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The Voice - Match preview Bradford City vs Forest Green Rovers Tuesday 12th March 2024 7:45pm

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by The Voice, Mar 9, 2024.

  1. Loyalbantam

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    Once the final ST numbers are known, if this is less than 10000 then the club should move to close the upper tiers and make all seats unreserved.
    10000 fans all in the lower tiers would look and sound amazing if we are doing well.
     
  2. Bantamsteve

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    At least you will see a Bradford victory and Cookie on the score sheet
     
  3. Stafford Bantam

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    We've played almost all our cards in this division (large budget, cheap tickets, big name manager etc.) to boost season ticket numbers. I think season ticket numbers have almost certainly peaked and will now start to go down.

    If we don't get out of this division, at the right end, very quickly, attendances will continue to go down and, if we continue with the current break even policy, the player budget will go down, player quality will go down and, inevitably, Bradford City will go down.

    Unless we get lucky this season or, maybe, next, only a change of policy from the current owner or new owners will prevent the inevitable demise of Bradford City.

    It's a Bantams thing.
     
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  4. SteveC

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    Completely agree

    For next season, the idiots in charge should close the upper tiers of both the kop & main stand, have Midland Road 100% for home fans, and open the old Bradford end for away fans. This is the only way we will create any atmosphere in the stadium, which is going to be decimated by the fans not renewing or choosing not to attend (which they are fully entitled to do)
     
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  5. SteveC

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    Just wrote very similar at the same time :thumbup:
     
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  6. SteveC

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    Over the years, the main thing I have noticed about all the "little" teams that get a result against us is that they have a fantastic togetherness and team spirit. We haven't had a proper team spirit since the PP years

    We have tried everything else. We might as well just sign a load of shithouse cloggers that we have never heard of, and pay them peanuts. These are the type of teams that always seem to be galvanised and fighting for each other, that we don't know how to handle!
     
  7. Lordofthemanor

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    This is close to the truth.We keep trying to sign players who can handle us supposedly being a big club.Were a poor league 2 club with a shit pitch.Maybe we need a team full of average league 2 journeymen.
     
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  8. Ulysses S Grant

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    Funnily enough, I mentioned the curse of the Holy Well last night and said we should bring in another white witch to lift it.
     
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  9. Ulysses S Grant

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    I'd be even more radical to that and would close Midland Road, partly because the cameras are in there so it wouldn't show on telly, and partly because it would save the most in costs. I'd also close the NW corner.

    Put away fans in the Bfd End and close the upper tier of the Sunwin. The kop I would keep both tiers open. I believe this would make capacity 14,000 and mean that the Bradford End for away fans fell within requirements.
     
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  10. vin weasel

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    Of course it's been worse. You might not have been present.
    I remember the end of the 94-95 season.
    A total let down of a season.
    Crowd figures were around 4000 for home matches in April
     
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    Does anyone take @Fordy117@Fordy117 seriously, always plenty to offer but when asked about how he would change things he goes quite, nah mate I'll not lose sleep with regards a @Fordy117@Fordy117 post.
     
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  12. Bronco

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    I hope Sparks doesn't read this forum he just might be daft enough to try your "solution", that's the way forward tell fans they can't frequent the upper tiers and make them sit in the lower tiers, I would seriously have to consider giving Bradford City my continual support if they tried to push something as daft as your suggesting.
    I'm not a lover of reserved seating at away games IMO its much better if I can sit as far from some of our obnoxious fans as possible I couldnt imagine being sat next to one of those so called fans every home game.
     
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  13. NorthernMonkey

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    We've had a team of them for 4 years m8!
     
  14. Bronco

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    Don't even reply mate he's the biggest WUM on here he churns out the same BS most posts, I'm all for posters having a difference of opinions but some of his comments really should be challenged, in the past a poster was pulled up and ridiculed for misspelling a players name, and we see this sort of comment :
    He doesn’t! Just likes football like a little kid.
    Bradford City in its current state he is clueless.
    Gets excited like a little midget in a ball pool.?.
     
  15. Craven Koppite

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    In terms of what we have seen this season I thought we had !!
     
  16. Johnny Yen

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    Mansfield will laugh at us Saturday.
    The pitch, the team, the empty seats..Fkg Mansfield fgs! Dont know if I can stomach it! Grrr
     
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    Yes, we should play on a Wednesday night, like when we beat Liverpool on an August evening back in 1980! :)
     
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    Absolutely right Dave,the season ticket holders in upper tiers would just add to the discontent at the club if they’re suddenly told they can’t sit in the seat they have bought and have to be moved to block A or F in the lower tier to improve the atmosphere. Then what about the suites upstairs?. They would be totally redundant if everyone had to sit in lower tiers. People just don’t think these things through when they come out with ridiculous suggestions.
     
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    No where near that figure in the ground. Not even half of that.
     
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    Sadly some on here are happy to see this shitshow go on honestly cannot wait for " the put it right" quotes coming from the club regarding the Mansfield game.

    We are simply a fooking joke with a club who doesnt give one shite about its fans ..........i mean last fooking nights so called entertainment and they want you to pay extra next season for more fooking dross.
     
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