Portsmouth (A) match thread 7th Oct

[smithie]

19 minutes ago, Phil said:

Not only at Vale do fans say that. We have had a few players who have acted like that, not saying Devine is one of them.

I don't know who the David McGoldrick you're talking about.    

[MBE]

3 hours ago, valefan16 said:

We have Cass, Balmer, Smith and Grant and Lowe can play there I guess? Wonder where Jones is fitness wise now? Played an hour or so in the Sutton game and not seen since?

Grant and Lowe are not CB’s…makeshift maybe. We can do Cass Smith Balmer but that does t fill me with confidence.Personally don’t think we can expect to keep a clean sheet playing makeshift CB’s at of the leagues highest scorers. Square pegs in round holes.
 

[ValeGez]

8 minutes ago, Brian Johnson said:

The boys on ale & the vale podcast are intimating that Mitch Clark and Crosby have had a major fall out

My apologies, I was just quoting the Manager from a recent post match interview when asked . 
Perhaps better to ask people who are more in the know .

[1]

Tonsillitis would keep him out for one game maximum.

[JRC]

8 minutes ago, MBE said:

Grant and Lowe are not CB’s…makeshift maybe. We can do Cass Smith Balmer but that does t fill me with confidence.Personally don’t think we can expect to keep a clean sheet playing makeshift CB’s at of the leagues highest scorers. Square pegs in round holes.
 

Lowe has played some games at centrehalf in the Premier League and quite a few in The Championship.  He's a little more experienced in the position than just makeshift. 

[Warren]

33 minutes ago, Vtid said:

he just doesn't look interested at times & can see he's not one of our own in his attitude. Not doubting he has ability but massively overrated for me & that's just my opinion 

Neither does Harry Kane. It's the way of good forwards - one he has watched close up - to shuffle round the pitch hanging out in a team formation at the front. Then it's time to explode in a goal scoring attack and they aren't knackered when they do that. Max energy, max strength, max speed. 

[Guest]

599 tickets sold just being up get mine.

I went one away game last season Oxford .

I'm hoping for better UTV SVA 

[WV]

4 minutes ago, Warren said:

Neither does Harry Kane. It's the way of good forwards - one he has watched close up - to shuffle round the pitch hanging out in a team formation at the front. Then it's time to explode in a goal scoring attack and they aren't knackered when they do that. Max energy, max strength, max speed. 

I think some of our fans only like players who get into em. See Leon Constantine a man who scored what was it 25 goals before Christmas and still got called lazy by some of the knuckle heads on here and at the ground, Orient springs to mind. 

[bomber]

Robbie Earl always said Andy Jones was bone idle! But knew where the net was! 

[Valiant62]

Andy Jones scored many of his goals by chasing down the keeper and lost causes. No way idle. Robbie Earle set the bar incredibly high for workrate.

[Warren]

18 minutes ago, Devine intervention said:

599 tickets sold just being up get mine.

I went one away game last season Oxford .

I'm hoping for better UTV SVA 

With train strikes requiring convoluted journeys, and so many Tuesday night home games, I can't find the willpower to go to away games presently. Unless it was Crewe, Stockport, Wrexham or Tranmere etc. But they ain't in our league. 

[Playa Amodores]

2 hours ago, darren1810 said:

Also Clark . Morphed into the invisible man. 

Darren, I’ve heard that Mitch is now identifying as invisible, so this might be why we haven’t seen him.

[Brian Johnson]

50 minutes ago, ValeGez said:

My apologies, I was just quoting the Manager from a recent post match interview when asked . 
Perhaps better to ask people who are more in the know .

No need to apologise. I only listened to the podcast a couple of hours ago and heard what they were saying. its all new news to me

[Brian Johnson]

19 hours ago, valefan16 said:

They’ve got loads out injured or banned… but so had Bristol Rovers and Bolton!

 

We are down on numbers too

[Vtid]

Bobby madley ffs 🤦🏼‍♂️ how is he even still in a job