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Said it before. Wood makes Mezza look like a left footed Carlos Alberto (Torres the 70s fullback, not Porto the later striker)

 

Lies lies and dammed statistics!!
AOC is undoubtedly one of the more talented players in League 2, it’s not his talent that’s the problem, neither is his work rate, he made some great last ditch tackles and lung busting runs to get back into position. @NorthernMonkey got it spot on, good player but you wouldn’t want him next to you in the trenches! It’s not even his attitude that’s at fault it’s his mentality. You can see it when we go a goal down, he shrinks into himself, concentrates on his game, zones out from the rest of the back four. Collar up, head down, get my job done! That’s why he’s so marmite, you need more in the back line, especially at this level you want band of brother stuff you want Terry Butcher covered in blood, Rory & Andrew in Parkys team, players who when the S**t and bullets start flying they puff out their chests and lay it all in the line for their team mates.

 

It makes no difference if we have the O'Connors in some sky team of the season. We finished 15th and Anthony has gone now. Time to move forward.

 

And POC wasn't even our best centre half, never mind the whole league's.

 

Happy to see this list.

Anthony O’Connor-pass back
Billy Clarke-sick note
Clayton Donaldson-sick note
Connor Shanks-not fussed
Connor Wood-poor season
Harry Pritchard-sick note
Lee Novak-sick note
Will Huffer-sick note
Zeli Ismail-sick note

 

Genuinely had no idea who Will Huffer was

 

3rd choice goalkeeper signed from BPA?

 

One keeper imho. The other will only develop, the other will just get older?

 

Lined this up for someone to say " He wasn't even our best O'Connor" and not one of you had the humour to knock it back out of the park.

I'm not upset, just disappointed.

 

Fair play to him

 

So Connor Shanks wasn't fancied then?

I can't really remember him, but I thought the whole crop of youngsters would have stayed.

Not complaining, I just didn't expect any of the younger players to get cut.

 

I wonder if they'll offload ROD too? If Hornby agrees terms, we could do with a strong keeper as number 1. If we line up with ROD as the main man again, the whole defence is undermined. The lack of commanding the six yard area is a major flaw for a keeper in my opinion.

 

Hornby won't sign unless HE is going to be the number 1.

 

Well if he wasnt deemed good enough whats the point in simply keeping him because he is young?

Staunton, Sikora, Cousin and Scales still with us.

 

Wouldn't be surprised to see another couple of young lads from the youth team offered professional contracts as well.

 

Yes a couple more graduates be nice. Havent we got a half decent striker in the youth team? Saw someone mention him. No doubt will end up like Forrest, Webb-Foster,Brown but its nice to dream

 

You could be right. He is young and has done ok, but there will come a dip in form that could turn into a tailspin. You only have to look at the mistakes De Gea made over a couple of season to see even the best struggle. A stronger keeper than ROD needs to be brought in, and if / when he gets his chance, he’ll take it as Hornsby did, but will be an upgrade to the defence and not a weak link.

 

So we need a left back, we need a right back. We need a centre back, another centre back. We need a whisky drink, we need a vodka drink, we need a lager drink, we need a cider drink. We need a song that reminds us of the good times, we need a song that reminds us of the best times......

Actually the lyrics of that song (Tubthumping for those of a certain age who don't know) pretty much sums Bradford City up nicely. Bet you're all humming it now!