32 minutes ago, Bobnewtonian said:

How do you know those 8 players are going to improve the team at all though? They may all be rubbish.

Absolutely, Carlisle in our last relegation season springs to mind.  Scattergun approach.  Equally they could all be good players but then take weeks to gel, get match fit or whatever.  From our own perspective, we don’t have any time, the wins have got to start immediately.  We’re playing many of the lower teams and then have a tougher run.  Any signings have got to make a difference straight away if survival is the aim.  Failing that we may as well hold onto the cash and start adding a few for next season.

38 minutes ago, Bobnewtonian said:

How do you know those 8 players are going to improve the team at all though? They may all be rubbish.

They will still be better than Ryan Loft.

1 hour ago, Alan Vit said:

I've said it before and I will say it again ...

  

To adopt a relevant Aussie phrase ... Harden up, kid.

Harden up? Steady on were not that close 😂

9 minutes ago, Santa said:

They will still be better than Ryan Loft.

Owd Lofty Lad could complete a rare treble this season. 3 relegations on the spin with 3 different clubs. What a cv😬

Rumour on X

15 minutes ago, MBE said:

Rumour on X

who the feck is he then ?

1 minute ago, Tim vlf said:

who the feck is he then ?

He’s an Australian defender 

3 minutes ago, Tim vlf said:

who the feck is he then ?

He plays for Central Coast Mariners in Australia and according to Wikipedia he is a LB which we definitely do not need given the fact that we are well stocked in that area.

Edited January 12Jan 12 by ValiantHan

30 minutes ago, Shropshire_Valiant said:

Owd Lofty Lad could complete a rare treble this season. 3 relegations on the spin with 3 different clubs. What a cv😬

A bit like Ojo ?

8 minutes ago, Brian Johnson said:

He’s an Australian defender 

i got that much

26 minutes ago, RPH-KV said:

A bit like Ojo ?

Only 2 different clubs with Ojo. But yep doesn't look good for him either on that one.

Realistically this is going to be a tough window and would be regardless of the manager. 11 points adrift isn't attractive to any player. We could throw a lot of money at not improving the squad and be left with unwanted players in league 2.

Defensively we are 11th worst in the league. Almost every goal is preventable but 10 teams have prevented less than us. 18 goals for is shocking and over a quarter were scored in our last game. Cole has scored a third of our goals. The problem is only one player scores in the league and to have any chance the manager needs to find someone to either create or score more. Our general play has been OK for much of the season and I'm sure none of the bottom 5 are better than us in any aspect apart from kicking a ball into the goal. However,  where are we going to find someone better than Hall, Johnson,  Byers or Stockley? A fit Garrity may provide an answer if played further forward. He's probably the second best player we have at converting chances and a pretty average holding midfield player, in many ways he has the strongest claim to having wasted 18 months. Unusually for a relegation side at Vale we aren't lacking experience. There will certainly be recruitment but I hope any permanent deals are also done with an eye to next season, whichever league that is. Ultimately,  though, you attack and defend as a team. We have a lot of big name players who are all partly responsible for our lack of goals. Its shocking that our second leading scorer is Ryan Croasdale with 2. The one positive as a spectator is that draws are no longer any use to us and I would guess it will be more exciting trying to watch us score a few and losing than trying not to concede.

According to TheValeWhispers he can play anywhere on the left which suggests that he might possibly be Ronan's replacement. 

 

Edited January 12Jan 12 by ValiantHan

Also according to this Central Coast Mariners fan he has been one of their best players this season.

 

1 hour ago, MBE said:

Harden up? Steady on were not that close 😂

You see ...?

You can post stuff that's better than perma-moaning ...

Keep it up ...
(Oo er missus ... 🙂)

Edited January 12Jan 12 by Alan Vit