Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Home v Northampton Sat 20th Nov @3.00pm

Always interesting to hear the views of the opposition, the referee and officials were poor yesterday but I didn’t think any of the challenges he points out in his interview were red cards. Flailing arms are part of the game, the FCD challenge I thought was timed well, he kept his feet down and got the ball, the Gillihead challenge on the keeper from my seat looked fair.
We have to learn that the opposition are going to try and wind us up and use the crowd to change the mood in the stadium. Teams across the whole of this league will use every tactic to break up play and slow down the game. As a team I would like to see us not dragged down to this level, I also think it is sad that managers need to stoop to this level to gain an advantage.

 

Our most successful team in the last 20 years came under a scenario of total football dictatorship by the manager. I've no complaints if Adams does the same.

No idea why any club would want a DoF. A "matey" coach sat below the manager is more important and the CEO should only be in the same room as the manager when he signs the transfer cheques.

 

He gets zero credit from me. Whatever money he put into the club to cover debts he was accountable for creating in the first place, were reasonably covered by the prospect of the McBurnie money and in any event, were likely motivated as much (if not more) by avoiding the need to write off his asset. He might not know football, but he's a businessman.

 

Not in Bradford it isn’t

 

Pressure on Sparks and Adams if we lose or even draw tomorrow.

 

He had one but instead of playing the two together he swaps them like for like. I’m sick of Dereks subs to be honest.

 

Exactly. And totally ignore the fact we haven't won in weeks.

 

Morecambe also drew 1-1 at home in a game in November last season.

Adams has us on track, promotion is assured.

 

How many players were trying to get sent off? Poor discipline really when we haven’t a strong enough squad as it is. Northampton will feel rightly aggrieved in my opinion.

Now we’ve played the top end of the table, I certainly hope we go to having 2 up front. Not getting beat is one thing, but not picking up 3 points is another…

 

Automatic has to be the aim not matter what happened last season. It's a poor league and we brought Adams in to get us up.

If the season is just about finishing in the top 7 then we might as well not bother going to the games.

Either way under Adam's its just not been good enough. It's unacceptable and we can't put wins together.

If you have no standards then fine.

 

You don't get football do you?

It's not the oppo team to worry about the style of play. We are the home team and we have to play better.

Adams style won't work for us and it isn't. Teams are coming to VP playing anti football but controlling the game.

1 up front at home is a joke.

 

Thank goodness you do know football Fordy!

'Adams style won't work for us ' - you've said that about every manager we've had since I joined this forum. I am sure only a few weeks ago you were reaffirming Adams is the right man for the job!

 

Adam’s negative football is awful to watch you can only get away with shite defensive tactics if you are winning and we are not. Effort and Passion are what City fans expect and like to see and limited players can be forgiven if the effort is there, this is not the case with yet another pathetic group of players. I doubt Gilliead and Watts kits will even need washing before Tuesday given the lack of effort they show. I don’t generally feel that constantly getting rid of managers is a good idea but with this awful brand of football I am struggling to see how Adam’s is going to win over a large section of the supporters. He needs to change the awful 1 up front and 2 holding midfielders at home and actually try and play some front foot entertaining football, at the moment the garbage they are serving up is not worthy of getting 15k fans to go and watch.

 

Every L2 manager knows we will play a lone striker and if you snuff him out the game you stand a very good chance of victory It was the same with Doyle and Vaughan we never learn
If we played with "constant gamesmanship/cheating" and it got us out this god awful league you wouldn't here many fans complain we are second best at that too unfortunately
All is not lost tho we are going up as XG Champions !!!!!!

 

Well, of course, there were nowhere near 15k there today. Big gaps, which are only going to get bigger. It's getting so tedious watching this lot. I can't believe we are within touching distance of the play offs. It's fast getting to the stage where I think I need my head testing not only watching this crap, but even commenting on it.

 

Do you mean who’re club signs in January Roger? Bolton signed eight or so first team players and went on a run to promotion. City could to that, but it would need Stefan to put his hand in his pocket. I think we all know how likely that is.

 

I think he was rooted to his goal line because they had unmarked men in the box he couldn’t really win. Agree with his catching one of his punches he could easily have caught it no pressure on him at the time. Poor all round performance again Callum Cooke rather disappointing it’s going to be a long long season.