The Voice - Match preview Bradford City vs Walsall Saturday 30th September 3:00pm

Boro were a lesson in intelligent movement into space last week. Our three stand still. Don’t think about offering angles. Consequently we are painfully slow and often return the ball where it came from as a safety first tactic. It’s abysmal to watch. Not Adamzzzz ball bad but nowhere near what is required. If we could get Warnock I would be rather pleased. Hughes started this trajectory last season with negative changes culminating in the play off second leg. I didn’t think it would unravel this quick but it appears to have. Times up for hughes for me.

 

I have watched City for almost 60 years and have seen all types of managers fail, rookies, internationals, makes no difference. However, the ones that brought about real change were players with character that came as player Manager in their first managerial role i.e. Roy McFarlane and Trevor Cherry.
I think that's the sort of person we need as player/manager with an experienced former manager to help him out.
James Milner would be perfect for the role though whether he would drop down to City's level is doubtful.....but if you don't ask, you don't get!!!

 

Agree with all you say but the warnock bit.

 

The clubs inability to get it right on the pitch is all the more galling in that and many are about to disagree here m, the club appear to have made positive strides off the pitch in the commercial department creating more income than ever through those means. To me the buck stops with hughes. The recruitment and coaching should be getting better results from the resources he has.

 

This sums up our predicament. It's why Steve Evans has been so successful at this level. Parky has based his managerial success around it. You have to play to your strengths, Hughes wants us to be a team that plays championship style football yet we have not one player anywhere near that level. It showed with MacDonald today, he was poor but he had been used to playing in team with movement and pass and go. We have players who do well to stand still never mind move off the ball..

 

Hodges is just as culpable as Hughes, seems to be another arrogant tosser.

 

Tonight is this week innit

 

No they don’t . He’s been given a decent budget by the owner . Hughes and Gent did the spending and recruitment. I don’t buy anything else.

 

Your last sentence is spot on midfield and defenders get blamed for their distribution but today there as zero movement in front of them.

 

Today was quite predictable once the team was announced. He could have changed it at halftime very simply. Pattison for Gilliead and Wilson for the hopeless Oduor. Then we could have had a go. But, of course, he didn't because he can't see what's actually happening on the pitch. Our lack of effectivenes in attack just encourages teams to come at us, as Walsall did. Instead we have two clueless changes of formation in the second half. He's absolutely hopeless. If anyone, supporters or management, thinks we shouldn't get rid of him tonight then there really is no hope for us in the immediate future.

 

But he played him right side of the diamond . That’s not his position!

 

No he has been given a decent budget through the good governance of Sparks

 

He lost it after Carlisle away …. Banks off and defended a one goal lead. …… get off mate.

 

It’s not the first time this has been mentioned, I just don’t know what it could be. Hughes has been backed to the hilt and we are no further forward than when he came. Surely expectant big crowds aren’t putting the mockers on us, or are they?!

 

This isn’t Twitter. You are allowed to string a sentence together.

 

Loanee from Lincoln I believe?

 

Why shout , it ain’t Twitter, you ain’t Donald Trump.

 

Is this a wind up, the reason I ask is with regards these two comments "easy to blame the manager" then "One thing might be to give space to Lewis at corners - our own players block him from going for catches. The manager is responsible with regards what happens on the pitch and who he selects to play, they practise all week at training I would hope so why shouldn't it be his reasonability when its goes wrong, he'd happily take the accolades when things go well. With regards the goal keeping situation again Hughes makes the calls how we defend set pieces, I posted before I'm disappointed with the way we go about marking set pieces (zonal marking) if you have your players take reasonability by them marking the opposition players this can be sorted when the team sheets are made available, at least with man marking its your reasonability to stop your man scoring where as now if the opposition score they all look at each other as if to say why didn't you pick him up.