Bradford v Swindon pre match chat and matchday thread

[4D]

We're away from home, I'm confident  
Workmate is a Bantams fan, I think he'll be there. Looking at a 2-1 away win. att: 13,112 (665 away)
Is Doyle ok to play?

I see Bradford have had 23 yellows and 2 reds in 11 matches 

[Peter Venkman]

No, Doyle cannot play against his parent club for the duration of the loan.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

No Baudry or Anderson again.

[Briggany]

Jordan Lyden is back in the mix.

[Peter Venkman]

No Baudry or Anderson again.

They are both massive losses IMO.

[Briggany]

here is the team I would go for taking into account injuries:
 
                    LMC
Hunt, Fryers, Broadabent, Iandolo
              Grant , Lyden
Isgrove         Doughty     Woolery
                    Yates



Siddy to replace Doughts on 60 mins.

If we need to take woolery off then put Iandolo on the left wing, move hunt over and whack on Tyler Reid (only because he has a thunderbolt of a right foot) .

[Peter Venkman]

I have a feeling that we will line up like this, not sure about LMc as hes been playing a bit hit and miss lately, he fucked up a couple of goals in the defeat by Colchester and could have done a bit better against Newport but he also missed a few easy claims against them.

Benda is a bigger keeper so may be in a better position to command his area than LMc.

I think he will persist with Grant at the back if Lyden does start as Wellens seems to be suggesting.

                LMc (Benda)
Hunt   Grant    Fryers     Iandolo
           Lyden        Rose
Isgrove      Doughty    Woolery
                     Yates

[Peter Venkman]

Briggany pretty much agrees with my team I posted, not that any of us would change from it TBH!

[RobertT]

Lyden being back would be a big boon if we have to play Grant in defence.  Doughty having the free role should work, and gives us a bit more protection in the middle, so while losing Doyle has an impact, this puts us back to a similar set-up to one that worked well earlier in the season, especially away.

[Briggany]

Briggany pretty much agrees with my team I posted, not that any of us would change from it TBH!

I always forget about Rose!

[The Artist Formerly Known as Audrey]

I have a feeling that we will line up like this, not sure about LMc as hes been playing a bit hit and miss lately, he fucked up a couple of goals in the defeat by Colchester and could have done a bit better against Newport but he also missed a few easy claims against them.

Benda is a bigger keeper so may be in a better position to command his area than LMc.

I think he will persist with Grant at the back if Lyden does start as Wellens seems to be suggesting.

                LMc (Benda)
Hunt   Grant    Fryers     Iandolo
           Lyden        Rose
Isgrove      Doughty    Woolery
                     Yates

That’s the team I’d choose. I thought we played better with 1 striker - both Yates and Doyle did well on their own. They have 4 main injuries as well. Vaughan is out suspended, too.

[Peter Venkman]

That’s the team I’d choose. I thought we played better with 1 striker - both Yates and Doyle did well on their own. They have 4 main injuries as well. Vaughan is out suspended, too.

Defender (huge CB) - Ben Richards-Everton banned
Midfield - Jordan Gibson (loan from Norwich) injured
Midfield - Matt Palmer (loan from Rotherham) injured
Midfield - Zeli Ismail injured but could return
Striker - James Vaughan banned

[Peter Venkman]

A few pre match nuggets from Bradford fans.

there is no team in this division that has shown us up.

Cheltenham will feel very fortunate to have beaten us, Forest Green will feel very fortunate to have beaten us, Crewe beat us in a pretty even game, and Scunthorpe will be delighted with a point.

If you flip to thinking like the opposition, absolutely nobody will be confident about beating us, and no one has looked significantly superior.

not dropping points against the likes of Swindon, who will be there or thereabouts come the end of the season

Got my pessimistic hat on for this one, and I think Swindon will beat us by the odd goal
 
We have 4 key players out of contention against a team flying high in the league.

Swindon aren't flying high, they are hit & miss, and have lost 2 of their last 3. At home we should be attack attack attack, just like the 2nd half against Carlisle, they couldn't deal with the relentless pressure. The first few games of this season, particularly at home, we have given FAR too much respect to the opposition. Far too negative by GB. Hopefully we've turned that corner and put it to bed

Sorry, but Swinedon are NOT flying. NOR are are City.

[horlock07]

Benda is a bigger keeper so may be in a better position to command his area than LMc.
                    

I still think its queer that Swansea loaned us Benda just for him to bench warm?

[Peter Venkman]

I still think its queer that Swansea loaned us Benda just for him to bench warm?

Wellens said pre game last week that hes not been fit enough to start.