Orient (Home Sat 14/3/2020 - MATCH OFF)

The rain will effect it more

 

Why, did the gate get infected?

 

Wow!

Don't go if you're worried! Don't leave the house! Lock yourself away in your toilet but please don't touch your computer and don't forget to wash your hands!

 

So that's how you think it will be effected? People not going to public places?

Well that's up to them.

It's Cheltenham tomorrow, do you think it's not a sell out and people will stay away?

If people decide not to go to the game on Saturday then they're looking for an excuse not to go because our season is over.

 

I don't think they need an excuse to stay away mate.

 

I won’t be hugging anybody especially if we are 0-3 down. Bingley Bantams sort them toilets out in The Bantams Bar we need hot water, soap and a hand dryer that works and loo roll .

 

We've entered a golden age for those desperate for hot water in the gents!

 

On a serious note we talks about how VP needs improving and the toilets come into that. Unfortunately, now people are taking wash their hands seriously. I feel when this virus hopefully goes away that football clubs will have to improve their hygiene. It's going to cost Bradford City a lot but that's what happens when you don't improve- it ends up costing more when the time comes.

It will be interesting to know if they will be plenty of hand sanitiser at VP on Saturday. Is this something Paula is looking into @wetherbywhaler ?

 

Hand sanitiser stations attached to the walls would be a nice gesture, but not imperative.

 

The inept, indifferent performances with have more of an effect

 

To be fair, though, I don't think the last two home wins have suffered from indifference - we've played at a somewhat frantic, slightly silly pace at home since Stuart arrived.

Launching two or three pass, lightspeed-style counter attacks on nine man Plymouth while 2-0 up is going to stay with me for a while... it was like we didn't understand what the score meant or that we had a significant numerical advantage.

 

If our away form was anything like our home form than I'd be excited, but it's relegation form, so if we do win it'll feel pointless in the grand scheme of things

 

I'll be there, wild horses and all that.

 

Up to now the home form has masked how truly poor the away form has been and worse so, the performances. We’ve had nothing like the consistency of performances or form to warrant a play off finish. Saturdays dismal display at a time when players shouldn’t need any more incentive other than achieving a play off finish, proves to me this squad don’ deserve it.

Naturally, I’ll always be behind my team and have hope until it’s mathematically not possible. However Saturday was a line in the sand moment for this season for me. If I could go back to a period in the season and say we were truly as good as we could possibly have been, then there’s case we deserve something. Some might say it’s the results that count, not performance, and perhaps theres some truth in that. However the only consistency I can call upon this season is that we’ve been way below par and lucky to be anymore near the play offs at this stage.

We might get a reaction and result against Orient, however it means nothing to me if it’s not followed up with the same outcome against Port Vale, which I highly doubt will happen.