Port Vale: Micky Adams set to ring changes after defeat to leaders Gillingham
MICKY Adams could shake up his team for the first time since the opening day of the season after seeing Port Vale lose their top-of-the-table clash with leaders Gillingham.
The Vale boss named the same line-up for the ninth match in a row on Saturday, but admitted after the 2-0 defeat he's think about making changes for this weekend's trip to Bradford.
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Port Vale manager was unimpressed by much of his team's display against leaders Gillingham.
• GALLERY: Match Action: Port Vale 0 Gillingham 2
Adams was unimpressed by much of his team's display, and said the home loss to unbeaten Gillingham had given him food for thought.
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"When you lose games, it always opens the door for other people," he said.
"I'll have to look closely at the work we do this week and pick a side accordingly.
"I'll go home disappointed by some of my own thinking for the Gillingham game, and I'm big enough to say that.
"But we've put points on the board early on and that gives you a bit of breathing space if you have a poor performance like we had on Saturday.
"It's up to us to show what we're made of now and go to Bradford in a positive frame of mind."
Vale, backed by a bumper crowd of almost 7,000, never looked like winning a game clinched for the visitors by goals from Deon Burton and Chris Whelpdale inside the first half-hour.
"We got out of it what we deserved, which was nothing," added Adams.
"We needed to turn it into a big game and we didn't do that. We just didn't show up.
"We were beaten by a team who have been undefeated all season and they showed why.
"But we've produced some great performances so far so it's not all doom and gloom."
Adams was particularly frustrated by his team's failure to put on a show for the big crowd.
"We've had a magnificent gate, but we've given them nothing to shout about," he said. "We'll probably lose a few of them now, but it's up to us to get on another run and hopefully bring them back."
Match action: Pages 46 & 47
Comments
by warrenpark
Tuesday, September 25 2012, 12:53AM
“I also thought it was a tired looking Vale team and Gillingham appeared fitter, faster and stronger. But they also defended very well and addressed our strengths and particularly the wide attacking players. The free man in the first half was always Duffy and as a defensive fullback he consistently failed to put in good crosses when having time and space and also consistently failed to move in a way that would take the second defender away from Myrie Williams and make space. It may have been better on this occassion to have Yates at right back, but in general Yates is not as good defending. In the second half the game was even and we had chances to pull one back. Apart from their goals the chances came from long range shooting. We must not throw away our strengths in order to address a poor performance or too many of our weaknesses. Some say we have too smaller midfield, but Arsenal have a very small midfield and that worked well at Man City on Sunday who are a big powerful team. I don't see players on the bench who are inherently better than those who played, but if the team needs more resilience then a defensive midfielder could be added and one attacking player sacrificed. The biggest mistake of all would be to bring Owen back in defence and lose the command in the air we have, even if one goal came from a header on Saturday.”
by disappointed7
Monday, September 24 2012, 8:34PM
“Vale looked tired Saturday, heavy legs, i thought it was the end of the season not the start. As for Clayton he should have stayed in bed. Very disappointing :(”
by Darren1810
Monday, September 24 2012, 11:51AM
“this we always mess up when get a big crowd argument, Shrewsbury 2 years ago anybody?”
by kjhgfd
Monday, September 24 2012, 11:20AM
“top teams to come”
by ashvaliant
Monday, September 24 2012, 10:54AM
“Wouldn't knock the team too much after a great start to the season but the times over the years Vale get the opportunity to impress a bumper crowd only to fail is incredible. Anyway time to bounce back now.”