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The Voice - Match preview #8: Harrogate Town vs Bradford City Saturday 28th September 2024 12:30pm

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by The Voice, Sep 26, 2024.

  1. Campbell's soup

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    So, apart from that, everything is rosy.
     
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  2. Idlebantam

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    Agree. Bowyer was a really nice bloke too but was an awful dinosaur of a tactician and manager here.

    Time for a rethink in hiring managers and stop with the dinosaurs.

    Would love to see somebody like Schuey or Lowe here, but doubt they would even want an interview here, and this was a problem after sacking Hughes.

    I wish there was a new owner in the pipeline, because we need a complete re-set
     
  3. JonButterfield

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    Never gonna keep up with big guns like Walsall and Barrow to be fair mate.

    Huge clubs.
     
  4. vin weasel

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    That team was never ever gonna win that match.
    Said that in the score prediction thread.
    Who supplies the team for the manager???
     
  5. Bronco

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    Well let's hope the result and performance Tuesday night are far sight better than last season because that was men and boys for the whole 90 minutes, yes unfortunately I have a ticket, and will be going.
     
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  6. nicknameless

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    You're right it is only a game. Unfortunately we all suffer from it far too often following this shower week in week out.

    Peace out :)
     
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  7. Petrov

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    It's a load of crap that he doesn't do much else. He's one of our best defenders at set pieces, got the most assists last season on top of being top scorer - again, but still there are some that think he's the problem and if he just did a bit more, everything would be alright.
     
  8. Chris Redfield

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    "We play better footy without Cook. Just look at the Wycombe game!"

    "Ah, did ya win?

    "No."

    Lol...
     
  9. Bantam-in-Greece

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    Ryan Lowe? Now you're talking Idle!! :brig::thumbup:
     
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  10. Bronco

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    And we'll all be there the next game I'm sure, there's no excuse for the slow start unfortunately I can't get Radio Leeds to hear his post match interview.

    I'm a glutton mate just awaiting the start of the Everton/Palace game.
     
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  11. Chris Redfield

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    If we get rid of Alexander it'll be another washed up dinosaur. Probably someone struggling at a League Two club.
     
  12. vin weasel

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    It's like last season all over again.
    Hughes changes from a 4-2-3-1 and plays a team that can't play a 3-5-2 and we struggle and look awful and he gets fired.
    Injuries this season cause GA to move away from a formation that he has had us playing for nearly a year and trained in during the whole of pre season.
    Stick to how we play, play players in those positions and maintain some consistency FFS!!!
    All pre season GA said Richards could play LCB.
    Today we had NO width what so ever.
    Just like last week.
    Play a back 3, Diabate, Shepherd, Richards.
    Play Wright and Benn on the flanks.
    Play Smallwood behind Walker and Odour.
    Cook and Sanderson up top.
    Pointon is too too weak, Halliday is badly out of form as is Pattison.
    Since the change to a back 4 we've scored 1 goal in the league in 2.5 games and looked weak and exposed everywhere on the pitch.
    Just because it worked in a BSM match against a reserve side, we've piled pressure on ourselves in the League.
     
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  13. Bantamsteve

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    Seasons looking grim at the minute
    Yes Alexander needs to go but pointless while Mr Rupp and Mr Sparks are at the helm
    When the three of them go they can take Sharpe and Gent with them
    Root and Branch clear out otherwise nothing changes
    Bit more pressure on Sparks, and Alexander or Sharpe or both will be off bet your bottom dollar
    Thank God we have an owner willing to invest and give us a team to trouble the top 3 which incidentally includes
    Walsall and Barrow
     
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  14. Onside87

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    Injuries have been a disaster for the squad but we’ve signed injury prone players. Should have kept Gilly but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
    Does any other league 2 club not have a back up goalkeeper apart from a 39 year old coach who offers zero competition to our first choice keeper? Awful recruitment.
     
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  15. Bantamsteve

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    Not on Radio Leeds Dave
    Have to wait till they post it
     
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  16. JonButterfield

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    Morecambe 1 0 Notts County

    (Angol)

    :scream:
     
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  17. Manningham bantam

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    Where's the bloody leaders in this team? I watched the response to the Harrogate goals, heads down and nothing.
     
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  18. Foghornleghorn

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    Words fail me.
    Very, very poor.
     
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  19. Bigrod

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    Well that was a truly woeful first 25 minutes! Awful.

    It looked like they were going to get a ‘rugby’ scoreline.

    Cooks goal came totally against the run of play, and was a fine solo effort, having robbed their defender.

    The rest of the match was once again ‘huff and puff’ and no end product.

    Having over 60% possession yet not putting them under any telling pressure was very poor.

    Apart from the early stages, they looked poor, yet despite that, they were more than adequate to hold us off.

    The lack of ability to command the midfield in a purposeful manner and creating telling chances, which the strikers at least put on target with ‘intent’, is very worrying.

    We are 10th at present, but alarmingly we are sinking.Fleetwood and Wimbledon have games in hand and could put further distance from us. Even that would only be clutching at 7th place.

    Grim.
     
  20. vin weasel

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    I've seen enough from Benn today to tell me he's got to start over Halliday going forward.
     

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