Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Home v Harrogate Town Tues Feb 22nd @7.45pm

Why? He was crap and we got money for him. I'd say it was a belting deal.

 

He's miles better than Songo'o who looks a shocking signing to be honest.

But more importantly he's a real defender unlike Songo'o and Threlkeld and we don't have enough now.

 

I normally agree with but you're talking shite.

 

I don’t blame Canavan that much tbh.

Imagine being hung out to dry week in week out by a manager who would instruct his team to sit back on narrow leads or whilst the team is drawing for up to 75% of the game at times.

As we all know, most of the time we’d go on to concede an draw or even lose games because of this tactic. The players, alongside the manager would take the blame for it, therefore knocking confidence which was very evident in some players, Canavan comes to mind.

An after all of this, the manager has the nerve to throw the players under the bus for the tactics he selects which ultimately costs us games. Now if you were to be in that situation, im sure you’d want to leave the club as well

 

His legs have gone.
That was exactly how a Bolton fan at work described Delfouneso the day we signed him.
With no legs what do we expect him to do when out wide??
More shocking recruitment.
Makes me so angry.

 

Dont be silly. They are all round better class of player than us. We have played well however, considering our lack of ability. We have pressed well,but don’t go ott.

 

I believe the term is #ruppout

 

The remnants of this squad with all the injuries is as bad as I've ever seen at City

 

There’s still a definite risk of going down

 

Get on the blower to Evans or Warnock tonight. This club is in bits. Sod the snowflakes.

 

Spot on. This club is in crisis. Its an absolute shambles. Hopefully we've got enough of a buffer to stay up, but without serious change, we're going down next season.

 

Is Adams the new Rahic, maybe we can blame him in 3 years when we can’t get out of the national league. Plenty on here said he was holding the players back, well last two games they’ve just looked as inept. Buy cheap you buy twice.

 

Ridehalgh early on in the season would make a difference but hasn’t been on the same form since so I understand where your coming from. He was an effective outlet for decent crosses into the box an was relatively solid defensively. He also linked v well with :

Vernam -
may have his off days. But honestly, Id say he’s probably been our biggest attacking threat over this season as a whole. Knows how to beat a man an can create a lot more chances than Gillead

As for Eisa, he’s just been really unfortunate with injuries this season. I’ve seen snippets here an there from previous seasons an he was a player I was really looking forward to watching him this season. Just a shame how things have panned out

I also forgot Angol in the list from earlier. Id say he’s a better target man than Cook

 

Him and Songoo would fit in at the donkey sanctuary. Get rid of them both.

 

no way did we deserve to lose that game tonight . more fight than we have seen in weeks. two set pieces and a break away goal in the last minute have done for us,
Gillead should have scored twice from his headers and their keeper made the great save to keep it at 1 first half.
Trueman is not the man for me though. 1 point from 36 the last 12 matches he has been in control 10 last and 2 this , says all you need to know.

 

Disagree we were tactically all over the shop. It was clear as day what tonight's tactics were. Get the ball forward to the front 2 and give them something to think about and certainly in the first half it was very effective. They were pegged back in their own half for long spells. They scored with their only shot on target in the first half.

 

He is an average league 2 striker. That stood out at Forest in August when they had pace and movement and we didn’t. He also has not scored for some time. If he isn’t scoring he doesn’t contribute enough. If he is up front next season then we ain’t going forwards as a club.

 

Its totally as Jagger described it.
Chuck a load of players into a squad without any clear direction on how we are gonna play and hope for the best that they deliver.
Songo'o has played the majority of the season in defence, Cook has played the majority of the season by himself, We've swapped keepers 3 times, we persist with Watt who underperforms every week, we sign players who are not in form, we sign players who drop like flies, we change manager and recruitment structure every year.
Rupp needs to demote Sparks to commercial manager, get rid of Longo or other way around, keep Longo and bin sparks.
New CEO who has success at lower league level with other teams.
DOF with experience of lg1 and 2 football who has had a solid career or managed well in the past.
A young, hungry coach who the players can relate to, again someone who has had a good career and played at a decent level in the 21st century ( as for me football has moved on so much this last decade).
All with a clear blueprint of how we are gonna recruit, bring through any youth players and most importantly, implement a style of football that yields points whilst also wooing back the public of Bradford to the stadium and giving them much needed entertainment.
Even if this takes 3 years to bear fruit i'm not fussed.
If we finished 10th next season playing the same formation all the way through but giving teams games and creating chances whilst having excitement, mixed in with a bit of progress in the cups to bring in money, then so be it.
Follow that up by signing 2 or 3 decent players the season after and maybe a push for the play offs.
Then in the 3rd year with everyone familiar in what we are doing, playing style, plan of attack, some money to spend after a few cup runs then we go for promotion.
A solid base, a clear direction, a successful strategy.
Not spouting out claims of i'm a billy big bollocks and whilst i'm in charge you won't see mediocrity coming form the CEO and a billy big bollocks manager claiming he's effing god, whilst throwing 11 aimless souls out to the wolves.

 

Plymouth fan here. It looks a carbon copy of what happened at PAFC under the Adams times. Search the media on google and you will see the evidence for yourself. We sometimes had double figure soft tissue injuries. The medical staff at the clubs are at the mercy of a man (adams) that picks what they do, who does it and how long for. They dont have a say believe me. I thought training was as much about recovery these days Pep & Klopp say as much during short periods between games (why is it Adams gets them training on a Sunday and gets all the injuries?) It isnt baffling. He gets results but damage is player injurys.

A small part of a lot of reasons why players get injured disagree 'usual'. Agree that has impact 100% and PAFC still got injuries when DA had left. Isnt that football? Consider how hard it is to undo 10 months of ridiculous sometimes stupid levels of training just by changing staff or warm ups or managers or pitches. All the excuses. It takes more than one of those things and probably a lot more time until players recover from it. We often looked slow and unfit if anything which is against all what Adams wanted from his team and he probably hasnt learnt. 2 promotions though what do i know!! Hope it gets better, we know how you feel #PAFC