The Voice - Match preview Most liked posts in thread: Crewe Alexandra vs Bradford City Wednesday 3rd May @ 7:45pm

Walker gets a rest every game

 

Although I've already paid up I'm not sure I can put up with this inept management team for another season .....

 

Just got back to Bradford from the game. My take on tonights proceedings:
First goal : Haliday was no where to be seen, left Stubbs isolated. Stubbs is a sound defender, but his pace is a big issue an that was on full showing in that 1 on 1. I was sat behind the goal, closer to the Crewe stand so from my point of view, I think Lewis should of closed him down an narrowed the angle. Id say Lewis an Haliday are primarily to blame for that goal

Second goal : Haliday gets done by his man, Neither Crichlow nor Ridehalgh are marking the striker.

Third goal : Haliday fecks up his clearance, results in Crewe countering, an somehow getting the pen. Doesn't matter if Smallwood fouled the Crewe attacker, they scored straight after anyways

I said this at the start of the season, Our full backs would be our down fall. An its sadly been proved correct. I dont rate either Halliday or Ridehalgh, they have a good game here or there but they're too limited to play well in a formation which emphasises the attacking use of full backs

Eisa was awful as well. That left side was a liability all game.

People say that January wasnt a decent window, but we brought in Stubbs, who was our best defender. Clayton, who has proved to be our most consistent midfielder, an Derbyshire, who's the only bit of quality up front, minus Cook

The option of wingers however is one for grave concern. They've all been shit

Joke of a performance. Did so well to get back into the game an fecked it up by letting Crewe back into it. We arent gonna win the play offs, even if we do get into it, so Im really not bothered about Monday

onwards to next season

 

Hughes will know that front six is very limited going forward, as fans it looked promising with a lot of unknown new recruits but in truth only Banks has shown in parts the sort of player we are looking for. Smallwood and Gilly have both been steady if unspectacular but i'm always noticing pretty much every team we face is more mobile in the centre of the park. Walker has been injured and not yet shown the form he's capable of, Chapman generally has been a disappointment. Eisa and Osadebe i'm not sure are good enough for a team looking toward league 1 and Nevers looks bang average. It paints a picture of just how good Andy Cook as been, how he didn't win league 2 poty is criminal. We are still more than capable of promotion in what is a very average standard of football, but that team would struggle in the league above.

 

No, he wasn't right at all.

We were 2-0 down. Got back to 2-2 with plenty of time to go. However, come say the 85minute you close up shop and take the point knowing that you are firmly in the play offs.

Now, we have a massive game on Monday to stay in the play offs.

 

Eisa Bad, Eisa Bad, He's Ebo Eisa Bad.

 

It's quite bewildering really when you hear managers moaning about having to play a game 2 or 3 days after the last game.

In many other physically demanding professional sports - athletes have to compete daily to their maximum level.. NBA, Horse Racing, Tennis et al, and they probably don't even have as good a treatment room as footballers have. Horse racing jockeys have to navigate heavy mammals several times a day, up until a recent rule change sometimes over 2 separate courses per day. NBA players during a season have to play daily, or every other day at best, over the course of several months, which includes travelling daily over a geographical location the size of Europe. Andy Murray was recently playing back to back 5 hour matches at the Australian Open after 2 hip replacements, yet we have Klopp & Guardiola moaning about having to play two 90 minute matches in the space of 3 or 4 days when they have a massive squad to chop and change.

Football really is soft.

 

It's an absolute nonsense to complain against rules that we are very aware of when we kick off in August.

It's not even as if these are new rules, games have been getting called off in the bottom two divisions for years due to call ups. I can't work out why we're supposedly surprised.

 

For all the talk about loyalty points etc, I am surprised that tickets for our last away game of the season are so readily available on general sale from the website.

You just know everyone will be begging for one in 2 weeks if we are in a position to be promoted on that night or that a win will take us into the top 3 to put it in our own hands.

If we are in the top 3 after Northampton then this will promote us, if we are 3 points within the top 3 after Northampton then this effectively put it in our own hands.

To me that scenario is bag the tickets and don't miss out.

 

Yeah before you get a lengthy statement telling you why your post was moved even though you really don't care.

 

To be fair, I'm not sure he's been that effective in the middle either.

 

Surely Hughes can't start Nevers again, he has got to be more than a threat to Crewes full back so they don't make runs into our final third, he's offered little during his game time these last 3/4 games.

 

We have strength in numbers unfortunately they can't be relied upon to deliver hence my original post, dare Hughes start Nevers again, I would give Osadebe a start, I cant see what Nevers offers but Hughes has started him the last two games so who knows, I would be more than happy if Nevers starts and has an impact on tonight's game but I cant see it.

 

Perreira definitely has a role from the bench.

To stay on it.

 

If those that think Eisa is the answer

What is the bloody question.

Not played for 8 weeks, he’s crap when fit, this shows what he’s like unfit.

It’s all too jisjointed

Oh feck

 

Our knobhead fans stopping game!!!

 

Idiots we are in the ascendance we don't need the game slowing down.

 

So gutless, but even worse from the fans pricks.

 

I think, if anything, the tactics we used have turned a midtable team into a top 8 team.

But the players themselves?

Nowhere near, especially under pressure.