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9 minutes ago, radcliffe white said:

It’s a win I guess

Port vale won’t finish top 10 we need to step it up

charles &JDB to start next dan is huff & puff no end finish 

Disagree. Probably his best league performance for us so far.

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38 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

A huge win, not just because of their good early form but also in the circumstances of our injury troubles

Absolutely.

They defended so well in the 2nd half. For all their intent in the 2nd half Port Vale didn’t really create 1 clear cut chance.

Hope we have less talk about fitness, squad players not being good enough to get us points in this league and Evatt making excuses.

Win on Tuesday and the league table will be looking pretty good after 10 games. 

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That's the type of win that's required if you're serious about the top two. The Reading game was the opposite. You'd hope that the Reading game led to the learning that went in to getting that result over the line today. Now it needs replicating several more times. 

To continue to prove they have what it takes there can be no "after the lord mayor's show" on Tuesday. A scruffy 1-0 win would be fine. Saturday/Tuesday/Saturday - great and determination as well as the skill and the quality.

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3 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Thomason will be available, and we don't know about Vic.

Bod may also start.

Thomason will be a good option off the bench . Would give Morley another start on Tuesday though he wasnt great  but we won and he just might need a run of games to get going hopefully 

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Great result, excellent first half but would have loved us to have tested the keeper more. Proper resolve as the game went on, fantastic. Thought the 2700 of us in the away end gave a decent account too. 

Dion's goal well taken of course, but in general, I thought Nlundulu did really well at holding up and distributing - may have found his niche. Excited for the week now!

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20 minutes ago, Farnywhite said:

Thomason will be a good option off the bench . Would give Morley another start on Tuesday though he wasnt great  but we won and he just might need a run of games to get going hopefully 

I thought Morley played well.

2 different sides to him today. Was linking up play nicely in first half when we were on top, he was seeing plenty of the ball and got a couple of shots away. Then in the 2nd half he did what he didn’t do against Wigan, he tracked back, he hassled, tried to break up play, getting a booking for his efforts. 

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I know this may sound like sacrilege to some, but currently Dan is better at holding up the ball and playing others in than Bod ATM. Ball is sticking to him and he's holding off defenders like a good 'un whereas Bod has struggled to do that both today and on Tuesday. Obviously Bod is the better finisher and more complete striker and Dan doesn't shoot enough, but there are phases of games when the other stuff - including Dan's superior workrate and target man skills - are needed, especially playing Evatt's way. Dan's improving and I can see why Evatt picks him in Vic's absence.

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First half totally in control.

Second half not at all. 

We have a prolific striker and he’s won it for us.

It negates the Reading result as we prob deserved 1.5 points from each.

Glad to get back without aquaplaning on the M6. Horrific driving conditions.

Win the next 2 home games and it’s been an excellent start before the international break, especially considering the injuries.

 

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Just now, Mounts Kipper said:

Solid performance today, the back 3 and Baxter were were excellent, Cogley excellent going forward and though Morley had great game, 3 home games upcoming and 9 points would be fantastic. 

The home/away imbalance is extraordinary. I know cancellations play a part but I've bever seen this before.

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