Positive signs show that Valiants can impress on third-tier return

PORT Vale are still searching for their first League One win of the season. DAN NEWBOULD looks at why the Valiants have to remain optimistic...

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ANALYSIS of the Leyton Orient game will be fairly simple considering the manager and players basically did it straight afterwards for everyone anyway.

Darren Moore and Kyle John fronted up and spoke openly about leaving the back door open chasing a win and “killing themselves” and they were right.

Any point in this division, especially in Vale’s current position, is a point gained never mind one against last season’s playoff finalists having already come from behind.

A draw and your new signing scoring his first goal would have made it a solid day’s work and another point on the board. But instead they risked it all chasing three and came away with none and nothing to show for their efforts. From their own throw-in.

It came from a good place. The players are desperate to get off the mark. Two points from seven games is not what anyone wanted and probably not what they deserve either. But football and indeed life is not fair.