The Voice - Match preview Most liked posts in thread: Bradford City vs Swindon Town Saturday 7th October 2023 3:00pm

It's not that black and white. There are multiple options to pursue with McDonald. Still with much to offer on the grass, also it's clear this guy will become a good coach/manager - already done alot of his badges. He could be temporary player manager with support from Trueman, Derbyshire and Doyle. Still be registered as a back-up player, concentrating on the manager's job. Or simply take the manager role.

 

Was it more baffling than playing around at the back and creating nothing ?

 

Not heard that before.I understood a loan was tried from MKD but not buying him?

 

Because he trotted around , uninterested, at Woodhouse Grove during a training session , according to a sound attendee eye witness on here , hoisted off the pitch at half time at Horsfall because he was disinterested. What would you call that? . Carefree?

 

It’s not a single manager RT, yes we know MH didn’t fancy him, as it transpired neither did Barrow either. We know MH’s failings of course, why did another coach not fancy him either?
Strange?

edit….FGR didn’t want him badly enough either ? If so why didn’t they offer him a contract to at least match City’s. Something is not right and it’s nothing to do with integrity.

 

Isn't that like saying, back when we had only one sub, that you should only use him if you get an injury.

 

Is poor man management the reason he scored 0 in 17 for Barrow last season?

 

So results had nothing to do with his dismissal Serge. We have no evidence of your claim have we?

 

Not to justify what happened, as I don't watch Barrow, but I do know that Barrow were on poor form for the second half of the year, an that the style they play wouldn't really get the best out of Young, so perhaps that could play into how he performed poorly for them

 

I think we need to wait longer before judging Young but either way it’s a win win for us.
If he carries on doing well we either recall or sell him in January or the summer. If he bombs from now on he is of the books for a season

 

'Just one of the reasons'

 

I am aware

 

Rob Edwards would have known that Jamille Matt (who was Stevens partner) although he scored a load of goals in their promotion season, wouldn't be a long term solution.

Matt was aged 32 and never proven in L1 (and failed last season). Why would Edwards then let the current version of Jake Young go? The answer is easy - maybe there's something about Youngs character that put Edwards off.

Bit harsh on Wilde, considering a few on here think he should get our job. I definitely don't agree with that - but I think we can say that Young has worked for three decent managers, none of which fancied him (ask Walsall fans about Flynn and they see him as arguably their worst since they were relegated - but yes, I agree he's as good as Wilde)

Of course Young's "got something". But is that "something" a quality that works well in a team, when the going gets tough? I've no idea, but I suspect that's his flaw.

But let's hope this new found consistency, increased work rate and mental maturity continues - if it does, then yes he's a contender, but I also think there would be an opportunity to sell him and make some money.

 

I think he's a flawed character. It's a fair deduction based on the managers who've rejected him. They all play different footie.

The flaw, could simply be down to immaturity, that he's now sorted. Just like Jordan Gibson has now done. If so, good luck to him.

There seems to be an awful lot of people who are sensitive about reasonable observations of a player, that rarely 'looked the part for us', rarely 'looked the part' for Forest Green and rarely 'looked the part for Barrow'.

I've said in other threads, I'm delighted that he's scoring so much - we can sell him for a small fortune in January. Let's see what he looks like now he's playing for a team under pressure to get back to scoring goals.

 

It's still high risk. If Swindon had anything about them up front, they'd could easily have scored a couple.

Mind you we should scored 3!!

My point is that attacking footie in L2, invariably leads to lots of goals - at both ends. But that might be the way this season and we have the potential for our defence to be even better.

 

Well there are many looser connections than that Rog. I once gave Stuart my parking spot in the VP car park, on that basis could I claim to be his best mate ?

 

LOL!! I've not even heard any manager openly question his atttude. I merely suggest that could be the problem. After all it is a forum for opinions

My sunny disposition (ironic, because back in the 70's I used to get called 'sunny smiles' in the playground ) doesn't preclude me from eyeing up a footballer and thinking that perhaps they might have an attitude problem!!

 

Just daft?