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My dad is in his late 70s, had one knee replacement and needs his other doing due to 50 odd years as a sparky, recent breathing problems but they won't stop him. He's the reason I have been going 50 years. reason my kids now go too and he loves spending time with them. Was fantastic a few weeks ago when my brother and nephew and his daughter came, so my dad's great-granddaughter, so four generations of us!! Brilliant day was had.....

 

what is this? What has mobility and age got to do with being a supporter? I cheer when I have something to cheer about. If it wasn’t for the old codgers we wouldn’t have a club to support!

What we are short of is a barn storming performance to get us off our seats shouting and cheering them on. We were promised that before the season started; get them off their seats style of football. They got me off my seat and straight to the exit door early. Then there would no need for this thread. BTW I am 73 years old, what you are proposing is that I am priced out of my season ticket; I have attended VP since 1967. I still have all my faculties and still mobile as those that see me round VP can testify.

Funnily enough I am not surprised by your discrimination, I see it all the time on social media, lack of respect for senior citizens and why can’t we drop dead in order to save on the expense! Well I have news for you. We all get old and it is better than the alternative.

 

You do come out with some twaddle.
So we need to increase prices in the middle of a recession with rampant inflation. Resulting in a reduction of crowd numbers and similarly sponsorship.
And less of the offensive remarks and stereotyping of older supporters please.

 

The fault for the home form lies entirely at Hughes door.

He set up with two clumsy CBs yesterday and tried to play out from the back and got caught out.

but the lone striker upfront has been a problem all season - at home. Keep tactics as they are away from home. At home we need to shake things up urgently. Only Hughes can rectify that.

 

Let us go back what seems to be a few short years.

We have had Kamara, Jewell, McCall and Parkinson to name just four managers who, on the whole, gave us exciting attacking football at Valley Parade.
They all played with two 'strikers' - Mills / Blake / Windass / Watson / Hanson / Wells / Carbone etc etc
(Even before these players, there was a strike force of Campbell and John Hawley, supplied by Hendrie, Ellis etc)
These players were supplied with exciting attacking players like Beagrie / Lawrence / Waddle etc to name just three.
Their engine rooms were the likes of Flynn / Jones / McCall and many more who gave 110% in every game.

Each and every player showed desire, commitment and a 'win at all costs' attitude.
Even when going behind the fans just knew that these players would claw it back and go on to win.
As a result, Valley Parade was always, without fail rocking/bouncing.
The players didn't need all this 'the fans are at fault for not getting the players going' rubbish - they did it themselves and it was them that got the place bouncing as a result.

Since those days what have we, the fans, had to cheer about?
The boring, dull stuff churned up by the likes of Robson, Taylor, Hopkin, Grayson, Bowyer and Adams.
Are we now to add Mark Hughes that terrible list - at least when playing at home?
I sincerely hope not but if Hughes cannot see that whatever his system/tactics are when playing at home are failing miserably, then unfortunately he will.
Mark Hughes cannot live on his name alone, fail at City and he is done in football - unemployable.

Time for Mark Hughes to give us, the paying fans, something to cheer about and to get excited about going to Valley Parade in future, at the moment there seems to be many fans, including myself, who are not excited about attending home games.
Personally, I don't want to hear the man saying, what seems to be week in week out, we will get to the bottom of this home form, most fans can see what's needed, when will Hughes?????

 

You've hit the nail on the head with everything there.

It's up to Hughes and Hodges to earn their corn and turn these wretched home performances and results around.

It's getting to be a chore watching these constant flat performances every home game.

 

The hole you dug yourself over this issue keeps getting deeper.

After watching for 89 years my dad has had to concede defeat and stop going this season mainly due to mobility issues. He still has more passion for this club than you will ever have.

 

That is so offensive it needs calling out.

 

You really are a piece of work sometiimes. If you'd made that comment about my father i'd wipe the smile clean off your face. Learn some manners.

 

If 18666 turn up to watch City that is credit to Rupp and Ryan Sparks for reinvigorating the club after the last few seasons. The atmosphere is nothing to do with Rupp but due to the negative football on display at home with very little excitement at recent home games. Had we pulled a goal back just after half time you would have found the atmosphere cranking up superbly.

 

we whack prices up and see how much damage it does to the club ?????? You really think a hardcore support of say 8k will bring in more money that 16k ????

the only issue at the moment is not the fans it’s not Rupp it’s a man who cannot suss out that his system simply does not work and tbh even the games we have won have papered over the cracks folk turn up to be entertained to actually have something to cheer but that dull as dishwater safe football ain’t gonna get people up for it .................

 

That's just as offensive. I hope you look forward to the day when you are deemed too old to be allowed into Valley Parade.

 

I fall into the category but I can't take the majority of his posts seriously, we should know by now he enjoys the attention, sad really that he has such little respect for any Bradford City fan young or old, as we know old age is something that comes to us all.

 

Since the failure at Wembley and the end of the honeymoon period, our home form in 120 games reads

PL 120 W 45 D35 L 40 pts 170

17/18 9-4-10
18/19 7-4-12
19/20 11-5-2
20/21 9-7-7
21/22 6-10-7
22/23 3_5-2

Won 18 of our last 56 at home...

Our home form has not been cracking for a long time.


I wonder why the fans turn so quick..

 

Sorry but doncaster, Crewe and Swindon were absolutely garbage and we made Wimbledon look better than they were.

To say teams come here and play out of their skin is really over egging that pudding

 

It’s down to the system and our slow play and nothing looks like changing going forward
Since the Stevenage game we’ve had

Wimbledon 2-2
Stockport 0-1
Swindon 1-1
Crawley 1-1
Harrogate ( cup) 0-1
Northampton 1-3
That’s 5 goals out of 6 games ......... I actually thought after the Harrogate game he would have actually change the way we set up at home ............. then the same happens again yesterday .......... I actually believe that this squad is good enough to get us up but one mans arrogance will end up costing us you can blame the crowd but this same group are performing away from home in front of full away ends ............. we actually set up to go after teams then we may end up with more points because from 3 points from a possible 15 is simply not good enough ........... and should our away form drop off then don’t be making plans on promotion this season ............... don’t get me wrong Northampton looked good but how many teams have looked good at Valley parade because our system makes them look that way ?????

 

Increase the prices and the atmosphere will improve?. Struggling to get my head around that one!