The Voice - Match preview Bradford City vs Harrogate Town Thursday 29 December @ 7:45pm

And sadly the 4 seasons before last, there certainly seems to be a pattern to how we collapse every year.

 

Just reading the game is on Ifollow, a bad night and it might have an effect on the attendance.

 

What is the news on Walker and if available for this?

 

Agree but, dropping AG just might have a positive effect on the attendance.

 

Recovering from illness, doubtful for tomorrow

 

Well I was at Wetherby Road (or whatever they call it now) for our game (Carlisle) a few weeks back. An absolute bizarre game, they were better in almost every department from minute one to minute 95 (when we equalized) in a 3-3 draw.
I'll be very surprised if they're in the relegation shake up at the end of the season, infact judging by that game I would bet that they could be pushing for a playoff spot.
As a matter of interest how many supporters do they normally bring to Bradford, with it being little more than 10/12 miles from Harrogate?

 

A mini bus.

 

About the same number as they brought to Brunton then

 

Smallwood and Gilly start, then as usual we get overrun again in midfield and lose 1-0 or 2-0, and the players will get booed off. This is how predictable our season has become. It’s been almost 6 weeks since our last home game, and I really am not looking forward to tomorrows game (doesn’t help I’m full of cold). Since the Northampton schooling, I have been to both Orient and Carlisle, and I have seen absolutely no evidence that these players and manager have learned anything from the previous loss. Aside from the first 10-15 mins at Orient, it has been woeful

We should look forward to games, especially over the festive period

 

8:45am kick off for me, so I’ll buy an iFollow pass and watch us play for a reasonable time for once. My fiancée is watching it with me, so it’s her first time watching city!

 

We got 650 tickets if memory serves, do they not give you more? considering the size of your club and the fact that if they only get 2,000 home fans (at a push), seems bloody daft on their part!!! Give me York City, Halifax Town or Oldham Athletic over that lot any day.

 

If the weather last night is anything to go by then the pitch could turn into a quagmire pretty quickly unless today brings some brighter skies.

I wonder if this may bring about a change in approach, and we'll ditch the tippy tappy stuff in favour of something more direct

 

Cannot see Hughes changing his philosophy about how we should play, whatever the conditions.

 

Never seen a manager yet change his philosophy on the game. Its why the majority of managers fail when moving to clubs with a different mindset. Take Parky for example, pretty much always sticks to what he knows works for him. Hughes may be forced to change due to our poor form but i'll guarantee he'll revert back to his favoured formation when he's had chance to bring in new personnel to change players he feels aren't up to carrying out his instructions.

 

Neither can I and that's what worries me more than any concerns over team selection.

The zonal marking at corners has cost us goals now at Orient and Carlisle plus at least 3 other occasions this season but will he change that too? Or at least address it? Not a chance.

It's baffling.

 

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There's a frustration growing that revolves around the lack of use of the squad. With a fair few underperforming I'd have expected to see the likes of East, Young etc being given some sort of game time. If he isn't utilising his squad now when we look stale and predictable then it's clear those players have no future and should be instructing their agent to get them a move elsewhere.