
With that lazy bastard @Holden Chinaski again AWOL overseas, it falls upon your truly to start tomorrow's Must Win match thread.
It could be a shocking attendance, with the Nugent/O'loughlin duo fooling nobody and unlikely to boost the *real* attendance much above the 7,000 mark.
Our defence creaked badly at Swindon last Saturday, with Fox hopeless and even Solly struggling. One of the many plus points of Slade's departure is that we may see Teixera back now to replace to cumbersome Pearce?? Tight finances aside, there is no logical explanation for not starting with Baeur and Tex in central defence. Fox is also crying out to be dropped, but moving Foley back risks losing his creativity in midfield.
With Saga Holidays rumoured to be at the Valley filming their Xmas holidays ad, we can all look forward to seeing the spritely Jackson-Crofts-Foley combo in the midfield, with the Vale players at risk of injury only by tripping over their zimmer frames. Assuming Lookman will be back, I am suggesting the following line up:
Rudd
Fox
Solly
Teixera
Baeur
Jackson
Crofts
Foley
Lookman
Magennis
Ajose
Subs:
All centre halves