Pope breaks another record

[Markie G]

Get your orders in ready for Wycombe away:

 

http://www.nextag.com/pope-hat/products-html

 

This proves to me how greedy Marc Richards was. Now that Popie is allowed to play his own game we are seeing what a striker he is.

 

Also love the idea of the hats

[davehartshill]

He's just far too difficult for defenders to handle.

 

Slightly worried we will struggle to keep hold of him in January.

[ollyandpatch]

Is the score currently Rico 1, Pope 20?

[PVFC764]

Amazing, truly lost for words..... Here's to 30 before Jan!!

 

With the two wingers causing Carnage down the wings and feeding the Pope then it could be very much achieveable.

 

Go on Popey, get more people eating humble pie.

[boltonsno1]

Also, when was the last time we had someone score two hat tricks in a season?

[PVFC764]

He's getting all the recognition he deserves: http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11751/8261875/RVP-wins-fans-gong

 

Stay with the Vale, next statue: Wilf Kirkham and Tom Pope - you heard it here first :P

 

Place my Vote for November.

[Lady_Vale]

Is the score currently Rico 1, Pope 20?

 

Think he's got 2 now after last night.

 

Just seen the goals - Pope def got 4 last night. It was over the line before Williamson got there.

[davehartshill]

Popey 20, Richards 2.

 

He scored a rare goal last night.

[essex_valiant]

"Tom Pope became the fastest player to score twenty goals in the club’s history"

 

He's not that fast

[tonyh]

Amazing.

Whoever said "one man doesn't make a team" was wrong when we sold Brian Horton and looked wrong when Popey went off yesterday.

I have to eat humble pie. I didn't think he'd score ten all season.

I hope people don't start chanting "he's better than Richards" when we play Chesterfield, as it may come back to haunt us. I don't think it scans well anyway.

[Yukon]

Amazing.

Whoever said "one man doesn't make a team" was wrong when we sold Brian Horton and looked wrong when Popey went off yesterday.

 

I have to disagree, Popey didn't really get a sniff on Saturday without Vincent tearing it up down the wing. I think taking Pope off last night was a signal MA thought job done. To be fair Rovers were rubbish though and were never going to get back into it

[Warren]

Messi 2, Pope 3 last night, Pope only 4 goals behind now this season. Excellent. The most improved player I have seen in many years.

[onestepatatime]

Ridiculous from Pope.

 

Humble pie being eaten by myself and others.

 

I never thought he would hit 20 in his Vale career never mind before November 20th! Where it has come from i do not know but what a transformation.

Even his most hardened supporter from last year must surely not have expected this.

 

Great for him.

Great for the club.

Great for the fans. Even ones like me who thought he was a carthorse.

 

Tom Pope. I salute you sir. Local lad. Vale fan. History maker. Now........ Back to my pie.

 

I, too, am continuing to eat my pie! I have posted on here before that I was flabbergasted at the improvement in Tom's pace, holding of the ball, heading and all round general play and I have to admit I feared it might not last. My hat is off to you Tom, you are indeed getting better and when you get the terrific service you deliver everytime. Let the wingers have the ball, Tom will do the rest. My pie is tasting very, very sweet and I do not want it to finish.

[davehartshill]

I like humble pie in the form of Tom Pope scoring for fun.

 

I hope he stays and breaks the scoring record so in 40 years I can come on here and tell the young'uns how amazing it was.

[Markie G]

I have to disagree, Popey didn't really get a sniff on Saturday without Vincent tearing it up down the wing. I think taking Pope off last night was a signal MA thought job done. To be fair Rovers were rubbish though and were never going to get back into it

 

We can not forget the people that are supplying the killer ball's to him as well. Strikers get a lot of glory simply because they score the goals. While I am taking nothing away from Pope he does not score many completely on his own.