Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Away v Port Vale Sat 13th November @ 12.00pm

There's no desperation on my part. Our Chief Executive has said promotion is the aim.

2 wins in the last 15 games is not promotion form.

3 games in November. Let's see how those go. Feels like we need at least 6 points.

 

I'm trying to keep positive about our prospects for the season but if Gilliead's failure to play in Robinson yesterday doesn't get him dropped nothing ever will.

 

I can't think of a single attribute he has or a single thing he brings to the team.

He plays an attacking role yet fails to offer any influence going forward. His work rate is reasonable but he lacks the physical presence or intent to break up the play and he doesn't offer us blistering pace on a counter attack.

He's played the full season pretty much and has the same attacking contributions as the much derided Gareth Evans despite playing twice as many games.

We've had injuries so there's possibly (if I'm being very generous) a reasoning there but now players are coming back surely his place is under severe threat.

 

Not necessarily, that run we went on with trueman and sellers was said to be lucky as the xg in that run was very low. Either we were having one sitter a game or just being lucky.


we all saw what happened after that run.

xG over a few games does show where a team should be. I bet you anything if our xG stays as high as it is we will end up in the playoffs.

 

He's not THAT bad.

His main attribute is he's neat and tidy and doesn't often give away possession - but I agree, for a key attacker, he's very ineffective. He tends to give the ball to the full back or central midfield than actually cross, shoot or take a defender on. This isn't always the wrong option, as it helps us retain possession, but I'm struggling to think of many goals that came from this - whether it's the right back crossing instead of him, or whether it's a ball popped in by Watt or Sutton.

 

Or, in "plain speak", "if we continue making chances, and start to convert more, we will end up in the playoffs".

 

There's a lot of work to do, I don't think anyone is denying that, but for Tight1-0Victory to be completely writing off our promotion chances at this stage of the season when we are like you say, 4 points outside the playoffs and there are still 30 games to go, is just ridiculous.

 

I would start with same team as Exeter game. I presume he will be resting most of that team tonight against Sunderland.

Robinson should be up for this against the club who discarded him.

I agree, a point would be a good result for us, but don't tell Fordy

 

You forgot we don’t own anything and we train at a school

 

Well over due for us to put 3 or 4 goals past a team and live on tv, come on city we are waiting.

 

Disagree, a point away at a team above us, is them losing two points

 

In reality it's two wins in 15 as last nights game was a draw in all reality. Vales form is excellent with 6 wins from 8, though we have only lost 1 in 6.

In honesty, its a much of a muchness again with City in that we are failing again under Rupp.

Going to Vale hoping for a point, just feels very uninspiring.

 

And previously in 1961 - we beat Colchester 4-1 on Boxing Day (city played really well that day) only to lose the return away match 4 days later 9-1. I think we had lost a match heavily prior to these matches and we also lost to Arsenal in the Cup soon after. Happy days!

 

He's the one.

What a start to the season it was for McCarthy, though -- by match 10 (2nd Oct.) in the league he'd scored 10 league goals, and added another 7 in the first 3 League Cup matches! And then in December he was sold to Oldham...Grump!

RCB

 

The last time someone tried that at Vale Park it didn't end well for them

(Lawrence Vigoroux also weirdly goading one of the home ends after their goal not pictured)

 

https://www.port-vale.co.uk/news/2021/november/port-vale-v-bradford--supporter-information/


Prior to kick-off in tomorrow’s televised Sky Bet League Two game against Bradford City a short Remembrance service will take place ahead of Remembrance Sunday (Nov 14).

We invite all supporters to take part in the service and ask that they be at their seats no later than 11.50am.

Timings for our Remembrance service are as follows:

11.52pm – Officials, players and our remembrance party assemble at the head of the tunnel

11.53pm – Referee leads players on to the field. Players will do their normal ‘pass-by’ of each other and then proceed to the centre circle and form up. At this point the Remembrance party will take to the field carrying wreaths and head to the far side of the centre circle, facing the Lorne Street stand. The two captains will lay wreaths either side of the centre spot followed by the Port Vale Chair and Bradford CEO Ryan Sparks laying their wreaths similarly around the centre spot. The Remembrance party will then return to join the officials.

11.55pm – Referee blows whistle and Last Post is sounded.

11.56pm – Port Vale Chaplain Reverend Ashley Cooper reads the Words of Remembrance and prompts the minute’s silence.

11.57pm – One minute’s silence.

11.58pm – Referee blows whistle to end ceremony and signal a round of applause from crowd. Remembrance party leaves the pitch.

 

12.00 - A virtue signalling gesture ( in contrast to the above)..

 

Agree here. Similarly, Adams said in the summer that he likes a player with something to prove. Even though the situation at Vale was seemingly quite amicable as @Alan Partridge set out, Robinson just appears to be enjoying his football. And in addition to that, the goal at Swindon seems to have built some belief that he get contribute with regular goals as well.

Hopefully that continues because it was only a few weeks ago that we were terrified of losing Andy Cook to an injury, but we have a some reliable options now that he has. Would be interesting to see more of Robinson & Angol together.