Port Vale (H) Football League Trophy Tuesday 9/10/12.

[Duke]

After receiving a welcomed bye in the first round we entertain our old friends from Burslem , Vale under the much travelled Micky Adams sit 2nd in league 2 on 23 points
from 11 played , with a very impressive away record of 5 wins and 1 defeat - 14 goals scored 6 conceded .

Prediction

Think this we go to penalties ,hopefully the Saddlers will progress .

[Darth Vader]

cack on the Vale, cack on the Vale tonight. :D

[walsallfcconnor]

W 0 - 1 PV AET 2349 (198 Vale fans).

[Darth Vader]

Vale will bring close on a thousand, they're all chuffed with mighty Walsall away.

Be a bit crazy if we put them on the side expecting only a couple of hundred.

[latviancheese]

A thousand? Yam havin a loff surely.

I think we will lose this one, sadly. As one day i hope we win this competition.

[Darth Vader]

All jizzin over it on OneValeFan, be 500 minimum. We'd take a few there no doubt if if was away and we didn't have Shrewsbury a few days later.

[WFC_Rob]

Think we'll lose 1-0.

It'll be interesting to see whether Smith gives some of the fringe players a start. Had we won yesterday, I think he might have looked to do that but now I suspect he'll want to give those players a chance to get back to winning ways.

[Bernie]

It'll be interesting to see whether Smith gives some of the fringe players a start. Had we won yesterday, I think he might have looked to do that but now I suspect he'll want to give those players a chance to get back to winning ways.

I usually do not like it when a manager changes the team for a cup match but I think that Smith should rest some of our young players on Tuesday. Carlisle, who did not play in midweek, were much fitter than our players as the match went on, and the winning goal came from them having a lot of players working hard when ours were shattered.

[WFC_Rob]

It'll be interesting to see whether Smith gives some of the fringe players a start. Had we won yesterday, I think he might have looked to do that but now I suspect he'll want to give those players a chance to get back to winning ways.

I usually do not like it when a manager changes the team for a cup match but I think that Smith should rest some of our young players on Tuesday. Carlisle, who did not play in midweek, were much fitter than our players as the match went on, and the winning goal came from them having a lot of players working hard when ours were shattered.

To be fair, having only just listened to Smith's post-match comments this afternoon, I think you're probably right. His hands are tied to a certain extent though in that we don't have a great deal of options in reserve.

[PortVale]

We should hopefully be bringing loads due to

You being down the road
Chasing top of the league by 3 points
Top league goalscorer, Tom Pope had some sort of divine revelation over the Summer break and has struck 11 in 11
We were top goalscorers in league football, not sure if we still are
Won 5 away on the trot relatively convincingly
We did Tranmere 2-0 who are unbeaten in League 1 in the first round

Really looking forward to it!

[NEWPORT SADDLERS DAD]

We should hopefully be bringing loads due to

You being down the road
Chasing top of the league by 3 points
Top league goalscorer, Tom Pope had some sort of divine revelation over the Summer break and has struck 11 in 11
We were top goalscorers in league football, not sure if we still are
Won 5 away on the trot relatively convincingly
We did Tranmere 2-0 who are unbeaten in League 1 in the first round

Really looking forward to it!

We have lost to worse teams than yours.Bring it on.

[PortVale]

Haha looking forward to it

How are your fullbacks?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_LnCv-X ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt1_Ezqa ... el&list=UL

[NEWPORT SADDLERS DAD]

Here is one Port Vale fans view from there forum.


Walsall are a basement division club. They get **** attendances for their level and will probably go down.

I'm confident with our new brand of attacking football we can bury them. And then get Shrewsbury or Crewe in the next round.

[Darth Vader]

Pope will be in Jail before the year is out, good player but a massive arrogant t**t.

We're a good side all in all fella, once (if) we get going Vale will be in trouble, doing well in League Two or not, just had a mini-blip at the moment, undeserved loss vs Orient and a non-event loss vs Carlisle.

Probably be about 1,700 home fans, and however many you bring. We are a basement division club don't forget (lol).

[PortVale]

Don't mind Dave, NSD.

In succinct words he's a Bi-Polar [modded - don't avoid the swear filter] mentalist. I could tell it was him who had written that as soon as I read your post :lol:

Darth, Tom is a totally reformed lad. He's lost a lot of weight, no longer goes out on the town every weekend (in no small thanks to Gary Roberts getting booted out to Mansfield) and is honestly a completely different player. Those factors have contributed to him getting 11 goals in 11 games by the start of October.

I hope you come at us because that suits our style of play and unless you deal with the two wingers (watch the highlights I posted above) and Shuker in the middle your back four are going to have a long night. Unfortunately for us Captain Doug Loft is out who will be a big miss, good creative player we could have done with.

[post moderated - please don't avoid the swear filter. This isn't a Burslem drinking den! ;-) ]

[matty2505]

Another post from port vale forum

Walsall were absolutely shocking yesterday against Carlisle. Watch the highlights on the football league show, they looked beyond woeful and there were boos at the end for the squad and manager.

Probably the best draw we could have gotten to progress.

Did i miss this part? i recall many fans clapping them off the pitch.

[Darth Vader]

I booed because I thought it was clearly offside, and so did loads, sounds like Holden was playing him on. Other than that people clapped off/went home.

[latviancheese]

Vale will bring close on a thousand, they're all chuffed with mighty Walsall away.

Be a bit crazy if we put them on the side expecting only a couple of hundred.

Must be boring being a fan if they get excited about playing us :mrgreen:

[Cowshed]

Although this is a young team and still early in the season it was clear that the recent exceptional winning performances against top quality league one sides like Notts C, Preston, Brentford and MK Dons have taken their toll and some of our players . For this reason Smith should rest some key players on Tuesday for a game of little significance against a basement league side .league status is obviously more important and it will give some 1st team experience to some squad members as we will surely need to call on them in the next few months. Win or lose this one doesnt really matter- if it did the crowds would be higher- but it will allow our key players to be fresh against Shrewsbury which is an important game.

[Asps]

I don't really give a monkies about this one. I hope DS uses this as a development match and trys a few things different.

Williams up front, Chambers in centre midfield allowing us to play wider. Get the centre backs to actually get goal side of their man.

Grof in goal.

It will be a low crowd, 2k maybe

[WFC_Rob]

Walsall were absolutely shocking yesterday against Carlisle. Watch the highlights on the football league show, they looked beyond woeful and there were boos at the end for the squad and manager.

Probably the best draw we could have gotten to progress.

Ah yes, the 40 seconds of highlights shown on the FLS - must be a gospel representation of the 90 minute football match.

[WarsawPact]

Note to you young 'uns - losing at home to Vale is NOT ACCEPTABLE - NO EXCUSES.

By this, I don't mean "would be unfortunate" or "oh well, it was only the mickey mouse cup" - NOT ACCEPTABLE.

The last Walsall players to lose at home to the Bog-Mekkers (League Cup, early 80s) were re-discovered 10 years later when the Fellows Park pitch was dug up to lay Morrison's car park.

[Cowshed]

Note to you young 'uns - losing at home to Vale is NOT ACCEPTABLE - NO EXCUSES.

By this, I don't mean "would be unfortunate" or "oh well, it was only the mickey mouse cup" - NOT ACCEPTABLE.

The last Walsall players to lose at home to the Bog-Mekkers (League Cup, early 80s) were re-discovered 10 years later when the Fellows Park pitch was dug up to lay Morrison's car park.

:lol:

still can't believe they put a supermarket on that ground I loved the place

[Willenhall Saddler]

1-1 and us to lose on sodding penalties again

[Asps]

Any know if the upper tier in the pot noodle/Pauls Boutique/SuperDry/Blue Pop stand is open tomorrow night?

[Darth Vader]

Think they said it was closed when they released ticket details.

[martkrugeleysaddler]

The rola cola upper tier?

[Winston Smith]

I was informed by the ticket office this morning that the upper tier will be closed.

For this one I will be joining the Werther and rug brigade for my first game of the season. :D

[Willenhall Saddler]

Any know if the upper tier in the pot noodle/Pauls Boutique/SuperDry/Blue Pop stand is open tomorrow night?

The upper tier is closed and so is the family stand.

[Asps]

Cheers for the info