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The Voice - Match preview Bradford City vs Leyton Orient Monday 8th May @ 12.30pm

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by The Voice, May 5, 2023.

  1. Botswana Bantam

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    A win here and it could be an away match first in the play offs.

    If we can start the second half well and press them up the pitch, get on the front foot then we could easy win this.
     
  2. Bronco

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    You can see why their Champions all movement for the player with the ball.
     
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    Second best and I'm not even sure Orient are fully on it either. They seem like a team that may have been told to go out and win and their competitive nature may have them wanting to win but having already won the league its hard to have that same urgency to play at your best
     
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  4. Botswana Bantam

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    We are making some terrible passing choice at times.

    It's like we're trying to pass too much. Drive forward with the ball. Get a cross in.
     
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  5. Super bantams

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    Gulf in class huge

    We have some very very slow players
     
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    They seem to have found their way off the beach so far this second half as they seem to be playing with more urgency which isn't a good sign for you. Urgency and the control will make this a tough second half
     
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  7. Botswana Bantam

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    I'd actually say it's the opposite. They started the second half very slowly albeit City were playing and pressing higher.
     
  8. Super bantams

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    We can barely put 2 passes together!!
     
  9. Botswana Bantam

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    There's far too much pass forward and pass back. Players need to receive the ball and be able to turn and face the goal. We faff around too much and eventually lose the ball instead of threatening their goal. Its very frustrating.
     
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    Hard to know what to make of those subs. OK, Walker and Banks haven't scored or created many chances in the last couple of days but those feel very defensive changes.
     
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    I just feel in the first half as someone else said it was Man City like, they weren't really putting your backline under too much pressure as it was about good possession to try and use that to create a chance rather than try and play a penetrating ball. Where as at least in the first 10-15 mins of the second they seemed to be looking more to play a forward ball for a quicker turnover and they seemed like they were getting at your backline a bit more. They have seemed to revert back more as the half has gone on though
     
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    I mean, they're clearly trying but they're not really busting a gut to score a goal or put too much pressure on. I think that's why it's so frustrating watching our somewhat inept attacks. We don't really seem to be trying to win, there's a lot of sideways and backward passing and not enough forward running.
     
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    Game has died down now, very flst. Hoping Orient are happy to share the points. With current scores we're sitting 5th.
     
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    Late Orient Goal incoming to see City, Carlisle, Salford & Mansfield all end up on 75 points
     
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    Carlisle are above us.
     
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    6th now.

    Disappointing that we couldn't try and apply some pressure to score a winner. If we went 2-1 up I think we'd have held on.
     
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    Salford have lost.
     
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    If we'd won we could be playing the second leg at home. Oh well.
     
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    None of the play off teams have done well today. Our result was about the best of the four.
     
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    Play offs then.

    Who the hell will be playing

    ....here we go
     

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