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The Voice - Match preview Bradford City vs Gillingham Saturday 22nd April 2023 @ 3:00pm

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by The Voice, Apr 16, 2023.

  1. Dennis

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    Who is criticising Rupp? Whether he wants his loan repaid or not is a matter for him. Please keep your petty insults to yourself.

    Wherever we finish this season, the person in the spotlight should be Hughes. It's his squad, his team selection, his coaching, his tactics, his formations, his squad preparation etc etc all of which have a direct bearing on where and how we finish the season. If we finish in one of the auto spots, great; he should be rightly lauded. If we are playing next season in the same league, it's his approach which should be challenged.
     
  2. Fordy117

    Fordy117 Just call me Mr Flip-Flop!
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    Only if we change certain things.
     
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  3. Park bantam

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    In a nutshell
     
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  4. Rogered Tart

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    I don't even want to think about playing in this bloody division next season. If we do then this season has been utter abject failure yet again and i'll call into question the credentials of the manager and the recruitment set up.
     
  5. AngryGaz

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    easier to blame the owners ............ folk going on about Rupp getting suckered in by Edin the same Edin who suckered thousands of fans into parting with there hard earned money to back his brain dead scheme :( ............... Rupp ain’t the issue this season ............ Hughes has had everything he’s asked for and if we do fail it will have nothing to do with Rupp it will be down to Hughes alone :( I ain’t gonna start ripping him to bits but let’s be right any half decent manager at this level would have walked that league with the squad
     
  6. Keefly Bantam

    Keefly Bantam Important Player
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    What makes you qualified to call into question the credentials of MH or the recruitment set up. Just curious.
     
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  7. AngryGaz

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    the loan market has been a shambles tbh

    Bola
    Nevers
    Costello
    The Luton wonder kid

    all a waste of time when they should have stepped up .............
     
  8. AngryGaz

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    if we don’t get into the playoffs at the very least then he should be pulled up or you happy with 8th ?????
     
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  9. WilsdenBantam

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    It’s been a big frustration for years now, we seem to use 3 or 4 loan spots on squad fillers, we may as well just have one or two of the young lads on the bench. It’s actually an improvement as well that’s the bad thing the fact one or two are actually in the first team.

    Loans should only come in to upgrade the first 11.
     
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  10. Fordy117

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    This is one of the reasons I thought we would finish outside the play offs.

    Plus something the club and @wetherbywhaler@wetherbywhaler has been guilty of in the past. The club keeps on doing it and never learns!! Not helping at all.
     
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  11. Rcbantam

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  12. Captain Grumpy

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    Would this be the same loan Dennis that you claimed he never gave to the club as it wasn’t mentioned at companies house? I spoke to both Sparks and Mason in 2019 and both said he had bailed the club out financially, you absolutely dismissed this as nonsense.
     
  13. Rogered Tart

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    I didn't realise i needed a qualification to pose a question. Its this sort of post that pisses me off most on any sort of forum, you might as well just do away with debate on forums as clearly i don't have UEFA A licence on football coaching and management. Don't forget folk, if you want to post anything on here that may be interpreted as any way negative then get your certificates at the ready.
    Jesus wept.
     
  14. Jordan

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    If I remember rightly, didn't Hughes in the summer say he wanted loan players who were used to playing infrint of crowds?.... all well and good loaning players from bigger clubs, but none of these lads had enough game experience, let alone experience with pressure.

    Really bad recruitment looking back. Especially the January lads.
     
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    Giving it a damn good kicking tonight mate. Helps ease the pain.
     
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  16. Captain Grumpy

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    It’s not much different Dave to Rhodes and his dad totally standing by while Richmond bankrupt the club.
     
  17. Super bantams

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    Hughes said in interview club hasn't been near playoffs for years.

    He can't be thinking this is a success now.
     
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  18. Super bantams

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    Add Harratt to the list okay the end was out of our hands with his actions, but he barely played anyway.
     
  19. Get Rid Of It

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    Not just the loan market has been a let down,
    Vadaine Oliver given a 3 year deal yet suffering knocks in training means he struggles to make the bench
    Derbyshire, struggled to get fit for L2 and given a year and a half deal
    Jake Young loaned out but still on contract until 2025
    Ryan East, who struggles to freshen up the midfield with meaningful game-time is here until 2024

    Recruitment should have been so much better
     
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  20. Tony Wilkinson

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    T'was like groundhog day, so predictable....
     
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