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Happens every season.
Players not playing are always better than the starting eleven.
It will be Cooks fault that Chapman has consistently failed to even hit the target on numerous occasions this season.

 

course it works at the top levels because they have the players to play that way ........... we don’t you can see that there uncontrollable with it so why keep doing it ............. we are so effing easy to play against it unreal .......... we offer little going forward from our non existent midfield ......... we continue to give the ball away when a team high presses us .......... we are relying on Cook because frankly the rest can’t hit a barn door ..............This has gone in for months now and it’s only the away form that’s kept us up there and now that’s failing my god the commentary from Carlisle where actually buzzing that we set up that way ............. now if they can see it why can’t Hughes ????? Sadly I don’t feel nothing will change on Thursday night and in the long run if he continues down this route then he will be the reason that thousands will go missing next term

 

so my question is why he sign him then ?????

 

Who's the ultimate example of this in our history because it's such a pertinent phenomenon it needs to be named after someone so that in future we can refer to it as '__________ syndrome'.

 

Correct.The ambition and rhetoric before the season started led us to believe that Hughes had assembled a squad to not only get promotion, but do so automatically. It'll take a massive reverse in form for the top 3 and then ourselves to get anywhere near 3rd place.

 

It is, and optimism rises and falls on the basis of the previous result..

 

Without doubt we'll be down at Valley Parade Thursday night expecting 3
points, we'll most of us will .

 

Posted this on the wrong thread, basically I don't necessarily think this is a match made in heaven by any stretch, it's a matter of convenience for Hughes to get his name out there and somebody, when given all that has gone on previously, we weren't in a position to turn down.

1. The thing with Hughes taking this job is that he cannot lose. If we got promoted his stock has risen, his name will be mentioned in certain circles and before long he would have got a championship job. Fail here and it doesn't matter a jot, as it was a final shot at being a coach/manager and countless other managers have failed here because we are a basket case.
   
   He will also get free reign to an extent of what he wants simply due to his standing in the game, I can't expect too much challenge from sparks and rupp towards Hughes, they will still be creaming themselves due to the association, and lauding themselves with managing to attract him.
   
   This won't be a long drawn out love affair with Hughes, it's decent chance for him, a shot to nothing, and to keep the coffers ticking over nicely for a couple of years.
   
   We do well, he gets his move, things get sticky and he won't be that arsed and soon get fed up of crap he doesn't need

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Aye, forms picked up, but they’re still shite! Whole of L2 is dire. Orient only good team in it!

 

Not sure what I make of Eisa yet.

He doesn't seem to be up and running, which I suppose isn't surprising. Not really seeing any blinding pace or out of this world skill, but he does seem fairly direct.

Again: not sure.

 

Too late, Cooke's hammering them in at Hartlepool.

 

The fixtures in Feb will sort this matter out - one way or the other. Where we are in the table on 1st March will pretty much be it I reckon. Mid table !

 

Can't see the tweet, but have seen FB posts linking him to Hartlepool. If I were him, and they matched my wages plus gave me an extra two years, I'd be off. Close to home, not playing here, 32 yo, no long standing affinity with Bradford City and out of contract in June. As a player it would be an easy choice.

 

You forgot the bit about us paying up his contract....

 

Yeah we've already been softened up for this in the very Bradford City way ....

 

The club has relied on the good will of its fantastic supporters for far too long to be treated in this way. League two year after year, big decisions, new managers, new players but unfortunately the same old story. Enough is enough. Happy to tread water mentality. Sparks gone quiet? Where’s he? The whole thing is a shambles!

 

If he is at the match then he better be 1) learning about formation and playing style and 2) looking at a good striker and box to box midfielder ....

 

When Cambridge got promoted he could easily have played in Lge 1 with them or moved to another lge 1 club and still scored goals as he was only 26 at the time.
Obviously chose the money at Wrexham but I definitely agree that he would score goals at a higher level.

 

Made himself a legend at a club that now has worldwide popularity. Be interesting to see how far they can go, they'll be definite favourites to win league 2 if they go up