Match Thread Bradford

Quoted from ginnywings

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.

We made Bradford look crap first half, their support think they are crap.....its fair to say we were dominant yet only only had the goal as a reward....thats the issue....the set up with a single front man effectively 5 in midfield then we should dominate when we are on it and pressing.
The issue is whilst allowing a certain domination we don't get enough people in the box with this set up....I think the goal was pretty much the only first time cross we delivered....the rest of the time we get in the final third and turn back and sideways.  
Bradford rallied second half fair enough...its hard to dominate for 90 or 100 minutes now so it makes it so important to maximise those times were we are so very on top.....if its a one off you can swallow it...when it's a regular occurrence then to keep repeating it is ludicrous.
Just hope that when our only other striker returns we start to use more than one up front.

Quoted from moosey_club

Just hope that when our only other striker returns we start to use more than one up front.

If we have 2 up top, we're a body down in midfield, and might not get a sniff of the ball. It's a balancing act, and 4-4-2 is increasingly untrendy in modern football because you barely see the ball otherwise. Some situations it does work, but we just need our players to get more clinical, either the forwards, the wingers or midfielders, and that needs players back so if players aren't performing we can look to other options.

Hurst knows we are not finishing chances, and he's likely as frustrated as we are and probably cannot wait to get Khan and Wilson back.

My point earlier was that these other teams don't have the right to be in the top 11 just because they are Mansfield etc. My point stands that most are above us because we didn't beat them when given the opportunity, not because they are bigger teams with bigger budgets, so the argument about them having a say in our results against them, is true but should not be an excuse as to why they are above us as we had chance to have a say in their results too by scoring more or defending better. This is not having a go at Hurst or Town but we are where we are based on our results, not other teams results against other teams.

Quoted from AncientExiledMariner

If we have 2 up top, we're a body down in midfield, and might not get a sniff of the ball. It's a balancing act, and 4-4-2 is increasingly untrendy in modern football because you barely see the ball otherwise. Some situations it does work, but we just need our players to get more clinical, either the forwards, the wingers or midfielders, and that needs players back so if players aren't performing we can look to other options.

Hurst knows we are not finishing chances, and he's likely as frustrated as we are and probably cannot wait to get Khan and Wilson back.

Bloody hell, if we play 2 up front and therefore our midfield won't "get a sniff" that doesn't say much for the quality of our midfield.

As for not finishing chances, are we creating that many, we certainly didn't whilst being in control of the first half at Bradford?