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Not sure why I'm so excited about today, we're gonna get dicked.

I've never been so not up for a football match in all my life.... :cry:

We haven't been dicked yet this season and I don't think we're gonna start today, Bradford aren't that brilliant.

Currently my ambition lies with still being above city come 16:50, they've got a tough match away at Brentford..

It'd be nice if we didn't concede within the first two minutes today as well.

So O'Hanlon id playing, but Jenks is doubtful, according to Adver. My guess (always wrong ) for team:

                                                        Heaton

Collins                             Ifil                       O'Hanlon                 Smith

Roberts                     Pook                     Migz                        Heath

                                 Fallon                Thorpe

Soon be off to watch the game  :)

Get in, Fallon!!

Anyone got a link to commentary ?

NMH

I knew that fat fuck lardass was going to score today... :cry:

This is depressing. So despressing.

3-1 to Bradford.

sounds like nicholas has played well, just makes you ask yourself why the fuck he hasnt even been in the squad for the past year. surely mr king's time has come... 5straight defeats is not acceptable.

Yeah well the people on the radio have obviously decided king is gone, you could hear them keep nearly saying well that was kings last game..... i think they probably know King has been told, get something from this game or your gone.

people are stood behind the arkells chanting 'we want kingy out' can hear them over the interview on the radio..i'm not happy with our form, but who would we get? Reeves?! Woan?!

Bradford were so lucky today though. We went 1-0 up, sat back and Windass got a lucky goal. O'Hanlon was picking himself up, leaving Windass onside. We were all over Bradford then they get 2 goals against the run of play. Claridge still looks class. I'm so down tonight it's untrue, the 2 goals were an unfair blow. The better team lost.

I agree.  But let's not build us up too much, we weren't that good.  We still let these things happen.  As the ledge Iffy on RS said, "The harder you work, the more luck you get."  Also Pook seemed uninterested and Ifil was nowhere near as good as he usually is at manmarking and Roberts made an awful decision to hand the 3rd goal and shouldn't of took the early freekick.

i love your avatar el! those boobies are banging!

I think King will probably be sacked now anyway. Real shame. Fair play for what he's done and good luck to whoever takes over. They have a hell of a task on their hands, I hope they're up to it.

I'm going back to Cardiff in a bit anyway and moving house so won't be reading the forum for a while. Lets hope the attendances now rise to 8,000 a week as predicted. :roll:

he will be now...has to be really. no one will take the job with open arms but oh well.

Good luck with the move Ben

Quite enjoyed the game, some good football by both sides and we were up for it.  
Their first was a fluke, not played for. Their second was our basic error, leaving the winger completely unmarked to cross from a quick free kick. The third was an unexpected slide-rule backpass from Roberts to their forwards, then a good finish. Two mistakes and a fluke, they only had one other good chance.
Fallon was immense all game. Whalley was slow and ineffective, let us down.Nicho played well. O'Hanlon was good considering his recent injury. Pook started OK but made lots of mistakes second half. Thorpe looked promising but just lacked that final touch. Ifil wasted possession most times. Smith was OK, but where was he for their second, or was it someone elses man, I don't understand today's system.
I clapped them off, a shame we lost, but perhaps one week we might fail to make a crucial mistake. Got to keep optimistic.   :wink:

Well thats alright then. I feel much happier now. Thanks for pointing that out. Without two stupid mistakes we would have won the game. What a team.  :roll:

Ben,why does moving to Cardiff stop you visiting the forum?Stay in toyuch fella-I love your optimism!

Well I will be back soon, just not for a few days, just depends how long it takes my housemate to setup the broadband and I'll have stuff to do.

This must be the all-time shortest match-day thread of all time

only two pages...either everyone was at the game!!! or couldnt be bothered.....

What did we play today?4-4-2?If so it must have been Pook and Smith as the wide players-WHY?

3-5-2

Heaton

Smith RWB

O'Hanlon
Collins
Ifil

Nicholas LWB

Pook
Migz
Whalley

Thorpe
Fallon

We started with 3-5-2 with Smith and Nicholas as Wing backs.

Smith and Nicholas kept coming into the middle which was a weakness in this formation and often left gaps for their wingers to exploit.

Oh-that makes a little more sense then.

All these years and I'm still yet to work out what exactly 3-5-2 is supposed to give us.

You were calling for us to play it at one point last year.

Probably  because of the personnel we had, i.e. no wingers. Anyway I'd like to see proof of that because I don't recall it, not that I'm calling you a liar.

3-5-2 doesn't offer us anything really, 4-4-2 gives us width, balance and options - we lacked all of that today.

I agree. Also everyone knows where they should be with 4-4-2 and that usually means no-one has a bad game.

Doesn't matter what system is used if  the best we can do in midfield is Migz and Whalley on their current form.

Not to worry though. Just let our super-scout King get some more tired, slow and disinterested has-beens.  That will solve all our problems - like Thorpe, Cureton, Whalley and Roberts.

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I agree with you but you don't need to post it three times :shock:

3?

:shock: Didn't mean to. No idea how or why that happened. :?

There was three posts DV, I can assure you. I'm sober so I can count.

I think the system does matter, if only so players actually know what they're supposed to be doing. It can't be easy for the players to be constantly switching formation and tactics.

There were 3 posts!.

The point I am making is that we cannot function with the heart of the team so off form - no matter which system is used.

The people to blame most for our performance this year are the players.

The players dont look like they are actually match fit apart from Glory Rory Fallon!, they just always seem to be chasing shadows when opposing teams are knocking it about.

was shakes injured yesterday, why was he not even on the bench?