On 17/11/2025 at 19:04, rayzer said:

I would swop him for Malachi Fagan-Walcott who is definitely should be playing in a higher division. Get it done Vasle.

You’re just making these names up

Not sure of the legitimacy of this website but we place 19th and they have Funso Ojo as our biggest earner. I’m Posting it on this thread as it perhaps provides some context of our budget for players compared to those who we’d be competing with for signings in the January window.

 

No wonder DM has wanted to get rid of Ojo if true. Not value for money.

Pissed the budget up the wall.

 

Why do people believe the drivel on websites like this? Clickbait articles written by kids to drive revenue to some shady characters who have no interest in accuracy and all the interest in money.

 

Asked AI to be a Port Vale Scout for a Number 9, with Gareth Ainsworth as Manager in a in a 4-2-3-1. Def needs a fact check, but not bad...

Here is a list of 10 realistic striker (#9) options for Port Vale as of November 2025, and how each striker complements Devante Cole (#10), Ronan Curtis (#11) and George Hall (#7), in a Christmas Tree formation with Buyers (#8) and Ojo (#4) in a double pivot. 

Manager: Gareth Ainsworth
 

1. Jonson Clarke-Harris

• Current club: Pendikspor (Turkey)

• Age: 31

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 11 matches

• Goals 2024-25: ~31 (League One)

• Division: Turkish Süper Lig (Tier 1 Turkey)

• Estimated salary: £7,000 - £10,000 per week

• Style of Play: Classic target man - strong, physical, excels in aerial duels, holds up ball well, final product striker.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Perfect as a target man 9 to hold up play allowing Devante Cole (acting as a 10 creative forward) space and service from wide runners Curtis and Hall.

• Buy Rank: 10

 

2. Will Grigg

• Current club: Chesterfield

• Age: 34

• Goals 2025-26: 8 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 15+ (League Two)

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4 England)

• Estimated salary: £2,000 - £3,500 per week

• Style of Play: Poacher with excellent movement in box, sharp finisher, intelligent positioning, less reliant on physical hold-up.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Solid complementary partner, can rotate as main striker or support Devante Cole, adding goal threat from inside the box.

• Buy Rank: 8

 

3. Oli Shaw

• Current club: Hamilton Academical

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: ~7

• Goals 2024-25: ~12

• Division: Scottish League One (Tier 3 Scotland)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Mobile forward, good pace, likes to run in behind defenses, participates actively in link-up play.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Provides pace through middle, combining with Cole’s creativity and wide runs from Curtis/Hall, good for counterattacking style.

• Buy Rank: 7

 

4. Aaron Drinan

• Current club: Swindon Town

• Age: 25

• Goals 2025-26: 10 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 13

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Pressing forward, high work rate, good in one-on-ones, effective at exploiting space.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Could press effectively upfront allowing creative players behind more freedom, good link with Cole and wings.

• Buy Rank: 6

 

5. Matthew Dennis

• Current club: Notts County

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 6 in 13 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 11

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,200 - £2,000 per week

• Style of Play: All-round forward, good link-up, capable of dropping slightly to collect ball, decent finisher.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Flexible role, supports Devante Cole by linking midfield and attack, good close control for tight spaces.

• Buy Rank: 5

 

6. Alex Gilbey

• Current club: Milton Keynes Dons

• Age: 29

• Goals 2025-26: 6 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 10

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Creative forward/midfielder hybrid, good passing range, vision, likes to create rather than purely score.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Could act as secondary striker behind Cole, providing assists and playmaking, giving attacking dimensions.

• Buy Rank: 4

 

7. Amara Diouf

• Current club: Derby County

• Age: 20

• Goals 2025-26: 4 in 12 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 7

• Division: English Championship (Tier 2)

• Estimated salary: £3,000 - £5,000 per week

• Style of Play: Pacey, direct forward with dribbling ability, good in transition and one-on-one situations.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Provides wide threat and runs beyond defense; good foil to Cole’s number 10 play and Hall’s width.

• Buy Rank: 3

 

8. Tate Campbell

• Current club: Sutton United

• Age: 26

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 6

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,000 - £1,800 per week

• Style of Play: Poacher, reliable finisher, excels inside penalty box, less involved in build-up play.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Complements Devante Cole by specializing in finishing chances created by midfield creativity and wing play.

• Buy Rank: 2

 

9. Michael Cheek

• Current club: Bromley

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 7 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 9

• Division: National League (Tier 5)

• Estimated salary: £800 - £1,200 per week

• Style of Play: Target man with physical presence, good hold-up, aerial threat.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Alternative target man option to Clarke-Harris; holds ball well for supporting forwards behind.

• Buy Rank: 1

 

10. Stephen Duke-McKenna

• Current club: Harrogate Town

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 8

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,200 - £1,800 per week

• Style of Play: Technical forward, good dribbling, intelligent movement to create space and options.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Can play off Cole, adding fluidity and link-up while Cole operates centrally as a creative 10.

• Buy Rank: 1

This list identifies Jonson Clarke-Harris as the top Buy Rank for a Port Vale style target man striker to lead the line, perfectly complementing Devante Cole as a 10 with Curtis and Hall on the wings. It balances goal stats, age, style of play, estimated salary, and role fit for the club’s needs.

This scouting objective focuses on finding a central striker who can hold up the ball, score regularly, and provide a reliable focal point to maximize the creativity and pace from behind and flanks for a strong second half of the season for Port Vale.

2 hours ago, GDrews and the Bogie Boogs said:

Asked AI to be a Port Vale Scout for a Number 9, with Gareth Ainsworth as Manager in a in a 4-2-3-1. Def needs a fact check, but not bad...

Here is a list of 10 realistic striker (#9) options for Port Vale as of November 2025, and how each striker complements Devante Cole (#10), Ronan Curtis (#11) and George Hall (#7), in a Christmas Tree formation with Buyers (#8) and Ojo (#4) in a double pivot. 

Manager: Gareth Ainsworth
 

1. Jonson Clarke-Harris

• Current club: Pendikspor (Turkey)

• Age: 31

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 11 matches

• Goals 2024-25: ~31 (League One)

• Division: Turkish Süper Lig (Tier 1 Turkey)

• Estimated salary: £7,000 - £10,000 per week

• Style of Play: Classic target man - strong, physical, excels in aerial duels, holds up ball well, final product striker.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Perfect as a target man 9 to hold up play allowing Devante Cole (acting as a 10 creative forward) space and service from wide runners Curtis and Hall.

• Buy Rank: 10

 

2. Will Grigg

• Current club: Chesterfield

• Age: 34

• Goals 2025-26: 8 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 15+ (League Two)

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4 England)

• Estimated salary: £2,000 - £3,500 per week

• Style of Play: Poacher with excellent movement in box, sharp finisher, intelligent positioning, less reliant on physical hold-up.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Solid complementary partner, can rotate as main striker or support Devante Cole, adding goal threat from inside the box.

• Buy Rank: 8

 

3. Oli Shaw

• Current club: Hamilton Academical

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: ~7

• Goals 2024-25: ~12

• Division: Scottish League One (Tier 3 Scotland)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Mobile forward, good pace, likes to run in behind defenses, participates actively in link-up play.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Provides pace through middle, combining with Cole’s creativity and wide runs from Curtis/Hall, good for counterattacking style.

• Buy Rank: 7

 

4. Aaron Drinan

• Current club: Swindon Town

• Age: 25

• Goals 2025-26: 10 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 13

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Pressing forward, high work rate, good in one-on-ones, effective at exploiting space.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Could press effectively upfront allowing creative players behind more freedom, good link with Cole and wings.

• Buy Rank: 6

 

5. Matthew Dennis

• Current club: Notts County

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 6 in 13 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 11

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,200 - £2,000 per week

• Style of Play: All-round forward, good link-up, capable of dropping slightly to collect ball, decent finisher.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Flexible role, supports Devante Cole by linking midfield and attack, good close control for tight spaces.

• Buy Rank: 5

 

6. Alex Gilbey

• Current club: Milton Keynes Dons

• Age: 29

• Goals 2025-26: 6 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 10

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Creative forward/midfielder hybrid, good passing range, vision, likes to create rather than purely score.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Could act as secondary striker behind Cole, providing assists and playmaking, giving attacking dimensions.

• Buy Rank: 4

 

7. Amara Diouf

• Current club: Derby County

• Age: 20

• Goals 2025-26: 4 in 12 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 7

• Division: English Championship (Tier 2)

• Estimated salary: £3,000 - £5,000 per week

• Style of Play: Pacey, direct forward with dribbling ability, good in transition and one-on-one situations.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Provides wide threat and runs beyond defense; good foil to Cole’s number 10 play and Hall’s width.

• Buy Rank: 3

 

8. Tate Campbell

• Current club: Sutton United

• Age: 26

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 6

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,000 - £1,800 per week

• Style of Play: Poacher, reliable finisher, excels inside penalty box, less involved in build-up play.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Complements Devante Cole by specializing in finishing chances created by midfield creativity and wing play.

• Buy Rank: 2

 

9. Michael Cheek

• Current club: Bromley

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 7 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 9

• Division: National League (Tier 5)

• Estimated salary: £800 - £1,200 per week

• Style of Play: Target man with physical presence, good hold-up, aerial threat.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Alternative target man option to Clarke-Harris; holds ball well for supporting forwards behind.

• Buy Rank: 1

 

10. Stephen Duke-McKenna

• Current club: Harrogate Town

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 8

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,200 - £1,800 per week

• Style of Play: Technical forward, good dribbling, intelligent movement to create space and options.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Can play off Cole, adding fluidity and link-up while Cole operates centrally as a creative 10.

• Buy Rank: 1

This list identifies Jonson Clarke-Harris as the top Buy Rank for a Port Vale style target man striker to lead the line, perfectly complementing Devante Cole as a 10 with Curtis and Hall on the wings. It balances goal stats, age, style of play, estimated salary, and role fit for the club’s needs.

This scouting objective focuses on finding a central striker who can hold up the ball, score regularly, and provide a reliable focal point to maximize the creativity and pace from behind and flanks for a strong second half of the season for Port Vale.

What an absolute waste of time, space and shiiite 

Or just use Devante properly

On 26/11/2025 at 06:05, GDrews and the Bogie Boogs said:

Asked AI to be a Port Vale Scout for a Number 9, with Gareth Ainsworth as Manager in a in a 4-2-3-1. Def needs a fact check, but not bad...

Here is a list of 10 realistic striker (#9) options for Port Vale as of November 2025, and how each striker complements Devante Cole (#10), Ronan Curtis (#11) and George Hall (#7), in a Christmas Tree formation with Buyers (#8) and Ojo (#4) in a double pivot. 

Manager: Gareth Ainsworth
 

1. Jonson Clarke-Harris

• Current club: Pendikspor (Turkey)

• Age: 31

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 11 matches

• Goals 2024-25: ~31 (League One)

• Division: Turkish Süper Lig (Tier 1 Turkey)

• Estimated salary: £7,000 - £10,000 per week

• Style of Play: Classic target man - strong, physical, excels in aerial duels, holds up ball well, final product striker.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Perfect as a target man 9 to hold up play allowing Devante Cole (acting as a 10 creative forward) space and service from wide runners Curtis and Hall.

• Buy Rank: 10

 

2. Will Grigg

• Current club: Chesterfield

• Age: 34

• Goals 2025-26: 8 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 15+ (League Two)

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4 England)

• Estimated salary: £2,000 - £3,500 per week

• Style of Play: Poacher with excellent movement in box, sharp finisher, intelligent positioning, less reliant on physical hold-up.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Solid complementary partner, can rotate as main striker or support Devante Cole, adding goal threat from inside the box.

• Buy Rank: 8

 

3. Oli Shaw

• Current club: Hamilton Academical

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: ~7

• Goals 2024-25: ~12

• Division: Scottish League One (Tier 3 Scotland)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Mobile forward, good pace, likes to run in behind defenses, participates actively in link-up play.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Provides pace through middle, combining with Cole’s creativity and wide runs from Curtis/Hall, good for counterattacking style.

• Buy Rank: 7

 

4. Aaron Drinan

• Current club: Swindon Town

• Age: 25

• Goals 2025-26: 10 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 13

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Pressing forward, high work rate, good in one-on-ones, effective at exploiting space.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Could press effectively upfront allowing creative players behind more freedom, good link with Cole and wings.

• Buy Rank: 6

 

5. Matthew Dennis

• Current club: Notts County

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 6 in 13 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 11

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,200 - £2,000 per week

• Style of Play: All-round forward, good link-up, capable of dropping slightly to collect ball, decent finisher.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Flexible role, supports Devante Cole by linking midfield and attack, good close control for tight spaces.

• Buy Rank: 5

 

6. Alex Gilbey

• Current club: Milton Keynes Dons

• Age: 29

• Goals 2025-26: 6 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 10

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Creative forward/midfielder hybrid, good passing range, vision, likes to create rather than purely score.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Could act as secondary striker behind Cole, providing assists and playmaking, giving attacking dimensions.

• Buy Rank: 4

 

7. Amara Diouf

• Current club: Derby County

• Age: 20

• Goals 2025-26: 4 in 12 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 7

• Division: English Championship (Tier 2)

• Estimated salary: £3,000 - £5,000 per week

• Style of Play: Pacey, direct forward with dribbling ability, good in transition and one-on-one situations.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Provides wide threat and runs beyond defense; good foil to Cole’s number 10 play and Hall’s width.

• Buy Rank: 3

 

8. Tate Campbell

• Current club: Sutton United

• Age: 26

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 6

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,000 - £1,800 per week

• Style of Play: Poacher, reliable finisher, excels inside penalty box, less involved in build-up play.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Complements Devante Cole by specializing in finishing chances created by midfield creativity and wing play.

• Buy Rank: 2

 

9. Michael Cheek

• Current club: Bromley

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 7 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 9

• Division: National League (Tier 5)

• Estimated salary: £800 - £1,200 per week

• Style of Play: Target man with physical presence, good hold-up, aerial threat.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Alternative target man option to Clarke-Harris; holds ball well for supporting forwards behind.

• Buy Rank: 1

 

10. Stephen Duke-McKenna

• Current club: Harrogate Town

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 8

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,200 - £1,800 per week

• Style of Play: Technical forward, good dribbling, intelligent movement to create space and options.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Can play off Cole, adding fluidity and link-up while Cole operates centrally as a creative 10.

• Buy Rank: 1

This list identifies Jonson Clarke-Harris as the top Buy Rank for a Port Vale style target man striker to lead the line, perfectly complementing Devante Cole as a 10 with Curtis and Hall on the wings. It balances goal stats, age, style of play, estimated salary, and role fit for the club’s needs.

This scouting objective focuses on finding a central striker who can hold up the ball, score regularly, and provide a reliable focal point to maximize the creativity and pace from behind and flanks for a strong second half of the season for Port Vale.

Not great that AI ...  Matt Dennis is 23!

39 minutes ago, JRC said:

Not great that AI ...  Matt Dennis is 23!

Yes but Matt Dennis is not going to come unless Gareth Ainsworth is manager

4 hours ago, JRC said:

Not great that AI ...  Matt Dennis is 23!

Cheek is 34 not 27 and Clarke-Harris scored 7 in 24/25 in L1 (not approximately 31) too? They say Al can hallucinate but this one must have been on the magic mushrooms and then sum.

On 25/11/2025 at 23:28, Granville said:

Why do people believe the drivel on websites like this? Clickbait articles written by kids to drive revenue to some shady characters who have no interest in accuracy and all the interest in money.

 

FLW is corporation backed now with genuine sources and journalists not just a teenage sitting in his room playing FIFA writing a piece in his spare time. FLW can’t just post any <ovf censored> these days like other accounts do.

This data is mined from payroll, it may not be 100% accurate but it’s not going to be far off at all.

Send back useless loans: Faal,Brown

Recall: Shorrock,Plant,Rico

Recruit: CB

Loan: ST

Other business to be had if can move on Marosi ,Debrah, Hall, Ojo, Croasdale, Stockley.

Switch formation to 4231 / 433 / 4321

Above all change the <ovf censored> manager

On 26/11/2025 at 05:53, Brian Johnson said:

What an absolute waste of time, space and shiiite 

 

On 26/11/2025 at 03:05, GDrews and the Bogie Boogs said:

Asked AI to be a Port Vale Scout for a Number 9, with Gareth Ainsworth as Manager in a in a 4-2-3-1. Def needs a fact check, but not bad...

Here is a list of 10 realistic striker (#9) options for Port Vale as of November 2025, and how each striker complements Devante Cole (#10), Ronan Curtis (#11) and George Hall (#7), in a Christmas Tree formation with Buyers (#8) and Ojo (#4) in a double pivot. 

Manager: Gareth Ainsworth
 

1. Jonson Clarke-Harris

• Current club: Pendikspor (Turkey)

• Age: 31

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 11 matches

• Goals 2024-25: ~31 (League One)

• Division: Turkish Süper Lig (Tier 1 Turkey)

• Estimated salary: £7,000 - £10,000 per week

• Style of Play: Classic target man - strong, physical, excels in aerial duels, holds up ball well, final product striker.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Perfect as a target man 9 to hold up play allowing Devante Cole (acting as a 10 creative forward) space and service from wide runners Curtis and Hall.

• Buy Rank: 10

 

2. Will Grigg

• Current club: Chesterfield

• Age: 34

• Goals 2025-26: 8 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 15+ (League Two)

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4 England)

• Estimated salary: £2,000 - £3,500 per week

• Style of Play: Poacher with excellent movement in box, sharp finisher, intelligent positioning, less reliant on physical hold-up.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Solid complementary partner, can rotate as main striker or support Devante Cole, adding goal threat from inside the box.

• Buy Rank: 8

 

3. Oli Shaw

• Current club: Hamilton Academical

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: ~7

• Goals 2024-25: ~12

• Division: Scottish League One (Tier 3 Scotland)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Mobile forward, good pace, likes to run in behind defenses, participates actively in link-up play.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Provides pace through middle, combining with Cole’s creativity and wide runs from Curtis/Hall, good for counterattacking style.

• Buy Rank: 7

 

4. Aaron Drinan

• Current club: Swindon Town

• Age: 25

• Goals 2025-26: 10 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 13

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Pressing forward, high work rate, good in one-on-ones, effective at exploiting space.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Could press effectively upfront allowing creative players behind more freedom, good link with Cole and wings.

• Buy Rank: 6

 

5. Matthew Dennis

• Current club: Notts County

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 6 in 13 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 11

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,200 - £2,000 per week

• Style of Play: All-round forward, good link-up, capable of dropping slightly to collect ball, decent finisher.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Flexible role, supports Devante Cole by linking midfield and attack, good close control for tight spaces.

• Buy Rank: 5

 

6. Alex Gilbey

• Current club: Milton Keynes Dons

• Age: 29

• Goals 2025-26: 6 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 10

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,500 - £2,500 per week

• Style of Play: Creative forward/midfielder hybrid, good passing range, vision, likes to create rather than purely score.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Could act as secondary striker behind Cole, providing assists and playmaking, giving attacking dimensions.

• Buy Rank: 4

 

7. Amara Diouf

• Current club: Derby County

• Age: 20

• Goals 2025-26: 4 in 12 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 7

• Division: English Championship (Tier 2)

• Estimated salary: £3,000 - £5,000 per week

• Style of Play: Pacey, direct forward with dribbling ability, good in transition and one-on-one situations.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Provides wide threat and runs beyond defense; good foil to Cole’s number 10 play and Hall’s width.

• Buy Rank: 3

 

8. Tate Campbell

• Current club: Sutton United

• Age: 26

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 6

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,000 - £1,800 per week

• Style of Play: Poacher, reliable finisher, excels inside penalty box, less involved in build-up play.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Complements Devante Cole by specializing in finishing chances created by midfield creativity and wing play.

• Buy Rank: 2

 

9. Michael Cheek

• Current club: Bromley

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 7 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 9

• Division: National League (Tier 5)

• Estimated salary: £800 - £1,200 per week

• Style of Play: Target man with physical presence, good hold-up, aerial threat.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Alternative target man option to Clarke-Harris; holds ball well for supporting forwards behind.

• Buy Rank: 1

 

10. Stephen Duke-McKenna

• Current club: Harrogate Town

• Age: 27

• Goals 2025-26: 5 in 14 matches

• Goals 2024-25: 8

• Division: English League Two (Tier 4)

• Estimated salary: £1,200 - £1,800 per week

• Style of Play: Technical forward, good dribbling, intelligent movement to create space and options.

• Role with Cole/Curtis/Hall: Can play off Cole, adding fluidity and link-up while Cole operates centrally as a creative 10.

• Buy Rank: 1

This list identifies Jonson Clarke-Harris as the top Buy Rank for a Port Vale style target man striker to lead the line, perfectly complementing Devante Cole as a 10 with Curtis and Hall on the wings. It balances goal stats, age, style of play, estimated salary, and role fit for the club’s needs.

This scouting objective focuses on finding a central striker who can hold up the ball, score regularly, and provide a reliable focal point to maximize the creativity and pace from behind and flanks for a strong second half of the season for Port Vale.

Cracking Post , But I did need a power nap halfway through reading it 👍😆

On 25/11/2025 at 15:08, NW9Valiant said:

Thats weird. Unless Villa are going to sell Gauchi wants the point? I really can't see a pathway for Gauchi getting into Villa's setup.

Why is it weird it makes complete sense Darren wants another keeper 

When the main problem is sticking the ball in the net 

20 minutes ago, MBE said:

Send back useless loans: Faal,Brown

Recall: Shorrock,Plant,Rico

Recruit: CB

Loan: ST

Other business to be had if can move on Marosi ,Debrah, Hall, Ojo, Croasdale, Stockley.

Switch formation to 4231 / 433 / 4321

Above all change the <ovf censored> manager

The last sentence of your Post is Spot On