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The Voice - Match preview #19: Port Vale vs Bradford City Wednesday 11 March 2026 7.45pm OLD THREAD

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by The Voice, Dec 8, 2025.

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Match thoughts

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  1. AngryGaz

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    2 wins in 10 league games is hardly great form is it ????
    We have had more recovery time .........they have had two tough games and the biggest factor is that are rock bottom because on the whole they are simply poor.
    We turn up we will see them off and i think we will
     
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  2. JonButterfield

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    Certainly are!
     
  3. R2BD2

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    Weird that I was cheering them on yesterday, genuinely pleased for Port Vale in the FA cup.
    Hopefully they're all knackered and have given up on the league though.
     
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  4. scarbi

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    A bit of a left field thought,,,,,what about putting Sarcevic up front with Pointon and Humphries on either side of him
     
  5. R2BD2

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    Sarce is so calm in front of goal, I think this was his first goal for Bradford, it doesn't phase him a bit.


    Like many, I'd love to test Humphry's on the left, just to have a look, that pass to Sarce was cracking.
    GA laughed a bit when Humphry's position was mentioned post-match, which is an improvement from him shooting the idea down.
     
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  6. NorthernMonkey

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    On form?

    Are you sure?
     
  7. Inspector

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    Port Vale really have the bit between their teeth at the moment, so this won't be an easy game despite their position. I think we'll need to press them into submission, but be wary of being hit on the counter. A scruffy 1-0 will do me.
     
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  8. Idlebantam

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    Stockley out for a while apparently
     
  9. Offcomedun

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    I can see what he means. If you look at this, it does seem like they’ve found some form recently:
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    But if you dig down a bit further, the last time they won a league game at home was 1st January, when they hammered Blackpool 5-0. Since then they have drawn three and lost two home league games. And two of those draws were against Luton and Burton, both of whom have even worse away form than us over the last ten games. Port Vale are firmly at the bottom of the L1 home table with only two league wins all season. So this is definitely a game we should be winning.
     
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  10. Kevin1954

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    That means , hopefully it won’t be elbows at dawn?
     
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  11. AngryGaz

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    Some point they will start flagging both these two cup games will have taken a lot out of them ..........just hope they land a plum tie which may cause a big distraction for them :)
    Just think out of our remaining games especially the away ones then this is the one we should be targetting for 3 points now.
     
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  12. Park bantam

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    Big pitch Vale park I fear for us on those because of the way we play leaves lots .
    of space between wing backs and right and left centre backs.
     
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  13. Offcomedun

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    Swings and roundabouts, surely? Should give lots of space for Josh and Tyreik to get behind their defenders.
     
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  14. Bigrod

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    I watched some of the Port Vale V Sunderland game. Given earlier comments l thought their pitch would be like a WW1 battlefield. Didn’t look too dissimilar to our own pitch. They also showed the Mansfield V Arsenal and l thought that pitch looked far worse.
     
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  15. NorthernMonkey

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    Has there been a game this millennium when you haven't "feared for us"?
     
  16. Park bantam

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    And how many easy games have we had
     
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  17. NorthernMonkey

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    There's a huge chasm between saying something will be a stroll in the park to "fearing for them".
     
  18. donhutchinsaffro

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    Forget left field…. Get Sarc in a field with our strikers especially Wheatley and show him how to score
     
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  19. AngryGaz

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    Got Chelsea away :) glad for them
     
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  20. Kevin1954

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    Well earned but I bet they would swap L1 status for it?
     
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