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No Vaughan for this and the next.

Donaldson won't be risked.

Dread to think how Bowyer will set us up.

10-0-0

 

Think they've been reading some of the posts on here.

 

'We need to tighten up again'

Well that's it, 10-0-0 formation tomorrow then, backs to the walls performance incoming. Bet they've been working all day on defensive shape and how to stop colchester today too.

 

I thought the Stockport game was a Saturday afternoon match. Our goalkeeper for those games was Malcolm White . His career with City lasted for 9 games and he let in 31 goals - never to be seen again.

 

Yep,that about sums it up but this is Bradford City,
We make what looks easy difficult and what looks
impossible achievable,so I'll go 2-1 to City,Doyle &
Akpan again!

 

On a positive note, maybe we’ll see Devitt having a run out.
On a negative note, it’ll be an 87 minute sub for Akpan when we’re losing one nil

Joking! I’m going for a positive no score draw tonight!

 

......... NO ............. But it will certainly give him another excuse to fall back on !

Like a few others - I expect to see a 5 - 4 - 1 formation.
FULLY expecting a dull point here ........ 1 - 1

BBC STATS (in advance )........

Possession .......... U's ..... 65% ............. City.....35%
Shots ....................U's.......20..................City......2
On Target .............U's.......12..................City......1
Corners.................U's........8...................City......0

McGee to certainly earn his corn tonight.

 

" We need to dust ourselves down and go again "

 

Can actually see us getting something from tonights game
Historically we always do the unexpected
or am i dreaming

 

93rd minute scramble in the box with Oteh eventually fumbling it into the net - Bowyer erupts with joy as he now has something "to take from the game".

His post-match comments were "it's a fortress is the Jobserve Community Stadium, one of the toughest places to come to in Europe, maybe in the world. I thought we battled hard and on any other day it would have possibly been 3-2. We were unfortunate not to get a point but we didn't take our chances and they did, that's all there really was to the game. But... well we're going to have to continue to work hard in training as we have to go again on Saturday, where we can hopefully secure a point against a top side in Mansfield."

 

Bowyer has been questioned by some on here from the end of November, start of December, even if we lose tonight you won't be seeing a new manager at the helm, it ain't gonna happen with us 7th in the league IMO.

 

Don't get Bowyer's desperation to sign him. He's brought nothing to either end of the pitch. Absolute waste of a wage. Can't believe he got an extension.

 

Problem with Bowyer is he's marked his card.

You simply can't have fans chanting 'Your Football is ****', as soon as that came out at Carlisle it needed an immediate remedy, it hasn't been forthcoming, and for me the rot has set in.

Time for the club to be brave.

We are a football club. We only do football, we don't do anything else. There is no alternative. Our sole product cannot be ****.

 

But we are still in a great position to get promoted, I wouldn't risk that on the assumption the next manager could guarantee promotion because he couldn't, so we find ourselves in a similar position with our new manager but that's OK because in trying to get us promoted trying to play football, nah not for me Jon, until Bowyer fails to deliver promotion I'll back him and hope as I've posted with Donaldson, Devitt, Pritchard and Ismail back we can start playing better football.

 

Wow, you’re a constant influx of negativity. You actually come across as though you want us to lose to prove yourself right about Bowyer. Try support the team.

 

Get what you're saying, but we're talking about whether back a manager long term or not, and the answer is no. The apathy will increase as Bowyer simply employs negative management, his focus is on damage limitation through and through.

Right now?

Bowyer is going to get the opportunity to right a few wrongs, and that's probably fair, but this is only going to end one way. You want to pull the trigger at the end of the season by the sounds of it. Not a bad idea. Id like to pull it sooner, once we drop out the playoffs and start losing touch.

I'd give another manager the chance when that happens, and I feel that it will. But if it doesn't, I'll keep trudging to VP expecting dire, turgid football against dire, turgid opposition. I'm other words, ****.

 

I always try and give an honest/genuine answer, so in reply of course I would keep him on why wouldn't I, he's just done what the owner of the club and fans wanted him to get us back into league one.
I wouldn't have thought any right minded fan would want to get rid of the manager who had just completed the task the club asked him to do.
You are forming an opinion that because its been pretty dire recently Bowyer can't get us playing better with the introduction of the likes of Donaldson, Pritchard, Devitt or Ismail, I'd argue with said players back I would expect more pleasing football to the eye, why not ?.

 

The football has been dire all season, even with Donaldson, Pritchard and Ismail available. It's just more people now notice it because the results have dried up.

But, yes, I would sack him at the end of the season even if we go up. Why? Because like I said, next season, if in L1, the aim will most likely be to consolidate. The budget will not be comparable to other clubs in the division so a promotion push is unlikely. So with nothing to 'achieve' per se, such as a title win, promotion or a play off spot, the onus on the entertainment side of the matchday experience will grow tenfold.

I understand that fans this season don't particularly care about the style and entertainment value so long as the end goal is met and we win promotion. But when there is no end goal like that, are you suggesting that fans will be happy to finish mid table having watched a truly dire and prehistoric brand of football for 46 games? The tolerance level for such 'quality' is wavering enormously now, even in the top 7, there is no chance that anybody will put up with being bored to tears every week simply to finish mid table.

And whilst this season if we go up, ST sales will be fairly healthy, next year garbage football and a mid table finish will only see that number fall.