Derby C (A) match thread - 2nd March.

[ollyandpatch]

God help us.🙏

 

[osprey]

Do we have to ? 
rather finish the season now and have done 🙁

[Rory]

From Darrell Clarke to Mooreball. Rubbish.

I predict a defeat but I still hope to enjoy my day out with some friends and some people I wouldn't class as friends but do know well.

[Vtid]

This will be the first game I’ve not attended, watched on ifollow or listened to this season. I’ve decided to do something that makes me happy & take my kids swimming. Completely fed up now of the mess we’ve found ourselves in 

[JoeB2]

12 minutes ago, ollyandpatch said:

God help us.🙏

 

Genuinely miss him so much.

[ollyandpatch]

Just now, JoeB2 said:

Genuinely miss him so much.

YEP I hope the 'DC OUT' brigade are taking a good hard look at themselves. Some are on here who constantly bemoaned his style of play and scrappy wins. I would hope 95% of Vale fans wish they could turn back the clock 12 months.

 

[Wrex]

1 minute ago, ollyandpatch said:

YEP I hope the 'DC OUT' brigade are taking a good hard look at themselves. Some are on here who constantly bemoaned his style of play and scrappy wins. I would hope 95% of Vale fans wish they could turn back the clock 12 months.

 

Definitely. It was a poor decision that was justified afterwards by saying his race was run. Clearly they were wrong and you can take a look above us in the table (at a club with a lower budget and inferior players) he went into on a record breaking bad start to a season to see why

[JoeB2]

There’s a world where, one year on from the tragic death of his daughter, we gave DC compassionate leave again until the end of summer, and provided him with comprehensive mental health support and therapy upon his return. We had an assistant manager with interim experience and a DoF who apparently would be in charge of recruitment.

I understand how bad things got, but did we not have a moral obligation to look after him instead of sacking him? Carol said he needed to heal elsewhere but DC didn’t seem to think the same when he was jettisoned.

Everything good about this club was built on DC’s management. Behind that, it was just empty words. We conflated a really good manager with some nonsense ‘process’.

I know it’s banging on about the past, but we didn’t have to take the path we did. We chucked away the very best thing we’ve had at PVFC at decades and I’m not sure when we’ll get as lucky again. 

Edited February 28 by JoeB2

[TJHValiant]

Not quite convinced. This season was basically a repeat of last year. Crosby did well til Christmas and it crashed down, so did Clark. The real problems are a lack of investment. 

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I think we need to be smart here.

                                      Ripley

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       Sang Debrah Smith Lopata Ojo Yak Grant

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Edited February 28 by 1

[TJHValiant]

7 minutes ago, JoeB2 said:

There’s a world where, one year on from the tragic death of his daughter, we gave DC compassionate leave again until the end of summer, and provided him with comprehensive mental health support and therapy upon his return. We had an assistant manager with interim experience and a DoF who apparently would be in charge of recruitment.

I understand how bad things got, but did we not have a moral obligation to look after him instead of sacking him? Carol said he needed to heal elsewhere but DC didn’t seem to think the same when he was jettisoned.

Everything good about this club was built on DC’s management. Behind that, it was just empty words. We conflated a really good manager with some nonsense ‘process’.

I know it’s banging on about the past, but we didn’t have to take the path we did. We chucked away the very best thing we’ve had at PVFC at decades and I’m not sure when we’ll get as lucky again. 

That would have been a sensible approach, I agree, but did he recognise the need for help? I’m sure Carol would have been willing to consider that option. 

[osprey]

13 minutes ago, TJHValiant said:

Not quite convinced. This season was basically a repeat of last year. Crosby did well til Christmas and it crashed down, so did Clark. The real problems are a lack of investment. 

Beginning to think Christmas needs cancelling- we are always crap after it 

[Rockape99]

52 minutes ago, ollyandpatch said:

God help us.🙏

 

3-0 will flatter us tbh 

[Warren]

22 minutes ago, 1 said:

I think we need to be smart here.

                                      Ripley

                          Barbed wire fence

       Sang Debrah Smith Lopata Ojo Yak Grant

                                Moat of lava

                                guard Jaguar

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Look, you are missing the obvious. Machine guns. This is a constructive suggestion because it's not only a barrier it will reduce the number of opposition players and give us more attacking opportunities. 

More seriously, this game is the last we need. We only lost 1-0 at home, but we were nonetheless  badly beaten. What concerned me most in that game was Derby's physical conditioning was much better. They were stronger, faster and more aggressive. 

Darren Moore will need to be a miracle worker to get a result from this one. 

Edited February 28 by Warren

[Fosse69]

Not quite convinced. This season was basically a repeat of last year. Crosby did well til Christmas and it crashed down, so did Clark. The real problems are a lack of investment. 

The whole point of the January transfers. If your points targets are not safe, strengthen where you need to, either for promotion chances or to avoid relegation.

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