Brammer vs Adams

Port Vale boss has hit back at former Vale midfielder Dave Branner following his commnents on local radio following the Barnet game.
Summarising for BBC Radio Stoke Brammer was less than complimentary about Vale's performance and singled out a number of players for criticism, a number of complaints have been made.
Here is what Adams has to say on the matter.

Lincoln

Port Vale goalkeeper Joe Anyon marked his return to the side following a 12 month due to injury with a clean sheet in their 4-0 home win against Lincoln.
Vale took the lead after just 25 seconds when Imps defender Ian Pearce slotted the ball past his own stranded keeper and into the net.
Rob Taylor was next on the score sheet after finding himself on the end of Tommy Fraser's pass.
Marc Richards missed his chance to make it 3-0 within ten minutes after he missed from the penalty spot after a Pearce handball.
Craig Davies converted Lewis Haldane's cross to make it 3-0 after 15 minutes and the Vale crowd had to wait unitl the second half before John McCombe sent a fourth into the net.
Youngsters Sam Morsy and Anthony Malbon were given first team debuts on a frosty evening at Vale Park where only 3,231 fans got to witness the Valiants first in nearly a month.

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Lincoln

Port Vale take on Lincoln at home tomorrow evening in search of a home win. The Valiants have lost their last two games on home soil, putting their play-off hopes well and truly on ice.
Micky Adams will remain without midfielder Anthony Griffith for the game, who serves his last of a two match suspension for picking up 10 bookings so far this season. His midfield partner and house-mate Tommy Fraser will also have to be on his guard as one more booking for the flame haired captain will see him suspended also. This will only add fuel to the fire of the barrage of jeers he has received from the Vale crowd of late.
The Valiants will be looking to re-capture the form they had at Sincil Bank in December where Marc Richards found himself on the score sheet alongside Louis Dodds, who hasn't found the net since that game.
Goalkeeper Chris Martin will be hoping not to repeat the howler that saw him drop the ball into his own net.
The Imps sit 19th in League Two seven points and four places behind the Valiants. Their last result was a 2-2 draw with lowly Grimsby.
Lincoln boss Chris Sutton will be without defender Adam Watts who suffered a broken leg in the derby with Grimsby at the weekend.

It'll be the same cold weather tomorrow as it was back when these two sides met back in December, the Valiants will also be hoping it's the same score-line.

Strong words from Geoff Horsefield

Port Vale assistant manager Geoff Horsefield had some strong words for the squad of players following their 2-0 home defeat to Barnet.

To listen to the interview Click here

Barnet

For the Valiants it was a must win game to ensure their play off dream was kept smouldering in the shadows.
For Barnet it was a must win game to pick up points having only won one out of the last 17 games.
Micky Adams' side look to have had their dream put well and truly on ice following an frosty performance at Vale Park.
Midfielder Anthony Griffith was missing due to suspension having picked up ten bookings this season while Gareth Owen, returning from injury replaced John McCombe.
Barnet took the lead after six minutes, defender Kris Taylor was wrong footed allowing Barnet top scorer John O'Flynn to fire home.
The Valiants offered little much of a come back and it wasn't until the 84th minute that O'Flynn found the net again to send the 92 travelling supporters home happy.

Love is in the air

It certainly was for Vale forwards Marc Richards and Lewis Haldane this weekend. The pair both scored in Vale's 2-1 win over Torquay and celebrated by sharing a smooch on the field, in keeping with the Valentines Day atmosphere.
However, Haldane was the butt of the team jokes having had his girlfriend's name tattooed on his body as a dedication of his love.
Defender Kris Taylor told The Sentinel "It makes you want to throw up doesn't it?"