Saturday 5th October

[valefan16]

If we lose and play poorly today Moore will get a lot of pressure heeped on himself.

Play your best side man.

 

[valefan16]

Don’t give up hope, you wouldn’t be the first side to pick a team that got this reaction specifically to counter how we try and play and it work brilliantly in the last couple of years.

He’s been given the biggest budget in the division, biggest for any manager by far certainly since the Championship days, he has to trust what he’s got and signed rather than throwing a youth prodigy in out the blue, drop out two top goal scorers and our most physical centre half.

Any half decent manager gets this side promoted but at the minute jury is out on DM.

We look very weak and best hope is we bring some of the big players on whilst still in the game.

 

[kieran_vale]

Big ask for Shorrock to come in from not much football since the season started. Rest of the lineup it should be enough to compete though Notts were always favourites at home anyway.

 

[valefan16]

Big ask for Shorrock to come in from not much football since the season started. Rest of the lineup it should be enough to compete though Notts were always favourites at home anyway.

Why would you pick him over Chis? I can’t see the logic. If he tears them a new backside then Moore is a genius but don’t see it.

 

[Son of Cod]

Absolutely wank from start to finish that. Donny were very good so credit to them but that second half was as close to a pre-season friendly as you're ever gonna get at the start of October. I'm sort of glad we were 2/3-0 for pretty much the entire match as it meant all those ridiculous ref/lino decisions weren't of any significance. Even at 2-0 and with 80mins on the clock, it didn't feel like we were ever in it. Going 3-0 down and down to 10 men completely and utterly killed any semblance of this being a contest off though.

Chalk that off as a result of two long trips in the last 7 days and a fair amount of injuries and take it for the reality check that it is.

 

[kieran_vale]

Why would you pick him over Chis? I can’t see the logic. If he tears them a new backside then Moore is a genius but don’t see it.

There were always going to be changes when you have three games in a week. That’s the price you pay for not managing minutes of one or two midweek as I said we should.

 

[Gladders]

Shows what the mid table side we are, Donny were first to every second ball, and like most other games we've lost we gift two simple goals from poor defending.

3 games in 7 days including two long away days and an early kick off, with only 17 fit players. Can't complain with 6 points from that.

 

[CTFCfan99]

Scot Bennett is 'injured' for us, and Tom Pett is finally playing in his best position which means we might have a slight chance. Maybe.

 

[Fuzzyvalefan]

Scot Bennett is 'injured' for us, and Tom Pett is finally playing in his best position which means we might have a slight chance. Maybe.

Tom Pett, what a bloke. Loved him at the Vale

 

[hellogregory]

Just when you think our injury nightmares couldn’t get any worse.

Things are not looking good at all.

 

[Wootball]

We're playing 0 strikers. Zero. Against top of the league Gillingham. Six defenders and no fit strikers to start the game. Can't wait for this one...

 

[codaplenty]

Full marks to Bromley, a strong well organised side and quite simply a draw was a fair result for both sides
MOM was Fleetwood s goalie David Harrington who produced 2 magnificent saves in the 1st half. Bromley are acquiting themselves well in league 2 and can be well pleased with their performance today
7 points out of 9 for the Cods in the last week, nothing to be downbeat about today. Onwards and hopefully upwards eh !

 

[Grimsby Road]

Shows what the mid table side we are, Donny were first to every second ball, and like most other games we've lost we gift two simple goals from poor defending.

3 games in 7 days including two long away days and an early kick off, with only 17 fit players. Can't complain with 6 points from that.

Donny will be up there imo , very good performance .

Might be a year too early for us but I imagine we will hover around the play-offs or top 12 . It willl be a vast improvement on lasr year

 

[kieran_vale]

Interesting game, Notts you’d say have won the midfield battle but we’ve had a couple of nice breakaways one leading to the goal and the other should have been converted too. Overall Notts will feel hard done by to be behind but a long way to go.

 

[leedsvaliant]

Notts have had most of the play and look a decent team but we've got 1 and could have had 2.

We're playing very much as the away side, although I anticipated that Notts would come out fast and press.

 

[Wootball]

1-0 up at half time against Gillingham. I'd say we've just about looked value for it, we're looking hard to break down and also riding our luck a tad. Could be a long second half, Gills have got to come out strong and I can see us getting tired with the pressing we're doing.

 

[Jimmy Anderson]

The outcome of this game will depend on how many shots on target notts county have. At the moment they haven't had any, as soon as they do they will score

 

[valefan16]

We’ve got it tactical spot on but don’t think we’ve been that great, give the ball away too easily and inviting pressure. Both times we’ve gone forward we’ve scored one and should score the other so again why so negative!

Long second half. Would like to see Stockley on for Paton to hold it up a bit more and give us more of an outlet.