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Agreed. Naivety due to a a limited amount of experience I'd say.

 

But he's the second coming according to park.

 

We haven’t played 4 3 3 yet it’s been 4 4 2 diamond with Doyle in attacking midfield

 

Not sure I agree with you there Lord. In any event though, either 433 or a diamond we're splitting hairs. The formation with Doyle at the tip or behind the front two hasnt worked. We looked more effective when Scannell came on and both he and Gibson played out wide. They created more and the full backs overlapped.

 

It's got to be. Unless he really does think Akpan can be consistently good in this league and Reeves will come back and be as good as when he first joined and Shay will be a player?
Big doubts on at least 2 of those for me. Look at the bench yesterday. I know it's league 2 but not enough options and quality on there for me never mind the 1st 11.
Let's hope there is some positive news coming!!! In an ideal world out of the 7 subs you need 1xGk 2xDef 2xMF and 2xFW and at least 1 of each of them positions should be able to come on and make a difference. The rest can be squad fillers. I really do believe we will get a couple of loans imminently.

 

If we don’t win on Sat I dread to think how bad the boos will be. Lots of worried Bantams right now.

 

Have we played 4-3-3 in any of our games this season?

 

Me too, and frankly I wouldn't cry if he kept his position even if McCartan was fit.

Genuinely would accept Billy Clarke back to play that particular role - he's just not a striker, that's all.

 

Off to bed but with a smile after reading that

 

I was at the recent fans forum in Bingley, French was one of the players who attended. Have to say he came over as a genuinely sound bloke. He was quite open about the fact that it was a big jump coming from non league, training two evenings a week & building conservatories by day! Certainly seemed to be keen to learn & develop. His attitude seemed spot on so hopefully he won’t let the likes of AOC knock his confidence.

 

I was also impressed with the lads interview when we signed him. Anyway, justice was swift, because the next time he was on his arse, having just made the most basic of errors, and letting in a goal.

 

Not good enough 4 poor goals but we knew they would cause us problems, he seemed more concerned in getting players game time mentioning Akpan, O'Connel, Scannell.
He said the Preston players had given there manager a team selection problem for Saturday, he wished the same could be said of our team on the night.
I'm not sure what else he could say one of the goals from a school boy error and the 4th a wicked deflection but it was game over by the time the 4th went in.
Of course we'd prefer him talking about a good performance and a win, but I said we'd have an idea of where we were after 10 games so nothing has changed that opinon.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07kk5w8

 

Agree Bronco too early - although Preston might have been well organised they had made 11 changes so it was hardly their championship team - part of their championship squad - yes.
Just shows how far we have fallen in terms of the overall quality and character of our squad.

 

Yes unfortunatly it was difficult to leep up with the game last night, bloody DAB radio, the word was DAB is the way forward better quality sound, last night proved to be not the case.
Without doubt as a club we have fallen from grace in terms of the overall quality and character of our squad I believe Bowyer can start the long road back and he can't be judged on 2 league games and a Cup game against a Championship side.
When I looked at the Preston starting 11 I didn't recognise most so wasn't suprised when Bowyer said in his post match interview they made 11 changes.
I get that Bowyer needed to give players game time to either see how they reacted or in others cases to give players who are maybe not 100% fit a run and see if there are any reactions later in the week.
Its not been the best of starts but to say the likes of the Oldham game is crucial is putting pressure on ourselves as a club, staff and fans, after Saturday we still have 43 games to play.

 

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I'm here all week.

 

Don't you start as well , as I said I didnt recognise any of that starting 11 on Tuesday night, we have enough problems wondering what starting11 and formation Bowyer is putting out to worry about the opposition .

 

That explains it. Cheers mate. It was Bowyer (not you) saying he expected them to cause us problems.

Makes it even more bizarre why he would play a weakened side and players out of position then.

Another reason for me that he’s the wrong man for the job (and I don’t make these types of comments about managers lightly)

 

Not 3 games mate.