The Port Vale Herald
Squad14 Jan 2036
Jacopo Brambilla damages knee ligaments — 25 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad14 Jan 2036
George Hall in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Port Vale this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Jan 2036
Words at Port Vale training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ryan Giles is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match12 Jan 2036
Port Vale share the spoils with Exeter City
A 1‑1 draw with Exeter City leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market14 Jan 2036
The Ryan Giles story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Ryan Giles signs something — a contract at Port Vale or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad14 Jan 2036
When it matters, Oleksii Horiainov plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Ben Waine
- Market David Nunes placed on the list
- Market Andrew Cooper leaves for nothing
- Market Stephen Wright leaves for nothing