Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Away V Barrow Sat-1st Jan @ 3.00 pm (MEH fixture??)

The table will show Bradford City beat Barrow away 2-1. The table will not show how badly they played or that the team were recovering from covid it will only show that we beat them and were awarded the 3 points.
It’s the result that matters.

 

You're so right banbrotam. I can't believe some of the whingeing on here - worse than usual. We've just won our first game in ages - and away from home - and with a bunch of players who've been Covid ravaged. Listen up, folks. WE WON!

 

He (and other midfielders) need players in front of them who are running towards goal more. Both Raynor and Morais commented that our first goal was unusual this season and its true. Let's hope Angol and others learn from that goal and give the midfielders the chance to play more balls like that.

 

Funny, I was talking about this with my lad yesterday. Probably a mixture of current form, shite football and no games through Christmas, but honestly can't be arsed with it. As my lad said, the fun has gone out of it. Would have been nice to get through to the 3rd round of the cup or even see a game or two that whets the appetite but no there's nothing. Just going through the motions. I'll watch the game on hooky TV unless I find something better to do in the mean time.

 

Totally agree. We shouldn't even need 11 to beat them. Just the kit man with the beard, the tea boy, Andy K jumping up and down in the centre circle, and Del Boy playing in nets with one hand tied behind his back. That should clearly have been enough. They're Barrow and we are Bradford City FC, by far the greatest team the world has ever seen.

Now back in the real world.

 

Our first win since October.

I couldn't give a crap how good we looked, how well we played, how fit we were, we NEEDED THAT WIN! And we got it.

If there's one obvious bit of data to analyse, it's that without both Angol AND Cook, that would probably have been yet another 1-1.

We draw 1-1 all the bloody time, but today we were finally able to field the two forwards most of us have known we've needed to keep fit all season, and it was the difference.

What does that mean for January? It means we need to make sure we use this transfer window to ensure we NEVER AGAIN play a strike force weaker than Cook + Angol. It's the minimum we need. If we sign one striker or two, they have to be at least as good as them two if we're to have any chance of turning this season around.

And that's just a start.

No excuses, Adams. No excuses, Sparks. No excuses, Rupp. Fail, and you'll swiftly lose support.

 

Credit to Gillead today after all the deserved criticism of his lack of end product a superb through ball for the first goal

 

Let’s just be glad we won, and let’s hope we can build on that and make it 2 wins in a row at Carlisle.

If we do, we’ll possibly move into the top 10 and we might have the confidence to put a little run together.

 

Thanks for that, certainly didn’t see that from the TV angle. If they saw it , which they clearly did, he should have been booked?

 

Can you work a plan out when you don't know which players will be avaliable.

 

I'm well excited. Bring it on !!!

 

At last some football, missed it so much.

No shopping with the wife today like boxing days atrocities.


Come on city!!

 

Cracking by gillead there great assist

 

Never mind goals, we need to move Threlkeld on. Awful defender.

 

We've had some dodgy right backs since Darby and McMahon, Threlkeld is by some distance the worst of the lot.

 

Risk averse, boring Adams.

He'd nil, nil a team to the title if he could.

 

If he gets injured again then our only focal point is gone again, what we need is another striker who can come in and do a job. Ala Steven Davies for James Hanson or Jamie Proctor etc.

 

We always strengthen badly