Bradford City vs The Champions Official Matchday Thread

[Costanza]

So long 2011/12 season, you were amazing.

[SuggWillSugg MBE]

So long 2011/12 season, you were amazing.

Was gonna post something like this but you've pretty much summed it up.


What a absolutely fantastic season.

Roll on August 18th!

[Ralphy]

I also saw Hannibal Lecter aka Alan H !!

[Matchworn Shirts]

nice pics here

http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2761501,00.html

[medwayred]

Fantastic day. Kids loved it. Finally got home at 11. Game was poor but what the hell. Minute silence was amazing. Shame the ground was so empty. Fun train ride home with it full of singing Town fans. Fantastic season so many great days out. Made up for some piss poor ones last season. Only down side was some twat calling my 5 year old a little bastard. Nice touch.
Well done Swindon. PDC You are a god.....

[Ralphy]

Buy your kids new scarfs with the new badge on you cheapskate

[medwayred]

I like the more retro look.   

[Anteater]

Long day yesterday but great laugh. Well done again Town, PDC, players, back room staff, board and fans, what a great season 
First time up to Bradford and I can confirm it's grim up north, what a dump including the Bradford Arms although very kind of Yorkshires finest to escort us the 2 minute walk to the ground 

[tans]

Good day.

Spit and sawdust pub.

Queues for food were a joke though

[cheltred69]

Was a good day out yesterday.
Not much to say about the match really.  Poor finishing and a bit of luck meant somehow we survived with a point.  I really thought we might nick it in the last 10 for an unjust win. Stonewall pen for handball!
Paolo and the players celebrating with the fans at the end was great and made up for the poor quality in the match.
I couldn't even get through the doors at the Bradford Arms it was so rammed, so had a quiet drink at the New Beehive - decent old-school place, like going back in time.

[Anteater]

I couldn't even get through the doors at the Bradford Arms it was so rammed, so had a quiet drink at the New Beehive - decent old-school place, like going back in time.

Yeah, wish I'd done a bit more research, cant be bad with Beehive in the name.

[Berniman]

Is there any manager in football in the world that has the same passion for winning as Di Canio does? How many managers would you see doing that after a game?

Whilst probably not true - you get the impression he'd do it for free because he loves the euphoria of winning so much, he lives for it.

He fucking loves it and we fucking love him.

Mourihno is the only other one I can think off that comes close, not in the way of management style, but the way he seems to connect with the fans and oversteps the mark sometimes, shows arrogance and is totally commited to the cause when in the middle of things.

I just hope that Paolo shows more loyalty than Mourihno and doesn't look for the next big budget for a level that Mourihno does.

[The Professor]

Fantastic day yesterday although the match itself wasn't a classic.  How Koszluk only got a booking for the tackle on Nathan Thompson I will never know. Never anywhere near the ball & took out Thompson just below the knee.  Far worse tackle than the one that got Beattie (Sheff Utd) a straight red at Exeter. Shame as I wanted to see how he'd perform when given his chance but was surprised when Chrissie Smith was brought on.

Felt for Chrissie Smith making his debut under those circumstances but he stuck at it & managed a couple of crucial interceptions.  Kyle Reid who he was marking was quite a handful but I've seen worse debuts than Smith's .  Bradford lacked composure in front of goal otherwise we'd have lost but I'm sure Parkinson will build a decent side given a budget and a busy pre-season in the transfer market.  For us, interesting that McEveley was selected to play left sided Central Defence in the absence of McCormack.  I though he looked pretty solid especially in the air although the ref did seem to give a free kick every time the Bradford players he tackled went down.  Flint had a fair old tussle against Hanson who at one time jumped for a ball & had his hand on Flint's head yet no foul was given.  We were very much second best especially in the first half & frankly never looked like getting anything until the final 20 minutes when we did put a few moves together & Caddis had a decent free kick tipped over. There was also a pretty clear handling incident by a Bradford defender that wasn't spotted by the ref although Benson had also made a poor tackle earlier that could have been punished.  I thought Storey looked useful when he came on & he made several determined & threatening runs although he didn't produce a clear opening for a shot.  Definitely one for the future though.  I see him as being a very decent impact player in the squad for next season.  To sum up, a valuable point away from home to finish the season.

No matter, the after match celebrations were superb - the fans loud & by & large magnificently behaved.  The observance of the minutes silence especially impressive - after all, as fans we do well to reflect that it could have been anyone of us involved in such a disaster.

One final thought, wonder what James Constable is feeling like this morning?

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

Question Prof (or anyone else who went for that matter).  Was Nahki Wells as impressive as he sounded on the commentary? Because it sounded from that like he tore Mceverly a new one.

Di Canio was having a chat with him at one point apparently and I just wonder if he will be making a cheeky little bid in the not-distant-future

[Peter Venkman]

Nahki Wells did sound awesome, I see he has recently extended his contract by 1 year and is in talks to extend it for 4 years so Bradford really rate him, would cost a pretty penny to buy I am sure.