Neal Ardley not too disheartened following Notts County’s draw with Port Vale - 7M sport

Neal Ardley not too disheartened following Notts County’s draw with Port Vale



Posted Sunday, March 03, 2019 by PA

Neal Ardley not too disheartened following Notts County’s draw with Port Vale

Neal Ardley was not too disappointed despite watching his Notts County side draw a blank in their 0-0 draw with Port Vale.

Bottom-of-the-table County remain five points adrift of Vale in 22nd but Ardley believes a point is a good result for his struggling side.

And the Notts County manager says he could sense a different atmosphere in the stands with his side playing one of the sides around them, compared to when they play the top teams in the division.

He said: “We need some draws in the list of results we need.

“People will look at this and think this is a home fixture and one we need to get a win from.

“But we’ve already shown we can go to teams at the top and win and it’s the same at home.

“These games at home when there is so much riding on them are tough.

“There was anxiety in the stadium and that was totally different to the Lincoln and Mansfield game.”

After a quiet opening, Virgil Gomis saw a fierce drive clear the bar before Rob Milsom had his shot saved by Scott Brown as Ardley’s side looked for a breakthrough.

But Vale started to ask questions of the County defence themselves and Tom Pope had a goal disallowed for offside after Ryan Schofield had produced an outstanding save from David Worrall.

Vale’s chief threat was Pope and he was close to giving the visitors the lead after the break when he headed over a Luke Hannant cross.

County fought back as full-time approached with Mitch Rose driving a low cross right through the six-yard box.

Ardley added: “They did a good job on us. They changed their shape.

“When they had it, they asked a lot of questions, but we battled and scrapped. Make no mistake, that was a game we would have lost two months ago.”

Port Vale remain just outside the relegation zone and four points above Macclesfield, and manager John Askey believes luck is not going their way.

He said: “At the moment it’s just not dropping for us in front of goal, but I was really pleased with the performance and the effort the players put in.

“That’s what we have to do from now until the end of the season.

“They worked their socks off. It gave everybody a lift, the supporters and everybody involved with the football club.

“I was disappointing not to get the three points in the end, but it wasn’t through lack of trying.

“The players showed they wanted to stay up. I’ve been trying to get legs in the team that can last the 90 minutes and we were able to do that. The fitness is getting better. Ours was far better than theirs.”

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