Pre-season 18/19 Bradford friendly tonight - match thread

[Addison]

From a stream, my opinion McGoldrick fine, hit the frame of the goal, looked ok.

Steele, soft goal conceded, looked slow with his distribution.

How did Henderson look?

 

[wavy-blade]

Yeah but everyone knows that as soon as you reach 32/33 you get emphysema, arthritis, osteoporosis, a swollen prostate, water retention, a shrunken bladder, and ebola.

Kill hell, have you been looking at my medical records ?

You forgot erectile dysfunction !

 

[Blade56]

Fleck, Clarke and Sharp.

Fleck, Clarke and Sharp

Fleck
Leon
Billy

But Leon and Billy are shit don't forget

Fleck, Leon and Billy

Ahhhhh, harmony

 

[ben1987]

Ahhhhh, harmony

We just scored 12... going to piss the league

 

[bromtom]

How did Henderson look?

Alright, made a decent save, let one in though but not a Mr Whippy soft as shit one. Think he'll be reyt, looking forward to the Inter game based on the performances of our assumed first team tonight.

 

[blade too long]

Fleck
Leon
Billy

But Leon and Billy are shit don't forget

Yeah but everyone knows that as soon as you reach 32/33 you get emphysema, arthritis, osteoporosis, a swollen prostate, water retention, a shrunken bladder, and ebola.

That's why Defoe was sent to the glue factory

 

[Bladepicker]

How did mcgoldrick and Steele get on?

They sound like a low budget, full technicolor American cop show. One for the shit show thread. ITV2 at 3pm daily.

 

[Harrisblade]

From a stream, my opinion McGoldrick fine, hit the frame of the goal, looked ok.

Steele, soft goal conceded, looked slow with his distribution.

Slow with his distribution - with 10 complete strangers out there in front of him - what a useless twat

 

[Bladesman]

 

[bromtom]

Slow with his distribution - with 10 complete strangers out there in front of him - what a useless twat

Good point. Wasn't writing him off completely, just some very slow passes. Didn't think about the fact that it's the first time he'd played with us though to be fair.

 

[BladeFisher]

Presumed it finished 2-3?

 

[Bladezz]

We must sign mcgoldrick. He looked very very classy. I believe CW will get the best out of him and bring the form that got him a big money move to the prem ultimately turned down

 

[sitwell]

Presumed it finished 2-3?

Yes it did ,good game until all the subs ,standouts were Mcgoldrick ,Duffy ,Fleck ,Evans ,Clarke and I thought Slater. Disappointments Stevens and maybe Lavery but that is being ultra harsh.

 

[Antonb]

just got back, entertaining first half performance, we looked up for it and sharp. Bradford struggled to contain us. Duffy and Fleck controlling the game. second half, Bradford came out of the traps much more quicker and got a good goal back. And the game got a bit scrappy. Mainly due to Bradford constantly making changes. We then made a few changes at once. And they scored a scrappy goal. Players that stood out were Duffy ,Fleck ,Lafferty and Evens. Leonard had his best game for united in defense. Enda looked a bit sluggish when he came on, and Holmes was frankly pretty bad. Not in Duffys league that's for sure. Still do need a more commanding centre half, and pace upfront. The usual problems, at times trying to walk the ball into the net. But overall I enjoyed it.

 

[Booker4]

just got back, entertaining first half performance, we looked up for it and sharp. Bradford struggled to contain us. Duffy and Fleck controlling the game. second half, Bradford came out of the traps much more quicker and got a good goal back. And the game got a bit scrappy. Mainly due to Bradford constantly making changes. We then made a few changes at once. And they scored a scrappy goal. Players that stood out were Duffy ,Fleck ,Lafferty and Evens. Leonard had his best game for united in defense. Enda looked a bit sluggish when he came on, and Holmes was frankly pretty bad. Not in Duffys league that's for sure. Still do need a more commanding centre half, and pace upfront. The usual problems, at times trying to walk the ball into the net. But overall I enjoyed it.

Cheers for info. How was McGoldrick out of interest?

 

[sitwell]

Cheers for info. How was McGoldrick out of interest?

Much better than I expected having read all the expert views on him on here. Looked to link up very well with the midfield and his attacking partner considering it was his first appearance.

 

[Ricky]

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Ooooh I can see myself....


Good first half performance, very comfortably bossed it. Fleck was our best player.

They had absolutely nothing so it's annoying to concede twice. This is a bad habit for us that we need to sort out.

McGoldrick started well but was inconsistent for the rest of the game. Hit the post in the second half from a good chance. Seemed a bit rusty - I don't expect his fitness to be on the same level as the other players.

Funny that Billy still collected his Valley Parade goal entitlement despite only playing 20 minutes.

 

[Antonb]

McGoldrick played well at times, mainly in the first half, but then gave the ball away a few times too. Saying that though, so did Clarke. I think he will get a contract. He has abit of class about him. And being his first game, he did fine.

 

[sitwell]

Ooooh I can see myself....


Good first half performance, very comfortably bossed it. Fleck was our best player.

They had absolutely nothing so it's annoying to concede twice. This is a bad habit for us that we need to sort out.

McGoldrick started well but was inconsistent for the rest of the game. Hit the post in the second half from a good chance. Seemed a bit rusty - I don't expect his fitness to be on the same level as the other players.

Funny that Billy still collected his Valley Parade goal entitlement despite only playing 20 minutes.

Im there too ,hate having my picture taken #puttingthesecondbiscuitbackinthebox.

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

Yeah but everyone knows that as soon as you reach 32/33 you get emphysema, arthritis, osteoporosis, a swollen prostate, water retention, a shrunken bladder, and ebola.

I'm straight down to my surgery to complain first thing tomorrow.

Whatever happened to doctor / patient confidentiality ?

 

[Pinchy]

I thought he was just having a laugh tbh. Ironic sense of humour? That’s ok with me.

Time after time after time?

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

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20.

I only see 20 of the ugly new home kit. In a preseason game.

Well done Adidas.

 

[ChipDayFriday]

Morning all,

Just reading last nights report of the game, looking at the stats appears Leonard played really well, did the full game. Anyone got any more thoughts on him? Wondering is Wilder sees him as a core part of this season side?

 

[Bladesman]

They sound like a low budget, full technicolor American cop show. One for the shit show thread. ITV2 at 3pm daily.

 

[Ricky]

Morning all,

Just reading last nights report of the game, looking at the stats appears Leonard played really well, did the full game. Anyone got any more thoughts on him? Wondering is Wilder sees him as a core part of this season side?

He did quite well. Combative and won the ball. There was a lot of demand on him at one point as he played on his own in the middle with both Duffy and Holmes ahead of him.

It looks like he might have bulked up a bit too.

 

[S15Blade]

Morning all,

Just reading last nights report of the game, looking at the stats appears Leonard played really well, did the full game. Anyone got any more thoughts on him? Wondering is Wilder sees him as a core part of this season side?

He played alright but without showing anything that would make you think he's going to be starting too often... Not sure what his best position is either, played RCB for 70 mins then played DM.

 

[boo radley]

Well this is a first for recent matches. No slagging off for Sterling.

 

[Ricky]

Slater and Norrington-Davies looked decent too and I'm sure both would do well in L1, certainly L2.

 

[Bladesman]

Well this is a first for recent matches. No slagging off for Sterling.

Sterling was shite in last nights match! He wasn’t even on the pitch the lazy bastard.

 

[ChipDayFriday]

Thanks Ricky & S15. It will be interesting to see where he ends up playing this season. His switching of positions reminds me of Jags a bit, obviously different level though. Slater seems to be doing ok?