Port Vale: Valiants transfer list six players

“I wonder who tipped off Everton about Lawrie was the Everton Scout who's son is a keeper in the U11's Centre of Excellence at Vale?”

“From what i've seen coming through the youth ranks there's nothing there too for the next 3 years at least either.”

“Good to see Mickey off loading people, my guess he wants to free up salary to allow for perhaps having 2 or 3 players on load, the only question is will he be able to get anything for the guys.

At least he is making the call on players that he does not see as part of the Vale come back”

“At last we have a manager who isn't going to play 'happy families' and keep players at the club who just aren't good enough. I totally agree with the list, other than perhaps Thompson.
Davidson isn't good enough, I haven't seen enough of Edwards, Prosser is very average, Howland goes missing for large parts of the game and Danny Glover, dad or no dad at the club, is absolutely hopeless as a striker.
Well done Micky - we've had this old pals act at the club for far too long. Stamp your own authority on the team and don't let certain members of the board try and pick the team for you.”

“only 6 of them listed!”

“Why did we offer some of these players new contracts before we appointed a new manager????

How could the board make these choices themselves without consulting the new manager, we are not even talking about star players who they would have had a fair idea the manager would have wanted to keep.

Hence the words "surplus to requirements"”

“Agree with you Craig, that maybe, Thompson should be given a chance, as we have all seen has the potential to cause real upset to teams. Altough not his best season last year (then again who did have a good season), i like Howland and am a little dissapointed about letting him go but as for the rest of them, they aren't Football League players. They definately need first team football (Conference level) and their young enough to start again. Can't see anyone taking Glover on though! Let's hope Micky can get a bit of money from these guys and sign a couple of his trialists, notably Kris Taylor and Guy.”

“At long last we have a Manager who recognises what it takes to get out of this league unfortunately the six listed wont fetch any money the best we can hope for is shipping them out on a season long loan at best to Non League clubs and thats being kind.Well done Mickey.
Chris Leake -birmingham Vale”

“Superb work by Adams, we needed a big shake up and its great to see Adams actually trying to do his own thing. I agree with the transfer listed players although I think Thompson has potential when fit and a little harsh for Howland. My only worry would be who is going to come in for players like Glover and Prosser because for all their hard work are they really professional footballer's in terms of ability.”

“A great move by the manager. Its about time we started to get rid of the dead wood. Onwards and upwards. Up the Vale”