Bradford City v Swindon Town Matchday Thread

[TailBetweenLegs]

Don't agree, see this as a step in the right direction, be hard to beat and get an experienced goalie and some pace up front in the window and significant  improvement will follow.  Bradford are about 11th, not much difference between the teams on show today.  Also, players are showing that team selection is going to be more competitive, some squad players looked decent today.

Not sure we can judge it just on today though. 3 Bradford fans I know have all said that's by far their worst performance at home this season.

[Quagmire]

How anyone can say we are hard to beat after just being beat is beyond me.

We have lost 4 of our last 6 league games, we aren’t hard to beat.

[Matchworn Shirts]

I have read a few people say that Holloway will not take any shit in January and will get who he wants, the reality is he is just another of Clementes' yes men & should not have been given another job after Grimsby

[Freeloader]

Nomoreheroes:

"Brown isn't ready yet
Cain can play in a defensive shape but offers nothing going forward
Kirkman deserves a run
McGregor has to be kept, but. will likely blow hot and cold
Delaney showed today that he can defend in the air and when the CF is not quick. But I would like to lose him and Hall for someone a bit quicker, good in the air and who can organise others.
Drinan and Glatzel offer us nothing this season.
All of the loanees can go as far as I'm concerned"





Agree with most of that, Brown needs to be in and out, Delaney's job was to keep Cook quiet which he did today.  Need pace especially up front, Drinan and Glatzel don't have sufficient pace only have effort.  An experienced keeper needed, means no place for Barden. Freckleton and Cotterill will likely be recalled owing to lack of game time.  I would keep Cotterill, who I thought should have replaced Brown, today, as he can shoot from distance and has skill.  Cabo's falling over stunts aren't getting any response from refs while he is not scoring, he needs to return to his home club.

[tans]

I have read a few people say that Holloway will not take any shit in January and will get who he wants, the reality is he is just another of Clementes' yes men & should not have been given another job after Grimsby

I fail to see how, considering Clemente put januarys money into the summer pot didnt he to make us ‘competitve’

McGregor will be sold i should think
Wright and Kilkenny maybe?

Who is going to want to take any dead rubber off our hands anyway?

Biggest budget since Di Canio’s £5m in 2012 though

[McGurk's Missus]

This was Flitcroft football, without the microwave or synergy. Plenty of telling people if they've been naughty or nice though. Wonder if he thought about that when he started gobbing off at fans...

There was zero creative link between midfield and attack so Town could have played for 900 mins and not scored. But hey, I guess Town don't have a midfield creative option, that they could bring on for say 30mins, do they? Well it is an option they could be open to trying, if he was fucking selected. Still a waste of potential talent rotting, not even starting Piss Pot Trophy matches but let's play Cain who offers nothing {and we have Ofoborh sat on the bench} and then also ruin Brown in the process. I can only guess that McGurk is shagging Kennedy's imaginary daughter...or like any apparition, possibly it's a ghost.

Those that think Town have/had turned any corner must be drinking the same fucking juice as the Bristolian Blabberer.

At least the Grimsby fans will likely get behind the protest next week, so no doubt Hollowhead will be torn at which set of fans he wants to start on 

#NaughtyList

[Steak supper]

If we get beat, I don't care whether it was hard or not.  It was still an unhappy ending . Mental!

[4D]

Holloway having pointy fingers at someone in our end today, players pushing him back

[Nomoreheroes]

I really don’t think some of you get it.

We didn’t get absolutely slaughtered and look on the edge of conceding with every attack. That, unfortunately, is progress from where we were!

The issue now is how to combine this solidity with an attacking threat.

[Jimmy Quinn]

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[TailBetweenLegs]

I really don’t think some of you get it.

We didn’t get absolutely slaughtered and look on the edge of conceding with every attack. That, unfortunately, is progress from where we were!

The issue now is how to combine this solidity with an attacking threat.

I think we do get it just some of us see it for what it is as the bigger picture it's another defeat. We only lost 2-1 to Port Vale who were flying you are going to get these games but we need to start looking like we are at least trying to win because form shows you can't trust these players to not make a mistake.

[4D]

Need to get a winning mentality, play like we did against Accrington

[McGurk's Missus]

I really don’t think some of you get it.

We didn’t get absolutely slaughtered and look on the edge of conceding with every attack. That, unfortunately, is progress from where we were!

The issue now is how to combine this solidity with an attacking threat.

I think I watched something different to you. It was absolute garbage all round imo. Town didn't get slaughtered correct, but Town still didn't pick up any points. At best they looked like getting one point. Yet Town need points {and especially the winning variety} and fast.

They could potentially have converted some creative midfield play into attacking threat but Hollowhead chose not to even have a creative midfielder on the bench.

[DV]

Need to get a winning mentality, play like we did against Accrington

….we drew both games against Accrington?

[Freeloader]

I really don’t think some of you get it.

We didn’t get absolutely slaughtered and look on the edge of conceding with every attack. That, unfortunately, is progress from where we were!

The issue now is how to combine this solidity with an attacking threat.

Precisely, today was a stepping stone.