Port Vale Post Match Thoughts

[RU66]

James Kelly don't rate. Agbaire only one of the signings that didn't look out of place. Rafferty Nombe Powell apart we look weaker in most positions than last season.

[MILLERSTALE]

Exactly as I thought , very weak down our left, we need a strong athletic player there, need a good strong centre back, and obviously a striker ? new lad looks like Bamby on Ice ? yes will give him a fair chance but he looks worse than I imagined !
By the way Benson had a shocker when he came on gave the ball away when he should have crossed the ball in which resulted in Jules getting caught out and sent off ! then another poor pass which nearly cost us an equaliser, this is what he did against Sheff United also ?

[caytonmiller]

Agbaire is an excellent signing. We will make some good money from him down the line.
Hall looked like he will do a good job but as he's a FB/WB and we played 4 at the back his attacking skilled were not at their best. Again with time he could be a good asset.
Gore shone for 30 min then disappeared but again with time will be a huge asset.
From the sun's yearwood likes to get stuck in and looks like he can play a bit.
Rest of the team I though did ok and worked hard.

Benson had a mare. 5 touches and 4 were mistakes. 1st one putting Jules in trouble for the sending off.
Etete warming up with all the gear on I thought he looked the dogs bowlax. On the pitch. OMFG this lad can't run, when experts say "he was a yard off the pace". This lad was 3 weeks off the pace. Geeezus.
Martha looks lightweight. Unfit. And lost. Please get him a shirt that fits.
I just hope as others have said, early days but our depth is already looking thin.

[DonPageFanClub]

It was yearwood who lost the ball , not Benson when jules was sent off , Benson passed to yearwood he had a heavy touch. And the ball ran to there player and Jules brought him down

[Stovicmiller]

Enjoyed first half and was surprised how well we played, second half completely different . Why the manager didn’t change it when they were pressing because their goal was coming. New lad the no 29 when he come on and started running if you can call it that I couldn’t stop laughing. Overhaul a wins a win and I would have been happy with a point at the start. We are work in progress and need to give it time.

[LincsMiller]

Unfortunately only saw the second half, didn't know they were down to 10 men until Rotherham man sent off . Don't recall a shot on target . The 7 minutes added time seemed an eternity ,really hanging on . Positives ..3 points

[MILLERSTALE]

It was yearwood who lost the ball , not Benson when jules was sent off , Benson passed to yearwood he had a heavy touch. And the ball ran to there player and Jules brought him down

It was down a shocking pass from Benson pal !

[caytonmiller]

It was yearwood who lost the ball , not Benson when jules was sent off , Benson passed to yearwood he had a heavy touch. And the ball ran to there player and Jules brought him down

It was Benson who played the ball short to yearwood for their player to nip in.

[Tigerish]

We need to get Joe Powell on a long contract. He was our ONLY decent performer in the second half. The rest were awful. Sad but true. It's not a nice feeling

[GlennMiller]

I thought Kelly was excellent first half. He controlled the midfield and we moved the ball around quickly and effectively. My brother reminded me of a similar game against Wolves, first match of the season, when we went 2-0 up and they went down to ten men - we hung on for a draw. A minute later Vale had a player sent off and the nightmare started over!

After Vale went down to 10, I could not understand Dawson's distribution. Rather than playing the ball out to our spare man, he reverted to long kicks down the park which, on the majority of occasions, went harmlessly though to their keeper. We had minimal possession and he construed to hand it back to them every time we had the chance to keep the ball for a while.

However, 1 game down, 3 points on the board and lots of improvement to come with time and patience!