Quite a bit of long ball last night

[Werrington]

Not knocking it as you need to do what you need to do to get promotion.

 

Everytime the keeper had it he launched it to Pope in the hope he could flick it on wheras against Oxford you never played those tactics and looked for the wingers.

 

Has Adams changed it ?

[vog]

I think part of it could have been down to the pitch. Against Oxford we were on the wide expanses of VP, on a good pitch. Last night we appeared to be on a narrow, cut up pitch that had a lot of work to get the game on. Playing to what is given to us I reckon?

[nightmare in a damaged bra]

No it wasn't the pitch.The game was dire.After 20 minutes I was looking at the remote control.By half time I got the dogs lead and took him for a walk.As a neutral you would never have known who was top and who was bottom it was dog cack.

[valetillidye]

we didnt play well - even so we created enough chances to win the game

[blackdog]

Not knocking it as you need to do what you need to do to get promotion.

 

Everytime the keeper had it he launched it to Pope in the hope he could flick it on wheras against Oxford you never played those tactics and looked for the wingers.

 

Has Adams changed it ?

 

No............Its a recognised tactic in the 4th division to scrap your way out of the league

[werstayinup]

I do think we look far better when we pass it around which we did in spells in the second half,when we play like this opposing teams struggle to cope with us imo,we never seem to get much when we hoof it.

[berty1876]

:rolleyes:Remind u of any 1 else Wezza ?

[jeffers]

No it wasn't the pitch.The game was dire.After 20 minutes I was looking at the remote control.By half time I got the dogs lead and took him for a walk.As a neutral you would never have known who was top and who was bottom it was dog cack.

 

D##lkhead

[jeffers]

How come Chilvers gets penalised but Sorecross gets away with it every week. Where is the consistency

[Beza]

Tell you what Wezza I bet you would like your lot to spend the majority of the game in the oppositions half instead of being boring and having eleven men behind the ball. I have been a big fan of Tiny in the past but his tactics of late have been very poor and it must be frustrating for you and all Stoke having to stomach that.

[valeblue]

why would you look AT the remote control , is it a shiney one?

[valiant_593]

Not knocking it as you need to do what you need to do to get promotion.

 

Everytime the keeper had it he launched it to Pope in the hope he could flick it on wheras against Oxford you never played those tactics and looked for the wingers.

 

Has Adams changed it ?

 

Wasnt too long ball at all, we pumped it up at the end when chasing a goal. I remember neal rolling the ball to jones on numerous occasions. It is hard to pass the ball on a small pitch even more so when their manager gets 11 men behind the ball.

 

Nightmare in a damaged brain - bell end

[ValeMadrid87]

I was abit embarrassed by our game last night, admittedly we both kept hoofing the ball up to the strikers, Wimbledon doing it a lot more, but its the first time I have seen us just doing that.... Just makes us look like that's all we do, but iv seen games at VP where we are playing on the ground nearly all match, I was embarrassed about this talking to my stoke mates that I have ripped for the past few seasons for non stop hoof ball

[KEV.WILLIE]

Imo Vale and Stoke can both play football when required, and both can go long ball

 

You have to agree Wezza that we did go for it, we really went. 4-2-4 so the long ball was an out option

[DazFred]

Not knocking it as you need to do what you need to do to get promotion.

 

Everytime the keeper had it he launched it to Pope in the hope he could flick it on wheras against Oxford you never played those tactics and looked for the wingers.

 

Has Adams changed it ?

 

Different centre halves, different left back, different central midfielders, different forward.

Different personnel, different ground, different opposition.

This may explain the difference in the tactics.

 

I wonder how many times your centre halves and keeper will launch it forward at the Co-op Stadium tomorrow.