Saturday 13th Accrington Stanley

If he’s part of Hopkins team, suggested/agreed by Hopkin then good. The sooner Hopkin has his OWN team (including players) in place the better.

 

Yes just looked him up with regards his managerial career which is hardy great but noticed he's back at Palace as Sporting Director so you might be correct.

 

Dougie Freedman has done nothing as a coach or a player to suggest he will improve things. That’s the truth.

 

I wonder why Freedman and Edin left at half time, I text a mate and said the crowd behind the goal were chanting Edin to get out of our club and his reply was as you say Edin went at half time with Freedman.

 

Maybe had things to discuss?

If Freedman is to come here he will surely only come as a director of football style choice with control over most of the footballing side, working closely with Hopkin?

He already has some control at Palace and will be on a good wage?

I can only see we are trying to sort out some arrangement with Palace after Edin's comments recently about Feeder club links

 

Yes I get all that but IMO Edin should have stayed and get behind the lads ffs, and no I couldn't have gone at half time as I traveled on the Corn Dolly coach .

 

Should have stayed, agree

Freedman if he was there is not the first is he?

We've had McClaren before? Rosler?

 

That was all he said.

Rememeber Hoyle is friends with Grayson and Rahic.

He said he felt Grayson would bring Bradford success but was being undermined by McCall and that was the end of the answer.

At the time, I thought that was coming from Grayson but now I think it was your chairman.

 

Maybe they enjoy Edin's company and his footballing antidotes to keep their minds of the game, I bet he has the likes of the above wrapped around his little finger with some of his footballing stories of when he was an up and coming winger.

 

Just what was McGowan thinking about when he handled the ball for their pen, and that was defo hand ball by Hughes when he tackled O'Brien.


https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/competitions/league-one/11525324/accrington-3-1-bradford

 

Agree on both.

What were we doing for the second goal? NKP charging out instead of holding his position with the rest of the line?

And the third was criminal, players diving in all over

 

Defensively we are a shambles. NKP has been a liability since he came to the club. I had high hopes for McGowan but he appears to be in the same mould. WTF did we let our POTY leave?

 

The third was a great finish from where we were sat the only way he could score was by bending his shot around the group of players in the box and into the far post, cracking execution from the lad McConville.

 

Was a good finish but to get to that point? poor

 

Grayson being undermined by McCall........ PMSL.

Grayson managed to undermine himself without too much external help.

 

Bogey man McCall, yep sounds like Edin. A few of the lads went out for a meal with McCall when he was sacked. There is a photo circulating, it set off his paranoia. Every single one of those players have left the club. Killgallon would be a major asset but he was allowed to leave, and was not picked for the team. He was our player of the season last year, held the team together when Grayson was here.

 

Killer should walk into that team this season

 

I'm not sure what you mean, it was a great bit of build up play the ball was moved from the right side of the pitch to the left side of the pitch where the lad had space to do what he did with very little challenge from our defenders.

 

When Hopkin arrived didn't he say he would be in charge of the football stuff? If so I don't think he'll be too pleased at a potential director of football being brought in.

 

What was Mellor doing? What was Mcgowan doing?

I'd suggest you watch it again. Agree its a good finish but two defenders just fall over and let them through to score. Wood charges back 60 yards and is the closest to the striker who scores.

Its shambolic. Bring them down earlier in the move and stop them getting near the net. And don't dive in when they are one on one with you