Micky Adams: Port Vale must snap out of shocking slump after Southend defeat
MICKY Adams says Port Vale must snap out of a shocking slump in form to stay in the promotion picture.
Saturday's 2-1 defeat against Southend extended a dismal run which has seen the Valiants pick up one point from their last four games.
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Southend players celebrate scoring their first goal against Port Vale.
And a frustrated Adams knows they must buck up their ideas quickly to avoid throwing away all of their good work so far this season.
"Promotion seems a million miles away with the way we're playing," he said.
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"We're still in the frame, but we're not good enough at the moment. I don't want to kid myself or kid supporters because they're not daft.
"I've said many times before we would go through spells where it didn't happen for us.
"Unfortunately we're doing it at the business end of the season, which is not ideal.
"We'll have to take a bit of stick and I will too. But I'm big enough to handle it and I want the players to be big enough as well."
Vale's third defeat in four home games saw the gap to the play-off pack reduced to three points and left Adams scratching his head.
But the manager insisted his team, who travel to take on Bristol Rovers tomorrow, would come through their rocky patch in the end.
"Everyone could see what we've done previously and it's disappointing we've not continued that," he added.
"But we'll have to find the solution and get through it.
"We've got nine games to go, and our immediate aim is to get enough points to qualify for the play-offs. We'll do whatever we can do after that.
"But no-one is thinking about missing out on automatic promotion.
"We'll approach the rest of the season positively because it is far from finished.
"And we'll take whatever comes our way. If it's good enough, it's good enough and if it's not then the club will probably be looking for another manager."
6 Comments
by Dave_Eccy
Monday, March 11 2013, 1:04PM
“We are in an automatic promotion spot at the moment, yes we are playing like a relegation team, only Torquay has as few points as us over the last 4 games, but hey we are still hanging on in there. Unfortunately the spirit in the team generated by the Summer of discontent has seemed to have gone. The players we have brought in, with the exception of Jones, have added nothing to the team, to me Purse thinks he is better than he really is, and Andrew, well I struggle there. Lets get back to where we were, fighting for each other as a team, and that includes the fans.
I recall the Rotherham away game where Dodds' crisp finish and Pope's sublime chip at pace were clinical in front of goal, we are now as clinical as a ward in an NHS Hospital.
And another point, why do we insist in playing "I'm feeling glad all over" No I wasn't glad all over, in fact I wasn't glad anywhere, the goal lifted me to a point slightly above downright miserable and I had almost got to the point I didn't care !!!
Rant over..... back to reality ..... We are second in the league.... say we are second in the league.
Come on Vale.”
by kjhgfd
Monday, March 11 2013, 12:03PM
“as i see it ,,,at the beginning of the season vale played well won games and did well against teams with no promotion or relegation prospects ,now the teams with chances of promotion or relegation are playing better or trying to play better ,so making vales task that much harder ,i still think vale will get promoted but they need to improve quickly and MA needs to improve his team good luck”
by P_Swan
Monday, March 11 2013, 11:36AM
“Stop the rot Micky!!,
This mini meltdown is yours and yours only to fix mate.
John Rudge on the dole come summer and i've been a big of you since your return and during your first stint but................John Rudge on the dole come summer!!!!.”
by algy7
Monday, March 11 2013, 10:29AM
“You don't become a bad side overnight. Due to personal, and family commitments, Saturdays game against Southend was my first game for a few weeks, and when watching them one thing was obvious, there is a genuine lack of confidence. Why this is, is anyone's guess. It could be that as they approach the end of the season, playing well and scoring they play too cautious as they didn't want to throw it all away, if so, its all back-fired on them, and losing gams has become a habit.
But they're still second in the league, thanks to the "cushion" they built up, so all is not lost. All it needs is a little bit of luck, a few decisions going for them as opposed to against them, (like it did on Saturday), and we could be back to winning ways. The Vale HAVE been averaging two goals a game, home and away, up to this bad spell, but now they can't buy a goal, but things change, it always does.
The next two games, at Bristol and York, are both winnable. They HAVE to put recent results out of their minds, convince themselves that they ARE the best team in this league, and bring back six points. The players ARE feeling the pressure, you could tell that from Lee Hughes' reaction after he scored, and the last thing the players need now is the crowd on their backs,they need nourishment, not punishment. KEEP THE FAITH.”
by ValiantFosse
Monday, March 11 2013, 10:13AM
“Being realistic after nearly 4 seasons at the Vale, his job is on the line, as are some of the players. Whatever the problem is, it is MA`s problem to sort, otherwise he will be gone by the end of the season. Let us hope it is soon resolved, to be in L2 next season is not what is wanted.”
by shadwell
Monday, March 11 2013, 9:36AM
“Shocking Mickey !! you sound as much positive as the players did on Saturday !!”