No excuses now.

[Spunk Trumpet]

2nd in the league with a 5 point cushion over 4th and the best GD in the division.

New owners who signalled their intent with a possible Lee Hughes signing.

Transfer window only 4 weeks away.

All the major players have now served suspensions for 5 yellows.

Only league football remaining and we are as good as halfway through the campaign.

 

There is no excuse whatsoever for not pushing on and getting automatic promotion.

[DeanPVFC]

Yep spot on! Iv just got this horrible vision that we will miss out on automatic and MA will be doing his interview saying that gettin to the playoffs was an achievement because of admin and little squad etc.....well no, for me if we don't finish in the top 3 at the end of the season questions need to be asked.

[Spunk Trumpet]

That excuse could not be used.

 

We are starting a half season, out of admin, in second place with new owners.

 

I honestly think we will now win the league.

 

In my opinion, if we fail to go up this season or even miss out n the playoffs altogether then i very much doubt that Micky will be here come August.

I think the new owners want success and we are now primed for it.

 

I love Micky, dont get me wrong but my feelings are its promotion or bust for him and i think we will do it comfortably.

[DeanPVFC]

True, the owners have bought a club on the likelyhood we will be playing league 1 football next year. I think Micky uses excuses to much to justify bad performances on the pitch. Micky has said he is not looking to sign anymore players which is great but no excuses if things go pear shaped

[grebovale]

MA don't need excuses,WE WILL GET AUTO PROMOTION THIS SEASON end of ... 5 players out last night from Saturday, they will be back against Chesterfield all fired up ... I HOPE ..

[geosname]

There is always an excuse...... "Its my dream job"..... "I only joined the board for footballing matters"... "The fax machine didnt work" blah blah blah

[sheffield61]

I really don't see loosing the 2 cup games as a bad thing, I like 99% of folk [ I assume], given the choice of winning just one of Sheff Utd, Bradford or Chesterfield would surely go for the latter? Last night provided one excellent service and that was to get us back to all but full strength for the ONLY important thing this season, the next 3 points on Saturday!....

[Lady_Vale]

I really don't see loosing the 2 cup games as a bad thing, I like 99% of folk [ I assume], given the choice of winning just one of Sheff Utd, Bradford or Chesterfield would surely go for the latter? Last night provided one excellent service and that was to get us back to all but full strength for the ONLY important thing this season, the next 3 points on Saturday!....

 

Yep, disappointing at the time but true. I'm glad that Bradford, our league rivals are still in all 3 cups too. It will catch up with them.

[sheffield61]

And Lady Vale, it's NOT like we need a cup run just to stay afloat anymore!? Like you, I hope Bradford stay in the cups and play 60+ games this season, what a injury and suspension magnet THAT is!......

[sacavsworld]

I am a great believer that the league is the cake and the cup competitions are the icing on the cake. I would rather we concentrate on the league then any cup competition

[soothsayer]

2nd in the league with a 5 point cushion over 4th and the best GD in the division.

New owners who signalled their intent with a possible Lee Hughes signing.

Transfer window only 4 weeks away.

All the major players have now served suspensions for 5 yellows.

Only league football remaining and we are as good as halfway through the campaign.

 

There is no excuse whatsoever for not pushing on and getting automatic promotion.

 

Totally agree but we are know there'll be plenty of ups & downs as it's the Vale we're talking about here. I think the key to success will be not getting too up when we win & not getting too down when we lose unlike 50% of the posters on OVF.

 

6/9pts out of the next three games would keep the bandwagon rolling nicely.

[sheffieldclayhead]

Promotion is the only thing we should be chasing this season, especially with our start (under admin etc). Cup runs are nice but the league is the priority. I prefer to have our blip in cups runs and not drop points in the league VTID.

[BIRCHES HEAD WHITES]

i think micky may need to review his idea on not needing more players. yes we have a much better squad than we have had in previous seasons but if we want guarantee automatic then 3 quality signings are required. proven striker, quality centre half who can win a header and a left back .

[Trampilot]

Pope got a timely suspension which should mean he'll be ok for the rest of the season (at current ratio). The team should be strengthened in January and we know we can beat everyone in the league on our day.

 

So, anything less than 3rd place will be very disappointing.

[soothsayer]

Pope got a timely suspension which should mean he'll be ok for the rest of the season (at current ratio).

 

I get the feeling that timely suspension was "engineered" for the greater good - 86th minute booking for dissent!