The Voice - Match preview Bradford City vs Barrow Saturday 11th November 2023 3:00pm

OK maybe night and day is a push lol, but it was much better and I enjoyed 70 minutes of the match today whereas I was absolutely fed up watching the football under Hughes.

 

Here ya go guys, https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/13005858/bradford-1-2-barrow-league-two-highlights

 

Where I was sitting on the Kop I heard some supporters in the NW corner singing/chanting ‘Sack the board’ was that the pathetic chanting Keefly ?

 

No thanks lol

 

Well yeah I suppose that's it. I'd like to see a bit more, because he's been peripheral so far.

 

I think we're in more trouble than many realise. I said a couple of weeks ago that we may well end up in a relegation struggle and that still seems to me a real possibility. We simply don't look like scoring. Without Pattison we have no threat from midfield and our crossing today from wide was abysmal. When I criticised the resigning of Gilliead in the summer several people thought he was OK as a squad player but at least one (Northern Monkey?) said that if we found ourselves starting with Gilliead and Smallwood we would be in real trouble, and here we are. And what I find really difficult to understand is the difference between how players are rated by fans and by the professionals involved. Players like Taylor, Oduor, Oyegoke, and Osadebe were slated by fans of their previous clubs and they weren't far wrong. Worryingly, Graham praised Oyegoke and Osadebe in his post-match comments. I feel for the bloke because he seems a very genuine guy but I hope he realises sooner rather than later how very poor our squad is and, given the length of contracts that many are on how hard it will be to overhaul it, and that he will need to be pretty ruthless to get us at least safe before even thinking of progressing.

 

Yes I was hoping raynor would ask about Pattison with regards when he may be back.

 

Our game against Forest Green on the 28th could be huge. Lose that and that's the bottom three teams we've lost to. Grim.

 

Fair assessment. There is zero goal threat and we have too many in the squad that frankly are not football league standard, let alone of the quality required to mount a challenge. Osadebe, Taylor, Ridealgh, Oduor, Afoka....I could go on but not going to depress myself further!!!!!

 

Good lord, that defending is Sunday league standard.

 

Worrying isn’t it

 

Cook is offering next to nothing at the moment. Immobile, lack of desire to make the ball his, outjumped and outmuscled.
Like a few others mentioned, doesn't deserve his place in the team.

 

Get your Walker point now.
Far too easy to get the ball to the unmarked Telford.

 

Taylor had a decent game, he made every header he went for.

 

I am absolutely sick of these pub teams coming here and celebrating like they've won the champions league at full time. That video on Twitter of Pete Wild celebrating today as he did last year makes my blood boil. Week after week, we allow teams to take the piss out of us in our own back yard but we are absolutely nowhere near fixing the problem.

For all the good will and effort, the quality is so far off it's frightening. I say frightening because we're only seven points off the drop. We aren't safe by any stretch.

We've scored more than one goal in only 2/17 league games this season. That is truly pathetic and isn't changing overnight. Teams that bad in front of goal only ever trouble one end of the table and it isn't the top.

 

Just watched the replay for the first and Taylor should have been closer to the Barrow player to stop him getting his shot off.

 

Watch the replay for the two goals.

 

Are they goldfish. Do they forget instructions instantly?

 

No need to panic.
If Alexander is any good, he will have seen we need to start with Wilson and Chapman, whilst getting a number 9 in who hasn't given up due to his long contract.
Platt needs to return ASAP.
The back line is far too slow for the modern game.

 

He has just arrived and he hasn’t really see them all I will bet. This is where our sustainability might be stretched. If we need room to bring players in then contracts might have to be paid. However I don’t want to think about that yet!