Doncaster (H)

Which other striker do we have?

 

And Scannell breaks down again having not played for over 5 months and we are back to square one? Great.

And let’s play a left back at left wing just to play 4-4-2? Baffling idea

 

Well youve surpassed yourself with that comment about Chicksen being to blame for the Donny goal, I'd suggest as there was only NPK back when Donny won the ball to send Wilks away Chicksen was doing exatly what your critising him for not doing getting forward, have a watch and see him playing catch up behind NKP and the Donny scorer Wilks.


https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/league-one/11686161/bradford-0-1-doncaster

 

Fordy, you really can be a massive contradiction! I have read your comments on here and you rightly outline all the reasons of what we have done wrong, the mistakes that have been made and why we are failing as a club but then continually have a go at the manager who was NOT responsible for any of these abysmal decisions and has only been here for 6 matches. He cannot do anything about trying to correct all the failings until the summer and whether its GB or anyone else you might have preferred to get the job, whoever it is is going to have a massive job on their hands. You and your mate Black Adder will no doubt continue to slag GB off but I repeat he is NOT responsible for all the mess at the club - he is not getting the 'free ride' you keep pointing out and he will know better than anyone that he has a huge pre-season of trying to re-build a team we can all have some faith in and 'buy into' once more, and he will then start to be more fairly judged on performances and results. But for you to keep laying into him after correctly listing all the failings at the club before he arrived is to be honest a bit of a nonsense - perhaps it is just you needing to live up to your 'Nasty Nick' image on this forum?

 

Really Fordy? I think you'll find he has 'splashed' a hell of a lot of money bringing players into the club this season, maybe not on transfer fees but in terms of wages and loan agreements he's spent an absolute fortune compared to what we have been used to for the past few years. The problem is that the money he has spent has not been spent wisely. I lay the blame for most of that at Mr Rahic's door but with hindsight, he also made the mistake of forking out thousands in January to keep Payne here for the rest of the season instead of investing it in the areas we needed to strengthen. Money has been there this season of that there is no doubt ,but the way it has been wasted is scandalous.

 

No, not at all.

It's about results and being given a 2 year contract on the back on failure to gain results.

Don't understand why we brought him in now if results don't matter? Might as well of kept Drury until the end of the season.

I want Bowyer to do well but he has to prove to us he can produce here at Bradford City Football Club which he is yet to do.

They'll come a time when the excuses for failure ends.

 

Although I'm delighted Stefan is staying onboard and financing our club going forward he is far from the innocent party to what had been going on at Valley Parade.
When I say that I'm not talking about the general day to day running of the club, Rahic was a very good at getting Stefan to believe him, but given the McCall situation after the Wembley final and Stuarts poor run that ultimately ended with his sacking Stefan was 100% behind Rahic decisions, I'm told.

 

Wood has played there for us a few times this season and been reasonable. If Scannell is fit to be on the bench he's fit to start.

 

What kind of statement is that? Fit enough to be on the bench so is fit enough to start? How? Probably capable of 45 mins at the most at the minute given how long he’s been out. So guarenteed one sub used their when we don’t have anyone to bring on for him. Therefore would have to shuffle the whole pack, disrupting them

 

We'll just have to agree to differ.

 

If we had two wingers for each side I’d say go 442 and go at them that way. But we barely have one with Scannell so unfit.

It wouldn’t work

 

It was ok having the available money but it looks like we did not want to offer contracts beyond the end of the season, or players wanted to be associated with a team that could be relegated and possibly playing in division 2. Players too would have wanted division 1 wages - were we prepared to offer it - knowing there was a risk we could have a drop in income playing in Division 2.
Otherwise how can you explain the strategy when it came to the January recruitment it was bizarre.

 

David Ball, Was brought in as a striker and is a better one than Doyle

 

Doyle has scored thirty more career goals with four more appearances

 

You do talk utter shite

 

At a lower level Which includes Sligo in the Irish League and Hibs in Scotland, Take those away and his football league total fall by 40 goals

 

Once again please highlight what excuses are coming from the club? You have mentioned this more than Theresa May has mentioned Brexit and have been asked to produce the excuses and just like her you can't deliver.

 

How many were penalties? Last season he played well and scored goals on loan from PNE at Oldham before his blood clot injury but contributed little after he returned.

 

So we replace him at the end of the season and then what?

Had Bowyer been recruited instead of Hopkin, I’d be pretty sure we’d have been higher than we are. Whoever came in with 11 games to go wouldn’t stand a chance with the options available to them.

Has 5 managers in just over 12 months taught you nothing? 5 attempts and all failed. What makes you think number 6 would be any different.

You’re never happy unless you’ve got something to moan about. No City fan is happy with the results on the pitch, but judging by the comments from the club about a flurry of season ticket sales, I’d say most are happy with his appointment and the stability it brings.

 

Surely worth a try for nothing. Our other forwards haven't exactly done much.