The Voice - Match preview Bradford City vs Walsall Saturday 3 September @ 3:00pm

Lewis

Halliday Platt Crichlow Ridehalgh

Smallwood East

Banks Pereira Young

Cook

 

Without any outgoings, the other big question is who is making it to the bench!

 

Lewis
Halliday Platt Crichlow Ridehalgh
Banks Gilliead Smallwood Pereira
Harratt Cook

 

You might be right there about the ref mate. It's Marc "look at me" Edwards!!!!!!!!!

 

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/19766540.bantams-wont-pleased-see-ref-edwards-back-tonight/

This plonker.

 

The one and only! In the same category as Drysdale / Boyeson etc!

 

Right....
We're fecking going for it Saturday...

Lewis

Wright Angol Oliver Chapman

Banks Periera Eisa Young

Harratt Cook

Then once Walker is fit he can come in for Lewis.

That should do it

 

Brilliant General.

I agree but I don't consider getting bodies behind the ball like Crewe did to be "dark arts" yes it is up to us to move the ball quicker and break down sides like that. The "dark arts" is more like Doncaster's tactics. Yes getting men behind the ball but also players time wasting by for instance going to ground clutching their heads knowing that play acting or not the referee has to stop the game.

 

Certain Prem managers are this week calling out the “one minute goal kicks” . Adding time on and doing zero about it is killing the game. I timed the Crewe keeper and he was anything from 20-40 seconds. It’s pathetic. One single rule “alternative interpretation” has made the situation worse. Add time on and PENALISE the offender. Full backs taking throw ins are as bad!

 

Thought you might like a couple of comments from the Walsall forum
Sephiroth92
1d
Can’t see us ending our run against these . Won’t be a pretty game but they will play the nastier hoof ball style better than us
2-0 bradford

ProfessorPeach
9h
Fancy us for the win, after Cook inevitably scores for BCFC. Plus, their best player is not going to be on the pitch:


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Hoof ball……Jeeze!

 

...and be more smarter in getting free kicks around the opposition box and then be goal productive from the set pieces. Corners too.
This is sometimes what you have to rely on to get a break through - we score the game it generally opens up to our advantage - as you say.

 

Team now crying out for 4_4_2 even though would prefer 4-3-3

 

Yes we can now change the formation if necessary. That is what I like about the squad it gives us options

 

It's not about teams "helping us" though, they've every right to bend the rules to suit, it's more about the referee enforcing the said rules and clamping down on illegal time wasting like they promised to do with the new directive at the start of the season.

 

Would love a sh1t house 1-0 win, strange position of the season currently for us, as a win would have us down as not a bad start to the season with 11 points from 7 games which would be decent considering the amount of new players settling in, but a defeat or a draw would be a poor start, and with 2 very tough away games to follow I feel it's a must win despite it being so early in season.

 

This strength in depth is something we haven’t had for years but deciding what is the best 11 is a real dilemma for MH. One thing for sure we are going to have a really strong bench

 

One solution, something I've always wondered why the rule allowed it, goalkicks to be taken from the side the ball goes dead. Attacking team cannot chose which side to take a corner from, so why should the keeper with a goal kick

 

One rule change that should be brought in is a maximum dead ball time allowance. If fans want consistency, the referees need absolute guidance on what constitutes time wasting. If you leave it up to referees to decide you'll get massive variations in what constitutes time wasting. If you impose a time limit for getting the ball back in play then everyone knows where they stand.