet he played "advantage" as it went to Conlon on the edge of the box. So he missed a penalty and a sending off for their number 18. Another appalling ref

Did any player actually appeal for the penalty?

[WV]

2 minutes ago, MBE said:

Yeah the ref couldn’t wait to stop the play for Oxford, certainly gave them all of the 50/50 decisions and some extremely dubious decisions especially at our corners.

I’m sure it had nothing to do with the fact he’s from just outside the Oxford area.

Wigan is very close to Oxford 

[MBE]

1 minute ago, WV said:

Wigan is very close to Oxford 

Is it not Abingdon?

[Santa]

3-4-3 feels like the worst of a lot of worlds. Midfield two overran like some sort of training ground exercise, wing backs can’t exploit space because they’ve got wide forwards in front of them, the front three are two far apart to link up with each other.

We played 3-4-3 from January until late Feb to accommodate our No. 10 / AMF / bits and pieces type loan players because we didn’t have enough fit strikers to play a proper front two. If Garrity is fit and we have two fit centre forwards then I don’t think we go anywhere near that formation. Or at least I hope not.

[dishydave]

To be fair to him, I don't think it was malicious. But he has probably bust his nose. 

Cheek bone apparently the ambulance took him up the hospital

[mr.hobblesworth]

43 minutes ago, JoeB2 said:

Fans top class - anyone laying into them tonight?

Don't think there was any particularly scummy behaviour, so no.

[arthurdog]

2 minutes ago, MBE said:

Is it not Abingdon?

That's what Bowers and Sproson said

[WV]

7 minutes ago, MBE said:

Is it not Abingdon?

He is a Wigan lad. 

Not sure how to not share his whole twitter history 😄

 

[osprey]

7 minutes ago, arthurdog said:

That's what Bowers and Sproson said

They are always accurate 

[Granville]

11 minutes ago, arthurdog said:

That's what Bowers and Sproson said

To be fair, I was listening, they joked about it. In a kind of "where must he be from" kind of way. Completely the wrong context here.

[Granville]

16 minutes ago, MBE said:

Is it not Abingdon?

No, they joked about it and its been taken out of context here.

[maccapvfc]

2 hours ago, Brian Johnson said:

The red card was fully deserved. Politic smashed the lad in the face with his elbow.

The lads face is a right mess

I can understand the argues for and against it being a red. He has jumped to win the header but he hasn’t thrown his Elbow back, like you usually see red cards for that type of incident. The ref took out a yellow to start with until the Oxford players started surrounding the ref - then I assume the Lino or 4th official said something in his ear piece. 

after all the throwing themselves around the ground like they’d been shot at every tackle, I’m glad that DP gave them something to stay down for.

I know we’re in the <ovf censored>, but can you imagine if Vale turned up like they did today just doing everything for 1 point from the outset. 

[boslemportvale91]

I didn't go today and can't comment on the game at all 

Apologies for throwing off the post but just want to say thank to all the valiants who went today and applauded for Andy Edwards. A good friend of mine and one of the biggest vale fans I've ever met 

That's two friends I've lost in three months. Not only vale fans but close friends. 

Hard to go the games and feel anger nowadays. Life is short and whatever the outcome I'm just grateful I got to go games with friends and the enjoyed the good times and hopefully future ones 

Win , lose or draw. Forever vale 

[Aguar61]

2 hours ago, ginginator said:

Kevin Steggles knocked me out once, sitting in the paddock he sliced it and boom I was down 🙂

 

He wouldn't have meant it,if he had he'd have missed