The Voice - Match preview League One Playoff Semi-Final: Bradford City vs Bolton Wanderers Thursday 14th May 2026 8:00pm

Powell will be on the bench the other two will start I think.

 

Sarce and Touray should start. Powell has just come back from another long term injury, but has looked pretty good in his 3 or 4 sub appearances and scored at Barnsley
Tyriek wright, who had been bang on form, came back on Saturday and again looked lively, the only other one is our local lad Bobby Pointon,who has 10 goals from midfield, rumours he could be back tonight though.

 

Kayden Jackson 214 appearances 44 goals at Centre Forward.
Nick Powell 51 appearances 21 goals at Centre Forward.
Stephen Humphrys 182 appearances 54 goals at Centre forward.

I'd say that's enough to class them as a bit more than just a "makeshift centre forward".

 

All of them

 

Powell strikes rate of 1 in 2.4 games is brilliant
Jackson, who i see as our main threat has the worse strike rate

 

All .

 

I thought County’s full backs look really weak. I have watched your last two games.

 

Ha ha! Yes, very well.

I lived in Longsight for couple of years in the early 90s. Interesting place!

Stockport are a bit of a second team for me. Used to go to see them a bit when they played on Friday evenings. Also a good mate's entire family were season ticket holders, the Grandad having been captain of the team and still living 2 minutes from Edgeley Park in his 80s. He didn't like Bradford City!

 

i was also saying no way would i have Tilt on the bench

 

Their keeper Jack Bonham is a weak point for them.

Some people may recall earlier in his career he played for Watford and dropped a couple of clangers against Leeds in a play off game.

A few years later he played in goal for Brentford at VP after their keeper David Button was sent off and we put 4 past him.

He was playing for Stoke when we beat them 3-0 earlier this season.

Obviously Jackson scored against him recently, but he kept a clean sheet last week.

Got to make the most of it, he’s not the best keeper in the world, but tbf Bolton’s defence protected him quite well last week.

 

It's easy to keep a clean sheet when you don't face a shot on target.

 

So it could end up being really miserable for Bolton fans

 

Yes as I said the defence in front of him looked pretty solid

 

They did give two fouls away on Jackson, both unpunished
Although Jackson should have shot when in the box, the little nudge would have been awarded outside the box

 

If thats true then I apologise and stand corrected, but I still find it hard to think Humps has made 182 appearances at CF. He doesn't even recognise himself as a centre forward.

 

What we thinking with today’s weather, sprinklers or no sprinklers when we enter the ground

 

We have just had a large sprinkling of hail stones!

 

Ground watering 100%.
Remember Middlesbrough 1988, they overwatered the pitch to nullify our pace on the flanks, lovely dry May evening and the pitch was nearly waterlogged.