Reading (A) match thread - 20th Feb

[DaneValiant]

5 minutes ago, eh up nah said:

Instead you've allowed that absolute pillock to turn us in to a soulless training ground for top tier loan signings.

 

I’ve never been able to truly sum it up. But that is the comment right there. And him borrowing a few teenage players whose own parents forgot they played for Man U, Spurs etc is apparently what makes Carol think he is unsackable 

Edited February 20 by DaneValiant

[JoeB2]

In all seriousness, there is no way that Carol looks at this calmly and rationally and thinks 'yes, David is doing a good job'.

She's either deluded or lying. It's really worrying.

[Doha]

12 minutes ago, SuperHuman said:

I don’t think Moore will be with us next season. 

There is no way DM has come in not anticipating, even expecting, relegation. This season is a 100% free hit for him in my eyes given the donkeys he has to work with and how he didn't come in until after the window.

[PVFC764]

Just now, Stockleys_socks said:

Two games in hand. 2 very winnable home games. All is not lost folks.

With this lot of players.  Jones - injured (no doubt 2 weeks - which then turns into 2 months).

Grant came on and couldn't defend for toffee.

The teams around us have bought players in and doing better than us.

 

If we keep to 4 at the back formation - then yes we have a chance.

[theresonlyonemcphee]

16 minutes ago, 1 said:

These two upcoming home games are of acute significance.

Likely to lose both.

[ValeForever.]

1 minute ago, Stockleys_socks said:

Two games in hand. 2 very winnable home games. All is not lost folks.

Whilst I admire your optimism, non of our games are currently very winnable. We've lost at Carlisle, Fleetwood & Cheltenham. The games in hand are no good to us. We are doomed.

As I say, I admire the optimism but people need to wake up & smell the coffee. We're yet to win a game of football in 2024. It's almost March. We're going down.

[1]

If we hadn’t have tried to scrimp at the beginning of the season we could have spent Uche and Loft’s wages on one decent L1 striker. Instead we picked a guy off the scrap heap, nursed him to fitness, and then he got injured. Meanwhile picking up a dud. Two premium, desperate signings that properly managed like a normal club within a transfer window would have yielded a proper striker who could help us now. We’ve been risking it with penny pinching then panic splurging for a while, and we’ve finally been caught out after years of warning.

[Powerline]

1 minute ago, darren1810 said:

Yep. Already said that though very limited at least they were likeable characters. 

Some of this mob are sponging a living. 

I actually thought Knops was a decent player, he could defend for a start, unlike the current ‘left backs’ we’ve got.

[valiant_593]

Just now, Doha said:

There is no way DM has come in not anticipating, even expecting, relegation. This season is a 100% free hit for him in my eyes given the donkeys he has to work with and how he didn't come in until after the window.

I think it’s a case of, keep us up, looks a genius, get relegated not his fault and will leave. Just don’t see him in league 2 

[Nippy Naylor]

5 minutes ago, philpvfc said:

No where to be seen, not in the box when we had it down the line, very isolated and his first touch every time it came near him was naff, once again he has not had a shot on target, in fact I can’t remember him having a shot.

We can't defend or score 

God help us  🙏

[Smallthorne clampet]

5 minutes ago, eh up nah said:

Carol, I never, ever thought I'd find myself saying this but if you don't start to see David Flitcroft for what he is, Port Vale could well die on your watch.

That could end up being your legacy.

The team that got us up was a much better side than this.

We've played two seasons at league one level with a side much inferior to our league Two team.

Have we even taken it <ovf censored> seriously since we got promoted?

Ripley, Ojo, Devine and Arblaster are the only players we've signed that would've gotten a shirt in that squad since we came up.

And two of those only played 6 months, not being our players.

That is David Flitcrofts fault.  He is the director of football.  He puts the squad together.

I don't blame most of the players.  It's ability and numbers (lack of both) that have us where we are now.

I cannot believe the optimism I had for the Vale when you took over.  The joy brought by the promotion (the 4th in the 35 years I've been following the Vale. 

The wave that created and have we ridden that wave?  Have we capitalised one bit on that?  Christ no!!!  

Instead you've allowed that absolute pillock to turn us in to a soulless training ground for top tier loan signings.

Brilliant, thats Port Vale to you is it?

I honestly believe that you do not give one stuff about actual supporters.  Your actions are saying just that in not just keeping faith with that utter madman, but actually lording him up to the supporters.  Telling us off for daring to become disillusioned at his apparent long termism.

Long term?  Jesus!!!  We're back to whence we came next season.  Its absolute failure and the most infuriating part is that it was so, so avoidable.

I feel absolutely pig sick.

 

We have lost our identity , we are trying to be something that we arent . 

[Vtid]

Just now, Doha said:

There is no way DM has come in not anticipating, even expecting, relegation. This season is a 100% free hit for him in my eyes given the donkeys he has to work with and how he didn't come in until after the window.

Doesn’t mean he will stay if we go down. If he kept us up it would of enhanced his cv massively after his failure at Huddersfield. Was a risk either way but he will be on a good wage that for sure & id guess a big bonus if he kept us up. 

[JS Valiant]

Just now, darren1810 said:

Bide my time. 9/4 in running. 

 

No way will Vale reach 40 points.

Carlisle and Vale are miles behind the other teams in this League

Mansfield are going to have the last laugh after all.

We had 2 shots on target again, at one point earlier in the season, for a while, we showed some promise but since Arblaster and Devine left and Garrity being injured,we look like a poor League 2 side.

[Powerline]

Just now, 1 said:

If we hadn’t have tried to scrimp at the beginning of the season we could have spent Uche and Loft’s wages on one decent L1 striker. Instead we picked a guy off the scrap heap, nursed him to fitness, and then he got injured. Meanwhile picking up a dud. Two premium, desperate signings that properly managed like a normal club within a transfer window would have yielded a proper striker who could help us now. We’ve been risking it with penny pinching then panic splurging for a while, and we’ve finally been caught out after years of warning.

We didn’t scrimp around - payed 70k for loft! 🤣

[PVFC764]

Not even been rumoured on free agents coming into the club either.  What the hell are the recruitment and Fraudcroft doing?

As Status Quo say - down down deeper and down.