Lokacin 2017-18 na Port Vale FC

Shekarar 2017-18 ta kasance kakar kwallon kafa ta 106 ta Port Vale a gasar kwallon kafa ta Ingila, kuma kakar wasa ta farko a gasar EFL League Two bayan da aka sake shi daga gasar EFL One. Lokacin ya kunshi lokacin daga 1 ga Yuli 2017 zuwa 30 ga Yuni 2018.

Lokacin ya fara ne a matsayin cikakken kakar farko ta Michael Brown a matsayin kocin, kuma ya yi niyyar ingantawa yayin da ya gina sabuwar tawagar a lokacin rani. Tsarin sake ginawa ya buƙaci babban share daga cikin 'yan wasa 21, kuma a maimakon haka, ya sanya hannu kan' yan wasa 13 na dindindin da' yan wasan aro bakwai, gami da tsohon dan wasan shekara sau biyu Tom Pope. Bayan ya ci nasara a ranar budewa, Vale sai ya tafi rikodin kulob din wasanni shida a jere a duk gasa ba tare da ya zira kwallaye ba, ya rasa wasannin league kai tsaye don zuwa kasa na league a watan Satumba. Wannan gudu ya ƙare tare da 1-1 draw a gida ga Forest Green Rovers a ranar 16 ga Satumba, wanda shine wasan karshe na Brown a matsayin mai kula. Wanda ya maye gurbinsa shine tsohon mai tsaron gida Neil Aspin, wanda tsohon kocin John Rudge ya shiga cikin darektan kwallon kafa. Sun lura da haɓakawa a cikin sakamakon, kodayake kulob din ya fice daga Kofin FA bayan sakewa a zagaye na biyu; Aspin ya yi kuka game da yanke shawara wanda ya ga Vale ya ragu zuwa maza tara, kodayake sun sami nasarar ɗaukar Yeovil Town cikin karin lokaci duk da sau biyu sun kasance a baya tare da 'yan wasa biyu.

Aspin ya sanya hannu kan 'yan wasa uku da masu ba da rance hudu a cikin canjin canjin watan Janairu, mafi mahimmancin ƙari shine na Luke Hannant; a halin yanzu,' yan wasa uku da mai ba da ranta huɗu sun bar kulob din, babbar asara ita ce Gavin Gunning, wanda ya tafi abokan hamayyar Forest Green Rovers. Vale ya buga wasanni 14 ba tare da nasara ba a farkon 2018. Duk da haka, nasarar da aka samu a kan Chesterfield a ranar Jumma'a mai kyau ta sauƙaƙa damuwa game da sakewa cikin Ƙungiyar Ƙasa. Duk da haka, nasarar da suka samu sau biyu kawai a wasanni 21 a shekarar 2018 na nufin sun gama a matsayi na 20, mafi ƙasƙanci a Tarihin kulob din. Sun dogara da kwallaye 19 na Dan wasa na Shekara Tom Pope don zama a gasar.

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Duk da rashin iya hana sakewa a matsayin kocin mai kulawa a Kabari da ta gabata, an tabbatar da Michael Brown a matsayin sabon kocin dindindin na kulob din a watan Mayu na shekara ta 2017; mataimakan da ke kan mulki David "Ned" Kelly da Chris Morgan suma sun riƙe matsayinsu, kamar yadda babban mai binciken Darren Wrack ya yi. Brown ya ce kasafin kudin da ke akwai ya bar shi da "kyakkyawan damar samun ci gaba". Sa hannu na farko na lokacin rani shine tsohon dan wasan shekara sau biyu Tom Pope a kan canja wurin kyauta bayan ya sami nasarar samun sakin sa daga Bury. Ya sanya hannu na biyu makonni hudu bayan haka, mai tsaron gida Rob Lainton, wanda shi ma ya zo a kan canja wurin kyauta daga Bury. Har ila yau, sun zo dan wasan Colombia Cristian Montaño, wanda aka saki daga Bristol Rovers, da kuma tsohon dan wasan tsakiya na Ƙungiyar matasa ta Vale Joe Davis, a kan canja wurin kyauta daga Fleetwood Town, da kuma mai tsaron gidan Burton Albion mai shekaru 22 Sam Hornby. Wadannan sa hannu sun biyo baya da sauri ta hanyar isowar mai shekaru 19 na Sheffield United Graham Kelly. Wani dan wasan Bury na uku ya zo ne a matsayin mai shekaru 34 mai suna Antony Kay, tsohon dan wasan da ya buga wasanni sama da 600. Koyaya, Brown ya kuma bayyana cewa mai tsaron gida Kjell Knops ya kamu da kamuwa da cuta a gwiwarsa kuma ya rasa duk kakar bayan an yi masa tiyata.

Kafin watan Yuli, Brown ya kawo dan wasan gaba Tyrone Barnett a matsayin dan wasan da aka yi masa tayin barin kungiyar daga AFC Wimbledon .  Ya dauki 'yan wasa daban-daban da ake gwadawa, wadanda suka hada da: Danny Green, Neal Eardley, Michael Tonge, Gavin Gunning, Billy Whitehouse, Tom Walker, Gaetan Lenoir, da Nicolas Guidicelli.   Ya dauki dan wasan gaba na Huddersfield Town mai shekaru 19 Rekeil Pyke a matsayin aro na tsawon kakar wasa.  Yayin da kyaftin din kungiyar Ben Purkiss ya ki amincewa da tayin sabuwar kwangila, Brown ya dauki dan wasan baya na dama Lawrie Wilson a matsayin dan wasan da zai maye gurbinsa.  Bayan ya yanke shawarar kin sayen daya daga cikin 'yan wasan gefe da ake gwaji, Brown ya dauki Marcus Harness na Burton Albion a matsayin aro na tsawon kakar wasa.  A ranar da aka bayyana cewa Barnett ya ji mummunan rauni a cinyarsa, kungiyar ta sanar da cewa dan wasan baya na tsakiya Gavin Gunning ya sanya hannu kan kwantiragin da ba a bayyana ba.   Kwana guda kafin fara wasan kakar wasa ta bana, Brown ya tabbatar da cewa tsohon dan wasan tsakiya Michael Tonge zai buga wasa na shekara daya, sannan ya kuma dauki dan wasan gefe mai shekaru 21 Ben Whitfield a matsayin aro daga AFC Bournemouth . 

Brown ya buga wasanni takwas a Crawley Town a ranar 5 ga watan Agusta, kuma biyu daga cikin wadannan ne, Kay da Tonge, wadanda suka zira kwallaye na farko na nasarar 3-1, sun gama da kwallaye ta farko ga Dan Turner. Kwanaki biyu bayan haka Brown ya sanya hannu kan Tyler Denton mai shekaru 21 a kan aro na tsawon lokaci daga Leeds United .  Adebayo Akinfenwa ya sanya Wycombe Wanderers gaba a cikin minti biyu na wasan farko na kakar a Vale Park a ranar 12 ga watan Agusta, kuma da minti 25 ya zira kwallaye na karshe na 'yan adawa na 3-2 ga "Valiants". A cikin mako bayan da aka ci Wycombe, an cire Anton Forrester da Danny Pugh daga aiki na watanni uku zuwa hudu, kuma Brown ya sanya hannu kan dan wasan Sheffield Laraba mai shekaru 20 Jack Stobbs a kan rance na tsawon lokaci. An ayyana wasan a Chesterfield a matsayin "Ranar Ernie Moss" a matsayin girmamawa ga almara na kungiyoyin biyu, amma wani mummunan aiki ya ga Vale ya fadi zuwa kashi 2-0 ga wata kungiya da ta kasa karɓar maki. Magoya bayan sun yi wa tawagar ihu kuma sun juya kan manajan, suna rera 'Ba ku san abin da kuke yi ba'a'. A cikin makon da ke ginawa har zuwa wasan derby na gida tare da Crewe Alexandra, Brown ya sanya hannu kan dan wasan tsakiya mai suna David Worrall. Worrall ya fara fafatawa da Crewe, amma abokin wasan tsakiya Michael Tonge ne wanda ya zama babban labari saboda dalilan da ba daidai ba, yayin da An kore shi minti hudu bayan Chris Dagnall na Crewe ya zira kwallaye guda daya na wasan a kan rabin sa'a; Brown ya ce Tonge ba shi da sa'a a kore shi kuma yana alfahari da aikin tawagarsa. A rana ta ƙarshe kafin a rufe taga na canja wurin bazara, Brown ya sanya hannu kan dan wasan tsakiya na Burnley Tom Anderson a kan rance na tsawon lokaci da kuma dan wasan tseren tsakiya na Doncaster Rovers Harry Middleton a kan canja wurin kyauta.

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