The Voice - Match preview #22: Bradford City vs Port Vale Monday 29th December 2025 7.45pm

What are you giving for a deliberate stamp on someone else's face then like you think happened? There isn't any other outcome than a red if you believe that's deliberate?

 

I like to look at opposition views after our game but I can't be bothered looking at the Vale forum. I know it will be all about diving and ref conspiracy. On a serious note, if they really are paying Cole £12k per week, they have a serious problem, Can't see another club rushing to take him off their hands.

 

Play poorly and win. I would take that all day long vs playing well and losing. These results get you places at the end of the season. There’s time for us to kick into another gear as we’ve shown earlier this year. Maybe a couple of additions are what’s required right now as the window opens. If we had lost there would have been a load of moaning on here. We’ve just come up. Most sides settle for staying in the league. We’ve more points now than when we got relegated last time. All positives. If we can keep this up it would be incredible but they are striving. Up the city.

 

We’re finding ways to beat different styles. We can’t play fast free flowing football against a team of cloggers who sit back and defend

yes we look ‘better’ against teams who look to play out the back and we can press. We lack some technical players but we can’t have everything. We have a squad of players who can compete with physical teams, and have enough about them to press and counter fast against the more technical teams. Which is why we keep picking up points and wins.

 

We should have been getting hammered already with the drop off over the last two or so months but we aint and in all honesty we have never looked like taking a beating ...............he could have kept with us being open and the good attacking football but i doubt we would have been anywhere near the top 3 ..........credit t GA for actually doing something about it ............

 

There's no way he is on £12k, I'm doubtful he will have been on that at West Brom in the Championship

 

Fanciful numbers for sure! Didnt they need the Tolaj money to keep the wolves from the door?

 

Certainly a league 2 team cannot afford that. It is the Vale fans on the other forum who say they had to pay that as he was on £20k at WBA. He certainly isn't worth £5k let alone £12k

 

TBH I thought it wasn't a stamp on the head but a back heel.

 

OK, but you're still staying you expected a decent ref to spot it so if it isn't a red card then what did you expect the referee to give,?

 

Any team news? Injuries, returning players etc?

 

Yeah, Aden Baldwin isn't playing so they've put the first 3 rows of each side stand back on sale.

 

Good luck with that....

 

Take it back Dave. They do have a stand on that side now!!

 

Erm, we won m8.

 

Sorry should have been in Mansfield thread

 

Port Vale 5 Blackpool 1 would suggest new manager bounce is not an over hyped myth

 

Blackpool were down to 10 men for half the game.