Match Thread: Bradford City v Port Vale

[SFBT]

14 hours ago, Andy Proctor said:

No chance this team will get picked but this is what I'd play 

Gk brown 

Rb Gibbons 

Lb montano 

CB Smith 

CB legge 

CB brisley 

Rcm worrall 

Dm joyce 

Lcm taylor 

Cf pope

Cf archer 

I like the look of that set up.

It's the only way to have two strikers and you would imagine that the contrasts of Pope and Archer would work.

Two things. It's another bit of tinkering and, as you say, no chance of it happening...

[SFBT]

Bradford at home.
5 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss.
Won the last four.
Think I'll go out tonight. 😱

[valefan16]

Got a lot of injuries the Bantams so might work in our favour? Especially with a quick turnaround from the weekend where they had to grind a win out?

 

[Conrad]

15 minutes ago, valefan16 said:

Got a lot of injuries the Bantams so might work in our favour? Especially with a quick turnaround from the weekend where they had to grind a win out?

 

Clutching at straws a bit there, obviously we also played Saturday so no advantage there, the best we can hope for is our players turn up after 2 bad performances, and the Bantams have an off day, not helped by, as you say, their injury problem.

[Erniemossrules]

On 21/10/2019 at 13:01, PV1973 said:

Some tough decisions because whilst Atkinson has shown his experience with the ball, IMO Gibbo has offered more at right back defensively and going forward. Maybe Atkinson with Joyce In the middle would give more licence to Taylor and the full backs to get forward with the front 3?

Will the manager continue with Crookes too? On the face of it he haS no option but to stick with him. 

Put Montano at left back to give Crookes a rest.
He is being targeted by other teams and has no one to cover him.

Them Amoo can play on the left and Worrall on the right wing.

Maybe Burgess back in midfield.

Our players should be ready after taking a rest during the last two weeks.

[Erniemossrules]

20 hours ago, Playa Amodores said:

I can’t comment on Cullen as I don’t think we’ve seen enough of him, otherwise I concur. I’ll get hammered for this.

Cullen hasn’t been given a fair chance because Askey is obsessed with playing one up front even at home against poor sides.

He had a good record of scoring goals at Blackpool but Askey doesn’t even have the option to use him because he isn’t in the match squad.

I think it must be accepted by now that Askey is just another poor non league Manager who is not good enough at league level.

His record is worse than Aspin who was slated for his negative team selection and tactics.

[Wrex]

34 minutes ago, Erniemossrules said:

I think it must be accepted by now that Askey is just another poor non league Manager who is not good enough at league level.

His record is worse than Aspin who was slated for his negative team selection and tactics.

A poor non-league manager who won the National League title with the small budget in the division. So by your definition John Coleman is a poor lower league manager.

[Conrad]

1 hour ago, Erniemossrules said:

Cullen hasn’t been given a fair chance because Askey is obsessed with playing one up front even at home against poor sides.

He had a good record of scoring goals at Blackpool but Askey doesn’t even have the option to use him because he isn’t in the match squad.

I think it must be accepted by now that Askey is just another poor non league Manager who is not good enough at league level.

His record is worse than Aspin who was slated for his negative team selection and tactics.

Cullen is injured.

[osprey]

Bradford at home.
5 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss.
Won the last four.
Think I'll go out tonight.

Due to lose then

[darren1810]

9 hours ago, SFBT said:

Bradford at home.
5 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss.
Won the last four.
Think I'll go out tonight. 😱

Yet absolutely incredibly they are 11/10 to win the game. Just saying. 

[darren1810]

1 hour ago, Erniemossrules said:

Put Montano at left back to give Crookes a rest.
He is being targeted by other teams and has no one to cover him.

Them Amoo can play on the left and Worrall on the right wing.

Maybe Burgess back in midfield.

Our players should be ready after taking a rest during the last two weeks.

Crookes doesn't need a rest. His problem is lack of positional sense/ experience, not tiredness. 

[Emile]

I smell a win 

[Valearmy19]

Brown

 

Gibbons

Smith

Legge

Monty 

 

Taylor

Joyce 

Burgess

 

Worrall 

Bennet

Amoo

[Doha]

21 minutes ago, Valearmy19 said:

Brown

 

Gibbons

Smith

Legge

Monty 

 

Taylor

Joyce 

Burgess

 

Worrall 

Bennet

Amoo

Thank christ

[Boslem's Brazil]

28 minutes ago, Valearmy19 said:

Brown

 

Gibbons

Smith

Legge

Monty 

 

Taylor

Joyce 

Burgess

 

Worrall 

Bennet

Amoo

On paper that seems a balanced team with an attacking threat from fullback and midfield. Be interesting to see If it works.