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crusty ole pie
August 6, 2019, 11:05am

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Tried to call the club shop a couple of times this morning but had no luck.

Is the promotional free ticket for ST holders available for the Bradford game? I know previously it has excluded first game of the season/more in demand fixtures but it only appears to be bank holiday games this year.

Cheers in advance.
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August 6, 2019, 11:22am

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Quoted from queenybantam07
Looking forward to this one

Travel arrangements and tickets purchased weeks ago - should be a cracker.

Against Cambridge we saw a lot of the ball, almost 70% possession - we didn’t do too much with it, mind. We went with 433, playing Donaldson, Vaughan and Doyle (DVD) up top. They haven’t played many minutes together as a unit and it was telling on Saturday. I didn’t agree with not starting Scannell, and I don’t think Gary Bowyer will make the same mistake next week.

Jermaine Anderson went off with a slight knock, so he might not feature. Up steps Hope Akpan if that’s the case.

I think we’ll switch to a simple 442 for this one.

GK: Richard O’Donnell

RB: Kelvin Mellor
CB: Anthony O’Connor
CB: Ben Richards-Everton
LB: Jackson Longridge/Adam Henley

RW: Sean Scannell
CM: Matty Palmer
CM: Hope Akpan
LW: Jordan Gibson/Zeli Ishmael

ST: James Vaughan
ST: Clayton Donaldson

It’ll be a close affair, but I think we’ll edge it.

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You have any decent players we should be scared of?



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Quoted from queenybantam07
Looking forward to this one

I think we’ll switch to a simple 442 for this one.



That would be a brave choice for me against our midfield. None of them are especially technically gifted but I doubt you will see a more committed/hard working midfield three. Scannell worries me though, remember him coming on for Huddersfield in the 2014 FA Cup match and tearing us to apart later in the game. Assume he still has that pace.  

As you will not be surprised to hear we will lump it up to Hanson a lot, are your Centre backs L2 cloggers? If so that will help you out greatly. Morecambe's defence just could not cope with him in the air. We never really gave him a headed chance all game though.  
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August 6, 2019, 12:37pm
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Quoted from queenybantam07
I think we’ll switch to a simple 442 for this one.

GK: Richard O’Donnell

RB: Kelvin Mellor
CB: Anthony O’Connor
CB: Ben Richards-Everton
LB: Jackson Longridge/Adam Henley

RW: Sean Scannell
CM: Matty Palmer
CM: Hope Akpan
LW: Jordan Gibson/Zeli Ishmael

ST: James Vaughan
ST: Clayton Donaldson



There’s some real quality in that line-up and it’s easy to see why you’re tipped for promotion. There must be a few hundred Championship-level games in that front six alone, and none of them with the possible exception of Donaldson are ancient.

It’s early days and it’s hard to know our place in the division at this stage, but we’ll have to be on top of our game to come away with anything from this one.



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August 7, 2019, 4:10pm

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Just been looking at the recent history of games between the 2 teams and it's not good reading.

The last time we beat Bradford was in 1998 in Division One (Championship). Since then there have been 12 games between the 2 clubs resulting in 9 Bradford wins and 3 draws.

About bloody time we put a stop to that sequence on Saturday.


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The BetVictor Blog says this about Bradford that is worth mentioning:

"They remain short in certain areas and possess 16 players who were part of last season’s squad; of those, winger Sean Scannell is the only player who one would expect to outclass League Two and there are no guarantees he can stay fit."

Hope for us then?


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Quoted from geir
The BetVictor Blog says this about Bradford that is worth mentioning:

"They remain short in certain areas and possess 16 players who were part of last season’s squad; of those, winger Sean Scannell is the only player who one would expect to outclass League Two and there are no guarantees he can stay fit."

Hope for us then?


We’re short of a good, combatting midfielder.

Jake Reeves would be perfect, but he’s been out injured for a while.

We’re short of a good left-winger.

Zeli Ismael would be a good option to have, but he’s not fit. Tyrel Robinson would be too good for this league, but he’s suspended.

We’re not a million miles away, but the team do need time to gel. Playing us so earlier on in the season is probably the best time to play us, to be honest.
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Always enjoy your honest posts queeny.. I respect Bradford justt for the simple ticket scheme they've done over the more recent years, taken a risk and I assume its paid off.. After this weekend i wish you guys all the best.
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