Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Away V Walsall Tues 25th January @ 7.45

Whilst he wasn't as deep as Elliot Watt usually plays I'm not a big fan of Callum Cooke in that holding roll. Last night he seemed to be trying a little too hard to join the next line of three , often leaving Songo'o exposed. A better team will pick us off from that position.

He has another annoying trait of going down way too easy when caught dwelling on the ball and then whinging to the ref he was fouled. 9 times out of 10 he hasn't been fouled and needs to get in with it

 

He played as a 10 for T & S last season, sometimes we would have 60% but create very few chances. Sorry to say he’ll be always one of those, a bit like Knott where people make excuses for him. He’s also becoming famous for doing a Nicky Law 180 turn when we’re on a counter. He’s got talent for this level, but let’s not kid ourselves that he isn’t replaceable and we need better if we have real ambition. That said there’s a good few players that need replacing first and that’s not a compliment to him.

 

I don't think I've ever trawled through a more negative collection of post-match comments after a victory in all of my time on any Bradford City forum.

For me, there's two ways of looking at it.

One perspective is that it uncomfortably resembles the beginning of the end of Bowyer's tenure. We were clinging on to the play-off positions by picking up points despite at times playing consistently appallingly, and most of us had the sense that a play-off position wasn't going to last whilst playing in this manner and we turned out to be right. There's an eery resemblance of that type of atmosphere right now amongst the fans, even those that were desperate to give Adams a chance. The transfer window is over in a few days and we're still playing bad with 4 new players in the squad, albeit picking up points whilst doing so.

Another perspective could be that despite the football generally not improving, we are actually picking up wins now, somehow. Could it be that since dropping ROD we have started saving one or two more goals per game that otherwise we might have conceded under his overall poor goalkeeping? Or are we becoming more resolute and playing to our strengths?

Or is it just a case of a mid-season fluke run that doesn't match what should be happening based on the performances (i.e, that random winning spell we had under Hopkin before the wheels fell back off).

Either way, one thing's for sure - the jury is still out. I'm happy we're picking up wins, and points, but if we don't back it up with a minimum of 4 points from these next 2 home games, it counts for little.

 

Exactly that. We were forced pretty deep but I think that was less because of a tactical decision, more because we used the ball pretty woefully. And I agree, it will be a different assignment for the back four playing at home against Crawley & Orient.

Defending a bit more aggressively and further up the field will hopefully become more comfortable knowing we have a keeper of Bass' quality. Bass seemed confident enough (sometimes overly eager) to get off his line and sweep things up which should help. It caused a problem against Walsall which we got away with but he's a young goalkeeper and most modern goalkeepers have that aspect to their game. It's clear though that there is still a weak link of the defence at right back.

 

updates on long and short term injuries.
Perriera fine now by sounds of it.
If there is no involvement tomorrow then we need to hear the clubs stance on the player imo

 

Have we not already played Walsall or was that a nightmare I had? Every game seems to blur into another given the lack of variety in scorelines and the lack of exciting, memorable moments in games.

 

This is a rearranged game after being postponed at Christmas originally

 

Well, they are even more pessimistic about their team on Saddlers Forum. Most fans predicting a heavy defeat for their lot.

It seems they have only 1 fit centre back. It's to be hoped Adams throws caution to the wind and attacks this lot.

 

As far as I can see, there's no indication or reason that it won't be available to overseas subscribers as usual.

 

No idea is it normally? If so I’d say yes. Think they have just stopped fans from England watching in an attempt to get fans to the ground? Probably saw our following Saturday and hoped we’d take over a thousand?

 

Has anyone who's watched games recently from their 'holiday home' had issues with the stream cutting off every 10 minutes and saying you don't have permission to watch the video?

 

On a similar note, does anyone have any details about these firesticks that show, ahem, "Netflix"? I'm a subscriber for this season, but thinking of a cheaper alternative for next.....

 

Sent a PM

 

2/1 defeat. Walsall in poor form, you know how that usually goes.

 

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I often get the same issue, log out and log back in fixes it but its a right faff and you miss a couple of mins each time. I did find that some VPN providers don't seem to have this issue so considering switching