Port Vale

RegencyCheltenhamSpa · 03 Mar 2021, 09:10

Vale travel to Whaddon in terrible form.

They are now fourth bottom, having had a five game run of LDDLL.

It won’t be easy but it does look a good time to facing them.

Hubert Parry · 03 Mar 2021, 10:02

Indeed. They were heavily tipped for promotion and they have some good players but that hasn't come to anything this season. I saw that their left wing back went off after 9 minutes yesterday which is perhaps to our advantage - he is often mentioned in the same breath as Hussey as being one of the better left backs in the league.

03 Mar 2021, 10:32

Tom Pope will still score against us. I noticed he wasn't in the squad last night - probably being rested ahead of his mandatory brace against us.

Hubert Parry · 03 Mar 2021, 10:37

Pope hasn't featured for weeks due to a broken arm. Very doubtful he will play this weekend

Shade · 03 Mar 2021, 11:36

I much prefer to play teams on good runs. Against teams on poor runs we often look not quite at it and are more prone to slipping up. See Barrow and Grimsby, for the most obvious proof.

slinky_dog · 03 Mar 2021, 11:51

Often it comes down to luck as to when you play an opponent

I noticed last night that our next 4 opponents did not manage a single goal between them last night.

Doesn’t count for much but I am trying to take the positives from that

03 Mar 2021, 13:46

Hubert Parry wrote:Pope hasn't featured for weeks due to a broken arm. Very doubtful he will play this weekend

He could play with a broken leg and still feckin' score against us...