Tom Pope

[valetilidie]

I think recently teams have doubled up on vincent and myrie-williams so they have looked a little in-effective. but now we have a little more down the middle to give teams something else to think about.

 

But the Pope has been magnificent this season, i have well and truly ate humble pie

[werstayinup]

Nothing less than £1M, he is a changed player, and will improve even more. How many goals would he score with a Mark Chamberlain to cross for him? Do not undersell our prize asset.

 

If he had another 2yrs left in the summer then i would hope that 1m or around that was achievable BUT at the moment he would only have 12mths left,so imo if he did leave in the summer it wont be for anywhere near 1m.

[old sage]

If he had another 2yrs left in the summer then i would hope that 1m or around that was achievable BUT at the moment he would only have 12mths left,so imo if he did leave in the summer it wont be for anywhere near 1m.

In that case I would do everything in my power to keep The Pope at Vale Park. I'm sure a good improved contract with incentives would see Tom put his name on a new Vale contract

[rayzer]

What is he worth if his contract runs out at the end of this season. I believe he has still not signed his extension after hitting his 15 goal target. Very worrying.

[valetilidie]

did he have to sign for the extension or was it automatically triggered as soon as he hit 15 goals

[Andyregs]

Sorry RZ but the reason JMW in particular fails to get to the byeline is simply because he is so one footed (left) it is actually difficult to reach the right side byeline and cutting inside is the easy option.

 

I agree that cutting inside can cause the element of surprise but with Myrie it is actually more of a surprise when he goes wide.

 

Lets be honest Stevenage and Colchester would never have unloaded if JMW and Vincent were anything special.

I'm not knocking Myrie in particular as he can be dangerous at time especially if the full back is slow.

 

You could use that argument with most of our players including your man dodds.

[werstayinup]

What is he worth if his contract runs out at the end of this season. I believe he has still not signed his extension after hitting his 15 goal target. Very worrying.

 

Maybe he is waiting for a longer and improved deal which imo should of been offered a while ago.

[rayzer]

I agree, he should be offered a deal until the end of 2014-15 season.

Valetilidie, my understanding is that this deal when triggered (as it was as soon as he scored his 15th goal) needs to be resigned to make it legal.

[Bails]

Vale! Sign him up! Vale vale sign him up!!!!

[For Us All]

Love Popey to death and would hate to see him leave but if he does I think £500,000 would be a realistic figure for a player who has not really played at Championship level and has scored 17 goals in 56 appearances at League One level for Crewe earlier in his career.

[valetillidye]

I think recently teams have doubled up on vincent and myrie-williams so they have looked a little in-effective. but now we have a little more down the middle to give teams something else to think about.

 

But the Pope has been magnificent this season, i have well and truly ate humble pie

 

I agree with my namesake

 

Everytime JMW had the ball on saturday he has 2 players on him

[llcoolj]

Rayzer, with all due respect I can't see the new owners sitting on there **** doing nothing about it if that's the case. We have no say in what happens at Vale Park these days but if Pope was to leave I'm sure it would be the best deal in monetary terms for the club.

Personally I can't see him leaving when there's a good chance he will be playing in a league higher next season.

[Bails]

jmw on form is exciting and entertaining, there is an element of teams doubling up on him which has had an impact.....of late however he has tended not to pick out a pass/cross favouring a shot instead...i hope he reverts back to his form of the opening ten games

Ideally both wingers would swap about during the game, thus making crossing easier and thier intentions less predictable to defenders. Midfielders and full-backs also contribute to assists. Hughes also got a lot of heading goals with Notts, I expect MA and the coaches to give emphasis to this aspect, but the main thing is to have a variety of attacking options.

 

Pope is one of the best headers of a ball Ive seen since Lee Mills (at the Vale) ... He always seems to jump perfectly and his strength just means the defenders bounce off him.

 

As for the wingers swapping; when JMW went to the left away at Burton, he tore their right-back apart for about 15mins and.thats where our equaliser came from. Needs doing more for me. Guppy and McCarthy were experts at knowing when to switch sides.

[Paddock_Boy]

Sorry RZ but the reason JMW in particular fails to get to the byeline is simply because he is so one footed (left) it is actually difficult to reach the right side byeline and cutting inside is the easy option.

 

I agree that cutting inside can cause the element of surprise but with Myrie it is actually more of a surprise when he goes wide.

 

Lets be honest Stevenage and Colchester would never have unloaded if JMW and Vincent were anything special.

I'm not knocking Myrie in particular as he can be dangerous at time especially if the full back is slow.

 

Damn those idiots Vincent and JMW!

 

I don't see how anyone can have anything against either of these guys when they have contributed c.15 goals and we are top of the league! I would say they are doing their job just fine.

[deantaberner]

How much did Bristol City pay Swansea for Lee Trundle? Was it £1million?