This game is giving me similar vibes to when we played Exeter back in December nearly 2 years ago when it was a scrappy 1-0 win to us with Ollie scoring the only goal of the game and when we were badly out of form as it was our first league win in 11 and Exeter stretched their winless run to 11. I also remember dubbing the game as El Sackico as I was convinced that whatever team lost the manager would get the sack after the game yet that didn't happen as nearly 2 years later Gary Caldwell is still the Exeter manager.  

Edited September 11, 2025Sep 11 by ValiantHan

Hello Valiants. Firstly parking there is no street parking so either get to the Triangle car park which is about a 15-20 minute walk or park at the Sowton park and Ride just off the M5. However, I expect with the Women's Rugby and that being the closest parking for that you are best avoiding the park and ride. Onto the game itself and realistically this is a 6 pointer as both clubs are more likely to be closer to the bottom 6 than the top 6. Very similar feel to 2022/23 when you did the double over us. This game will I fear be a turgid affair of two teams scrapping. Whoever scores first wins

I'm hopeful of a scrappy game...I think we need it. We've played well in general so far and not really like a bottom 6 side. I hope we go back to basics. Classic Mooreball of stinking the place out for 60 minutes and then trying to nick one. We need the result more than Exeter, and one scrappy win could turn our season around.

5 hours ago, Exeter Red said:

Very similar feel to 2022/23 when you did the double over us.

We lost 4-0 at St James Park that season didn't we?

I've looked it up and the last time we did the double over the Grecians was the Gordon Lee promotion season.

13 minutes ago, Santa said:

We lost 4-0 at St James Park that season didn't we?

I've looked it up and the last time we did the double over the Grecians was the Gordon Lee promotion season.

My mistake I was looking at you beating us 1-0 in Feb 2023 and then you beating us at home in Nov 2024 but it was two seperate seasons!! I'm blaming Old age lol 

On 10/09/2025 at 11:16, Osh said:

He'll be well knackered from that! 🤣🤣

The 23 hour flight home might have made him a bit tired!

With the injured players returning and Arsenal to come, a win here would genuinely be pretty seismic in terms of atmosphere/mood. It's crazy how tight the margins are.

Going into Mansfield at home with a win under our belts, Cole firing, Stockley + Garrity + Hall + Amos + Gabriel fit or close to, validation that we're not absolutely horrendous, and perhaps the most illustrious opposition at VP in the 21st century a few days away, you feel that the entire club would do a 180 overnight.

Just need the most dull, uninspiring, Moore Classic 1-0 win. Would mean a lot more than 3 points.

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4 minutes ago, JoeB2 said:

With the injured players returning and Arsenal to come, a win here would genuinely be pretty seismic in terms of atmosphere/mood. It's crazy how tight the margins are.

Going into Mansfield at home with a win under our belts, Cole firing, Stockley + Garrity + Hall + Amos + Gabriel fit or close to, validation that we're not absolutely horrendous, and perhaps the most illustrious opposition at VP in the 21st century a few days away, you feel that the entire club would do a 180 overnight.

Just need the most dull, uninspiring, Moore Classic 1-0 win. Would mean a lot more than 3 points.

We have the ability score quite a few in every game 

I see things and its making me ultra positive, as generally every year you generally know how a seasons going pan out after 20 games .

We have goals in us .

Shipley ,Curtis and Paton all can put a pretty good dead ball in .

Stockley must be watching high up and thinking ,i know exactly how im going attack the balls in from these 3 high level of ball in technicians .

Lets face it once ball starts going in for us the future is very bright indeed in my opinion ,apart from the Reading goal all the others conceded have being more down to our shortcomings than excellent play from opposition .

Keep going Vale and go get the rewards your enterprlsing play deserves .

UTV 

1 minute ago, Dipepa delight said:

Stockley must be watching high up and thinking ,i know exactly how im going attack the balls in from these 3 high level of ball in technicians .

Has he died?

1 minute ago, JoeB2 said:

Has he died?

No high up in lorne street lol 

Really surprised to see the bookies have us favourites to win this game. 

3 hours ago, philpvfc said:

Really surprised to see the bookies have us favourites to win this game. 

Well, we have to win sometime. 

Just remember that at this point, odds will reflect where most of the money is going, so it's not that the bookies have us as favourites per se, but that's what most people are banking on. 

And it's probably not a bad bet either in fairness, I think there were many times last season we played better away than at home, and it suits Moore's style of play much more. 

The more games a team goes without winning the higher the chance of a win because of the law of averages, especially key here as we have been playing well, so that first win should be on Saturday but it's Vale and so we all are nervous. It's definitely a winnable game and if luck is on our side we'll get those three points this weekend. A score draw is probably the safest bet however I'm going 0-1 to the Valiants. 

1 hour ago, Darren Cooksey said:

The more games a team goes without winning the higher the chance of a win because of the law of averages, especially key here as we have been playing well, so that first win should be on Saturday but it's Vale and so we all are nervous. It's definitely a winnable game and if luck is on our side we'll get those three points this weekend. A score draw is probably the safest bet however I'm going 0-1 to the Valiants. 

Love you optimism, even if your maths is a little off.

21 minutes ago, JRC said:

Love you optimism, even if your maths is a little off.

Please could you explain fully why my 'maths' is off? Your English is off here but we'll let that pass!

3 hours ago, Darren Cooksey said:

The more games a team goes without winning the higher the chance of a win because of the law of averages, especially key here as we have been playing well, so that first win should be on Saturday but it's Vale and so we all are nervous. It's definitely a winnable game and if luck is on our side we'll get those three points this weekend. A score draw is probably the safest bet however I'm going 0-1 to the Valiants. 

So what you are saying, it’s more likely that Liverpool won’t win on the weekend and Wolves will because of the law of averages