Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
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Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
Alternatively: protecting a lead at a top-four team with a very thin squad.
You know I like my attacking football, but there's a time and a place.
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Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
That'll do. Hard fought away win at a top 6 side.
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Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
4th. Good start to the week.
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Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
Get in there. Big 3 points.
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My point was being in that position from such a strong half performance.
The clean sheet is as equally big as the goal.
Great 3 points.
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Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
An eight-yard wide sheet? That'd be a bugger to dry without dropping on the lawn.
Well done Clean Sheet Whites!!
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Dave Sutton's barnet wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 5:03 pmAn eight-yard wide sheet? That'd be a bugger to dry without dropping on the lawn.
Well done Clean Sheet Whites!!
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Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
Never in doubt. CoYWM.
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Battling away win against a high flying opponent. That’ll do.
Will Forrester is a top defender and probably gets MOTM for me.
Will Forrester is a top defender and probably gets MOTM for me.
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Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
Phew! Excellent win. Well done boys
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Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
A great win, even more so in our current predicament.
Big up the eight-yard wide clean sheet whites!
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Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
I think Insano needs a different brand of tea leaves
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Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
table:
All we can do is keep doing as well as we can, and that starts with beating Stevenage - turned over at home, slightly unfortuitously, by Oxford to lose their auto slot - on Tuesday night, in what is a full 12-game League One programme.
If (if) we get six points from the next two home games, the worst we can be is third, 4pts behind. The top two also have 'home doubles': Oxford will eye 6pts from hosting Shrewsbury (currently 18th) then Bristol Rovers (14th), while Pompey hosting Wycombe (9th) and Vale (6th) will tell us a bit more about them. The picture's getting clearer by the game.
So there's a *very* tight chasing pack that we're now at/near the front of. But as noted in-game, this felt like the day two teams broke away slightly.
All we can do is keep doing as well as we can, and that starts with beating Stevenage - turned over at home, slightly unfortuitously, by Oxford to lose their auto slot - on Tuesday night, in what is a full 12-game League One programme.
If (if) we get six points from the next two home games, the worst we can be is third, 4pts behind. The top two also have 'home doubles': Oxford will eye 6pts from hosting Shrewsbury (currently 18th) then Bristol Rovers (14th), while Pompey hosting Wycombe (9th) and Vale (6th) will tell us a bit more about them. The picture's getting clearer by the game.
Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
Sam Hird leaving as first team coach.
Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
Stevenage have won only one of their last 5.Dave Sutton's barnet wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 5:28 pmtable:
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So there's a *very* tight chasing pack that we're now at/near the front of. But as noted in-game, this felt like the day two teams broke away slightly.
All we can do is keep doing as well as we can, and that starts with beating Stevenage - turned over at home, slightly unfortuitously, by Oxford to lose their auto slot - on Tuesday night, in what is a full 12-game League One programme.
If (if) we get six points from the next two home games, the worst we can be is third, 4pts behind. The top two also have 'home doubles': Oxford will eye 6pts from hosting Shrewsbury (currently 18th) then Bristol Rovers (14th), while Pompey hosting Wycombe (9th) and Vale (6th) will tell us a bit more about them. The picture's getting clearer by the game.
Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
Great performance over all.
First half it's like watching city, PV couldn't get near us, then that second half they pressed us and we just can't deal with it. We couldn't string five passes together. It seems like this is our major problem encapsulated in one game, if teams don't/can't press us we play them off the park if they do we're average at best. I think if we had a couple of midfielders who were "press resistant" we'd piss this league.
Should also add we defended really well too.
First half it's like watching city, PV couldn't get near us, then that second half they pressed us and we just can't deal with it. We couldn't string five passes together. It seems like this is our major problem encapsulated in one game, if teams don't/can't press us we play them off the park if they do we're average at best. I think if we had a couple of midfielders who were "press resistant" we'd piss this league.
Should also add we defended really well too.
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Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
Big 3 points. Loved the way we dug in. Have we lost the "soft" tag? We really dug in admirably during the 2nd half. Our wingbacks were excellent and Baxter gets better each game, looking now like the keeper he was touted to be. A shout out to big Dan. We seemed to have finally found out how to play him .. not through the middle but have him picking up the ball just off that on the left where he seems to be more effective.
Re: Vale of tiers: Port Vale (A), Division Three, Sat 30 Sep @ 3pm
Great 3 points to grind out. COYWM! Up the table we go.
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