Eisa's and Angol's Injuries

19 players, a luxury. In 1968/69 Stafford Heginbotham insisted on only 16 players maximum. It was increased to 18 after the club gained promotion and he had a strict 1 in 1 out policy. Players just didn’t seem to get injured as much with strains and pulls in those days,but as a veteran player once said to me a couple of years ago you missed out on your £2 playing bonus if you were injured.

 

Put them on sick pay they will soon be back

 

Yeah, but back in the day they just had a restorative fag and were all right to play next week.

 

As it says this video was shot on October 26th, yet no sign or mention of when they might be fit to make the bench. .

 

They did,I used to watch the reserves occasionally and loads of the first team squad used to walk past smoking a fag.

 

As a kid, at a city open day, i remember seeing Steve Baines having a fag in the dressing room and being really shocked.

 

To be honest, chaps, it tells me all I need to know about the standard of the division below.

I know some fans have been envious of certain signings, even including Mullin at Wrexham, but the division remains a step down despite fears some of these teams have more financial muscle.

Crankshaw and Rowe wouldn't be posting those figures in the EFL, they're not good enough.

Should we have signed Tshimanga, it would have been interesting as those stats imply he's too good for the NLP - but I'm not sure he'd have scored more than our own Andy Cook, who is joint 4th top scorer (and has been top 4 for most of the season), posting almost a 1-in-2 goal to games ratio.

Still, as competition for Cook I'd certainly be willing to give someone like Tshimanga a try; but it just doesn't tell me that Rowe or Crankshaw or many of the players at that level are EFL L2 quality.

 

Some fans just think we are a Man instead of a Brad City

Rupp needs to go but until then settle for the fact we are at an equilibrium that wont change until he does.

 

Injuries update at the bottom:

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/19696003.bradford-city-boss-adams-says-side-must-recall-exeter-opener/

 

I saw Paul Reaney in a bath on an open day. Scarred me for life.

 

Saw Paul Reaney’s wife once shame she wasn’t in a bath

 

You're older than you look.