After last weekends first half routing of Accrington, Vale are starting to look like a well oiled outfit.
Make no mistake Vale werent firing on all cylinders and kamikaze defending from Accrington helped Vales cause, and everything we hit went in.
Sean Rigg is the man of the moment and is reveling in his opportunity to play in his favourite position as a central striker.
Riggy has had few opportunities to play up top but i saw first hand that he can do this role very well in an away game a few seasons ago against Grimsby. He and captain Marc Richards were outstanding together short interchanges mixed with good hold up play from Rico.
Whilst hes not in former Vale player Tony Naylors league, there is a similar bit of nippyness about Rigg.
Speaking of Marc Richards he will be back in training next week as he looks to build fotness and sharpness back after a disrupted pre season. But he faces a strong challenge to reclaim his place with Tom Pope also looking strong and now getting sharper with every game.
The return of Gareth Owen has helped to shore up the defence and a mention must go to Clayton McDonald who looks to be a monster of a center half and if he can settle down from the off field allegations he could prove another shrewd Adams signing.
I can only see one winner on Saturday and whilst Southend will pose a threat i feel Vale will be too powerful for them and should again run out comfortable winners by a good few goals.
Im plumping for a 3-0 home win and a clean sheet for an improving defence. As for the scorers dont be surprised to Riggy on the score sheet again!!
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