The Voice - Match preview Most liked posts in thread: Bradford City vs Newport County Saturday 13 August @ 3:00pm

At HOME....To NEWPORT COUNTY.....Let them worry about US....!!

 

I was bandaged like that after my vasectomy. Although both my legs were fine.

 

I've often criticised Alex Gilliead, but I thought he had a very good game today. All over the place, closing down, making tackles and also a couple of decent carries. He's so much better in the deeper position alongside Smallwood.

 

I thought we won without getting out of second gear , kept them at arms length . Preserved energy on a hot day, with another game coming Tuesday.
Its a virtual new squad and hopefully those odd rough edges will wear off with increased game time.

 

If you're talking about Jake Young that comment is absolute nonsense. He supported Cook very well and also got up and down the line to help make us as solid as possible when Hull had the ball.

Mind you, in the Hull thread you also suggested Alex Gillead was man of the match so this comment shouldn't surprise me.

 

I was very comfortable with how we saw out the game after the 2nd goal.

Didn't need to run around chasing the game. Comfortable in possession mostly and give them chance to preserve some energy ahead of Tuesdays long trip and game at Colchester

 

Sorry mate can’t agree.

 

Im with you. He’s broken things up, retained and carried the ball well. Him and Smallwood are an excellent pair. And Smallwood has been superb, again.

 

Wasting your time mate. Any time City win, it's always because the other team were poor or not taking it seriously, never because we actually played quite well.

 

Jake Young? I feel he was brought off against Hull to save him for today. He hasnt played a full 90 minutes.

Against Barrow he was the difference in that final 3rd and looked decent in spells against Hull. Him and Banks are the only 2 in that team capable of running with the ball at defenders. Pretty much a key attribute for any wide man.

If he doesnt start today I will be very surprised.

 

I’m not his biggest fan but in this heat you can see the energy he is bringing, constantly in their faces. Most the players look knackered already but Gilliead is still running his socks off.

 

Enjoyed that. Good win, good performance. Tinged with a bit of frustration; we play some lovely stuff at times, let down by poor choice or execution with the final ball. Hopefully though, that means we have another gear or two that we'll find as we play more games together.

After Barrow, also keen to see how we deal with very direct teams, as we'll need to be able to defend against that.

 

Yes, time to stop judging Gilliead on last season's performances.

He wasn't a winger, he was a useless goal threat, but he's not doing that anymore, he's a deep lying defensive midfielder and so far, so good.

Saying Gilly is playing poorly is like saying Cook is still fat.

 

An enjoyable day in the sun.

Glad we got the early cracking goal to set us on our way. As comfortable win as you will see all season.

All played their part again today, there doesn't seem to be any obvious weaknesses in the team.

Loving Halliday, at last we have a decent right back.

Harry Chapman man of the match for me, he has improved with each game and slotted in very effectively in the number 10 role.

 

Good performance today. We didn’t look out of control at any point in the match

Lewis has been solid so far. His distribution is superb for this level

Halliday on a much improved performance from previous games. Still feel he is getting into his stride but he looks like a good acquisition

Centre back pairing looks solid. I’ve noticed that Platt is very streetwise so to speak an is more level headed than Paudie. Crichlow is class.

I gave a lot of shit to Gillead last year, most of it was deserved, but he imo he’s the best partner for Smallwood. Runs non stop an covers all the dirty work

Smallwood. Suberb signing for this level. Makes the players around him look better i.e. Gillead which is the trademarks of a solid player. e.g. being Liverpools defence after Van Dijk arrived

Banks has something about him. Just needs to settle in more but he’s growing confidence. Palace are keeping tabs on him so they must clearly rate him

Chapman did good. Just needs a few more games to get up to speed.

Angol grew into the game, Cook was solid. Im really glad that we have Young as our player. He has bags of potential

Harriat back for next game. Saw Walker at the game on crutches. Hope he aint out for too long.

Good game, builds confidence. Onto the next

 

Good win despite not having to get out of third gear. Early goal really important as it didn't allow Newport to sit in and allowed us to control the game with the red making that a very comfortable exercise.

Really is refreshing to hear Hughes not being content with the performance and disappointed that we didn't take them to the cleaners in the second half. It's good to have a manager who watched the same game as you.

 

I'm very drunk.. So I'm going to summise the game in two words (with the weather inclusive of my thinking)..

Very pleasant

 

I thought Chapman had a cracking game today at last someone who is prepared to run and take on defenders and get in the box

 

I though yesterday's referee was excellent.
The best one's are when you leave the game not discussing the referee.
Madden was the centre of attention.