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

Take it but 3 lucky points

They had 24 shots to our 9. Absolutely dominated 2nd half

 

Wright was bright. Lewis superb.

 

Very lucky today. Lewis was excellent and we could have gone in 2-3 down if not for some excellent stops.
Walsall came and gave it ago and it made for a entertaining game.

 

Crikey Moses, we get a win there, but that was too close for comfort.

Did not like Platt today, Cook struggled until he scored a belter (so who cares), Levi Sutton though, what was he doing all game?

We struggled with Walsall, it was a nice open game, but that one-two at the end of the first half killed Walsall.

That referee was chronically bad.

 

It's the sport of football keV, probably the only game where you can be outplayed.and come away with the spoils. There'll be times when we wipe the floor with sides.and come away with nothing. Swings and roundabouts....

 

We're not a physical side. We're a technical one. And I worry that there'll be too many games where we struggle to impose ourselves and the lack of physicality becomes and issue. Especially when the pitches and weather turn to sh*t

 

We all know how it works.
We will play other teams off the park and loose.
Take the three points today all day long.
Great goals from City and moving up the table which is what we want

 

Not a lot I could disagree with regards Flynn's comments on the game, although he does say possibly their best performance of the season.
https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/walsall-fc/2022/09/03/bradford-city-vs-walsall---live/

 

Soft under belly? Nice in possession but...

I'm fairness Jon, we are in the "growing pains" process and this team is, potentially, very capable.

 

Yep I thought today was Platts worst performance for us looked at sixes and sevens. Both him and Critchlow need to take the space offered by the opposition more effectively. I think if Timi had been on the bench I'd have taken him off.

 

We have Timmy time too. .......if any of the centre backs are having a wobble

 

Different game after the subs came on. Although Jake scored, both him and Banks were anonymous for the most part. The introduction of Oliver, Ty and Dion made a difference. If we start with them the xG will improve considerably.

 

We weren't overrun in midfield, but the combination of Sutton and Smallwood didn't work because we never had any control of the game. Our problem was our inability to win defensive headers on long throws/set pieces which allowed Walsall to have too many goalmouth scrambles.

 

Yes we have dominated most f the matches we played this season with very mixed result we didn’t dominate today and came away with three. We are in decent shape we have a big squad with one or two injuries we just need to get the balance right.

 

At least this season we have strong options to come in ............ our changes late on proved that ........... still got a feeling that Oliver will have a big day this season ......... he caused the CBs problems when he came on

 

Hope Oliver has more than one big day mate.

 

Certainly not at our best yesterday, is it just me ,but it always appears that way when we attack the kop first half
Walsall were one of the biggest teams i have seen and caused us no end of problems, especially at set pieces. Chritchlow is a good footballer but can not head the ball and this is his weakness.
we would definately have lost that game last season, so credit to the guys for fighting for the points. onwards and upwards, i think we have still to see the best from this team 18 new players takes time to gell and we have good options for all positions

 

What a splendid afternoon. Both teams were great to watch, drama from start to end, fabulous atmosphere, sun shone. Who needs promotion when we can enjoy days like these - and at the prices we pay.

Forget the negatives and enjoy what we've got.

 

Agree, he’s not shite, but let’s be honest he’s not at his best and if it wasn’t for injuries he’d be nowhere near the squad on game day on current form. He’s was there to support Smallwood, because against big units , East would get mullered.

 

We weren't unlucky against Doncaster and Crewe. We were slow and ponderous in our build up and created little. They were both fair results.

We do have plenty of options at our disposal though and as Hughes gets to understand how best to use those options, we'll improve. I also think that as the games tick by and clubs pick up injuries and suspensions, our depth could be what separates us from most. Similarly, our depth and the introduction of the 5 sub rule could be an advantage for us.