I think we'll win today.

It's a lot like Mansfield where fan morale is very low and expectations even lower. Despite us playing pretty poorly for a while, luck is so massive in football that eventually one will swing our way. I think Lowe, Smith, Debrah is probably our most balanced backline. An actual left-footer on the left means width isn't killed off in every attack. Plant will play well further forward. Garrity will probably score as he's just a good attacker.

Good to see Walters and Plant playing. We should be giving them as many minutes as possible.

What's important is not to overreact to a win today as evidence that all is well, as we did against Mansfield. There's a long road ahead to get us functioning as a good League 1 side and we can't lose sight of that ahead of January where I think we're going to have to invest in 2-3 quality players (and not play the silly 'the market is daft' excuse).

Edited December 2, 20232 yr by JoeB2

Just now, CambridgeDon said:

I think this will herald their likely departure in January (would you stay?), so it's going to be interesting to see how we cope without them. The sign of things to come.

We wont cope without them, unless there is a master plan by the recruitment team.  They seem to show a quality we haven't got in players signed by the club.  Fully expecting both of them to be recalled and re-loaned to championship clubs.

Could Walters be our new striker I wonder ??...Just a thought.

3 minutes ago, JoeB2 said:

I think we'll win today.

It's a lot like Mansfield where fan morale is very low and expectations even lower. Despite us playing pretty poorly for a while, luck is so massive in football that eventually one will swing our way. I think Lowe, Smith, Debrah is probably our most balanced backline. An actual left-footer on the left means width isn't killed off in every attack. Plant will play well further forward. Garrity will probably score as he's just a good attacker.

Good to see Walters and Plant playing. We should be giving them as many minutes as possible.

What's important is not to overreact to a win today as evidence that all is well, as we did against Mansfield. There's a long road ahead to get us functioning as a good League 1 side and we can't lose sight of that ahead of January where I think we're going to have to invest in 2-3 quality players (and not play the silly 'the market is daft' excuse).

2-0 loss incoming. AC out! 

15 minutes ago, Fosse69 said:

Stevenage are not likely to know either

Or Andy Crosby 😍😍😍😍

So to sum up:

We play any of our strikers: 'They're terrible. Non league standard'

We don't play any strikers: 'What's he thinking not playing a striker. Clueless'.

A player is out: 'He's off/Brassed off/Been abducted by aliens'

Seems as though the sport science dept are making some big calls The Yak, Grant Balmer Lowe straight back in after injury or Crosby's taking no notice.

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Just now, Hoppers said:

Or Andy Crosby 😍😍😍😍

Used the method of - Right these are the players I have available and I will just throw them into the air.  The 11 that stay on the table pitch will start and those who fall off the table pitch will be on the bench.

£fiver placed.  Vale to win.

UTV

5 minutes ago, Davo666 said:

Could Walters be our new striker I wonder ??...Just a thought.

No, but you watch him run the game today. Don't expect us to win with that team but he is an exceptional prospect. Pity we'll only get 2 mins of the highlights from the bbc. 

1 minute ago, PVFC764 said:

Used the method of - Right these are the players I have available and I will just throw them into the air.  The 11 that stay on the table pitch will start and those who fall off the table pitch will be on the bench.

So thats how they do it - thanks mate 😍😍😍😍😍

Seriously its nice to see Grant back and us playing all our "own" players 👍👍👍

2 minutes ago, Vale Ball said:

Seems as though the sport science dept are making some big calls The Yak, Grant Balmer Lowe straight back in after injury or Crosby's taking no notice.
 

Some conspiracy theory that one - Crosby is taking no notice.

8 minutes ago, JoeB2 said:

I think we'll win today.

It's a lot like Mansfield where fan morale is very low and expectations even lower. Despite us playing pretty poorly for a while, luck is so massive in football that eventually one will swing our way. I think Lowe, Smith, Debrah is probably our most balanced backline. An actual left-footer on the left means width isn't killed off in every attack. Plant will play well further forward. Garrity will probably score as he's just a good attacker.

Good to see Walters and Plant playing. We should be giving them as many minutes as possible.

What's important is not to overreact to a win today as evidence that all is well, as we did against Mansfield. There's a long road ahead to get us functioning as a good League 1 side and we can't lose sight of that ahead of January where I think we're going to have to invest in 2-3 quality players (and not play the silly 'the market is daft' excuse).

Id argue that it isnt a balanced back three, as it looks like smith will have to play on the left as he wont play debrah there. 

Just now, Hoppers said:

Seriously its nice to see Grant back and us playing all our "own" players 👍👍👍

Good to see some of the players coming back from injury and hope this carries on with the rest of them.  We need the injured players back.