Port Vale v Exeter City MDT March 20th 2018

[Red Devon]

Very good to get a clean sheet and a very important 3 points.

 

[IndoMike]

Jason has answered this, but an update on the stats I cite most often:-

1.When Troy Brown and JMT play together then for 18 months it has been automatic promotion form, but if one of them is missing then it is relegation scrap form . This has eased off in recent times; we've lost games when both have played but also,like last night, won with not just one missing,but both. Good news that we can win without JMT - the stats suggested that his absence would sink our promotion prospects.

2. When Kyle Edwards starts we do badly . The tally is now P8 W1 D2 L5, relegation form. And even the one win was Crewe Away. Kyle was withdrawn on 74 mins with score 0-0, City winning with two goals on 90+ minutes withKyle back on the bench. The stats suggest he is so much more effective as an impact sub against tiring defenders

Thanks to you, too, Andrew. Very interesting stats. It also depends on who we are playing against and what the rest of the line-up is, but overall your stats certainly seem to prove a point.
And yes, one wonders if Oakley and Tisdale are aware of this. The problem is they change the team according to the opposition : too much thinking for Div 2.
Just play your best team Tis and stop the constant rotation!

 

[STURTZ]

Think we've got to put our hopes in Croll and Storey, both are young and both show promise.