Alexander is the favourite...

His interview shocked me the other day when he said the midfield did have three but it was left to an other to fill in leaving his original position vacant. It is unfair to ask players to do that in my view as suddenly they get the blame for being a poor defender!! We need a much more coherent plan than that. If one of GA weakness is his lack of tactical awareness then we get someone in to assist.

 

Parky gave me some of the best times in my life, defeating Arsenal, Villa, Chelsea and not forgetting Leeds were the pinnacle of supporting Bradford City, even surpassing Jewell's, lets face it, singular achievement.
If it were not for those moments then yes, his football could be considered boring but for me he is legend status.
GA has worked a minor miracle in the short time he's been manager here but his approach of late is frustrating. But given time maybe the best is yet to come, maybe not this season but next.
If we don't appear in the playoffs at the end of the season there will be a lot of condemnation but we must be patient and see how we attack next season before casting him off.
We have had some interesting managers over the years, each giving us the highs and the lows.
McFarland, Cherry, Kammy, Jewell, Parky all have a place in my affection. Will GA be remembered in the same vein?.. dunno. Time will tell.

 

I don’t think even Graham himself understood what he was waffling on about to Raynor there with that ‘we have a third man in midfield’ talk. The fans don’t see us having a third man in midfield and if the players understand what he means by it, they aren’t effectively implementing the instruction in game.

against the good teams we’re getting smoked.

 

The fleetwood game was brilliant because of the ending and i could name a fair few games before that where good games off the top of my head
Walsall H
Colchester H
Port V H
Chesterfield H
Did you not enjoy them ???

Still its City land when a manager who gets you up gets you looking like a solid league 1 side is deemed not good enough

 

Bang on bud i bet the majority of managers so fondly remembered had a lot of games in there that where piss poor if GA left today 2 years down the line the same folk would be pulling the next messiah to bit and fondly remembering how great he was

Fook me the man has got us from playing teams at home who bring a handfull of folk to big away followings and decent attmosphere ,rather than the chore it had become.

Btw remember the last time we was at this level and how fooking bad that was ?????? You wanna think about that before pulling GA to bits .............he frustrates me yes his tactics sometimes are mind boggling but we could end up with a lot worse

 

Under current circumstance , never mind historical, they aren’t a big club, other than they have a decent quality ground , otherwise another basket case on the horizon ? Wigan , another living on “ history” .

 

I suggest you look the Colchester game up on Youtube and i would suggest around that time of that decent run that nobody was pulling GA to bits at all ............funny how folk have selective memory loss when it suits there argument

I suppose seeing the fastest goal in the history of VP has suddenly been forgotten about ????,
I suppose beating Cheltenham at home 3-0 and setting a new record at VP of winning 10 games on the trot has gone missing

Btw its league 2 bud not the PL there are hardly gonna be any real stand our performances are there ???
Lets me guess the other 3 teams that joined us in promotion had a full season of amazing games where they passed teams off the park and thrashed every team they played

Btw go back over the last few pages of this thread and see the folk pulling him to bits .................my god for the majority of my time seeing City ( 1987) we have mainly been in the bottom 2 leagues yet somehow folk on here think we have some devine right to be in the Championship .............

Let me put out there simply
GAs football is not the best
GAs tactics are sometimes mind boggling

But
GA has got us out of the khazi league
GA has got in the play off spots in league above
GA is delivering on a bog standard budget compared to other teams that we are out performing

And the last thing GA and his team gave us one of the best memories i have seen in the 38 years at VP or can someone name me one better ????,

 

Theyre still a bigger club than us Kev. Have spent years in the PL and even a stint in the Champions League.

If Blackburn’s interest was genuine, few could begrudge him if he wanted to go…..but don’t think there is much in the link anyway.

 

Fair enough but who would be for you ????

I honestly dont get what more can he do ???
Get it if the budget was huge and he was heavily back in the transfer market but he hasnt has he ????

But i respect your views but all i see is a flawed manager who got us promoted got us in a strong chance of prmotion and united a club when this club had become a very toxic place to be around...............least Saturdays on the whole are enjoyable now on the whole rather than the chore it had become

 

There a lot bigger than us won more in Living memory than the so called massive club in Beeston ..........if he went i wouldnt blame him if it means securing his future ................it could easily go wrong for him here and then what ??????? Hoping for another job when the chance to secure his long term future is here right now.

He continues to do a decent job here on limited sources then hes bound to attract attention

 

Actually amazed that folk dont think Blackburn is a bigger club than ours

 

Even with owners that fans want out they have made decent stabs at a play off push 3 times in the last 5/6 years. They absolutely blew one when looking certain.

 

I just hope that should we drop off that we fans turn against him and it becomes toxic
Start of this season the majority would have ripped your hand off for a midtable finish and has it stands he gonna at the very least deliver that if not more

Gonna be exciting end to the season whatever happens starting with two tough home games in front of decent crowds which is what we sll wanted didnt we ???,

Just sit back enjoy the ride and you never know where it will end ............. Monday being optimistic is a great start to the week

 

I am just a bit puzzled Jordan as to the actual reason you dont like GA.

You openly acknowledge what a great job he has done here and that he 100% is the right man for us at the moment.

He comes across as a very likeable sound bloke who has bonded with the fans, so whats not to like?

 

Why do the Burn fans hate the owners so much ?

 

Some of the stuff on social media beggars belief. GA has done a tremendous job here. Of course nobody is above criticism on things like line ups and tactics but to be suggesting we should get rid as quite a few are is total madness