The Voice - Match preview Most liked posts in thread: Bradford City vs AFC Wimbledon Saturday 24 September @ 3:00pm

Yup, still plenty to address but we are in a good position - I am sure Hughes won't be happy but picking up a point so late in the day is a big plus point.

Looks like Orient are THE team this season, the rest is wide open

 

Cook never looked like scoring today their CD was pulling him all over the place and the referee took no notice because cook was chirping in his ear, right call as it proved, got out of jail today.

 

Cook seems to have managed so far without Walker tbh.

 

If we are poor , say we are poor , no problem, but some of the nonsense posted by what are children is woeful .

 

My observations from today :

• Chapman needs to stay on the wing. His quality is clear to show when he’s played in his preferred position
• I don’t rate Odusina that much. He’s got pace an made a good recovery from that cockup of a backpass by Chapman, but Odusina looks poor on the ball an is too lethargic when in possession
• Hendrie did well in the first half. Don’t know what he was doing in the second. Him grabbing the ball on the floor when he slipped up says it all really
• Glad to see Oliver break his scoring duck an what a time to do it. Hopefully it boosts his confidence as I still think he can come good despite a poor start
• Periera should not of started. Did not look match fit
• If Hughes planned to bring Sutton on, it should of been for Gillead or Smallwood as both had off days
• What was the point in bringing Harratt in if he’s never gonna play
• I rate Lewis but he needs to stop fannying about sometimes. But us in a bit of bother on several occasions.
• Wimbeldons’ No.10 did a better job of holding up the ball than Cook, Angol & Oliver combined. And he looked about 5’4. Good player though

Darren Drysdale is the biggest mug in english football. He actually had a decent first half but decided to remind us of his reputation. Letting the Wimbledon players get away with murder. Constant shirt pulling, Going past the line on several occasions during our free kicks. Kicking the ball away. The bald headed Eagle had it all. But he aint the reason we almost lost today. We played shit after Banks put us ahead an let Wimbledon back into the game. Hopefully we can fix that sooner rather than later because the likes of Northampton & Leyton won’t be as forgiving as Wimbledon

 

Just driving through Horsforth and passed a bloke in a black VW wearing a City shirt - looked a bit like Paul Chuckle … wasn’t you was it @Fordy117 ?

 

Not the best performance but who knows, might be a vital point in the end.

I thought both full backs had poor games today, a lot of bad balls down the channels. Didn't think hendrie and banks combined well at all, and I struggle to recall hendrie playing a pass to one of our players all game.

Agree with the previous posters comments, don't think odusina is up for a big physical battle, struggling last week against Stevenage and really put to the sword by their number 9 today.

I actually thought there 9 and 10 worked really well together, something we need to do if we are going to carry on with one up front.

Pereira was poor, really off it. Too lightweight and little flicks nothing came off for for him. On the evidence so far I much prefer Wright.

The ref wasn't as bad as been made out, I think a lot of the frustration from fans was directed to him and not city. Whilst he seemed to be letting them time waste, he did add it on with a fair six minutes.

Still think it was two points dropped but could have been much worse

 

Fans around me were going absolutely effing mental everytime there was a physical 50/50 tussle between players and the ref didn't give us a free kick. It's getting tedious. Ref seemed like he was only giving free kicks if it was blatant. Sensible policy imo.

 

I cashed out on a Wimbledon ht/ft bet on 92 mins. Very lucky! 32-1.

 

Was Periera fit today he didn't perform as if he was so maybe give him the benefit of the doubt, on the other hand does he think because we made our position clear to Luton we wanted to bring him back to Valley Parade on loan make him believe he's undroppable, if so IMO Dion has a big surprise coming as I believe Wright will be straight back into the starting 11 for the game at Harrogate.

 

Agree with this. And with the Dennis Wise comparison: the guy really was a right Assal.

 

I thought Pereira started well, better than Banks even, despite the goal. But all of the front four were well managed by a clearly prepared Dons' defence. Our first came from a brilliant free kick and we got very few other opportunities. Chapman had a better game than I've seen him have since the start of the season - it looked like he'd shifted left with Dion as the 10, which initially looked exciting for us and confusing for the Dons - but we seemed not to notice this opportunity and revert to the tactics for the day. I suppose it's harder to notice when you're in the thick of it. Easier for us armchair managers.

 

Oh aye, we'd be top of the table if I was manager....

 

In matches like this and Wallsall where we are over run in midfield Hughes needs to put aside his principles and go long like we did today only just in time to get a point. Then there is goal kicks they had watched us recently and put two men close to the keeper so he had to rush them and therefore his kicking today was poor

 

I thought Oliver was great and thoroughly deserved his goal. Won every header that was lumped up to him. Maybe MH has now seen we can also score goals via the long ball too. Some of our play out of defence from goal kicks today had me on the edge of my seat.

 

You certainly must have missed it

 

I remember Knott's father having plenty to say about his sons entitlement to starting in the first team. I'm pretty sure it was him.

 

The idiot Should be arrested. The club gets into bother for pitch invaders. It appears some people think this is harmless. It isn’t and sets a precedent that others might follow.

 

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One of our major weakness yesterday stemmed from right fullback. There did seem a lack of support to Banks yesterday. He was oft left up against two defenders when cutting inside. Halliday bombs down the outside to take one of the markers. I don’t believe Hendrie did that, Foulds did which gave us far better penetration on the left . Dion , other than the header in the first half was also ineffective and rarely troubled their defence. A point is better than nothing, however we didn’t deserve a great deal tbh.
Their centre back going off injured early on was a saving grace for Wimbledon….his replacement was far better! The injured player was all over the place to begin with and that’s why we were far more effective early doors.