Sam Kelly Signs (Merged)

Just to play devils advocate even further. Madeley mariner is factually correct with his view that Kelly's projection is ever downward. It is a fact that the fat Scottish Kent ,who, whatever his failings is a v successful manager , has ridded himself of rose asap on 2 occasions, whilst dembele has never been considered good enough by any pro team to be offered a contract. We have a gk who we all know is good conference at best, plus 2 players in their mid 30s and a 30 year old who has hardly played a game in 18 months. Add to that berrett, summerfield and yusuf who are mid table performers at best, and IMHO we will do well to get even close to the play offs. Oh, I forgot, and we haven't got a goalscorer. At least we are not looking forward to Braintree and Maidenhead away, but it don't look brilliant

We'll wait and see what the rest of the close season brings. We weren't that far off a play off place last season, so it will only take a bit more consistency to get in the top seven. Blackpool, Carlisle etc, were not that much better than us. As i've said before, Slade brought in a few players last time that were unknown to most of us and quite a few of them were excellent at this level. Certainly better than any we've had since he left.

Appreciate your putting forward an alternative viewpoint forza, but we weren't far off getting in the play offs last season with all these mid table players you mention. I'm not suggesting Yussuf, Clements etc are top 3 material but we were dire for much of last season and still could've made the play offs in the last few weeks of the season. So it only needs a bit more quality and a more consistent approach from Management.

Also, when Slade assembled his squad for his 2nd season with us last time, I don't remember getting the feeling that we were signing outstanding players who would get us promoted then either. But playing for GTFC, playing for Slade and playing in our system, they got us to 4th in the league.

I think Clements is actually a pretty decent League Two midfielder - played mostly a defensive role for us last season but still scored 4 goals in 16 appearances which isn't half bad and I'd expect he will probably play a good amount next season. Yussuf started very well but then barely had a kick after that which was very surprising. Makes me wonder if there was some sort of an off-field issue with him? If so, I hope it's resolved for next season.

We need at least one more striker before the season starts, not least because none of us really know what Asante will be able to do - will he be fit enough to start regularly and, if he is, is he good enough to score enough goals in the League?

I have faith that Slade has a plan worked out and has a good knowledge of players available - let's face it, he's been up and down the leagues over the past few years so ought to have a good idea about who is any good! Hopefully, we can sign a few more players to improve us in comparison to last season.

Hearn, Pearson and Church (alright, fair enough ) had never had a pro contract and they were alright.

He obviously thinks he wont be on the bench then.

Not all Vale fans hate him either..

http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/port-vale-fan-s-view/story-29988126-detail/story.html

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Great signing! Pacey Left Winger signs a 2 yr deal with the Mighty Mariners...
https://youtu.be/2DPS-rKXlBI

Erm!!!!!

I don't know what's going on with him but at Bideford he really looked good, knocked the ball past his opponent and run onto it at any given opportunity

Yes, but his opponent was a plumber!!!