Match Thread Bradford City V Newport County Saturday 24/10/2020

Stuart needs to take a long hard look at his own performance again. No need for four changes today, just the one because of the injury to Hossanah was required. Changes it again at half time. He really is a tinkerman and what do they do in training, the defending at set pieces is a shambles and crossing practice must be non existant, any centre forward playing for us would be despondant watching the ball being cut out by the first defender or sail over his head and out the other side, or too close to the keeper. 60+% possesion of huff and puff , shooting my grannie could save and she has been dead over 20 years.
I am always willing to give people a chance ,but in my opinion Stuart is again proving that he is not up to the job.
I am not a happy man tonight. Defeat on tuesday and his days are numbered.

 

Plus it's a REAAAlly hard to play when it's raining.

 

Ain't no positives today Park, even you can't find one from that.

 

Probably need to take at least one zero off that.

 

What utter drivel.

 

McCall blaming himself today. What irks me though is that it sounds like he wrote this game off from the start as one we would probably lose due to Newport being a good side. Pathetic!

 

Oh ffs - a lot of tired legs out there today says Stuart.

Just f'off. We need to suck it up cos it's not going to change soon.

 

Lol. So you have no ambition then?

 

What a poor result from a poor team. Need the result on Tuesday.

 

Hopefully new CEO can give us a plan going forward.

 

If we win our game in hand we'll still be in the play offs right Park? No need for panic!

 

I'm not confident we'll get one. Bolton won't be as bad as they were the last time we played them and have had a good result today away at Cambridge. I can see us getting beat again unfortunately.

 

Thought Park would like your post.
That's 2 of you that are deluded.

 

What did Harrogate, Walsall and Newport all have in common? Players who fully understood what system they were meant to be playing, and as a consequence, looked confident and secure as they moved around the pitch together, and in interplay. When you know EXACTLY where you're meant to be showing, what players you're meant to back up, you make less dumb mistakes. We have already made so many dumb mistakes thus far this season - who am I meant to pick up? Who am I meant to cover? What's my run back? What's my run forward? At the absolute basic, who am I meant to be marking in the box and beyond? There were times today on the pitch when decent players were made to look bad, because they just didn't seem to understand what the tactics were, and there individual parts in it.

 

I never wanted him back either. It was pure sentiment on Rhodes part, and trying to get fans back on side
His 3rd spell here as manager is shaping up to be even far worse than his 1st spell here. I have no faith whatsoever that he will turn this around. A big week ahead for him with games against 2 teams below us. Anything less than 3 points and he could be in bother, as early as the season is

 

I certainly did not want Stuart back, but i dont think anyone could have got that pile of crap moving in the right direction last january. He was the easy choice at the time , but that is Rhodes all over. We really do need a root and branch at this club.

 

That's better, that's what I was suggesting.