Tuesday 22nd October

[Spireitelass97]

They absolutely stunk the place out at ours. 10 men behind the ball, zero intent to even try and attack and a range of actors that would make DiCaprio jealous. They only started actually playing a game of football once they went behind.

Honestly one of the most disgusting performances I've seen from an away team at Vale Park for many a year. The chief actor scored the equaliser, and instead of celebrating with his supporters who had done a 400 mile round trip on a Tuesday night, ran over to antagonise home supporters instead. I would have been seething as a supporter after that joke of a performance.

They lost at the weekend, so expect the same sort of stuff.

Something to look forward to then!

 

[hellogregory]

At the risk of sounding like I'm due a lobotomy, I almost fancy us to turn the form book inside out at Walsall. The best attack in the division against the worst defence? Surely it can only go one way, you say...

That was the case a couple of weeks back when we faced Notts County. Yeah it does go one way, sadly.

 

[F!RTHY]

Whether Tyriek Wright is fit or not, surely Lewis Richards deserves to keep his place in starting line-up. Much better defensive awareness than Wright. Just don't understand why Alexander persists in trying to convince himself and everyone else that Wright is a wingback. He is an out and out winger and very poor defensively.

I think the results speak for themselves, despite what you might think - we’re solid, even with Wright at LWB. Admittedly, he got torn a new one on Saturday.

It’s clear Wright has a clinical attacking edge too, given his assist count thus far.

I like Richards, but his stats just don’t compare to Wright’s. It’s that simple.

 

[Scum.]

Accrington at home. Piss easy win like Morecambe away on Saturday.

 

[F!RTHY]

Accrington at home. Piss easy win like Morecambe away on Saturday.

Wouldn’t expect anything less from the biggest club in the league tbh.

 

[JJ1990]

A tough trip to Fleetwood, who still seem to be battling inconsistency but have only lost twice all season. We'll still be down 5 first teamers, maybe a couple more depending on how quickly some can recover from knocks. I'd take a point at this stage.

 

[Kauto Star]

I think the results speak for themselves, despite what you might think - we’re solid, even with Wright at LWB. Admittedly, he got torn a new one on Saturday.

It’s clear Wright has a clinical attacking edge too, given his assist count thus far.

I like Richards, but his stats just don’t compare to Wright’s. It’s that simple.

Shepherd struggled whilst having to cover for Wright on Saturday, indeed the whole defence did. We would have lost in my opinion if Wright had have stayed on.

Once Richards came on, Gillingham never had a look in and Shepherd, quite rightly, went on to be the man of the match, and not just because of his goal.

I actually feel sorry for Wright having to play left wing back, he quite clearly looks very uncomfortable with the defensive responsibilities.

 

[F!RTHY]

Shepherd struggled whilst having to cover for Wright on Saturday, indeed the whole defence did. We would have lost in my opinion if Wright had have stayed on.

Once Richards came on, Gillingham never had a look in and Shepherd, quite rightly, went on to be the man of the match, and not just because of his goal.

I actually feel sorry for Wright having to play left wing back, he quite clearly looks very uncomfortable with the defensive responsibilities.

Wright struggled at the weekend, I agree. But the game turning on its head wasn’t solely down to Wright going off and Richards coming on. It was down to us upping our intensity before halftime and scoring when we did - it deflated Gillingham. Quite easy to do when you’ve lost 3-4 games on the bounce and you squander a lead the way they did, after being so dominant in the opening 30 mins.

This Wright debate absolutely baffles me, almost as if Wright doesn’t want to play there and we’re somehow rendered useless when he features. For context, I believe we’ve lost 4 games in 20 whilst he’s slotted in at LWB - during that time, he’s scored once and set up 5 goals.