MANY people must be wondering what is going on behind the scenes at Port Vale Football Club.

We know Messrs Miller, Oliver, Lloyd and Deakin are avoiding fans, the media and our MP, using the threat of legal action by the Supporters' Club as an excuse not to talk to people.

Yet no legal action has yet been taken. A solicitor has written to Vale's directors requesting documents to which shareholders are legally entitled, but that's it. End of story.

There is no reason why Lloyd, for example, cannot communicate with fans – other than the fact he knows that every time he or his colleagues open their mouths they put their feet in them.

The fact is, as I write this, no-one from the club has had the courtesy to acknowledge that letter – or the other one calling for an EGM.

At present, the directors are burying their heads in the sand while kicking some of it in the faces of fans and shareholders. Something will give soon. It has to.

You see, in order for the club to function properly beyond March 13, Lloyd has to find at least two new directors to replace Messrs Oliver and Deakin (possibly three, given the fact that Peter Miller's position is untenable).

This is, of course, unless the board postpones the AGM for a third time – which wouldn't surprise me in the least, given that the club are well overdue publishing their accounts.

The question is, who would be naive enough to throw their lot in with the most unpopular men in Burslem?

Of course, if Lloyd does find any investors they would have to be voted on to the board by a majority of shareholders.

I would suggest that is highly unlikely at the moment – given the grand alliance of shareholders who want the entire board gone.

People are not going to fall for the "he/she/they've put a few hundred grand into the club so please vote for them" line this time around.

The last time they did, they got Miller and Deakin, but not a penny in return.

For that reason, I'll take my chances with an interim board whose first job would be to open up the books and tell us exactly how bad the club's finances are in the wake of months of poor management.

I see absolutely no alternative to this – unless anyone wants to continue with a potless club under lock-down.

At least we've won two games on the bounce, eh? Keep it up, lads because right now the last couple of results are all we have to smile about.

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