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The Voice - Match preview #29: Luton Town vs Bradford City Saturday 7th February 2026 12:31pm

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by The Voice, Feb 5, 2026.

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  1. fishing crazy

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    manager should look at man city v fulham 3-0 win, playing exactly like we started the season pressing
    every fulham player, every time they got the ball. worked a treat lets get back to it.
     
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  2. Offcomedun

    P.L. 20/21 3rd Place ⚽ P.L.25/26 Entrant Supporter

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    But that really only works if the opposition play out from the back, as most teams were doing against us, early season. They’ve nearly all stopped doing it now. The only team that’s tried it recently was Orient in the first half and we were all over them and should have been three ahead by HT. Once they stopped doing it we lost control of the game.
    We have to develop a Plan B.
     
  3. Bigrod

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    Personally l would like a third alternative as well. Managers can set their teams up to nullify our attack. If they have to deal with 3 possibilities, then it is harder to plan.
     
  4. Inspector

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    It's also difficult to execute. How do perfect all 3 systems, when we've struggled at times to carry out plan A? We may well get ripped to shreds.
     
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  5. NorthernMonkey

    NorthernMonkey Squad Player

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    It literally takes months of training sessions just to set the base level for how a manager would like to set up the team. Having 3 different sets of this, ready to go at any time just isn't possible, not even at the top levels.
     
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  6. Rogered Tart

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    If in doubt, 4-4-2 m8. Don't even have to teach it.
     
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  7. Bumblebee_Tuna

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    He should show them the video of the game and say play like Man City. We'll be up by April. Can't believe GA hasn't thought of that tbh.
     
  8. NorthernMonkey

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    Oh, and lend us Haaland and Semenyo Pep m8.
     
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  9. Salty

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    Plus a couple of players who'll be able to get the ball to them... easy this
     
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  10. Parader

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    Need three plans though, so they'd need to watch videos of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid too, then switch it up if we haven't scored for ten minutes.
     

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