The View From Churchmans

Nervous, unconfident and disorganised, but we got through. That was by far the best thing about last night though. Ten shots, three on target, against a very ordinary team like Palace? Well, nobody expected a goal-fest with Johnson/Scowcroft up front (never has worked, never will) but we might have expected a bit more at least. Now, however, it's time to play You Are The Manager... Your promotion hunting side is one-nil up and performing ... More...

Perhaps not as sweeping an improvement as the scoreline suggests, not that we weren't good value ...but for a successive season Port Vale played straight into our hands with exactly the type of tactics our play is geared up to score against. It's a shame to see us struggle against hateful play-killers like Tranmere then brush aside footballing sides like Port Vale, but I remember several people saying the same thing last year. It ... More...