Most liked posts in thread: Time to draw a line under the negativity for the rest of this season

The only way to draw a line under the negativity, is to sack the most negative manager I can recall watching City, and that includes Taylor, and also sack a coach in Drury, who is more out of his depth than even Collins was

 

It was dreadful under Docherty, the football was the worst I have witnessed, but under Bowyer we are n’t really playing football. It is inept. It’s his recruitment and his inability to get anything out of Doyle and Vaughan. I doubt going back 50 years we have had a spell of less attempts on target than this guy and he’s had a top 3 budget. At the start of this season how many other managers would have been envious of our budget and squad?

 

Trouble is it was tall order when we had two top of the best of strikers in the league I think it is almost impossible now. We have been conned all season.

 

When your manager is papping himself about Oldham's home form (four wins all season) then you can pretty much forget your five, six or seven victories.

Bowyer has gone for workhorse forwards to add to his already dreadfully defensive set up.

We'll get all the draws you need, no question, but we won't be getting those wins. Sorry.

 

Well the club shouldn't be so negative!

Fans need to make a stand now!

Enough is enough!

 

I'm less bothered about the winning and losing, after all we can't win every game.

What I'm more bothered about is trying to play in a decent way and in the last couple of months we seemed to have changed our formation, style, system so much to the point where I don't want to go because I know the standard of football will be awful.

Just try and play in a decent way and hopefully we'll win more than we'll lose and get up the table.

 

A fair point. Long term who knows whats happening but for the next 6 months lets see what does. The ball is now firmly back in Bowyers court. He has brought in two new strikers on 18 moth deals, that means he has to get the best out of these two unlike his efforts with Doyle and Vaughan. The club has to move forward from here, i couldn't care less whether that is with Bowyer as manager or another incumbent.

 

Why don't you find something else to do with your time. If it upsets you so much, don't go, don't renew. What do you think will happen if we take your advice? I'll give you a clue, does Bury ring any bells?

I get your cheesed off, we all are. I too hope things improve both on and off the pitch, but absolutely nothing will change off the pitch until the summer at the earliest, given the timeframe needed. Managerial change could happen sooner, but that'll be as a result of us being hammered week in week out and any true fan won't want that that to happen.

All we can hope for is improved results and performances, to achieve the aim from the beginning of the season... promotion, by any means necessary.

 

you don’t need to worry about our fan base giving the team 100% backing but that will only happen with vastly improved results and performances. If the fans witness the same old same old today, next week the week after why wait till the season is dead to voice further disapproval. We’ve sold nigh on 2000 tickets for today now that’s commitment. We the fans have done our bit so over to the Manager and players to give us a performance deserving of such support

 

Maybe it's time for you to leave your 'support' of Bradford City and take that support to another team who does all that you expect of the owners and management. You are deeply unhappy, that is clear. Perhaps it's for the best?

 

Give it a rest Fordy. We've all heard your thoughts on the matter multiple times. It's relentless. You're giving me a headache.

 

This hasn't aged well. Still feel the same?

 

Completely agree.

Another thing with the wing back areas though, have a look who the only two people are putting in ball's from the right hand side on the rare occasions we get the ball that high up. One's an orthodox right back (Henley/Mellor) and the other is a centre half (AOC). Is it any wonder there's no quality coming into the box?

 

Where Bowyer drops below the others in my opinion is that he's actually been backed financially and had the players at his disposal and his hand hasn't been forced to play the way he has. I've had a season ticket since 95 so can't comment on Doherty but wasn't he pre Richmond when the club were skint? Bowyer was given the tools which other managers in the recent past haven't and has made an almighty mess of it. Everyone keeps stating that we may have had a top 3 budget but he didn't get to spend it all. To counter that, the best players this season have been ROD, AOC and Connor Wood who were already here and isn't Akpan now our top scorer? Bowyer hasn't had his hands tied like some are making out. He's just not good enough and inept on all fronts to be a manager for us.

 

Winner

 

It is nit that ppl are accepting what is going we are not. Name me one happy bantam on here? None is the number you are looking for. As a group of supporters we cannot change things as none if us have the resources to buy the club out. I will check my lottery numbers but I am fairly sure it us that kind of money that is required to change ownership and invest properly in city.

We just have to get on with it for now. The players are stuck in the middle of this and will play better with our support.

 

I didn’t go to the last game. I haven’t bought my season ticket yet. I gave the Board a year to sort this out. I expected the Board to do everything in their power to get us promoted this season and although I still might renew if in this division but it would be dependent on my assessment of how the Board have performed and so far my assessment is not positive at all. I may even just buy a flexi to keep my seat and not turn up until things improve.
I actually don’t know what is going on, but until I do I am not going to renew.

 

Just how low can we sink? It really scares me to think it only seemed a few seasons ago we had a team of lions that were proud of wearing claret and amber, now I don’t recognise this team as being Bradford City any more.
The crowds are demonising every game and we are having the heart ripped out of our club, but the really sad part is I don’t know how it’s going to end?

 

We lose tomorrow,you can shove your optimism up your ....