| Port Vale (h) Match Thread 17:04 - Feb 21 with 29772 views | HullDale |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 11:13 - Feb 23 with 3233 views | Salegraham |
Well said Chaff, all these so called experts on here. Like was said earlier on at the start of the season if we finish still in this league most of us would be happy. Especially if the problems off the field are sorted. | | | |
| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 11:15 - Feb 23 with 3216 views | AltDaleComms |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 11:43 - Feb 23 with 3120 views | electricblue |
To many fickle supporters about at the moment who want instant success and its not going to happen.
Dale as a club are on a huge rebuild on level in every dept and its a huge task for all involved.
Stockdale is learning as he goes along and with players not having any lge experience these type of matches are bound to happen.
1pt is better than nothing..... | |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 11:47 - Feb 23 with 3108 views | 49thseason |
This has turned into an interesting discussion. I think the frequency of games on wet pitches is a real problem, the number of times we have had a good result on Saturday and been awful on a Tuesday night is beyond my ability to count them, no matter who the manager is. I think its a problem of tired legs and too small a squad.
Last night the midfield was completely overrun, when it comes to a scrap, Dooley and Grant go missing in the first round. I thought Taylor was the best of a poor defence last night but at times they continue to look like stangers. O'Connell doesn't captain by example and Lynch doesnt organise vocally despite having the best view on the pitch.
BUT, they managed to get a point, so 4 from our games v PV this season, and we have lost just 1 in the last 7 despite the loss of Downing and Andrews . I think we can still finish mid table-ish and consider it a decent season considering where we started.
I fully expect another major bout of shapeshifting in the summer when hopefully we can bring in as many as 8 or 9 more players in to replace Lynch, Downing ( unless we suddenly find a money tree and he joins us), Dorsett, McNulty, Done, Dooley, Andrews ( unless Birmingham release him), Cashman and maybe O'Connell. Also I think Kelly is OOC at the end of the season and isn't O'Keeffe is only contracted to the end of the season?
Another worry is that I cant see a saleable player in the squad at the moment. | | | |
| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 12:28 - Feb 23 with 2993 views | dingdangblue |
Watching their goal again our positioning and organisation are staggeringly bad - even for Dale standards! I understand the attacking team with runners are always going to have an advantage over defenders stood still but we've got Grant,O'Connell and Dorsett stood within 2 ft of each other at the nearpost and Ball (arguably already our best header of the ball) stood in the 6 yard box next to Lynch. There is only really Taylor anywhere near a central position and he's outjumped by the scorer. Even if we are crap at defending set pieces - at least show some intelligence. | |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 12:34 - Feb 23 with 2975 views | samueloneils |
Do you think their goal was an attempt at zonal marking?
The 2 big men who got near the ball were completely clear. | | | |
| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 12:56 - Feb 23 with 2902 views | kel |
Ace meltdown by a Vale fan on the league two forum where he’s listed teams that don’t deserve having teams with lower crowds above them in both this division and the one above.
Superb stuff. | |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 13:39 - Feb 23 with 2769 views | 100notout |
Thought exactly the same about zonal marking - we're bloody hopeless at it! | |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 13:46 - Feb 23 with 2739 views | 100notout |
Another random thought from the game last night - just how fookin big was their keeper last night!!!!!!!!!!! | |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 13:53 - Feb 23 with 2709 views | samueloneils |
Thats what made Ball`s shot such a cracker. Beat him full length on the goal line! | | | |
| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 14:01 - Feb 23 with 2682 views | judd |
Thought the same as I walked to my seat.
Well, without the need for foul language, of course. | |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 14:06 - Feb 23 with 2668 views | 100notout |
family stand again  | |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 14:11 - Feb 23 with 2657 views | judd |
It's usually far worse than the Sandy tbh. | |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 17:05 - Feb 23 with 2385 views | EllDale |
I once took my brother-in-law (who is a Leeds fan) into the Sandy for a derby game with Bury and he described it as the "pit of hate"....which I thought was a bit strong to be fair! | | | |
| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 21:00 - Feb 23 with 2031 views | onedalefan |
We have been zonal marking all year. Regularly have 4 or 5 defenders on the 6 yard line. | | | |
| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 21:29 - Feb 23 with 1973 views | EllDale |
It makes you wonder what might have happened if the game had been played on the original date when Dale had Beesley, Morley and the original O’Keeffe available still buoyed from that Newport win?
I say the original O’Keeffe as a month long lay-off doesn’t seem to have done his fitness or form any good at all. | | | |
| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 22:11 - Feb 23 with 1899 views | TomRAFC |
I'll always choose terracing, wherever I can. I love the Sandy with all my heart but it's a funny old place. When there's a magic moment, it's bloody magic. When there's tension, it's bloody tense.
Tuesday was bloody tense. Fans arguing about whether the players or the manager were to blame for the goal. Fans making shush jokes, most at the expense those who were banned, some in defense of them, both sides needling for someone to actually say their piece. Some people probably don't know how we played, they were far busier making anxious, long distance, hand signals at the away fans, that won't have been remotely visible.
Then that finish sneaks in and you're bouncing around together as if nothing ever happened.
I'll say it again, I love the Sandy with all my heart but it's a funny old place. [Post edited 23 Feb 2022 22:14]
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 22:27 - Feb 23 with 1845 views | boromat |
Sounds more cultured than the main stand. My ears are still ringing with some bloke shouting FORWARD every time we got the ball. Didn't matter that on Tuesday everytime we tried a forward ball they gave it away it was still what he wanted, FORWARD  | |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 22:32 - Feb 23 with 1831 views | James1980 |
FORRAD? | |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 22:45 - Feb 23 with 1791 views | D_Alien |
James, that only applies if its preceded by:
GERRIT | |
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| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 22:54 - Feb 23 with 1763 views | Shun |
I don’t think we did change formation, did we? When Dorsett went off Clark went into the back three and Odoh was very much a LWB. It’s one of the things that frustrated those around me so much, the fact that we made what appeared to be an offensive substitution but then stuck to the same formation. | | | |
| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 23:06 - Feb 23 with 1732 views | Shun |
Correct. | | | |
| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 23:07 - Feb 23 with 1726 views | Shun |
Kelly is contracted until summer ‘23. | | | |
| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 23:10 - Feb 23 with 1719 views | daz |
Haha, think said bloke left many ears ringing long into the night! Supporters who claim to have watched us for over 30 years must have seen some dross over time, but it’s all part of being a Dale fan. Make no bones about it we were poor last night and have been on a number of occasions this season, but to constantly berate the players and manager and even boo! I just don’t get it 🤷ðŸ»â€â™‚ï¸
We have fought and continue to fight to keep our beloved Dale the fans club, so whatever is served up I sit there grateful that thanks to the good of many we have this crap to watch 😂
UTDNFS 💙 | | | |
| Port Vale (h) Match Thread on 23:45 - Feb 23 with 1670 views | dingdangblue |
More zonal less marking. | |
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