3 minutes ago, Santa said:

Red Cow had shut down I thought?

I don't know 😕.  My mate told me that at the game. So that's rather odd. 🤔. 

                     Ripley

Lomax Debrah Smith Yak Grant

             Devine Garrity

             Chislett Wilson

                     Uche

He does live/lived in that area. Taught him at Moorside. A lovely, bright lad.

15 minutes ago, darren1810 said:

I don't know 😕.  My mate told me that at the game. So that's rather odd. 🤔. 

Closed a month ago

Must mean the windmill. It's a Greene King and they've removed the all day brunch from the menu. Sad stuff.

2 minutes ago, Rory said:

Must mean the windmill. It's a Greene King and they've removed the all day brunch from the menu. Sad stuff.

Yes, that’s me done with Greene King now.  You could go for an  “All You Can Eat”breakfast at the Ash Bank, but only up to 11:30.

38 minutes ago, 1 said:

                     Ripley

Lomax Debrah Smith Yak Grant

             Devine Garrity

             Chislett Wilson

                     Uche

Quite like the look of that 👍👍

 

Maybe one of their fans can bring a donkey off the beach with them. We have a couple up front already so may as well join the club.

To be fair Loft was winning some headers, closing down etc. but with one up front what can he do? He can’t chase his own flick on. 

15 hours ago, darren1810 said:

I've already had my moan ! Can't understand why it's not Saturday. 

I know we are playing Monday but that was the norm in years gone by. 

We used to play NY eve and NY day back in the day and also August Bank Holiday Saturday and Monday. Poor footballers can't take it anymore.

                               Ripley

             Lowe         Smith      Debrah 

Lomax         Garrity        Devine         Shorrock

                Chislet                   Dipepa 

                                Wilson 

If Sang is fit stick him in the middle & Gazza further forward alongside Chizzy 

 

Edited December 27, 20232 yr by Vtid

God help us if they score first. Jordan Rhodes will be rubbing his hands about this fixture. !

On 26/12/2023 at 09:09, robf said:

This is the thread for discussions of the Port Vale game against Blackpool on Friday.

Share your thoughts before, during and after the game....

Crosby has to has to change his illogical tactics and realise we have to score goals so play Wilson to half time and if he’s tired substitute him if necessary and get at them as they have a top quality striker in Rhodes  and if we defend from the start we will get punished like Barnsley until they switched off but we will just get the normal tippy,tappy nonsense as he really hasn’t got a clue what to do

Can we take heart from the fact that they lost at Burton yesterday. 

Maybe. But if we don't get at them from the off and let them get a foothold it won't end well. 

Smith, our best defender has been on the bench recently and has got to start. He might not be able to pass the ball 20 yards but he puts his body on the line every game and loves to defend. Balmer has been unlucky for us - he's got a mistake every game and more often than not, they've been costly.

In midfield, I've been really impressed with Devine in the last month or so, he's added grit and work-rate to his game and yesterday he was superb. We need to get him on the ball as much as possible as he has the spark. Garrity plays best when he's further forward and Chislett impacts the game more when he plays deeper. The question for me is who sits in the holding role in midfield - Ojo is a massive miss. I'd play Walters over Lowe even though he was poor yesterday as he has the legs we need. 

Up front, I'd start Wilson if fit. I'd even start him injured. Loft shouldn't be anywhere near the team and Uche isn't a footballer.

Shorrock was fantastic yesterday and Lomax did well once he came on. They've shown they can play against good teams when we're struggling but I wouldn't start either on Friday I'd continue to use them as impact players. 

I'd go:

                                                             Ripley

                              Debrah                  Smith                 Yak

Massey                                                                                      Grant

                                                            Walters

                                      Devine         Garrity       Chislett

                                                            Wilson

 

If fit, I'd have Sang instead of Walters or maybe Massey but Massey has been much better lately.

Play from the back but hit Devine and Chislett as quickly as possible with Garrity supporting Wilson.  

Edited December 27, 20232 yr by Vale_Legend