The Voice - Match preview Bradford City vs Swindon Town Tuesday 25 October @ 7:45pm

Blame the ref yet again we know before a balls been kicked that they will be shite so why not do something so they cannot spoil the game ??????
You know like getting a few goals to kill games off .......

 

I watched it in real time and thought the opposite. Also saw the iFollow replay and though the same. No way could the ref have seen that clearly. He just caved in to Swindon appeals

 

Shame that’s a real kick in the balls, we played well and were the better team but didn’t finish them off and you end up leaving it up to chance unfortunately. Need a cutting edge if we want to get promoted.

 

When ever a ball was played up to Oliver he found himself behind their CD maybe it's a new way of competing for the header, once again harsh penalty call or not we don't seen able to see games out, we're our own worst enemy.

 

First 10 minutes of second half we were asleep.
Over confident maybe. Lacksidasical.
Twice they went straight through the middle as platt got turned. They had more shots particularly in the second half and were probably worth the point as we didn’t kill them off. Why angol did stopovers when through instead of laying it off for a shot from around the pen spot I’ve no idea. Need to be more clinical.
The ref was poor. No idea if it was a pen as too far away from me. But Oliver got thrown to the floor in their box a blatant foul just as it was hooded up the pitch and they got the pen. Ultimately if we don’t kill teams off we allow for this type of issue to re occur. All in all a decent game between two teams trying to play football. Shot ourselves in the foot.

 

We know Angol is s talented player but when he cut in from the left Smallwood was standing with no one around him unfortunatly Angol went for goal much to Smallwoods frustration.

 

As I say, a marginal call. Still just about a pen for me, but I agree he probably was influenced by Swindon appeals.

 

Mighty poor from Angel

 

Damn, honestly, I can't believe we're walking away with just one point.

The only player that consistently struggled tonight for me was Platt, who got turned THREE times. Not his finest day, I think he struggled with the pace of Swindon.

Pereira/Chapman/Wright is a really nice trio to watch, but damn it, why can't Chapman finish?! Chapman is always millimetres away from putting games to bed, and honestly, he has to improve that side of his game. He had one chance first half that fell to him in the middle of the area and he had all the time in the world to... miss. Again.

Thought Smallwood had won us the game with the free kick at the end, but again, just wide.

Very frustrating, but I agree with what Mark Hughes said after the match: we were the better side, and Swindon got lucky tonight - not that they'll care how they got a point, because ultimately they stay above us.

Boy oh boy, though, if anyone other than Cook and Wright knew how to finish, we'd have won 4-0 tonight.

 

Funny how a freakish handball can judge how some saw our performance. Personally I thought we played some decent stuff tonight and a lot of the team had good games. The back four all played well, the full back were solid throughout. Gilliead had a very good second half, at times pressing in their area, Wright again was on form. Smallwood generally controlled the midfield. Chapman was the usual Chapman, moments of brilliance followed by poor passes. Cook again quiet and Periara better but still not.doing enough.

 

Did you watch the first half they never got in our box we controlled the game completely. Second half was more even but nothing takes away that we played well tonight against a good team and we deserved all the points

 

Agreed

 

You only have to see how they celebrated at the full time whistle to understand how they robbed us of all 3 points.

Would like to hear how the ref can see through a whole host of players to be 100% certain that it was a deliberate handball.

Periera had his best game so far, as did all the team to be fair.

First half we played some really exciting football.

Just a few incorrect decisions meant Swindon took an underserved point: Angol should have squared the ball when he burst into the box later on and in the first half we got behind them and a number of occasions but again the pull back was just off.

On another day we win that game 4-0

Not concerned at all as we are creating the chances, just need a bit more composure.

My POTM was Wright -would love to keep him at the end of the season.

 

Il be honest, from my point of view, we were poor. We looked too lethargic an didn’t really feel like putting the game beyond doubt

Platt imo is our best outfield signing. Has been solid every game an has everything you want in a Centre Back, Pace, Strength, Good in the Air, Good positional sense, Knows the dark arts. Unfortunately that injury he got in that first half rattled him. He made 3-4 errors in the second half that lead to chances for the opposition

I wasn’t fond of Gillieads performance in the first half. he was a passenger for most of it, but whilst others were gassing out in the second half, he was still giving it his all, So il applaud him for that

I don’t trust Halliday. Hes too one dimensional an truth be told, I prefer an upgrade as soon as possible. Also the weakest link in the back line, especially when those crosses come to the back post on his end, he never wins them (i.e. the colchester game)

Periera is clearly a confidence player. The assist gave him a boost but he was poor. Il reserve judgement though till later on, As Im well aware of his abilities once he’s firing on all cylinders

Wright is a great player an im glad we have him for the season

Don’t play Cook at home on his ones. Isolated again an given no service

Angol is a greedy tit. All he had to do was square it an we would of won the game.

If I was Harratt Id be well pissed off. We aren’t top of the league, so clearly players are underperforming. What the fecks the point of putting him on the bench an having him run up an down the touchline if he can’t get any minutes. I bet he can’t wait to feck off back to Huddersfield in Jan.

Hughes take the blame for todays game. Should of made changes sooner, Should of brought East on sooner than he did. Should of even brought Songo on to calm the game down. Should of killed the game off when we were on top for 15-20 mins in the second half

Not impressed but we roll on to Saturdays game

 

Periara made the goal and set up two more acceptable chances . I have been critical of him so far since he came back but tonight he was close

 

I thought platt had a decent game

 

I had a pop at Crichlow on Saturday for a couple of mistakes he made,thought he was back to his best again tonight and deserved man of the match.

 

Same subs every week

 

First 10 mins we didn't start. Then did well. Second half they shaded it. We need to be better at putting teams to the sword when we're on top. Wright is chipping in, but Chapman isn't, Perreria isn't, the central mids aren't, the centre backs aren't. Lack of goals is going to do us in, not referees.

 

Take Chapman and Cook off we play the way that Hughes bemoaned at the beginning of the season when saying we got sucked into their game.