The way he totters around up front, I doubt he’s that warm.

Can someone tell me what Vale offers? He wins no 50-50s, can’t hold the ball up, not particularly quick, not got much by way of movement. He really has a lot to prove for me at the moment.

I'd say positionally so far he has looked better than Nyambe. Time will tell of course but he's yet to get caught out of position, which was quite regular with RN, he just had the pace to get back thankfully. It's clear to see as an attacking threat and general ballplayer Brittain is far superior. However, I would fancy Nyambe in a one on one defensively due to his sheer physicality.

Drivel

That’s a bold claim

I am obviously willing Vale to do well, and admittedly haven't seen much of him (Saturday and the Celtic game particularly), but I thought Dolan did more in 5 minutes than Vale did in however long he was on on Saturday. The likeness by someone to Mark Hughes earlier is barmy. One thing I've thought from Vale when I've seen him is the ball has rarely stuck and he's been brushed off it a bit too easy. Something he'll hopefully improve on.

It's quite difficult to take someone seriously when they were consistently berating Buckley's performances after every game when he was one of/if not our best performers, particularly in the first half of last season. All tangible and observable evidence showed how quality his performances were, but I guess it's hard for some to admit they're wrong and take a big chomp on that humble pie.

Clarkson has played one CL game and no games in the Prem, so no.

Well, one has played first team games for Liverpool and by all accounts done pretty darn well, so I'd guess so

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For me this backs up other folk's assumptions on what went on. Pushed for more money, actually found he wasn't that much in demand, short-term deal down the road to save face. If Ryan didn't already feel like a complete numpty, he should do now.

How do you know this? Out of interest

Admittedly my original post was me being very dramatic about just how far we have fallen I guess. I woke up in a bad mood today.

If we can't compete with Sheffield fucking United then we are fucked.

Objection, hearsay.