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Hi guys, seems you’re interested in Liam Gordon one of the players we’ve just released at Bolton. Only 23, a very quick left back and many of us were both surprised and disappointed at his going. Evatt has signed Jack Iredale for that position to compete with Declan John so I suppose Liam was going to be third choice. Would be a really good shout for you and a profitable one if he continues to develop as he could? Good luck next year, it’s a disgrace you’re where you are.

 

Afternoon folks. Vale fan here.

Just popped on to chat about Harratt. We were hoping that Huddersfield would go up to give us a better shot of retaining Harratt for a season long loan next season. The fear being that if they remain in the championship, they may opt to retain him and start including him in their first team matchday squad. His owd man said as much when speaking to them on Wembley Way last weekend after the match.

To read of him possibly going back out on loan to league two is soul destroying. I'd assumed that if we was going back out, then the natural progression would be to join us in league one, with largely the same squad that have just played with him to gain promotion. He really clicked with our style of play and him and Wilson were some team.

He and his mad family have loved every second at Vale and we have fully adopted them, such is their enthusiasm. They're a great bunch.

As for Harratt's ability - well, we took him and Ryan Edmondson on loan from Hudds and Leeds respectively. Edmondson seemed to get more game time than Harratt and was a real lung-busting battler. Harratt was a little less experienced and showed his naivety now and then, which is perfectly understandable. But he just had something about him for the big occassion. He's fearless - he just wants to score goals with a wonderful direct nature. He's so positive and in time I've no doubt he will be an absolute goal machine. He has a very bright future ahead of him.

If you get him, enjoy him and look after him. He's a top lad.

Still can't believe it. Gutted.

 

Seems the guy can't win if the club don't keep fans updated with all things Bradford City there not being open and when they do its only on the pitch activity were interested in.
Credit to Sparks and his team for wiping out an £800,000 deficit to break even or maybe being in the black is worth a little acknowledgement from said fans.

 

Well I'm very disappointed if this signing of the FGR lad comes off. He's not the right player for us.
Firstly, where's his track record for always getting injured?
Secondly, he's not the wrong side of 30 and at the end of his career.
And finally, why haven't we signed him on the last hour on transfer deadline day? This all smacks of having him tracked and lined up.
Not at all what we've come to expect from City's recruitment policy.
I think someone needs to have a quiet word with Hughes and Gent and put them straight on just how we go about these things!

 

Isn't it refreshing going into the last two days of the window feeling confident that any late additions we make are more than likely going to add quality to the squad rather than be last minute panic buys to make up the numbers. The way Hughes was talking last night he sounded very confident that deals are either already done or are very close to being done, but I get the feeling that if for whatever reason they don't come off, he won't just settle for any old shite at 10.59pm like we have done in the past just to make a signing, any signing.

 

They are permitted to go on holiday Wilsden….as long as the club have a number of representatives present I don’t see a problem personally. Where do you stop in saying who should or shouldn’t go?

If I still lived in Bradford it’s nailed on I wouldn’t attend, I have my own memories of the day, what I did, what I saw and as a result don’t need a service to remind me and bring it all looming back.

Nobody in our squad were born before the disaster don’t forget.

It’s a case of each to their own for wildly differing reasons.

 

Lewis O'Brien

 

I have to say, the club deserve real credit for their approach this summer. There are some of our players who I know little about, and not every signing will work out. But we've recruited to a proper plan, we've recruited early, we've shown ambition, we've committed to relatively long term contracts amd created stability for the next couple of years.

We've organised ourselves properly for the first time in several years.

And for the first time in years, I think the optimism that most feel is grounded in reality rather than blind hope.

 

No I'm not joking. We won't sign better than Vernam if he leaves. We're finishing 14th for a number of reasons, and a poor squad is one. That isn't to say that there aren't a few quality players in that squad and now they're benefiting from a proper coach and proper set up, the bits of quality are starting to show. If you don't rate Vernam, fine. I do. He has quality, he has potential, and he's at the perfect age. He's one of a handful we need to make sure we keep.

 

it was a snicket when I was growing up in Bradford

 

Does he wear big earrings?

 

To leave early?

 

Good I may be by myself with regards Cook but with these new players that Mark Hughes has added to the squad I believe he'll score on a regular basis and not a bad option from the bench if he doesn't make the starting 11.

 

You can't beat pre-season. Optimism knows no bounds, you could be about to sign anyone, promotion is on the horizon and everyone dares to dream.

Then when you're 2-0 down after 20 mins of the first game of the season, it's time to sack the Board.

Football eh?

 

Don’t post much and don’t do a lot of the bs that gets posted so please don’t start throwing rubbish at me for the following.
My mate works for one of the main sponsors and there is definitely something signing wise happening shortly. How big I don’t know. My understanding is 48 hours

 

In the middle of our street?

 

It certainly was and I, for one, am prepared to cut him a bit of slack as a consequence. He's not the best but he's trying to get his career going again and needs encouragement as long as he's with us, rather than the castigation he regularly gets. We know nothing about the personal circumstances of the players we watch.

 

Ask yourself this. What is the point in buying a nice top of the range Merc or similar and then scrimping on the essentials it needs to keep it in tip top condition? It would be like sticking the Merc in the garage because you refuse to go over budget on fuel. Christ we have a manager who wouldn't be out of place in the championship yet we have talk in the media of budgets and self sustainiblilty. If that was the case we might as well have gone with a manager from non league, let's give Hughes every help he needs and aim high FFS.