Jon Brady hails free-scoring Port Vale after beating Accrington
The Valiants have netted 17 goals in four games in all competitions.
Manager Jon Brady is thrilled Port Vale have turned their form in front of goal around after a third 4-2 victory in a row in beating Accrington at Vale Park.
Jaheim Headley’s brace, along with Kyle Dempsey’s strike and an own goal by Accy defender Tom Moore, secured back-to-back league wins and Brady, under fire earlier in the season for a lack of goals, praised his free-scoring Valiants.
He said: “In the first half we carved them open and created chance after chance. Their keeper made some really good saves, a few of those strikes were going in the top corner and (Louie) Moulden pulls them out of the top corner, so it could have been more.
“Then we came out for the second half and it’s a familiar story which is a bit frustrating, but I’m not going to let that cloud over today. We went on and got the fourth, and could have got a fifth, but we were really positive in our attacking play.
“When you open up a bit more and you try to go for the jugular, sometimes you leave the back door open and we did on occasions in the second half, but we’ll tidy that up.
“Everyone wanted more goals, well there you go. We’ve delivered 17 in four matches. Now the belief is really starting to build. You can see that in our play and it’s a powerful thing.”
Stanley boss John Doolan was disappointed his side had been second best in the first half, with Alex Henderson and Tyler Walton on target after the break.
He said: “It’s so disappointing we’ve lost 4-2. We’ve scored two goals and we’ve had opportunities away from home so there’s not a problem with scoring goals but when you do that and you get two away from home you expect to win the game.
“It’s frustrating but lads have come in and they’re getting their fitness back by playing. They’re good players but found it difficult at times coming to a place like this.
“It’s a defeat and it’s a sore one, there was some nice stuff but it’s just disappointing we’ve lost the game.
“We know what we’re doing, and how to go about it and we’ve got the belief. We’ve scored two goals away and had other chances as well so you’ve got to take something, we just found a way to not take anything from the game.
“You’ve got to rely on lads collectively to defend and deal with the threat, one or two lads need to get up to speed with that, they’re trying their best and giving it everything and that’s all you can ask. We’ve got to lick our wounds and go again.”