Port Vile v Swindon pre match chat and matchday thread

[Ardiles]

PV are doing what they need to do. As long as we hold them off, they'll run out of steam eventually

Credit to Vale. They've never stopped pressing.  You've got to hope they tail off, I agree.

[adje]

Iandolo,after a very shaky start,looks our most accomplished player at the moment

[4D]

Next goal so important

[Cowley38]

2nd to every ball,

Losing every 50-50

Out thought, out fought

Embarrassing

[4D]

Worst half this season, and that's even comparing against Newport and Orient.

[Peter Venkman]

HT 0-1

Vale took the game to us, still all to play for though.

[welshred]

Let’s see what Garner is made of. We’ve seen none of that intensity he was talking about. Almost all of our team look way off it or generally Not that interested.

[adje]

Don't get the gloom. Yes,first 20 shocking but we've settled reasonably well. Final ball is all

[TownEnder]

Worst half this season

Things can only get better.

[Jimmy Quinn]

The one positive from that half is we're still in the game and hope Garner rips into them.

[Nemo]

Jeez.

Positives first - I think Ellis Iandolo has been outstanding. Unfortunately games aren't often won from left back but he's been excellent in attack and defence. Otherwise, in the last ten minutes we've grown into the game and calmed the crowd.

The flip side is that the first 35 minutes was an absolute disasterclass. Can probably raise an eyebrow at the refereeing but I think the handball was probably outside the box and the offside probably too close to call with Egbo's foot. More pertinent is that we got absolutely overrun. Vale played really well, put themselves about a bit but played football as well. We really struggled with the wider pitch.

This is where the manager earns his money. Over to you Ben Garner, it's level. 45 minutes to Wemble and we'll consign that first half hour to the rubbish bin of history. Come on you Reds

[Quagmire]

Well that went exactly how I expected in all honesty. We look so poor.

[Ardiles]

Some positive spin.  To go in only 1-0 down is a result for us.  Still level on aggregate, and a chance to recover & rebuild.  Most important HT talk now of Garner's career.

[Peter Venkman]

Don't get the gloom. Yes,first 20 shocking but we've settled reasonably well. Final ball is all

Agreed, that was far from the worst half of the season, yes we were poor but we are still in it and ended better.

[NdahG]

Plenty to play for in the 2nd half. We started to settle in the last 10-15 so reset and push on from there

I also have sky go so i'm around 1 minute behind you lot