That second half was excruciating. A win is a win, but any side with a better striker would have finished at least 3 of the chances they had against us second half. Knowing what we know about Pope, why was he given so much time and space? We rode our luck with the chance that hit the bar, but then allowed at least two more free headers after that - it's possible that we missed Raynes in there, who would have been the perfect player against Pope, but our defenders have to be closer to a player like him in the air.

Cooper got an assist and got a player sent off, but for the rest of the game seemed invisible. In the first half you could tell he had been picked out as a danger man - 2 or 3 Vale players on him every time he had the ball - but in the second half he had a lot more space yet still didn't create enough.

Honestly we were fortunate to get 3 points out of the game. That almost makes it even better because there's nothing funnier than seeing Vale fans suffer injustice, and so of course I had a great Saturday night and a hangover yesterday - but we need to be better when we come across a team that's actually capable.