3 minutes ago, Dipepa delight said:

Is it didn't see there goal looked naff .

It gave them a lift as next 10 mins played well them then Vale made changes and Stockley should equalise simple as that.

I'll make a prediction Vale will finish season above them 

I watched the highlights video on YouTube. Dreadful. Looks like his spiking the ball in volleyball. It’s yet another corner conceded. 
 

If we keep playing how we have done we won’t finish above them. 

Today's game was pretty crap, weather didn't help. But to try and put a bit of a positive spin on things, If Crewe and Walsall are the best of the rest of the league, then we haven't got too much to worry about.
We have players returning from injury, we can play better than we have been of late. Just put today down to one those <ovf censored> days we often get as Vale fans [emoji846]

Oh my god that is a poor GK error from Ripley.
 

This is only a guess, but on any other day after Ripley parried that shot, it would have gone over the bar. However, the wind appeared to slow it down and it dropped into the net. So I wouldn't blame him too much

2 goals from corners last 2 games conceded, I am no qualified coach but can we think of leaving 2 or 3 on the half way line so they have to leave 3 or 4 back, there will be 5 or 6 less players in the penalty area for Ripley to try and claim or does it not work like that any more.

Yes very disappointing all round. Walsall adapted to the conditions better than us. They seemed a bit more motivated and organised than ourselves. A very strange goal to concede.  Definitely need more urgency and to move ball more quickly. Darren said Stockley had had some medical procedures, but I was hoping to start with him plus Paton and Curtis. Hall Croasdale and Curtis , pick of the bunch. Can't think of anyone else who particularly had good game. A draw wdnt have too bad but Walsall played better than ourselves 

 

 

Pretty much sums it up:

 

The manager has a lot to answer for today and to be honest the last few games. 

We are setting up and playing very negatively. Literally every players default is to play backwards.

We are creating absolutely nothing. We give the ball away ridiculously often. What is our plan going forward? 

The subs today are wrong. Not so much the players coming on, but who we took off and at what point was not right.

Players need to have a look at themselves as well. Didn't get to grips with the conditions at all. 

Really bad today and let's be honest it isn't just today. We need to address this quickly or we will drop down the table.

I stopped going due to the dross served up with 3 home games still left last season

However the season won't be defined by a defeat to the closest rivals in December.

Vale didn't remain top for as long as they did by being tripe every week.

Garrity is out and we've won 1 in 5. The reluctance to play Paton is a mystery and I'm sure if we played our attack minded players from the start we would outscore the opposition instead of grinding out single goal victories.

Conditions were dreadful today and the manager has to accept responsibility for tactics...I was surprised Stockley didn't start but if we were to play it to feet,surely BBB was the option to start?

Hopefully 3 points at Bromley will see us still in and around the top

10 minutes ago, MBE said:

I watched the highlights video on YouTube. Dreadful. Looks like his spiking the ball in volleyball. It’s yet another corner conceded. 
 

If we keep playing how we have done we won’t finish above them. 

We are playing our worst football of season 

They we're playing at there maximum 

Vale will finish above them and win at there's. 

Moore needs to set Vale up to win and stop respecting opposition 

Where's BBB Tolaj etc today .

All in all today's defeat because of a goalkeeping error. 

Put it behind us move on crowd 9 thousand odd the ones who didn't attend know about Curse the Walsall we beat Vale at Vale Park curse. 

Least it wasn't 5 -0 like other year 

Let them enjoy there cup final win 

Overall cause thry had 1 more goal attempt than us they  probably deserve it .

Nothing in the game was as boring as 

UTV 

Overall Vale fans need to be realistic here.

After last season, if you said at the beginning of this season we would be 2nd in the League approaching Xmas, most would have bitten your hand off.

We have a large squad with money spent on it and yes we were one of the favourites at the start. That though was mostly because we signed quality in Byers. Trouble is he missed the whole of pre-season and only played about 180 minutes in total. My worry is he might only be fit enough to last another 180 minutes over the rest of season.

Then we lose our most influential midfielder and captain for a long period. Two class midfielders out of any side would cause big issues never mind a promotion chasing one.

Yes there are squad concerns and the question is will the owner spend money to booster it for the second part of the season.

As for Walsall, there concern will be January when Stoke will almost certainly recall Lowe and they are left a giant whole in their midfield.

Absolutely disgraceful MOORE! That has got to one of the worst managerial performances ever and we have had some shockers. 
 

This is league two football, top V second and what does he do? Play no strikers at home. If that wasn’t bad enough the conditions were shocking and it’s not like anyone wasn’t expecting it but what  does he do? Plays the smallest powder puff attacking line up he could find. Seriously conditions like means you play the likes of Stockley up top and someone with a physical presence not them 3. If we had another similar striker then they should have been on as well. 
 

As for the performances I have nothing  to say as it’s s###! To top it all off they weren’t even any good in fact I would say that they won’t be anywhere near good enough to go up on that performance. Massive opportunity wasted. 
 

MOORE may well get Vale promoted however let’s face it with the side and money he has spent, Vale should bloody be getting promoted. No personality, doesn’t inspire anyone, can you think of a single player who is playing above themselves? 
 

Just imagine a ADAMS or CLARKE with this financial backing. 

20 minutes ago, valefan79 said:

One lesson can be learnt, please dont play another game without a recognised striker.

Needs more than than that, it's simply not an attacking side full stop.

5 minutes ago, Tamworth said:

Needs more than than that, it's simply not an attacking side full stop.

We could have played with 10 strikers but he’d still have us passing it sideways and backwards in our own half until Ripley boots it out of play. 

Edited December 7, 20241 yr by philpvfc

4 hours ago, VTID-New said:

Yep 4-3-3 it looks 👍🏻 

More like 6-4-0. 

27 minutes ago, worldsendvalefan said:

40 minutes ago, MBE said:

Oh my god that is a poor GK error from Ripley.
 

This is only a guess, but on any other day after Ripley parried that shot, it would have gone over the bar. However, the wind appeared to slow it down and it dropped into the net. So I wouldn't blame him too much

Doesn't look like it on the video replay.