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Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Away v Crawley, Sat 25th September @3.00pm

  1. trevor

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    So Evans and Gilliard do nothing game after game and nothing is said and a player given 30 mins creates a goal and Adams singles him out as poor, Adams has lost the plot just lashing out blaming others for his own failings
     
  2. Keefly Bantam

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    The October statement is that they are trying to bring January forward by 2 months. Waiting for No 10 to reply.
     
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  3. Stafford Bantam

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  4. bantamdave41

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    Just got back.

    Simply, poor from back to front. Both soft goals, sitting off and flat footed. No communication, no desire, lacking shape and poor Cook totally isolated. Won so many headers but bugger running off the shoulder.

    Gilliead and Evans. Good grief. Good fecking grief.

    Booed off at half time, gods knows at full time as had gone.

    Poor, really poor.
     
  5. Dennis

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    That sounds very logical although I'm not entirely convinced about the real meaning behind Adams' comment in the post match interview about him understanding why the club has failed to progress over several years.

    But if that really is what he means, there's a major lesson for Sparks to learn. He shouldn't be promising things, whether that's playing budgets or player recruitment or young player development or anything else playing related, to a new manager which he cannot deliver on. It helps nobody to be giving mixed or even false messages. Clarity is what is needed otherwise situations such as Adams was inferring to will happen again.
     
  6. Mike Hunt

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    Gigg Lane? It’s 40 miles away. Our fans would moan about the extra distance to Odsal. City don’t need to renew the lease for another few years, by then Gigg Lane will have been unused for nearly a decade. I have honestly never heard such nonsense.

    City have two options, renew the lease on VP or build a new stadium. We all know which will happen, City need VP as much as Gibb needs City to be at VP. Gibb only has the upper hand if City have no realistic options, and Gigg Lane is pie in the fecking sky unrealistic, City need to be making noises behind the scenes and in public about developing a new home if they are to be in a strong negotiating position.
     
  7. bantam316

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    I do think we’ve been had again this season.. great marketing ploy by the club to suck 15k or so sell season tickets with the promise of great football, promotion etc etc. if we don’t go up this season no chance in hell im buying a season ticket next season.
     
  8. andyc

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    Is that 3 wins from our last 20 league matches.
    Disgracefull by anyones standards.
    Club needs a long hard look at its self again.
     
  9. Keefly Bantam

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    Adams has ripped into the team and the club something rotten. Boy is he steaming. About time as well. If you can listen to what he has just said. Absolutely pissed off and said we were dreadful tpday and apologised the fans for what was a piss poor effort. He ended the interview very abruptly indeed.
     
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  10. Botswana Bantam

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    One assist in one half of football. I'd take that.

    The players didn't play. So effing change them Derek. They've not played well for several matches!
     
  11. Park bantam

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    Could be right but he picked the team set the tactics how about a bit of self criticism
     
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  12. Mike Hunt

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    Coventry lose a lot of money, £3m or more the last season in league one and they’re not a great example. They went from owning Highfield Road to playing in another city and have got to the championship despite Sisu’s ownership.
    The rent on VP isn’t that bad, it’s comparable to what Walsall pay for the Bescot. There is literally nowhere else to go inside Bradford, Cougar Park, Odsal, Horsfall? No chance and there is no realistic chance of council support for a new stadium.
    City have a decent budget, it’s just been spent on shit.
     
  13. NorthernMonkey

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    If it's Evans in the middle and Gillead is selected I'm not even going to bother listening. I'm on shift anyway so I'll save myself the hassle and just look for the inevitable result at 5.

    Surely there has to be changes, that midfield unit (all 5) just isn't working and for me, desperately needs tweaking or even a complete overhaul.
     
  14. NorthernMonkey

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    That team absolutely screams zero attacking threat.

    Could be a long afternoon if we concede early.
     
  15. Faithful Bantam

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    We need to stop blaming the manager, every, single, f******g time. Its too easy, too convenient, and far too dismissive. Look at the rot in this club. We're a joke. We're not serious about getting out of this league.

    We have 2 shite keepers. A non league centre back. A right back released by Salford - and you can see why. Wingers that don't create or score, a dearth of strikers, a lack of depth.

    Its why I didn't buy an ST. And I won't until we're a serious outfit. Sick of the club talking the talk without walking the walk
     
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    Raynor “ I thought Crankshaw had a good impact”

    Adams reply “ Good ,I didn’t”

    Classic interview.For those that didn’t hear it you must find it later.
     
  17. Idlebantam

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    You like Adams, yet you started am Adams and Sparks out thread?
     
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  18. trevor

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    Just listened to the interview and to be honest what he said was bollocks, And blaming what other managers have done over the last two or three years is a complete joke, Many more comments like today and he will lose the dressing room and have no effect at all,
     
  19. Botswana Bantam

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    He can't absolve himself of responsibility.

    Playing the same team, same formation, same tactics, late non-impactful subs, match after match is just helping the opposition. We could all explain how to beat us from just watching the matches so far. No surprise Walsall, Barrow, Crawley worked us out.
     
  20. WilsdenBantam

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    Season tickets aren’t on sale anymore, you may have noticed the talk of promotion has stopped. It’s like a junior Rhodes he must be so proud.
     
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