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

We're absolute gubbins. Forget about Gillead being dropped, how about Smallwood? Absolute useless on set pieces, and is doing nothing. He's lucky he seems to be MH's golden boy.

 

Goal Salford. Good assist from Gilliead

 

Shouldve saved it

Also no idea what gillead was doing apart from selling himself cheaply leaving his man with a free shot

 

Critchlow showing how important he is to the team. Squad now looks weak, top heavy with average players rather than ones who can challenge for a first team spot.

 

Copy and paste for the next home game unfortunately

 

Someone has to get Smallwood off set pieces. He’s in a terrible run of form and he can’t even use “the babies keeping me awake at night” excuse.

 

TBF that was an awful dive by Lewis

 

Wright is our only threat going forward

 

Why is Smallwood still on he has carried on just as he did first half giving the ball away nothing positive from the guy tonight, what game you watching Mr Hughes.

 

Yes, I’m not one to trawl for quotes or articles but he said these fans just want to see attacking goals and a team having a go or words to that effect.
It’s really not what we’re seeing right now!

 

Worryingly we're creating next to nothing in games now. Very easy to defend against.

 

Another poor display no excuses Sparkie could have give his fringe players game time but he stuck with many who we poor against Northampton, after his recent comment he'll need to rotate you have to ask why he didn't.

 

Always very prickly when any real searching questions are asked.
Would have liked to see him call out a very poor performance for what it was, unless he really thinks it was acceptable, which would be a real worry.

 

What an absurd overreaction. We’re a work in progress and we’re 5th in the league.

If we’d have been offered at the start of the season the following scenarios going into the first game of December;

- 5th in the league
- our striker is the top scorer in the league with 13 league goals / 16 goals in all competitions
- Cup runs over but home wins over Hull and Sheff Wednesday along the way

We’d have all taken that. Get a sense of perspective ffs

 

I'd still play him in front of Gillead. At least he's not scared or the big white rectangle things the opposition stand in front of.

 

we may have all taken that at the start of the season but can you honestly not tell me we should be doing a lot better than this ?????

We with a more POSITIVE attitude at home would probably be pissing this league but we ain’t and that down to one man who insists on a system that basically at worked at home all season ...................... we may pull out the odd win at home playing that way but that system will not see us going on a decent run of results at home .................... I actually thought after the Harrogate game he would go out and change it but no sticks with the same pedestrian easy to play against shite ................ you can go on about being 5th in the league but this sort of home crap continues then it won’t be long till we slide into midtable

 

the thing with his premier league methods they are involving Premier league players ............. it doesn’t sadly work at this level ........... a top flight team can pass around at the back all day and rarely lose possession .......... we have a mistake in us every time we start messing about with it

 

we can all see it pal but one man thinks it’s gonna work and that in the long run will kill our promotion hopes off ............. it’s so frustrating because I believe that group of players can get us up ........... we have decent attacking players we have a decent defence a very good keeper but sadly that’s all wasted on that boring set up ............. if we actually went after teams I believe that the majority of games we will score more than we concede

 

I honestly believe Hughes had his plans ripped up with the loss of Osadebe and Walker. Maybe he’s trying to limp to the January window (to bring in a central midfielder), playing the same formation so they can slot into a settled team. Whatever reason though, we seem to have players playing in key positions who dont see a pass and take an absolute age to make a decision. We could help by adding a third midfielder but it’s obvious Hughes isn’t going to change so we’ll have to hope it comes together.