Match Thread Bradford

Quoted from arryarryarry

Well if he did see that then great decision to leave on two players who were clearly not in the game, Holohan hardly touched the ball in the second half and Clifton was having a poor game as well and if he isn't going to alter the team when we were clearly struggling to get back in the game what's the point in even bothering with subs.

Get back in the game? We were winning one nil and pretty comfortable. Holohan and Clifton might have quiet games on the ball but their running off the ball has been excellent in the last two games

Quoted from Vance Warner

Get back in the game? We were winning one nil and pretty comfortable. Holohan and Clifton might have quiet games on the ball but their running off the ball has been excellent in the last two games

100% regarding Holohan and Clifton. I know Hurst made this comment after the Gillingham game as well, saying how good they were off the ball. Their role in the team has changed now we are playing a different way, and this is now a bigger part of it. Both played well yesterday.

Towns team consisted of only 3 players who played in this same fixture towards the end of last season.

They have lost only one game in 7 so far this time. Still plenty of time to gel and see what contribution the injured players can make. Next Saturday will be tough, but then we can hopefully push on.

We have played 5 teams in the top 11 in our 7 games, so plenty of opportunities ahead of us.

Stop being sensible Ilkley, otherwise you will get banned from this site

By my reckoning, we have only been behind for about 30 mins all season, against County.

If we can get a little bit more ruthless, we will do very well this season.

Quoted from Vance Warner

Get back in the game? We were winning one nil and pretty comfortable. Holohan and Clifton might have quiet games on the ball but their running off the ball has been excellent in the last two games

Doh...............we didn't win.

[quote=4295]Towns team consisted of only 3 players who played in this same fixture towards the end of last season.

They have lost only one game in 7 so far this time. Still plenty of time to gel and see what contribution the injured players can make. Next Saturday will be tough, but then we can hopefully push on.

We have played 5 teams in the top 11 in our 7 games, so plenty of opportunities ahead of us.[/qu

And if we had scored 1 more goal in each game we would have been above 3 of them and level with another. Its what you do on the day not what they have done before/after that takes you up the league.

Quoted from Madeleymariner

And if we had scored 1 more goal in each game we would have been above 3 of them and level with another. Its what you do on the day not what they have done before/after that takes you up the league.

If we scored 20 against them, we'd be above them also. We'd be storming the league if we scored 20 each game and conceded none, but that isn't based in fact or reality.

These are professional teams of footballers, and the opponents pay defenders to stop goals, midfields to win balls back, and forwards to create and finish chances. Unless they're signing players from Sunday league, these players will have talent and will be able to do it, and cause us headaches, as much as we don't want it. Football is competitive, and no team has a right to dominate every match. You've just got to hope you get the better of the chances and defend better to get the points. I'm sure you've seen commentators talk about fine margins. Have you ever considered what it means?

We don't have the biggest budget. We could thrown money at it, be outspent by many, still in league 2 and wondering if perhaps we should have built up our team over time rather than wasting cup money thinking we're playing Football Manager on the computer.

Quoted from AncientExiledMariner

If we scored 20 against them, we'd be above them also. We'd be storming the league if we scored 20 each game and conceded none, but that isn't based in fact or reality.

These are professional teams of footballers, and the opponents pay defenders to stop goals, midfields to win balls back, and forwards to create and finish chances. Unless they're signing players from Sunday league, these players will have talent and will be able to do it, and cause us headaches, as much as we don't want it. Football is competitive, and no team has a right to dominate every match. You've just got to hope you get the better of the chances and defend better to get the points. I'm sure you've seen commentators talk about fine margins. Have you ever considered what it means?

We don't have the biggest budget. We could thrown money at it, be outspent by many, still in league 2 and wondering if perhaps we should have built up our team over time rather than wasting cup money thinking we're playing Football Manager on the computer.

Yep.

Whenever we fail to win a game, the consensus seems to focus on what went wrong, rather than what the opposition got right.

There always has to be a fall guy; something or someone to blame. Either Hurst for his selection, tactics or use of subs, or a player who was out of position, gave the ball away, or failed in some way.

There seems to be no recognition that there is another manager, and another set of players who are trying just as hard as we are to secure the points.

Had Bradford scored the goal we did, someone would be screaming about lax marking and a forward having a free header in the penalty box.

Exactly. It’s getting ludicrous.