The Voice - Match preview Tranmere Rovers vs Bradford City Tuesday 3rd October 2023 7:45pm (With Poll)

Silver for you,Rcbantam called it at the beginning of the season

 

If an omnishambles is the same as a clusterf#ck then I agree.
Good full debut from Wilson (expect him to be dropped next match if MH is still here ), however Walker man of match in my opinion. He never stopped, which of course is the minimum we should expect from every player.

 

November 2023.

Some of us go back a lot further.

 

Confidence is massive in any profession, but particularly football and you could see it drain away after the Lewis howler. You can't hang that on Hughes. The way we played up to that point had me confident we could get something from the game. The response after their goal was a carbon copy of so many games over the last 18 months. Players going into their shell, making wrong decisions and playing as individuals rather than a team, and that is on Hughes. I don't know who's in the spam folder right now, but I can't see Hughes being given the push just yet. Particularly after the Rupp show of support after the Newport game. If its a case of him staying then Hughes has to get his selections down to a core 22 players and get some familiarity going. Constant chopping and changing is killing any chance of building relations in the team. He needs to urgently bring in a keeper to support / challenge Lewis, as his revelation about being in bits after Carlisle indicates he might struggle mentally.

Both Hughes and Adams are right in saying that chopping and changing hasn't worked so far, but that to me points to the men making the selections being at fault. We say the same every time, that the next appointment is crucial, but it really will be. I'm at a loss and suspect most supporters are too. Stick or twist, who cares. I've no confidence in either decision. It looks like at least another 18 months of being the laughing stock of league 2.

 

You wrote that post in a months time?? Impressive time travel.

 

When Hughes came over to the fans last night and the fans were singing’You’re getting sacked in the morning’ did anyone else notice Stubbs waving his hands in a don’t sing that sort of way and had to be turned around by Hodges.

This isn’t good at all for our club and something needs sorting quickly ,we could easily be the biggest non league club with performances that are more relegation than promotion.

 

It leaves a bitter taste. Sparks isn’t getting the message though. I can understand the frustrations of the fans who travelled. Tranmere had lost eight this year and were there for the taking, but it’s more dropped points. The players don’t play for him, the fans have had enough. He has to go now before Jake Young humiliates him on Sat and turns him into an even bigger laughing stock.

 

I don't think we'll go down but if we did I would think it's the end of Bradford City Football Club.

 

Haha! 2022 of course.

 

When Hughes came over to the fans last night and the fans were singing’You’re getting sacked in the morning’ did anyone else notice Stubbs waving his hands in a don’t sing that sort of way and had to be turned around by Hodges.

This isn’t good at all for our club and something needs sorting quickly ,we could easily be the biggest non league club with performances that are more relegation than promotion.

Is Young permitted to play against us?

 

Apparently not. Thankfully (for Hughes!)

 

And the City of Bradford in a professional sporting sense.

 

I dont think it would be the end of the club if we went down but I obviously hope we dont test the theory.

the club has a huge fanbase that have returned year on year, despite failings on the pitch.

we are strong commercially and in a good position off the field relative to most.

our lease depends on division so rent drops if we are relegated. Can’t be long left on lease anyway, and its encouraging we are back on good terms with Gibb - as per the recent Flamingo Land sponsorship deal.

we don’t have many players on very high contracts that would cripple us in the division below - Smallwood is soon out of contract, Lewis and Cook would find new takers.

i couldn’t see us doing a Scunthorpe. We’d be more likely to do a stockport, Chesterfield and Notts County.

but let’s not go down at all, yeah. Its taking us long enough to try get back to the point we were in L1 when the Germans undid everything by refusing to back Stuart.

we are an attractive investment proposition with so much potential. Amazes me other tin pot clubs are getting interest and we aren’t. Maybe we are and just never hear of it.

 

Soon as the final whistle went, I was straight out of the ground and down the road. They weren't getting the benefit of my anger and disgust. As we were walking away I heard the chant of getting sacked in the morning, believe me it wasn't just a handful of fans, it was the best part of about 500 fans that were left

I watched the clip of Stubbs gesturing at our fans to knock it off....cheeky fecker! Who the F is he to not expect fans to vent their frustration after watching yet another limp display, so soon after the last one. Those same fans who battled through the vile traffic jams on the M62 & M60 to be there to watch their team, paid their hard earned money, gave up their valuable evening, having to endure more misery with J26 of the M62 shut on the way home...go bollocks Stubbs and take the rest of them with you

 

If Hughes isn’t sacked this morning,will we get the dreaded vote of confidence from Sparks ?

 

I'm not sure when the stadium rent was agreed they took the National League into consideration, maybe it would be the begging bowl approach to Flamingo Land Pension Fund.
Would our sponsors be happy to stump up the same money in none league or would they reduce their sponsorship.
But let's not think about that scenario.

 

It really doesn't matter if Young is playing or not. Swindon are free scoring this season and have quality in other areas - Kemp, Austin, Cain....highest scorers in the division with 27 goals. We won't have learned a thing from last night, last Saturday, or any other poor display this season - I fully expect Swindon to wipe the floor with us 3-0

 

Very much doubt it pal, Sparks only ever makes an appearance when he wants to big himself up and take credit for something. He needs to go as well, bastard social media manager!

 

How do we know Pattinson was rushed back out of curiosity?

 

No