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We drew 0-0, let's blame Sheehan.
We drew 0-0, let's blame Toal
We drew 0-0, let's blame xyz

Defence kept a clean sheet, the bare minimum we expect/hope for.

23 shots, only 3 on target
23 shots, no goals

These stats are the real issue here.
Not just this week, but last week and every other week since the season started bar Exeter away, where we generally do well anyway.

10 minutes ago, Traf said:

I think some people want us to lose.

It's pathetic performative pessimism.

5 hours ago, Traf said:

I think some people want us to lose.

 

Think this sums up a few 

Got to win this as I'm spending Easter weekend with 2 vale fans 

12 hours ago, Wanderlust said:

Based on last night’s “performance” and Port Vale’s predicament I suspect we’ll lose this one, even though I’m praying we turn this recent slide in form around.

SS needs to get the starting line up and strategy right this time - lose and the bedsheets will start to make an appearance.

Last night's performance wasn't good, but we didn't lose, and still should have won.

Of course we have to improve; we've been up and down within games recently. Nevertheless results haven't exactly been bad.

Can't help feeling a touch of disappointment has crept in as we haven't been able to make inroads into the gap above us. That is very much the responsibility of the manager and his staff to suss out and deal with.

Manage tired and sore bodies, keep up morale, issue bollockings when necessary and gradually build them up for the play offs.

Getting good results over Bradford and Stockport would be very useful in that regard.

4 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Last night's performance wasn't good, but we didn't lose, and still should have won.

Of course we have to improve; we've been up and down within games recently. Nevertheless results haven't exactly been bad.

Can't help feeling a touch of disappointment has crept in as we haven't been able to make inroads into the gap above us. That is very much the responsibility of the manager and his staff to suss out and deal with.

Manage tired and sore bodies, keep up morale, issue bollockings when necessary and gradually build them up for the play offs.

Getting good results over Bradford and Stockport would be very useful in that regard.

True, but I was thinking of it as more of another opportunity to create a buffer between us and the teams chasing us so wouldn’t need to beat the likes of Bradford and Stockport rather than catching Cardiff and Lincoln. Moreover the performance was not one that would be likely to get us good results in the tougher games to come. 

11 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Can't help feeling a touch of disappointment has crept in as we haven't been able to make inroads into the gap above us. That is very much the responsibility of the manager and his staff to suss out and deal with.

 

Are we talking about the players here?

I don't think they get to have that as an excuse. That's how we've played for the vast majority of the season. The only difference was that we didn't find a 90th minute winner against Doncaster or Rotherham this time.

 

whats the name of the pub / offy near Stoke station, where buses stop outside and take fans to the ground?

or any away fan pubs in Burslem

asking for a mate, obvs

In

On 18/03/2026 at 09:36, Traf said:

Lies, damned lies and statistics.

We're bound to be well ahead on xG when we're chasing each game from behind. It's natural our opposition drops back and let's us have lots of low quality chances that totals up to a high xg.

On 18/03/2026 at 09:33, Traf said:

We drew 0-0, let's blame Sheehan.
We drew 0-0, let's blame Toal
We drew 0-0, let's blame xyz

Defence kept a clean sheet, the bare minimum we expect/hope for.

23 shots, only 3 on target
23 shots, no goals

These stats are the real issue here.
Not just this week, but last week and every other week since the season started bar Exeter away, where we generally do well anyway.

1000% This

we have scored recently, but don't convert well enough for the chances and possession we have.

35 minutes ago, Stig said:

Lies, damned lies and statistics.

We're bound to be well ahead on xG when we're chasing each game from behind. It's natural our opposition drops back and let's us have lots of low quality chances that totals up to a high xg.

 

Any stat that suggests that, in any universe, we could be 15 points clear in first place and on course for 100+ points can obviously be discounted as lunacy.

We're the biggest argument against anyone ever taking xG seriously as a thing.

3 hours ago, Tombwfc said:

 

Any stat that suggests that, in any universe, we could be 15 points clear in first place and on course for 100+ points can obviously be discounted as lunacy.

We're the biggest argument against anyone ever taking xG seriously as a thing.

Not only that, but we would be 33 points clear of Lincoln 😀  That's the team that have gone 20 games unbeaten and have a GD of 37, so not just winning games by 1 goal.

No more needs to be said about xG and for that matter "shots" stats or possession stats - they just don't mean anything.

PV can focus on the FA Cup.

They need to be relegated in case BorehamWood get into the EFL as they would need to beat them next season re-establish their current unique record  of having beaten every other club in the top 44 tiers in a league maatch.

42 minutes ago, MalcolmW said:

PV can focus on the FA Cup.

They need to be relegated in case BorehamWood get into the EFL as they would need to beat them next season re-establish their current unique record  of having beaten every other club in the top 44 tiers in a league maatch.

God which teams play in the 44th tier

On 18/03/2026 at 08:29, L/H White said:

will they?

we haven't lost since Jan

Doesn’t mean shit to some people if we don’t go up after showing so much promise and setting promotion as the goal. You just have to listen to some of our “fans” slagging off the team during the game every week to know they are out there somewhere. I’m convinced they only go to games to show what twats they are…..

 

2 hours ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

God which teams play in the 44th tier

oops!

4 hours ago, MalcolmW said:

PV can focus on the FA Cup.

They need to be relegated in case BorehamWood get into the EFL as they would need to beat them next season re-establish their current unique record  of having beaten every other club in the top 44 tiers in a league maatch.

How far away are we from this? Can't be much

Would love us to try something like this, SS won League 1 playing this formation. 

0-0 clean sheet again 

1 hour ago, Zog1 said:

Would love us to try something like this, SS won League 1 playing this formation. 

Thats what I would go with but I wouldn’t swap Simons or EE with Sheehan 

9 hours ago, MalcolmW said:

PV can focus on the FA Cup.

They need to be relegated in case BorehamWood get into the EFL as they would need to beat them next season re-establish their current unique record  of having beaten every other club in the top 44 tiers in a league maatch.

Rare glitch from the Malconater.

9 hours ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Thats what I would go with but I wouldn’t swap Simons or EE with Sheehan 

Sheehan is too weak and shies from getting stuck in, you can't afford that in a 2 man central midfield. 

Their only jobs are to stop the opposition's attacks, receive the ball from defenders or to get the ball back and release it to a more technical player further up the pitch as fast as they can.

 

Edited March 20Mar 20 by Zog1

9 hours ago, RUREADY2ROLL said:

Thats what I would go with but I wouldn’t swap Simons or EE with Sheehan 

Me as well. Maybe Sheenan the one to bring on once were in front in a game.