An Open Letter from Carol

[TJHValiant]

3 hours ago, Valiiant said:

 

Careful. The Shanahanigans on this site will have the knives out for you.

Past caring about that. Look I think Carol is a great person, but this saved the club lark has worn thin. That’s a gross exaggeration. She can with her £180m do more than bankroll a mid table league 2 squad. 

[Fosse69]

Past caring about that. Look I think Carol is a great person, but this saved the club lark has worn thin. That’s a gross exaggeration. She can with her £180m do more than bankroll a mid table league 2 squad. 

What is this £180M rumour?

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[rayzer]

On 28/02/2024 at 21:40, Vale Ball said:

Just looked.

We have the following

Head of Physical Performance

Head of Medical Performance

First Team Head of Analysis

Sports Scientist

First Team Physiotherapist

Sports Therapist

First Team Analyst

A Director of Football

No mention of a recruitment team

This does not include Manager, Assistant Manager and Football Coaches.

Wonder if too many cooks spoil the broth ?



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Why with all these do the team tire after 70 minutes? We have the least amount of players of players in our division ( I have not checked other divisions ) who have completed 90 minutes. We also concede a lot of goals late in games. So much for sports scientists, they need sacking as well as Flintcroft.

[JoeB2]

17 hours ago, TJHValiant said:

Quite right. She has had 5 years and has failed to surpass even the dreadful Smurfwaite’s achievements. 
 

1.) Smurfwaite oversaw a promotion without the lottery of the playoffs. 
 

2.) Smurfwaite oversaw a far higher league 1 position than Carol’s ownership has achieved, 12th. 
 

3.) In terms of infrastructure Smurfwaite built the impressive club shop and progressed development of the Lorne Street with the purchase of a pile of yellow seats from Watford. Carol simply installed them for the Robbie gig to look good for Cameras. 
 

4.) Smurfwaite funded the most expensive strike force in our history when he had Pope and Hughes on the books. Lee Hughes was getting 6k per week, far more than Carol wants to pay. 
 

Overall this idea that she saved the club is an utter sham. Smurfwaite was a nasty guy, but the whole liquidating the club thing was pure theatre to con Carol out of paying more. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We finished 9th under Smurthwaite.

However, he inherited a side 2nd in League 2 with a good manager on the books. It was a much better situation.

I do agree that when/if we go down, Carol’s footballing legacy is pretty weak 5 years in, which is fundamentally what she will be judged upon. 

[corbanlovesvale]

14 hours ago, TJHValiant said:

Past caring about that. Look I think Carol is a great person, but this saved the club lark has worn thin. That’s a gross exaggeration. She can with her £180m do more than bankroll a mid table league 2 squad. 

Don't really care what you anti Carol people say.  Without her and Kevin we would not even have a club to support.  Now all you Carol out people can slag me off and I couldn't give a <ovf censored>.  I'm vale till I die in the first, second or even the conference and will still buy my season ticket  UTV and KTF 

[Hoppers]

31 minutes ago, corbanlovesvale said:

Don't really care what you anti Carol people say.  Without her and Kevin we would not even have a club to support.  Now all you Carol out people can slag me off and I couldn't give a <ovf censored>.  I'm vale till I die in the first, second or even the conference and will still buy my season ticket  UTV and KTF 

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍

[mbycars]

11 hours ago, Hoppers said:

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍

Me too, i will support the club for as long as i am able to. Did Luton, fans, Wrexham fans Notts fans, Chesterfield fans Lincoln fans etc abandon their club when they went into non league, two letter answer, NO.

Edited March 3 by mbycars

[Smallthorne clampet]

2 hours ago, rayzer said:

Why with all these do the team tire after 70 minutes? We have the least amount of players of players in our division ( I have not checked other divisions ) who have completed 90 minutes. We also concede a lot of goals late in games. So much for sports scientists, they need sacking as well as Flintcroft.

Waste of money , check out the who's who - SIX chef's etc , jobs created when they weren't needed , again waste of money.

[Powerline]

What I’m concerned about is the only correct decision to have been made at the club since carol has joined has been Clarke’s appointment, and that was Flitcroft. Who honestly thinks she won’t make another balls up in appointing a new DOF.

Edited March 2 by Powerline

[Rampant Zebra]

I don't understand why people think Flitcroft is absolutely awful at player recruitment but think the Clarke appointment was a good one. We had a more balanced squad before spending a lot of money clearing the "deadwood" and now we need to clear all the deadwood again. Squads evolve, recruiting 50+ players in a couple of seasons is never going to be successful. As we can see. 

Edited March 2 by Rampant Zebra

[tommytunstall]

14 minutes ago, Rampant Zebra said:

I don't understand why people think Flitcroft is absolutely awful at player recruitment but think the Clarke appointment was a good one. We had a more balanced squad before spending a lot of money clearing the "deadwood" and now we need to clear all the deadwood again. Squads evolve, recruiting 50+ players in a couple of seasons is never going to be successful. As we can see. 

So it’s all Clarkes fault. Unbelievable 

[Wrex]

25 minutes ago, Rampant Zebra said:

spending a lot of money clearing the "deadwood"

We made a £10,000 profit on that summer clear out as they were all out of contract, except Manny who was sold to Chesterfield for ten grand.

Now we'd be lucky if ten grand were enough to pay off one of the 16 contracted players for next season

[Houston Valiant]

7 hours ago, corbanlovesvale said:

Don't really care what you anti Carol people say.  Without her and Kevin we would not even have a club to support.  Now all you Carol out people can slag me off and I couldn't give a <ovf censored>.  I'm vale till I die in the first, second or even the conference and will still buy my season ticket  UTV and KTF 

Fair enough. You’ll probably experience the Conference in two years time. 

[Brian Johnson]

42 minutes ago, Rampant Zebra said:

I don't understand why people think Flitcroft is absolutely awful at player recruitment but think the Clarke appointment was a good one. We had a more balanced squad before spending a lot of money clearing the "deadwood" and now we need to clear all the deadwood again. Squads evolve, recruiting 50+ players in a couple of seasons is never going to be successful. As we can see. 

you have contradicted yourself in all of that

[Vale1995]

Rob can we genuinely write a one vale fan reply to her open letter something well structured and to the point of our displeasure I think its the only way to get ourselves heard @robf