onevalefan.co.uk Present Past Specials About Forum
Jump to content
onevalefan.co.uk forum

Advert


Advert


Tom Pope Recalled

X-Valiant

By X-Valiant
in Port Vale present

Recommended Posts

Advert

stupers Enthusiast

stupers

Posted
Posted

Sad to see him go. It won't be the last time we see him in a Vale shirt though.

 

Our striking options seem limited, but it was never addressed properly last summer and it's been a concern all season. If one of the Rico's gets injured and is out, we have Dodds, R Taylor, Rigg and Haldane to fill their boots. None of which you would consider an out and out striker.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Burslem Academicals Enthusiast

Burslem Academicals

Posted
Posted

V2001 thought it O.K. to go into a season with only 2 out and out strikers and a squad of just 18 senior players....17 now Fraser has gone and got himself a longer deal at Barnet....we've all said they can't afford League 1 football but they can't even fund a full size squad for League 2 and given the squad size early season promise was always going to run out of steam over a season.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Shropshire_Valiant Proficient

Shropshire_Valiant

Posted
Posted
Shrewsbury actually bought a player for their run in

 

Yeah and even paid a small fee for him so I'm told!

Instead we have to beg, steal and borrow players when there is a perfectly good offer on the table that could have seen us with some spending power! C'est La Vie!

 

 

As regards Pope I'm personnally not a massive fan, the lad tried and threw his weight around but was anonynous in a lot of games imo. Maybe I'm being harsh but he just wasn't quite the signing to fire us to promotion for me. Although having said that like I've said above was probably the best we could do with V2001 bunglers at the helm!

Still he did earn us 4 points with the Bradford and Hereford goals. I wouldn't be totally aversed to him coming back in the future but Marc and Justin got us top of the league in October/November so if we are to salvage a playoff spot they can do it again?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Birches Head Fred Experienced

Birches Head Fred

Posted
Posted
How many people on here said that it might be an idea to get a striker in before the March deadline in case Rotherham recalled Pope?

 

How many were clamouring for a striker long before Xmas, in case Marc or Justin got Injured?

 

Personally I don't think it's a blow as we need to get our own 'strikers' and 'Midfield' scoring the goals we need.

Automatic promotion is gone now so the play-offs are the best we can hope for. Tom would not have been available for them either way so we need to plan to be without him.

 

It's upto our miniscule squad to bring about the play-off dream.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
stupers Enthusiast

stupers

Posted
Posted
V2001 thought it O.K. to go into a season with only 2 out and out strikers and a squad of just 18 senior players....17 now Fraser has gone and got himself a longer deal at Barnet....we've all said they can't afford League 1 football but they can't even fund a full size squad for League 2 and given the squad size early season promise was always going to run out of steam over a season.

 

I'd have said Mickey Adams would have to shoulder some part of the responsibility. It's far more likely he was given a budget, and spent it elsewhere leaving us short on strikers. Even if they had limited him to 18 players, I would have still made sure I had 3 out and out strikers in that 18.

 

You should bash V2001 for a lot of things, but not this. I'd have said that one of the main problems they've provided for the club is the fact they over-budgeted on the playing side, compared to our income. Hence why we see £350k losses in the accounts.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Reporting Posts and other information

    Rules - This forum is moderated but the admin team don't read everything. Don't assume we'll spot rule breaking and alert us by reporting content. Logged in users can hover over the post and click the orange button. Guests can contact us here. If you don't get on with another user you can "ignore" them. Click this link, type in their username and click save. Please check with the admin team if you wish to sell/auction any items. We're happy to support good causes but check first.

    Use - This forum may not be suitable for all as it may contain words or phrases not considered appropriate for some. You are personally responsible and potentially liable for the contents of your posting and could face legal action should it contain content of a defamatory or other illegal nature. Every message posted leaves a traceable IP number. Please do not reveal any personal information about yourself or anyone else (for example: phone number, address or email address). This forum is not in any way affiliated with Port Vale FC. OVF reserve the right to edit, delete, move or close any thread for any reason. If you spot an offensive post please report it to the admin team (instructions are above).

    Adverts - This site occasionally a) has adverts and sponsored features about gambling b) accepts sponsored posts from third parties. If you require help and advice on gambling read these links: Information on protecting young people | Addiction help from gambleaware.co.uk

  • Friends of OVF

Advert



×
×
  • Create New...