Match Thread Home V Crawley Saturday 29th January @ 3.00pm

Yep can't see us keeping hold of him. Daly looked good first half too.

 

We can blame the keeper or the defenders but if others stand there and allow someone to cross a ball then no surprise the cross can end up as a goal.

 

Another masterclass from the dinosaur Derek Adams.

The tactic to drop back 15 yards in the second half and protect a one goal lead after we battered them for the first period should be a stackable offence in itself.

Sure, Crawley started the half with more energy and purpose than they had previously, but a positive manager can counter that by encouraging us to press higher and be more aggressive. They switched from a back three to a four and he had no idea what to do.

Whilst FCD was very poor for the first goal, he had a good game otherwise and Adams calling him out like he did was a joke. Where has this criticism been of his lovechild Threlkeld who hasn't had a good game since he signed?

Gillead comes on and we're playing with 10 men. He did nothing but be out of position and give fouls away. No surprise his foul led to the winner. Another player we look better without.

I don't know why this club is allergic to appointing managers who play attacking football. Instead we end up with boring bastards like this who suck the life out of you and can't even take responsibility for their wrongdoing. Sadly, our glorious CEO gave him a three year deal and restructured the recruitment department to his liking, so he isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

 

Because Spark is a novice and isn’t up for the job. Ruining this club.

 

3 points handed on a plate to them by clueless Adams, Crawley laughing all the way home

 

Not as pointless as your crypto crash currencies pal

 

Sat here now wondering if I can be arsed to go to another game this season.

DA just spouts the same diarrhoea week in week out-no passion in his voice at all. Sounds like he doesn't really give a shit.

Calling out FCD and Canavan was a cheap shot. If I were them I would be onto their agent tonight.

Bemused how we managed to lose that game.

Chants in Upper Kop of we want Adams out-sadly can see them getting louder and louder.

Must win Tuesday-honestly don't think I care enough now-this squad is good enough to be promoted but the mentality being fed into it isn't.

 

Exactly that @Botswana Bantam if you allow teams room to put crosses in sooner or later someone will get on the end of it, no more that a hit and hope ball from Marshall for the first goal but if your defender doesn't challenge then your in trouble.

 

I’ve just watched the highlights back and the second goal imo was poor goalkeeping.

 

It's beyond me how we can play so well in one half and so abject in the other. Having said that, how many genuine chances are we creating? Not that many I'd say. I counted three today, one of which we scored and two which we should have. Same player involved in all three.

 

Where to start! As good as we were in the first half we were predictably shocking in the 2nd. So depressing that it wasn't in any way unexpected. If money wasn't an issue I am pretty certain Adams would be shown the door as he has an alienating presence about him.

But Sparks won't do anything - I do understand why he came off Twitter but Rupp put him into the position of being the CEO and therefore mouthpiece of the club and he CANNOT hide away when things are in serious danger of getting poisonous. Mr Blameless Adams interview after the game shows to me his opinion of himself is vastly inflated and the comments of Cooke and Morais should be taken very seriously and be ignored at Sparks peril. If ever we need him to show some metal it is now, we need some leadership as what is happening is unacceptable and more and more supporters are reaching that opinion

 

I thought that at the time to be honest

 

Perfect summary mate

 

Today reminded me of the Bristol Rovers game, apart from the result.

Just like the Bristol game we totally dominated the first half and played some lovely stuff. However, just as that game panned out, we just invited pressure all second half and couldn't string 2 passes together.

 

Thanks Idle but just wish it wasn't the sort of summary we are having to make

 

As soon as the second half kicked off you could see the intent to get everybody behind the ball and sit deep. We had just murdered them in the first half and any decent manager would have said right lads more of the same and let's put these to bed. Gutless shite ground surrendering tactics witnessed by 14.000 city fans who turned out.

 

Just come off the phone to the BBC radio reporter who covers the Crawley games - said they knew they could win it if they were in touch at half time as our 2nd half collapses were discussed last week. Damning!

 

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/league-two/12528337/bradford-1-2-crawley-league-two-highlights
Where was FCD for the first goal it was hardly a quick cross into the box, and the second who wasn't at fault, Canavan was too easily beaten in the air, if at 6'4" you cant get something on the free kick make sure your opponent you're marking doesn't get a clean header, was Bass more concerned with not getting beat on his near post again, who knows but without doubt two poor poor efforts with regards defending IMO.

 

20 mins into the first half I was thinking I would have to come on here and admit I was wrong. He looked lively......and then completely disappeared for the rest of the game. Does give some credence to those who have suggested it's in the loan agreement that he has to start if fit. Started all 3 games since he arrived. Hooked off in all 3. By the way I'm not blaming him for today's shitshow

 

Spot on @simons (woking bantam)
I didn’t hear the comments of Cooke or Morais, what did they say?