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Revived Red · 21-08-2011, 12:30

Right, now my two penn'orth.

I have to be honest and say that I am not as downbeat about yesterday as some other posters. I've not seen the stats but in the first half, I reckon we had at least 50% possession. As Coley has said, they had 4 attacks - and scored 4 goals.

I think the 4-4-2 idea was not a good one and that was one hurdle to be overcome. A second problem was that Charlie Barnett is wasted playing on the right. He needs a more central role. I was also interested to see that Guthrie was kitted out to play. I wonder if he failed an early fitness test.

Three of the four goals were down to lack of concentration. I happen to think that the free kick was unstoppable. Some free kicks are so good that they just cannot be stopped - and that was one. So I attach no blame to Murdoch for that one.

What seemed evident to me was that we still need time to gel as a team. But there are weaknesses. I was disappointed with Moult - too lightweight, I thought. I have an open mind on McIntyre - I'm not sure where he fits into the system. The Vale fans I talked to after the game were impressed by Murphy who certainly improved in the second half. In the first half, he was able to find touch with unerring accuracy.

Football19 has mentioned Long perhaps being unfit. In fact, he was caught very late by two attackers in the first 10 minutes and hobbled for several minutes afterwards.

I happened to think that Port Vale area well-balanced side with two big powerful and dominating central defenders and two strong centre forwards.

We could and should have done better - but I am not sharing the despair of others.

21-08-2011, 12:30	#51
Revived Red Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Portishead, near Bristol Posts: 3,087 Liked: 954 times Rep Power: 28176	Re: Port Vale Thread Right, now my two penn'orth. I have to be honest and say that I am not as downbeat about yesterday as some other posters. I've not seen the stats but in the first half, I reckon we had at least 50% possession. As Coley has said, they had 4 attacks - and scored 4 goals. I think the 4-4-2 idea was not a good one and that was one hurdle to be overcome. A second problem was that Charlie Barnett is wasted playing on the right. He needs a more central role. I was also interested to see that Guthrie was kitted out to play. I wonder if he failed an early fitness test. Three of the four goals were down to lack of concentration. I happen to think that the free kick was unstoppable. Some free kicks are so good that they just cannot be stopped - and that was one. So I attach no blame to Murdoch for that one. What seemed evident to me was that we still need time to gel as a team. But there are weaknesses. I was disappointed with Moult - too lightweight, I thought. I have an open mind on McIntyre - I'm not sure where he fits into the system. The Vale fans I talked to after the game were impressed by Murphy who certainly improved in the second half. In the first half, he was able to find touch with unerring accuracy. Football19 has mentioned Long perhaps being unfit. In fact, he was caught very late by two attackers in the first 10 minutes and hobbled for several minutes afterwards. I happened to think that Port Vale area well-balanced side with two big powerful and dominating central defenders and two strong centre forwards. We could and should have done better - but I am not sharing the despair of others.