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City boss Alan Cork has said there is more to come from his City team. The boss was a little critical of his team for not scoring more goals but is happy at the way things are going.

"We can still do better. We can certainly defend better than we did. We are playing good football and we look lively, but there's more to come yet. I won't talk about us being a good team because we aren't - yet. I'll talk about how good a team we might be around next April when we know how the season has gone. Right now, we'll have a big crack at Tranmere Rovers on Saturday. They are a good side, but if we can perform as we did against Port Vale we will be okay."

"We're still too sloppy. At Port Vale we should have scored seven goals. Okay we got two goals, but we should have been well clear by the interval."

Cork can see that things are progressing.

"At last we're starting to gel as a squad. "There was a lot of expectancy when I spent a lot of money in the summer. People expect us to win every game and I've been very frustrated over some of our performances. There's been strain at times and I would have loved to put the boots on again. I could have scored ten goals by now, but I'm 42 fat and bald, so that's not possible."

I really dont think that Earnie, Peter Thorne and Gavin have anything to worry about.

For Port Vale boss Brian Horton there was very little to be happy about. He was left fuming when Vale were not awarded a penalty when Spencer Prior appeared to handle in the City area

"I don't know what we have to do to get a penalty. There was a
second one for a foul on Steve Brooker and I can't understand it.
"If that's a Premier League referee, I don't know what to say. It is crucial because you go a goal up and become a different side, it changes the game. That's about six or seven now and we just aren't getting them. It's little old Port Vale, but the big clubs seem to get them and it's a travesty."