Woeful Vale See Play-offs Looming
It has to be said that good reporters observe the event with a view to delivering a positive write up. However, if the events dictate that this cannot be the case, very good reporters document what they see anyway, no matter if there is pressure on them to do the contrary.
Then when others start to identify with what that reporter documents, we start to engage with a strange phenomena called the truth.
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Port Vale pay the penalty: The Vale number one had no chance against Clohessy, as rampant Southend United teach the Valiants a lesson in football
The Truth is Port Vale were dismal against Southend. They were devoid of any idea how to play football and a result, have found themselves in a position where they may not even make the play-offs (the irony being that if Southend who are just outside the play-off places win their game in hand, they will be only seven points behind Port Vale).
If someone was to have said this only four weeks they would be classed as a 'Cheddleton Case,' so what has gone wrong in such a short space of time?
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Have Port Vale been misplaced as second in League 2 for the majority of the season? If so, how could this be?
One thing that is known is that the Vale display against Southend was not that much different to the one witnessed in September 2011 against Shrewsbury Town. That game was characterised by the long ball and slapstick pass work.
This can only lay the blame squarely at the door of manager Micky Adams. Is he the right man to take Port Vale into this new era?
Talking of new eras enter Vale owner Paul Wildes. If he is really interested in getting bums on seats maybe it's time not just to invest in a few new players but to see how his customers fare by sitting on the dirty dusty seats in the Bycars himself on a damp and freezing March afternoon (the dust actually rubs off onto your clothes).
Then he will truly identify with the supporters.
Yes, there's still a lot of work to be done at Vale Park.
10 Comments
by MyVince
Tuesday, March 12 2013, 1:30AM
“'We want to talk about football on the Vale page and you are turning this into the Stoke page bickering about writers and other commenters. '
I think you meant 'commentators' Erbert87.
No-one could accuse you of being an educated twit.
I also think the term 'Cheddleton case' is offensive, especially
to the fine folk of Cheddleton”
by zxcvbn2
Monday, March 11 2013, 9:45AM
“I think valefanforever as got it just about right. The team before January just about picked itself. How many games did we go unchanged? it was a together bonded unit and now there are these short term contracted players with a different team turns out for each successive match. Time to go back to the trusted 11 and stick with them as far as possible until the end of season. That`s my view.”
by Glennard
Monday, March 11 2013, 9:01AM
“'Cheddleton case' - I am not sure such a reference is appropriate in the 21st Century. For a professional journalist, supposedly committed to the truth, it is as shabby as the game I sat through on Saturday afternoon.”
by Valefan4ever
Sunday, March 10 2013, 11:37PM
“I don't think it is Adams hit and hope more like Purse hit and no hope. Every time he got the ball he just lumped it forward. A very slow defensive central pairing does not bode well for the run in. It makes me think of Peter Swan at Wembley all those years ago.
I do think the January signings have upset the apple cart too much and some of the players who helped to get us there are now nowhere in sight (e.g. Williamson).”
by Soothsayer2
Sunday, March 10 2013, 1:40PM
“Can anyone tell me what system MA was playing yesterday. It looked like hit and hope to me!”
by hasod
Sunday, March 10 2013, 12:38PM
“As I said when Vale were soaring at the top , they will make playoffs but fail sadly ... We have seen it many times before , up there at Christmas then fall like a stone ,,,”
by kjhgfd
Sunday, March 10 2013, 12:11PM
“well once again i try to find positive things to say,but its hard to find anything good to say this match was one of the worst ive see at vale park for a long time ,same team but no idear how to play,MA your the boss sort it out because yesterdays poor attendence of 4800 will be classed as good, if they dont get promotion this season,we will be lucky to get gates of 3000 if we fail,,,,,,,,but i still think we will get promoted and not via the playoffs come on vale we're behind you, all the way.”
by Robnoxious
Sunday, March 10 2013, 11:02AM
“What's a tomato between friends. They are all rotten anyway. Not enough soil on the seats.
Nothing about the toilets or the outdoor heating system. All those steps we have to walk up
and down. Still, some people regard that as a part of playing in an open football ground.
Still, things could be better on the footballing side at the moment. But they could be alot worse.”
by Valeforreally
Sunday, March 10 2013, 10:20AM
“Stokemaveric what are you referring to as in League 1? I don't get it. Me thinks this article was about truthful reporting not about typing errors, but since you mention it. Quote by Stokemaveric "id just point out" and "kevin Rafferty". What is id, was it a Freudian slip? And who is rafferty, do you mean Raftery? Obviously you are a bit of a duffer yourself aren't you stokemaveric? Try putting some glasses on and scrutinising the words before you write, you might learn something. Now let's comment on important things like Vale's performance and the possibility they could lose out on promotion eh?”
by stokemaveric
Saturday, March 09 2013, 10:54PM
“quote by kevin rafferty...''it has to be said that good reporters observe the event with a view to delivering a positive write-up''...another quote from the same reporter...''have port vale been misplaced as second in league ONE for the majority of the season?''...id say a good reporter would actually know what league the team on which they were reporting played in in the first place..in case you didnt know mr rafferty port vale play in league 2 just thought id point out which league the team you were reporting on actually played in..glad to see you have a great knowledge of football...”