Port Vale v Cheltenham Town
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2-0 down. Disappointing loss currently on the cards. Still time but I don't think we will be scoring 3 late goals unfortunately!
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Let's face it PV won't be near the bottom end of season. We will lose some, just cut out the endless draws. And a nail in FGR coffin
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Exactly, clear Port Vale will be mid table at least. Shame we played them after their manager change and revival, but don’t panic and focus on winning home games against everyone and beating worse teams than Vale away.confused.com wrote:Let's face it PV won't be near the bottom end of season. We will lose some, just cut out the endless draws. And a nail in FGR coffin
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Just shows how difficult it is being a manager. Gary presumably thought he had a winning team on his hands after last week and picked the same X1. Port Vale were well organised and closed us down making life difficult. With the benefit of hindsight possibly Dawson could have come on earlier as he is currently our sharpest player in the box.
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Promotion is expected and they will deliver with aplomb.everyman wrote:Our inexperienced team will inconsistent this season,they wont be able to manage the pressure in certain games.But i think they will give us a better season than i expected.
Thought there were two main reasons we lost yesterday. The first was they closed us down all afternoon and did not allow us to get a passing game going, but we did keep trying to. But the second and biggest reason was Tom Pope. He completely dominated Moore and Grimes in the air and was too strong for them on the ground. I like them both a lot but yesterday they could'nt cope with him at all.
I said to my mate at half time, we need to get Boyle on or we will concede more. Moore and Grimes really good players when the ball is on the deck, but yesterday was a big wake up call for them.
I said to my mate at half time, we need to get Boyle on or we will concede more. Moore and Grimes really good players when the ball is on the deck, but yesterday was a big wake up call for them.
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Grimes is a great trier but will be found out every time we come up against a quality player like Pope.Thankfully not every club has one or a winger to skin Cranston so until we shake up the back four we look destined for mid table.
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A bit negative and overly harsh don't you think?horlickfanclub wrote: so until we shake up the back four we look destined for mid table.
The weekend was the first time we've let in more than one goal in a match since the end of August (26/08/17 vs. Exeter. I'm not counting the mickey mouse cup game vs FGR).
Defence has been solid recently.
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It is good to be ahead of the other teams tactics and improve. Not be complacent.
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
If we have 1 defeat in 5/6 games through the season we will be fine. I had a feeling on the day that Vale would come good against us. Luckily we have our inevitable 3 points against Our Bitches coming up straight after this defeat to get the bitter taste out of our mouths.