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The Voice - Match preview Morecambe vs Bradford City Saturday 19th August 2023 3:00pm

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by The Voice, Aug 1, 2023.

  1. Tony Wilkinson

    Tony Wilkinson Squad Player
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    As Jake Young nets 2 (so far) for Swindon at Wrexham ..
     
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  2. trevor

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    Typical Hughes shiete. Maybe Young was right
     
  3. AndyRanger

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    100% agree, we won't get promoted with Hughes. His best finish in a league as a manager is 6th. Last season was an absolute raging success for him despite the fact we had arguably the best squad in the league. The sooner he goes the better
     
  4. nicknameless

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    Adams 1 Hughes 0

    His football makes the team so slow because we are league 2, not premiership, it is criminal. Personnel across the back not capable of 3 at the back.

    The only thing we are doing quickly is going nowhere.

    Defensively we've gone backwards and no improvement elsewhere.
     
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  5. alex

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    I keep saying it but 343 doesn’t work. We lack options when we are playing the ball out because we only have 2 CMs that are easily marked out of the game.

    I also think Smith looks far more effective playing centrally alongside Cook. Would happily see McDonald come on for Odour or Smallwood and switch to 352.
     
  6. NZBantam

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    This is absolutely f***ing pathetic. We have some terrible players
     
  7. Super bantams

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    Stubbs extremely lucky not to give pen away
     
  8. AndyRanger

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    100% agree, we won't get promoted with Hughes. His best finish in a league as a manager is 6th. Last season was an absolute raging success for him despite the fact we had arguably the best squad in the league. The sooner he goes the better
     
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  9. Bronco

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    **so funny**so funny**so funny well that made me chuckle those around me thought I was mad.
     
  10. DimitriPayet

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    What does Adams want? The lad got his shot away and missed. If he scored, would they still claim it's a penalty?
     
  11. SimonW

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    It's early in the season but yourselves and a few other fancied teams really need to step things up. It looked like a tough league to get out of anyway without letting some other fancied teams to get a good lead and giving some of the less fancied ones some leeway to protect against an expected dropoff.
     
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  12. bantam316

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    What a shocking first half… absolutely crap.. created nothing 0 corners… piss poor.. well we cant be any worse second half can we ?
     
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  13. Kevin1954

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    Nothing more than awful from us and typical Adams from them.
     
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  14. Rogered Tart

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    This 45 minutes has been as bad as anything I've seen over the last six seasons. If we don't see better second half questions need to be put to the manager after the game because that is not acceptable.
     
  15. Faithful Bantam

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    This formation isn't working. I don't understand why we chaged from last season. It's even more defensive - It's not a back 3, its very much a back 5. And Cook doesn't have a partner because Odour and Smith are basically wide midfielders. It's 541.

    Awful to watch, and it doesn't work at all.
     
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  16. JonButterfield

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    Right, who's getting the equaliser?

    Pattison?

    Doesn't seem like Cook should be on the pitch.
     
  17. Ollylondonbantam

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    Not a great half at all.

    Cook as isolated as he was all last season. Distribution from the back is weak. Wing backs barely been involved at all, although I’d say Oyegoke has been one of our better players, meaning our threat is virtually none existent.

    We have little presence in the midfield, little attacking threat and generally look a bit lost and clueless. We’re not passing the ball, hardly moving, offering very little.

    Massive improvement needed for the second half.
     
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  18. DimitriPayet

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    New lad has fit in well. Looks lightweight and has barely touched the ball.
     
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  19. NZBantam

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    We could be exactly the same which is highly likely
     
  20. Faithful Bantam

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    Performances predict results. 2 years in and with the backing he's had, this is completely unacceptable.
     
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