Bradford City

[BladesOnToast]

Before today we were tied with Bradford for least No of losses on 6. Bradford aren't a bad team we are just an exceptional one this season

Agree 100%. I didn't think they were all that bad. But Wilder has put together an exceptionally strong team, with confidence levels now through the roof and with the skill to match - Bradford never had a chance.

Only one team can beat us when we're on form like this. Luckily we won't be playing the Saddlers for quite a while

 

[Dnblade]

Agree,liked the look of the 7 Marshall along with Law and Cullen,they just lacked a bit up front.

 

[oldblade]

they've had clean sheets for their last 2 or 3 games as well i think if so were the first team to score past them for 2/3 weeks

Before today they last conceded on 26th March away at Scunthorpe.

 

[Bladesway]

Outclassed, doesn't make them a bad side in this league

They weren't a bad side, we are just that much better right now. Thought with a bit of luck or better judgement they could have had a goal.

That said every time we went forward it was with a pace and precision that made me think our style will work in the Championship.

 

[blade too long]

Fleetwoods put the pressure right on bolton

local derby with bury no gimme tomorrow

both have to play port vale , who now have to win a game somewhere somehow

Millwall losing again today , dont think theyll win play off

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

Except for the fat bald bloke sat on about the 3rd row near the South stand corner flag. He must've had Tourettes or anger issues. Constantly having a go at the fans and making wanker signs and rodding all the way through.

You can see him on the highlights when Sharp scores stood behind two Asian lads in Harry Potter scarfs.

Here he is look

I must have missed this. Is Bill REALLY taking a leaf from Carruthers' book, in this pic, and pissing where he wants ?

 

[Pammyliz]

I thought that Bradford and their fans were a class act today particularly when they formed a 'guard of honour'

There fans gave us generous applause when we came out, they even applauded our under-18 team when they reached their end at half-time

Contrast this with the knobs from Bolton who viciously attacked a Blades fan when he was with his young son, plus their nasty, bitter Chairman who slagged us off after the game

If there is a football god, please let Bradford go up and keep Notlob down

Anyone but Bolton ha ha I think fleetwood will do it

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

Anyone but Bolton ha ha I think fleetwood will do it

Hope Fleetwood do it . Only to highlight even more how badly Rotherham have been managed and run by a autocratic chairman Mr Tony Stewart .

 

[JohnDenver]

No end product, FM? Did you not see that peach of a cross in the first half which Charlie Wyke wasted by heading wide? It was a pearler, right onto his head a few yards out. If Wyke were not (as it turns out) a donkey that would have been 1-1.

Yeah I was going to post that but you saved me the bother. He put two high class balls in, one left footed and the other right. Looked a very good player indeed to me.

 

[Ricky]

I think that was only the second time Bradford have lost by more than 2, and they haven't had anything like that sort of defeat for a long time.

As for Marshall, just about every ball he put in was decent. The two mentioned onto Wyke's head were very good - one with the right foot and one with the left. He's definitely quite two footed, I saw him score a good goal with his left at Bury too, from about 25 yards.

Wyke looked like quite an accomplished all round centre forward, but wasn't at it in front of goal. But he's aready proven he's a goalscorer, so I think Bradford have got a good one there. Will get 20 next season if they don't go up.

The left back Meredith is quite highly rated and I thought he showed some good quality at times, he's quick and tidy on the ball.

Josh Cullen's probably the most highly rated of all their players, he showed his quality too but their midfield were totally controlled by ours so he was unable to have much of an impact.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

You can tell there's mutual respect between us and them. Two proper football clubs.

Which clubs aren't proper clubs?

 

[ghandi]

I think that was only the second time Bradford have lost by more than 2, and they haven't had anything like that sort of defeat for a long time.

As for Marshall, just about every ball he put in was decent. The two mentioned onto Wyke's head were very good - one with the right foot and one with the left. He's definitely quite two footed, I saw him score a good goal with his left at Bury too, from about 25 yards.

Wyke looked like quite an accomplished all round centre forward, but wasn't at it in front of goal. But he's aready proven he's a goalscorer, so I think Bradford have got a good one there. Will get 20 next season if they don't go up.

The left back Meredith is quite highly rated and I thought he showed some good quality at times, he's quick and tidy on the ball.

Josh Cullen's probably the most highly rated of all their players, he showed his quality too but their midfield were totally controlled by ours so he was unable to have much of an impact.

Marshall just another Campbell-Ryce hence why he is out of contract at the end of this season.

 

[SwissBlade]

They weren't a bad side, we are just that much better right now. Thought with a bit of luck or better judgement they could have had a goal.

That said every time we went forward it was with a pace and precision that made me think our style will work in the Championship.

To me they looked tidy and the pitch was really good for both sides to get the ball down

Nicky Law looked good, but he was sitting too deep to make a real impact. That said he was probably pushed back by our high pressing game

Marshall looked good, but no end product. There was definitely fear in the way they played. Never really adventurous enough to have a proper go

Thought we were a real step above them, we seemed to still play within ourselves a bit, but we looked like a Man U side from the 90's. Fast flowing and fleck was sublime.

I like Bradford, really hope they get up because they are probably a summer and a decent spend away from being on a par with ourselves. McCall probably sees them as a work in progress. To be honest Bradford are about where I expected us to be this season - shows once again what wilder has done

 

[adebo]

Which clubs aren't proper clubs?

Mk dons lol

 

[bornablade]

Which clubs aren't proper clubs?

Reading.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Reading.

Why?

 

[bornablade]

We all work from perceptions. Seeing the likes of Cilla Black and Michael Parkinson (who both have connections to northern clubs) rolling up for their brief spell in the Premiership, a club that doesn't seem to have any type of working class roots or history. A club that seems to lose more than its fair share of fans if not in the Premiership.

Overall my perception is plastic.

 

[cahill]

We all work from perceptions. Seeing the likes of Cilla Black and Michael Parkinson (who both have connections to northern clubs) rolling up for their brief spell in the Premiership, a club that doesn't seem to have any type of working class roots or history. A club that seems to lose more than its fair share of fans if not in the Premiership.

Overall my perception is plastic.

Don't know anything about Reading's history apart from the fact it's been played mostly in the lower divisions. I think in future we'll see other clubs in the south east, where all the money is, outperforming northern and midlands clubs, eg Watford, Bournemouth ( south ), Brighton, Fulham,