The Voice - Match preview League One Playoff Semi-Final: Bradford City vs Bolton Wanderers Thursday 14th May 2026 8:00pm

I suppose it will come down to who else is available. Remove Baldwin from the side and we're left with a back three of Joe Wright, Tilt and Pennington, none of whom have a fraction of the passing range of Baldwin. Which means that Power will drop even deeper and we'll get overrun in midfield repeatedly.

I might be in the minority but I think that Baldwin has had a decent season and I'd defniitely keep him now we're staying in League One.

 

Oh and can we put the January window to bed, it’s getting repetitive now, people saying the same things over and over again. It’s always a difficult time with a lot of competition and not a lot of player availability. Time to look forward.

 

There must be plenty of availability, we managed to sign seven players.

Just that six are garbage and the other has one good game in four

 

No way were they far better. I agree with both you and Dmitri. They looked better on possession and had that not of class to take there chances up top. I thought their defence looked quite shakey when pressed. I honestly believe they will come straight back down without serious investment.

 

Thought we played quite well, at least no shortage of effort, particularly second half, but individually Bolton had more quality and we really lacked it. Goal was against run of play otherwise I felt we were close to nicking an equaliser after 2 efforts off the bar.

Sad the season is over. Hopefully we can strengthen in the summer and go again but that's for another day.

 

You know what I meant. The best players are hardly going to be available in January.

 

If they can hold onto the two wingers they may be ok but they're the players that have got them to Wembley.

 

We missed a big chance in January to bring in bit of quality and build on the position we were in but for whatever reason it didn't happen and it maybe a long time before we're in that position again.

 

Gutted. Not the result I was hoping for. I know there's not much that can be said to make you guys feel better but your time will come, you're a club that's spent too long in the doldrums/ You've been to the top but stuck loyally in numbers whilst you've been in the lower regions & that's why I respect you. Never giving it Billy big bollocks because of of your size & where you've been, unlike Bolton. You're a championship club at the very least in waiting, size of city, size of support, fully expect to cross swords with you in league 1 next season but I 'd seriously put you in contention for automatic next season, you're a team on the up, had a good season this season, chin up up lads & if my team fails at Wembley I'll look forward to visiting Bradford next season far more than I'd look forward to going to Burnley, Stoke, Wolverhampton, or any of those other championship places of similar ilk. League 1 ain't so bad when you look at it, far more better 'beer days out' than the league above