[Link]

Can’t fault the man on that one 👍

Perhaps Bugiel doesn’t want to play for Steve Evans

DO Reeves and Smith, really?

Any sport that relies on the deliberate infliction of injury to win shouldn’t be legal. This is 2026, not AD206. If you want to admire speed of hand and foot, do what fencing does.

[Link]

DO - I would replace Smith with Nelson

Only time i did Port vale, was 1989 in the league cup a 2-1win for the wombles. Being top of the Whad predictor league for 10 weeks(how bad must the others be:-) big Spit going for a 1-1 draw tomorrow, unless the rain has been too much again.

Seeing rumours that we had some sort of deal on the table to sell Bugiel to Bristol Rovers for £100k but he doesn’t want to join them. If true then not sure what that does for his motivation on the pitch or for JJ’s preference when it comes to picking the team/subs.

My starting team for PV would be: Bishop; Ogs, Lewis, Johnson; Tilley, Reeves, Maycock, Smith, Seddon; Stevens, Bugiel.

My first visit to Vale Park tomorrow night 6mdm - think I’ve generally been put off over the years because of Robbie Williams. Just my luck he seems to be trying some sort of comeback at the moment.

They also shouldn’t receive or accept expensive gifts from board members.

Laurence - agreed though it is volunteer rather than stand (who runs an election to elect the ESG?). The DTB should have nothing to do with the make-up of the ESG, that way lies the potential for corruption (N.B. I'm not suggesting actual corruption). The fact that it is or should be largely self-appointed volunteers is why they should minimise the number of subjective judgements they make and absolutely restrict them to the election period itself.

Don't hold out much hope for tomorrow night. As bad as Burslem are in the league table, they should have beaten us again earlier this season. My prediction of a Robbo style run looming last October becomes more and more likely with every passing game. I'll give tomorrow night a miss as I've been to that less than salubrious part of the world enough times, even if on street parking near the ground is easy.

For tomorrow night’s game… will we get to celebrate a goal? Will we see us try something different or just slog out the same approach which has gained us 6 points out of the last 30 available? Will we put to the sword the team who are currently worse at home than every other team in the league except one yep you guessed it.

OI - there are plenty of us around who would happily stand for the ESG, I suspect.

Based on my own experience and knowledge of how that experience transpired we’ll have to agree to disagree on that one OI.

I hadn't realised that line about the ESG, Trigger. They are busy ignoring my offer to rejoin the ESG and I'm sure I could persuade a few competent people to help out. Though it would be a pity if everyone resigned IMO.

Port vale sign 2 on loans from Everton

Bond 3 ,we all know 😂

Maybe if the independent review into the DTb elections reveals bad stuff there will be a resignation

Oh and OTD is a rare opportunity to see Inspector Gadget’s debut in goal.

I don’t disagree re the challenge of replacing both boards Leddy but it’s very simple that if you leave people in place when they’ve shown time and again that they’re incapable then it sews failure throughout any group, team or organisation.

And that's without mentioning in all the supporting nonsense that Pete mentioned earlier, notably subs benches and VAR.

I don't want "woe is me" talk either OI, but the fact is that we are unsustainable as FL league club despite recording record revenue last season. That tells you how fucked the football landscape is and that's because of the insanity at the top. I am happy you still find romance in the top level (I do at the foot of the FL and non-league), but for me, which arbitary collection of millionaire foreigners owned by billionaires and nation states performs better than all the others holds nothing of interest to me. I do look at it and ask, what the hell are we actually doing?