Just now, PVFC764 said:

Wonder if he should have the captaincy taken off him.  When he had it before for games in the previous season, he played badly.  When he wasn't Captain he had good games.  Is it a case of being Captain affecting his play.  Just a thought.

But who would you give the Captaincy to?  We don't seem to have leaders on the pitch at the moment.

I’d give it Garrity, class act, or Lowe. He should be a decent leader with all his experience 

How many times have we thrown a match away in injury time after taking the lead?

Crosby always does just enough to paper over the cracks. Play crap for weeks - decent win against Wigan. Play crap again - decent win against Blackpool. And now we will enter another phase of “playing crap for weeks”

9 minutes ago, PVFC764 said:

Wonder if he should have the captaincy taken off him.  When he had it before for games in the previous season, he played badly.  When he wasn't Captain he had good games.  Is it a case of being Captain affecting his play.  Just a thought.

But who would you give the Captaincy to?  We don't seem to have leaders on the pitch at the moment.

I would give the captaincy to Ben Garrity all day long

Edited January 1, 20242 yr by Brian Johnson

Just now, valiant_593 said:

I’d give it Garrity, class act, or Lowe. He should be a decent leader with all his experience 

I wanted the captaincy given to Garrity start of the season. He represents everything I would want in one. I just hope he’s not out for any period of time as last season you can correlate where we completely collapsed to when he got injured.

I would give the captaincy to Ben Garrett all day long

The ex crewe goalkeeper?

Just now, rob1983 said:

2 minutes ago, Brian Johnson said:

I would give the captaincy to Ben Garrett all day long

The ex crewe goalkeeper?

Bit harsh on Ripley. 

Does anyone else think that this dry January is dragging on a bit.?

Smithie lost us that game today. You can't shove an opponent in the box Infront of the ref. Poor from him, he should know better. Other than that, I thought a draw was a fair result. Devine was excellent but finished the game crocked. De pepper was good but we needed the cushion of a 2nd goal. Should of really kept Wilson on till 75mins.

7100 home fans not won in 9 there arguably a bigger club 
Shocking defending again 

Also took 4,000 to Wigan !!

Dread to think how many points we have dropped in the last year from sitting back.
Today we attempted to see the game out with a 16 Yr old up front,
and a defence that can't defend set peices and a captain tackling from behind in the box.

13 minutes ago, valiant_593 said:

Looked stonewall to me. Embarrassing from an experienced defender. For me Smith shouldn’t be near the side he’s been awful this season 

he has but every one of our defenders have been poor at times. Defence is a bloody shambles full stop. And attacking wise we aren't much better 

2 minutes ago, Playa Amodores said:

Does anyone else think that this dry January is dragging on a bit.?

Start again next January 🍻

12 minutes ago, Aguar61 said:

Bet she won't mate...

we can all hope 😂

To stand any chance of success, Vale need a united fanbase. I just don’t think Crosby can achieve this judging by the feelings on here, social media and in the stands. I’ve kept an open mind, and would have given him the January window, but I’m now thinking what’s the point if he is always ‘one game away from the sack’.

Let’s just draw a line under the rotten run of form in 2023 and have a new start with a proven Manager who will bring the fans back together. UTV. 

11 minutes ago, valiant_593 said:

Looked stonewall to me. Embarrassing from an experienced defender. For me Smith shouldn’t be near the side he’s been awful this season 

Need to look at it again but my initial reaction is their player went over very easily and the ref bought it.