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What a difference a week makes.

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Brackenrigg, Nov 10, 2020.

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  1. Brackenrigg

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    I am astounded that so little has been made of the performance of the team that SM and KB have produced in the last week.
    After Barrow, and with the two banana skin fixtures coming in the next week, I think we should be congratulating them for such a seismic turnaround in performance and result. The way the team performed in both games was astonishing. It is clear that we have many individuals in the team that are easily good enough to perform in our League.
    The confidence self generating through the squad on the field during the games was palpable.
    The way the team played was exactly as I'm sure the management envisaged. Good players in their best positions
    playing to a high standard and happy in their on field roles.
    I have never been a fan of Stuart the manager and have been critical of his ways in all 3 reincarnations.
    However, to produce such a turnaround in such a short time must give us all a massive lift.
    Well done to the management team and all the players.
    Hats off to you all and thank you for 2 such inspiring performances which certainly gives massive
    hope for a fruitful season.
     
    #1 Brackenrigg, Nov 10, 2020
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  2. bantamdave41

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    Absolute nonsense.

    "I think we should be congratulating them for such a seismic turnaround in performance and result. The way the team performed in both games was astonishing."

    Seriously are you taking the piss?

    1 week of OK performances against sub standard opposition compared to months, no years of regression. Playing to high standards (or is it astonishing?) ... Flipping eck how bloody short sighted? Have you forgotten about Newport, Barrow, Walsall, Harrogate, Colchester etc. Would you like to thank the management and players for their dispirited, disjointed performances in these games?

    We are 15th in the league with a disjointed squad, IMO incapable of a sustained promotion push. McCall has won 5 in 16 league games (or whatever), we have a CEO who wants out, an owner in name but what else and you come out with, what a difference a week makes.

    No 2016...rupp came along with Rahic and TOGETHER, they took this football club backwards over the years. Yet one bloody week of results against Southend and Tonbridge, and we get nonsense posts like this.

    I hope this is a renaissance but I don't identify what has changed significantly to arrest our decline. One swallow doesn't make a summer....

    Short sighted and fickle post that dose not represent the reality that is Bradford City. Give me a dozen or so games of continuity, progression, positive performance, endeavour and application and I may see the seedlings of growth and change and buy into some of your massively over exuberant post.

    Nonsense.
     
    #2 bantamdave41, Nov 10, 2020
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  3. How

    How Knows Football
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    Just take a look at our next 5 league games and you can see it’s not all rosy yet.
    Double figures points from our next 5 would be a real sign and statement McCall has sorted it out. I can’t see it however and I think come the end of November we will be back to how we felt a week ago
     
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  4. donhutchinsaffro

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    Billy C looks very fit
     
    #4 donhutchinsaffro, Nov 10, 2020
  5. Frank Castle

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    Oo-er
     
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  6. Interested Bystander

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    said no woman ever
     
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  7. Stoneski

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    Or man.
     
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  8. XCIV_Bantam

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    I really don't understand the negativity on this forum. The guy is happy we've played well for the past two games leave him alone.
     
    #8 XCIV_Bantam, Nov 10, 2020
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  9. Bantamsteve

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    :joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy:
    Hi Stuart
    ;););)
     
    #9 Bantamsteve, Nov 10, 2020
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    Wasn't exactly a high bar now was it? Southend were dreadful and Tonbridge amateur. We've a lot more to prove.
     
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    #10 Flying Duck, Nov 10, 2020
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    I guess it could have come across as a personal attack for which was not my intention.

    It simply is another illustration of the low base of expectations amongst some of our support base. Really puzzles me.

    Nonsense nonetheless.
     
    #11 bantamdave41, Nov 10, 2020
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  12. Campbell's soup

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    Tut, what is the world coming to when a man can’t comment on the sexiness of another man.
    I thought the world was becoming a more tolerant place.
     
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  13. 1975citygent

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    Let's just try to be positive. Yes Southend are bottom of the league and Tonbridge are semi pro but as the saying goes "you can only beat what's put in front of you".
    Yes in a few weeks time we could all be moaning about our form/weaknesses. On the the other hand these two games could have been the right opposition at the right time giving us a bit of a boost when we needed it. Confidence breeds confidence.
    As for Billy Clarke yes he is looking fit (physically! I was never confused).
    There is a lot of rubbish peddled around about Billy Clarke. He hasn't got loads of pace, he never has. Having said that he is a very good footballer who finds pockets of space and makes things happen, we just need to keep him fit. If he had pace to go with his footballing ability he would be playing League One of even Championship level.
     
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  14. Aaron Baker

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    Think he's more likely trying to get a reaction out of people to be honest.
     
    #14 Aaron Baker, Nov 11, 2020
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    Wow... absolute bollox
     
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  16. Onside87

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    Two decent results agasint one team in complete and utter meltdown and the other against a team of part timers. We have been woeful this season.
    We saw the exact same thing against Mansfield. Everyone got ahead of themselves and we went on to not win any of the next 5. I didnt see anything from the Southend or Tonbridge performances to make me think we will go on any kind of unbeaten run or that we have turned some kind of corner. We will win a few and we will lose a few. Thats where this squad is at. Inconsistent and lacking quality in certain key areas.
    I dont think we will beat Exeter wat the weekend but ill gladly let the players prove me wrong.
     
    #16 Onside87, Nov 11, 2020
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  17. XCIV_Bantam

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    who? brackenrigg? people are getting baited because someone said nice things about bradford city?? what a time to be alive.
     
    #17 XCIV_Bantam, Nov 11, 2020
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  18. Bantamsteve

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    Either on the wind up or provoking a reaction
    Can't for one minute think he is serious
    Even @Park bantam@Park bantam has his optimistic limits
     
    #18 Bantamsteve, Nov 11, 2020
  19. Bigrod

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    I think the two wins, have now been put into perspective with the home defeat last night. Many different players, yet the same management team.

    Yes we ‘played’ youngsters, but then so did Oldham.

    They had nothing to play for other than pride, we had the opportunity of progress.

    Had the team won, I assume they would have got a ‘bonus’, that has gone.

    Now to be balanced, then I don’t want to slavishly dissect last nights performance, both the players and the management.

    However a 3-1 home defeat, against a team below us in the league, sadly suggests that no seismic turnaround has been sustained.

    More games have to take place, to prove that the Southend and Tonbridge performances were more than ‘flash in the pans’.

    Perhaps you can review the progress at the end of the month? We will have played another four games, five plus points and progress into the third round of the FA cup, would be evidence of a sustained improvement.

    I hope your optimism comes to fruition.
     
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  20. 1975citygent

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    In your opinion
     
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