India looking good for the T20 cup…

*of, not if (the first if obvs)…

Another plus if the league table is that we have a 4 point cushion to the next team, so we can’t be overtaken on Tuesday night, and could potentially move into the top half if we could manage to beat Blackpool…

If you have a "Hamer" and an "Nkeng" chasing for a ball and the former is in the way of the latter, I assume it isn't obstruction. So is it being static that turms it into obstruction?

Is Kevin Nolan the manager that turned us down at some point in our recent history?

Havent looked at league table much since Xmas but it looks great at the moment

Sandy I’m planning to get to the remaining home games. Defo not letting my son use the ticket again. I don’t think he’s seen us win.

Tomato thanks. I did think at one point he spoke to one of their players who was doing exactly that American football stuff on Hackford. But that’s the only time I’ve seen it. Yet everyone does it.

That was a ground out victory, and yes we got a little lucky - I was convinced we would concede in injury time, especially with McDonnell’s clean sheet (or lack thereof) record, and their keeper saved them from being 3-0 down at half time… Well done all round - Bauer MOTM jointly with Maycock for me!! How the hell are Port Vale rock bottom but now in the cup quarter finals - they’re the Spurs of League 2…

Excellent first half. Not so good second half. Nolan was brave to go 3 at the back making a sub in the first half and it kind of worked. We struggled after that. Tilley going off didn't help. Our subs didn't get up to speed quick enough. Hope Hippolyte and Tilley aren't injured too much. I think if they had scored early on in the second half, we could have switched on in. Jackson in game management is still a bit suspect. Too slow when Tilley got injured, too slow when the game was turning against us. Just liked to see decisions taken a bit quicker.

Hash,your seeing things i haven't posted on here today.yes good first half,and Importantly held on for the win against a bogey team

Port vale amazingly lead Sunderland with 10 mins to go

Good game same again with Blackpool 3 points please

Great first half, poor second half as a really dreadful team could have grabbed an equaliser. Six more points to relax.

Lurker, you can step in front of a player as long as you are between him and the ball and the ball is within playing distance. There was one today where Nelson was chasing a baĺl some yards away and a defender stepped in front to slow him down. I have no idea why the ref didn't give obsruction. I would have done with the comment " you're not a blocker in American football". Directives will have changed since I retired so there may be an explanation from an active ref?

Relegation odds 28-1 now with Bet365. I’m not sure if I’m as comfortable as that.

Closer to the playoffs than the drop zone. Been a while since we could say that. 2 games in hand on Huddersfield as well but I’m not seriously suggesting that a playoff place is a realistic target. Hope Tilley’s ankle is ok. Assume he’ll be rested midweek as a precaution but hopefully that’s it.

Terrible 2nd half? Are you sure Spit? I mean i accept it wasn't as good as the first but 'terrible'? Were you at Wimbledon v Northampton or some other game?

Right then Lurks - you're not allowed to miss another game. 😀

I’d love to know how much ground Maycock covers in a match. It’s ridiculous.

Without Burge that game is buried at half time. Thankfully when it was our turn, having had nothing to do, McDonnell massively stepped up.

Silk alternatively give Jackson and Johnson/Bauer credit for neutralising him.

Well I'll take that. Good first half terrible second half. We didn't react to their changes and lost momentum. Still 10 points ahead of the bottom four. They were physical and were better when they were not trying to be. You can see why they are going down.

Question for tomato swig. Why don’t referees give obstruction when defenders are actually stepping into the path of chasing players so close they’re actually making contact and stopping them?

Excellent.