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Collins couldn't learn how to manage the u18s. They were 3rd bottom under his management last year.

This year, without him, admittedly only early days, but they are 3rd and will go top if they win the game in hand.

 

Killa in. End of

 

Well said. Unfortunately, it is easy for Rahic to hide behind others and also to let them take the blame, although clearly lots of people can see straight through that.

 

Edin leaning over into the dugout during the game?

What’s all that about?

 

Anyone who can squeeze a positive out of yesterday is good by me. It takes a glass half full person to do that.

Here's hoping they'll turn it round for Tuesday and we'll all be high-fiving on the Midland Road come 10pm.

 

The Tordoff family have far more interest in football and, Bradford City in particular, than Rupp will ever have, that's for sure

 

Guaranteed promotion? And there was me thinking it was because we didn't win one of our last two games of the season. Oh and we got to round 5 of the FA cup and the quarters of the league cup. Not going up had nothing whatsoever to do with Tordoff and formations. A couple more signings were the only thing missing from the best football i've seen City play.

 

When Parker is saying it's bad it must have been really bad. A couple of 4/10s and a few 5s, without the likes of Jones and Reeves to change things around i'm not sure what he can do to change the line up around. That central midfield is very worrying, Akpan and Wright look very slow and don't help Payne and the forwards at all. A goal shy attack and a dodgy defence, at least the keeper looks decent.

 

Yeah, the appointment of Collins is now what everyone is questioning, although any with half a brain has been questioning it since it was made. No experience of first team football management, not even sat on the bench in any capacity. Its not like he has done the hard yards with a spell as an assistant or anything like that. He hasn't so much been pushed in the deep end, more like pushed off the end of a cliff into the atlantic. At least his assistant has some experience......

 

Interesting ............ when Payne was at Southend he was seen as a very good player ....... when the rest of the team is on form and balanced and we were getting at the opponents that is. But in some games he was a "luxury" player - not able to get the ball and not able to influence the game - often then trying too hard with the inevitable consequence that the ball is lost and the pressure comes back on. Defending and tracking back are not what you want Payne to be doing on the pitch as it is a waste of his skills ............ but that means there is more to be done by the remainder of the team.

All in all, there were more views on how and when to play Jack Payne than there are ice-cream flavours. If Collins can sort out how and what Payne is supposed to be doing that would be a good step forward.

Otherwise I'm sorry to see your club in such apparent disarray so early in the season.

And one last thing ............ Gillingham and Southend (both from the same division) decided that Josh Wright wasn't what they needed. That doesn't mean that he can't be a good player for Bradford but it would take a talented man-manager and tactician to get results from him that 2 competing clubs haven't managed so far.

 

We've downgraded from Nicky law. Sad

 

In case the previous four pages left you in some kind of confusion....

IT WAS BAD

 

It is going to be interesting listening to Collins post match interview.

 

" Well today we managed 2 shots on target, I could see some positives " will probably be his take on this defeat.

 

You mean Miller?

 

Sorry Miller yeah

 

Only positive from this game they only scored 2.

 

I think they call organisations like this are called a " circus" because at the moment that's the impressions that is given to what is going on.

 

Excellent post.

We have given three teams their first taste of success this season. Now we face a poor Burton side.

We have to compete, surely?

But the fact we are desperate to turn performances around already tells the story clearly enough to the vast majority of City fans.