Port Vale v Swindon matchday thread

[Bob1978]

Thing is caddis wouldn’t piss around trying to implement a brand he’d fight tooth and nail to keep us up.

[Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG]

And I seriously think sacking Kennedy unfortunately isn't the answer. The next appointment won't work, the appointment after that won't work.

Its not the complete answer to out problems, but it might keep us in the league.

[Ides of March]

He thought Minturn was struggling from set pieces? What on earth.

[UTR]

Did Kennedy say Minturn had a tough day at the office defending set pieces?

I thought he didn’t do any worse than anyone else in that regard to be honest but happy to see the stats if I’m wrong

[Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG]

Ultimately we should have expected Kennedy to be an utterly shite appointment, anyone agreeing to work for this lot was always going to be a clueless oaf.

As said they're all going to be complete fucking yes men. Jobs for the boys. Whose next? Maybe scour the rest of the 2002 Ireland World Cup squad.

[NotHarryAgombar]

I disagree with those who say the squad is better than our results. I’ve seen nothing to suggest that.
Newport was an outlier - and  the early goal helped of course.
This summer we signed mostly players with poor fitness records and current injuries - Hall, Delaney and Cox (Cox has done ok so far to be fair),  Longelo has been injured for weeks, plus non league players or player with no EFL track record - King, Tsimanga and Mitchell, some young loanees who are learning on the job (Freckleton), and a striker - Harry Smith - who was in a team relegated from L2 last year.
We lack pace and movement going forward which is why we create nothing.
With this lack of attacking threat, if we go behind teams can hold on easily.
I’m no fan of Kennedy - his press briefings are bizarre - but I doubt anyone else would have this lot much higher - the ceiling for this squad is 15th to 17th in L2, but 18th or below is more likely.
This is going to be a tough season and we need to hope there are two sides who are even worse!

[DV]

Did Kennedy say Minturn had a tough day at the office defending set pieces?

I thought he didn’t do any worse than anyone else in that regard to be honest but happy to see the stats if I’m wrong

Port Vale scored from a set piece about 4 minutes after Minturn went off…

…obviously there is a lot of context missing from that regards to how Minturn was performing but still quite a damming stat

[DV]

As said they're all going to be complete fucking yes men. Jobs for the boys. Whose next? Maybe scour the rest of the 2002 Ireland World Cup squad.

Damien Duff next please…

[Freeloader]

He thought Minturn was struggling from set pieces? What on earth.

Must have been watching a different game, Minturn looked effective to me.

[McGurk's Missus]

Quite happy with how I said it, but if you want to say the same thing with new words, fill your boots.

You've totally misinterpreted what I was saying. It wasn't a criticism. For someone who by my own admission can use ''quite a few more words'' at times. I was just writing something more articulate.

Funny though, when others on here do that, most people reply with something like;

''ahh, you've just said what I was trying to say, way more articulately than I could have managed''

Daft cunt

[Batch]

Unfortunately Jeff Kings mum died last week.

[Quagmire]

Is anyone listening to this?

He’s somehow turned a question about the fans reaction after the game into an answer about domestic abuse?

[Nomoreheroes]

Kennedy:
- In terms of football performance we were below par
- An ugly and physical game. Missing a lot of physicality and power
- Rode our luck on a couple of occasions in the first half
- Every set piece went into our box
- Biggest disappointment is that the scorer wasn't picked up. The front man  didnt do his job. It wasn't that we were physically dominated at that set piece
- Didnt think we'd win 3-0, but thought we could nick a result
- Not at our best on the ball. Not brave enough
- One real gripe was lacking bravery
- We had the overload in build up.
- Wanted us to play down the right hand side.
- When under pressure we need to build more slowly. We weren't in our shape and able to build down the right
- Hard when you pass on simple information and it didn't come
- How do you conjure up an attacking threat? Wasn't as good as against Carlisle. Although we are low on goals, Kennedy doesn't worry about creating chances
- Knew this was a difficult run of games. Looking forward to them being over
- Missing 5 senior players
- Minturn: Had a tough day at the office. Tried to take him out of the firing line. Didnt hinder us from set plays.
- Freckleton looked distressed: One of the most impressive young men Kennedy has come across. Need to learn to give himself some credit. We bring loanees in to make mistakes and learn from them.
- Two or 3 things that could have saved Freckleton. He shouldn't have had the ball in the first place! (One of several intimations of unhappiness with Bycroft) Freckleton will 100% be starting on Tuesday for sure. His stats are factually some of the best in the league.
- Kennedy's biggest skillset is relationships.
- Lots of other players were upset too.
- Hurt Kennedy as a parent to see Freckleton crying. Its an honour to be his head coach
- Not surprised to see upset away fans. He gets it. He has played over 500 games and coached a lot. Last thing he talks about to players is what the game means to fans. Win, lose or draw he talks about clapping the fans.
- It means a lot to fans. It makes or breaks their week. Domestic abuse goes up when England lose a game. Its astonishing.
- Kennedy is first and foremost a football fan. He gets it.
- Walking over, he was expecting to get a bit of grief. Its the same everywhere
- You don't think its a concern about underlying performance? No, because our performances have been very, very good. But today we were below par. We didn't play well today.
- Kennedy thinks our performances have been very good, but our results have been poor. Our fans have been amazing to us. Today, our fans didnt do anything wrong
- Jeff King: Lost his mum this week. So, thoughts and prayers with him this week. Want to give him a big hug as we all love him.

[Nomoreheroes]

Is anyone listening to this?

He’s somehow turned a question about the fans reaction after the game into an answer about domestic abuse?

Tried to capture that

[Ƭ̵̬̊: The Artist Formerly Known as CWIG]

Trust are silent as a lamb- they should be actively courting new owners as if they don’t we are gonna lose our FL status

Don’t give another penny to this crooked regime.

Even if they can't get an alternative to go public. Its past the point of waiting now. They need to utterly condemn this regime and go the no money no power route again.

Its pure fucking pure desperation.