33 minutes ago, Vale Ball said:

That was never a penalty, he went down because he didn't know what to do, Umolu was like a rabbit in the headlights, don't like digging individual players out but he's taken the crown off Loft, that's for sure.

Despite Umolu looking like a cart horse , the thing that infuriates me  is Curtis getting himself sent off when the points were in the bag . Our disciplinary record is atrocious. Stop babying the players , the team , the group , or whatever is the flavour of the month , and sort it out  Darren. It’s not acceptable . I hope you got right in his face after the match and told him off, but you probably put an arm round him. No excuse for that . We’re short enough as it is. 

13 minutes ago, werstayinup said:

I am wondering where those who want Moore sacked have gone??

As that poor,shocking,boring,<ovf censored> manager of ours looks like he is now heading for his 3rd manager of the month of the season and very well deserved imo

You crack on big man and bring promotion home

I wanted him sacked after Walsall. I thought - and still do - it was ridiculous how we approached that game which I believe was a contributing factor in the subsequent downturn in form.

If Moore has us playing “on the front foot” like we did today, then I have no issue. 

Reception chizzy got brilliant when entering the game .

We won big Jerry needs to improve hopefully he will .

Didn't see the Curtis incident so cannot judge he sends Hackford through score he puts one on his head and all game far too good for them he didn't need get involved in thst as he was a verybig reason we won .

Chizzy and Rico can step up wouldn't be fair chuck umilio in .

What's with bloke having thirty stewards carrying him out that was quality and hilarious 😂. 

 

9 minutes ago, SS Vale said:

Despite Umolu looking like a cart horse , the thing that infuriates me  is Curtis getting himself sent off when the points were in the bag . Our disciplinary record is atrocious. Stop babying the players , the team , the group , or whatever is the flavour of the month , and sort it out  Darren. It’s not acceptable . I hope you got right in his face after the match and told him off, but you probably put an arm round him. No excuse for that . We’re short enough as it is. 

Vale won, sjoke lost, England beat Scotland to regain the Calcutta Cup.

Not a bad day.

7 minutes ago, Old School said:

Vale won, sjoke lost, England beat Scotland to regain the Calcutta Cup.

Not a bad day.

And clearly Spunk Trumpet took the excellent advice offered to him last week and has got himself laid.

11 minutes ago, Tony Rodriguez said:

And clearly Spunk Trumpet took the excellent advice offered to him last week and has got himself laid.

Might as well end the thread right there!

2 hours ago, Powerline said:

Umolu is lazy which is inexcusable. Showed it against Swindon, notts and now today. Doesn’t deserve any more opportunities if he’s gonna keep on like that.

I don't like criticising any player in a Vale shirt,  but this lad is dreadful. He's certainly a game changer, but for the wrong team.  He must be a world beater in training and DM sees something that we don't, or he's on a promise from one of the lads relatives, if he plays. 

Other than that, a good solid performance today. The second goal, in particular, was a lovely flowing move, before we started looking for the gun to fire in to our foot with. Thankfully, we saw the game out. 

 

UTV

43 minutes ago, werstayinup said:

I am wondering where those who want Moore sacked have gone??

As that poor,shocking,boring,<ovf censored> manager of ours looks like he is now heading for his 3rd manager of the month of the season and very well deserved imo

You crack on big man and bring promotion home

It's all about opinions , crack on 👍 UTV

43 minutes ago, werstayinup said:

I am wondering where those who want Moore sacked have gone??

As that poor,shocking,boring,<ovf censored> manager of ours looks like he is now heading for his 3rd manager of the month of the season and very well deserved imo

You crack on big man and bring promotion home

With all due respect we were the lowest scorers in the top 4 leagues over a 10 game period. Failing to score in the majority of those and our only goals came from screamers. The football was dire and so were the results. 
Has he turned it around? Yes. But the calls for his sacking were not over the top, we have a top end squad and budget and that run of games was not acceptable in the slightest.

 

28 minutes ago, Biddulph_PV said:

I wanted him sacked after Walsall. I thought - and still do - it was ridiculous how we approached that game which I believe was a contributing factor in the subsequent downturn in form.

If Moore has us playing “on the front foot” like we did today, then I have no issue. 

Spot on mate and .UTV 

One thing Moore did promise us & it’s a promise he’s kept is he’d make us hard to beat. Only table topping Walsall can match us when it comes to the number of defeats with us both having just 6. We’ve improved a lot offensively since the turn of the year. I have no issue admitting I jumped on him during our terrible run over the festive period. But he’s turned it around so fair play to him. Get Mitch & Sang back we’ll be a lot stronger, worries up top around injuries & suspensions now but we will create chances still. KTF

Edited February 22, 20251 yr by VTID-New

13 minutes ago, valiant_593 said:

With all due respect we were the lowest scorers in the top 4 leagues over a 10 game period. Failing to score in the majority of those and our only goals came from screamers. The football was dire and so were the results. 
Has he turned it around? Yes. But the calls for his sacking were not over the top, we have a top end squad and budget and that run of games was not acceptable in the slightest.

 

Ever since Darren changed his mindset on the ultra cautious tactics and decided to stick two up top the results changed for the better but he did take way too long to figure things out anyway UTV but I'm still sceptical about the gaffer 

Edited February 22, 20251 yr by Nippy Naylor

Watched the Sky highlights and shows the Curtis incident at the end . Bit of shouting and pushing with the ref watching then the highlights stop before a card is shown- so still not clear what happened for it to be a red 

The injuries and ridiculous red cards seemingly ever other game have hindered DM.

Whatever folks opinion of him, he's been handed a <ovf censored> deal since December. 

November was terrible he has to take ownership of some of those results. 

However we are clinging on with half a team.

Well done Dazzler. 

1 hour ago, JoeB2 said:

There must have been 6 'head injury stoppages' today, none of which wanted any physio attention. If your team is under the cosh, all you need to do is challenge for a header, go down holding your head, and lie there, safe in the knowledge the game is about to stop, before miraculously recovering as soon as the physios are about to enter.

If you're holding your head, you need a concussion check. The sport has started to, rightly, take concussion seriously but now players are taking advantage. If the ref needs to stop the game, such is the seriousness of the blow to your head, then off you trot for a 30 second check before re-entering. It's become a free hit to stop play, disrupt momentum, with absolutely no punishment for exploiting it.

Simple answer, hold 3 fingers up and they count 3, great, carry on... If they see more or less then remove them from the field of play until they've had a two minutes concussion test.... Bingo