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Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Salford City vs Bradford City Tuesday 22nd November 2022 @ 7.30pm

  1. TallinnBantam

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    Walker on the bench. Great news!
     
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  2. Dratsab taf

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    Shown no intent what so ever to win this game, you have to wonder whether they were bothered about the result at all.

    Performance has been insult to those who have travelled
     
  3. bantam2708

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    Neither side deserved to win that. A truly dreadful watch and Salford were just as poor as us.

    Midfield is becoming a serious problem. Smallwood was always seemingly carrying Gilliead but now his own performances have gone down the toilet. We're lacking bite, drive energy and a forward passing ability in the centre of the park which is essential for a side who wants to play through the lines.

    Neither of them are showing for the ball either, meaning we're taking 5 or 6 touches instead of 1 or 2 to play the ball forwards. It slows our game down and then we just panic and lose the ball either through overplaying or panicking and booting it long.

    I don't know what the answer is in midfield but something needs to change there.
     
  4. bantam2708

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    in all fairness he's right. We could play any formation possible but if we pass as slowly as we generally do, we'll have the same problems. I'd go as far as saying that tempo is our biggest problem at the moment.
     
  5. wetherbywhaler

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    Jon, given we are out of the other Cups and some on here bemoan the loss of income from those results, this is not to be sneezed at.
    £20k for taking part plus £10k for our win against the Owls. £20k if we win tonight, £40k for next round and so it goes to £100k for the final and £50k for runner up.
    Three years ago Sunderland reckoned they made £1 million from it.

    Go for it I say tin pot or not.
     
  6. Super bantams

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    Smallwood takes corner and hits it out for a throw in

    How much longer do we have to watch his garbage set pieces
     
  7. Faithful Bantam

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    Some of the reaction to last night's performance is OTT. The interplay between Lewis, Platt and Songo'o was exceptional at times. And the way in which we retained possession in our own third during the last 20 minutes to really take the sting out of the game and wind the clock down showed high levels of Game Management capability.
     
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  8. DimitriPayet

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    I'm getting really fed up with this team now. There's no imagination from any of the players, they all play like robots. Maybe try something different? Run at a player and put a decent ball in the box? Is it that hard? I can take a loss but when we are having one or two shots on goal a game it's not good enough
     
  9. NorthernMonkey

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    Yep, that's where the issue lies.

    In a positive note, it was nice to see Gillead turn his man and drive into the box ....


    ..... then turn away from goal and give it wide.

    That said, he was no worse than his sidekick who is deteriorating before our very eyes.
     
  10. Bronco

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    As I posted after the Northampton game our poor home form will put enormous pressure on the team to continue with their away form and as we know usually your home form is the base for a promotion challenge.
     
  11. Rogered Tart

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    That player you describe doesn't exist in league 2
     
  12. Bantam-in-Greece

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    It's not just Saturday's match though Dave, it's about Wimbledon, Stockport, Swindon, Crawley and Harrogate too.
    Same boring tactics, ultra slow build up, backwards passing, next to zero attempts at goal etc etc.
    At home we should be more adventurous and go for teams with pace and in numbers, instead of sitting back.
    Hughes needs to up his game at VP, the fans are getting bored to death with what they are seeing and quite rightly expect better.
     
  13. bantamdave41

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    Did the players or management read your script?
     
  14. Super bantams

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    Gary Jones spot on after no passion or desire.

    Played like they couldn't be bothered.

    Hughes needs to wake up one upfront and one tactic doesn't work. Especially when the whole league know exactly how we're going to play.

    62% possesion and did nothing with it except mainly side to side and backwards.
     
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  15. Rogered Tart

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    He can't rotate Dave, they aren't good enough. That central midfield doesn't really achieve anything, it doesn't create yet it doesn't really stop attacks. I know Oliver hasn't shown anything but to be fair to the lad when he does play he suffers from the same problem Cooky does, no service at all. The 4-2-3-1 looks frail but we lack the right personnel to change it. That was a chance to progress and bring in revenue yet we looked disinterested.
     
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    I’m glad with the potential prize money and only being 4 games from Wembley we gave it a proper go.
     
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  17. Park bantam

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    A depressing result tonight, we are riding high in the league and in the main we have done brilliantly away which has kept us up there but there is a feeling it’s going to drift away again without a rethink and possibly a couple of good signings in January. Promotion has to happen this year
     
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  18. Onside

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    If they do not do something different then the rot of low confidence will spread throughout the squad. I am not going to tell him who to play or how, it is job to sort our squad out. Tonight would have been a great time to change players and system, just to see if it made a difference.

    This low mood from both fans and the team is becoming unbearable and fans will start to walk away.

    it might be MH first taste of this kind of low I don’t know but we have had years of this. We thought we getting a style of play one that would be appreciated in this neck of the woods.

    I do not want MH to go, but we need to change the style of play.
     
  19. Fordy117

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    Our CM - shocking.
     
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  20. oggie

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    The problem is he thinks we played reasonably well, Jesus what is he watching!
     
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