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Hopkin.. was it pure genius

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by king karl, Jan 13, 2019.

  1. king karl

    king karl Administrator
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    Think about it...

    We play well and get a result against Barnsley then the owners dont open the purse

    He changes the format against a team we didn't really expect to have a chance against... knowing full well this game could not have come at a better time in the transfer window

    Now everyone including the owners are nervous again.. so will it help go that extra mile to push deals through.. maybe - maybe not

    Was it genius... I think it could well be
     
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  2. Chrisako

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    Love this - if it’s true the guys a Genius
     
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  3. king karl

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    Is it why he blames the players and not his tactics ...
     
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    You watch too much Miss Marple.

    It was a bad formation and poor defending right across the back four/five.

    Disagree with naming individual players at fault. I thought he said we win as a team and lose as a team.
     
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  5. Idlebantam

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    I don't think whatever the result or performance yesterday would have had an effect on recruitment this month. Don't think Rupp will be throwing any more money at us. He will have told Hopkin to ensure we do enough to stay up, to make selling a bit easier. So, I reckon perhaps a permanent deal for Ball and another loan or 2 will be our maximum incomings for remainder of month
     
  6. Lard Arse

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    Nail, head ,hit
     
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  7. Fordy117

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    The sooner people can admit to themselves that Rupp is just as big of a let down as Edin then we might be able to move this club forward.
     
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  8. Petrov

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    He can tell Hopkin as much as he wants to 'do enough to stay up' but if he isn't prepared to provide him with the tools to do that, he will have nobody but himself to blame come May.
     
  9. Fordy117

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    @king karl@king karl heavy night last night mate. Drinks and midgets involved?
     
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    If that's the case hes a *@?$ , I went expecting my team to fight and try their best. Not him do his best to prove a point to the suits.
     
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  11. king karl

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    Just midgets :zippy:
     
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    Sounds far fetched, but ther may be a grain of truth.

    Whether directly or indirectly, the manner of performance just highlighted how much we need to strengthen.

    There’s a massive rebuild needed this summer, whatever happens
     
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    Mate this is Killing Eve, not the gentle machinations of a long gone middle England! ;)
     
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    Yes. Genius. Play dinosaur tactics in front of a travelling support of 3500.
     
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    How will that help us move the club forward?
     
  16. How

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    What a ridiculous thread.

    We got it wrong and Hopkin did too

    Too many positional changes that we didn’t need

    Has nothing to do with him showing his hand to the board. If he or the board didn’t know we needed reinforcements in they are as bad as Rahic
     
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    Agree hardly a genious move to piss almost 4,000 traveling fans off at a Yorkshire derby even though it was only down the road.
    Unfortunatly with the Shrewsbury game being postponed it was a hard game to try and continue our great recent form, maybe if we had played Shrewsbury last Saturday and got 3 points from the game he would have continued with our high pressing in there faces game.
    The players looked lost at times yesterday and just kept hitting long balls that everyone could see the Barnsley defence coping with quite easily.
     
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    I think it may be a case of keep us in the division and sell in the summer.If that were true,buying a lot of players ain't gonna happen.
     
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    Break came at wrong time really. We had momentum before it and now we looked lost yesterday

    Hopkin had too much time to think about it and it cost us. Must win Saturday now
     
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    Because fans need to understand that he won't put his hands in his pockets to improve us and like Edin he needs to sell the club and fu@k off.

    We only need serious players at Bradford City Football Club.
     
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