Three strikes and they're out! Parkinson delight at Bradford City hot-shots (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Why have we got two reports within half an hour of each other, could it mnot have been just one report.
Anyway Great result. Difficult to pick out a MOM everyone played well but for me Jones just edged it. Doyle also played great and it will be difficult for Ravenhill to get back in at the moment. Shame that Johnny Mac has got injured hope he recovers well,and soon. The save from Ellison when he got injured was superb. Although there is not much difference as stoppers between him and Dukey I think the defence has been showing more confidence since Johnny Mac has been between the sticks. He seems to command the goal area better and does not hesitate to come and collect the ball. So well done lads and lets hope we can build on that at Oxford.

Errr - the other is a match report, this one's an interview....pretty black and white for me.

Great result! Get in City!

If City play like thi, the 'T&A' can produce as many reports as they like!!

This was a first class show from the Bantams with three very good goals from three very good players, against a side who look as if they will have a very good season.

The best of City's four wins so far, and perhaps the most pleasing thing is after years of being almost 'goalshy' City have now scored 12 goals in home leaue games, conceding only two!!

But this game was MORE than just a win, for in many ways it 'felt' like 'evidence' that City are going to have their best season for quit a fw years. ay, i' sill early, the away form hasn't matched the 'home' but City are beginning to look more f a 'real team' playing for each other, making the most of their individual/collectiv
e skills and making things 'count.'

The first half did see some chancsmissed but James Hanson's strike was very, very good AND at that 'gut wrenching' time for those who concede-a few mins from 'time.'

In the scondhal, Morecambe came back strongly and with litte more than 20 mins to go, 1-0 DIDN'T lok a big enough lead.

Kyle Reid, bac form tonight (and taking a kicking!) made a run, scored witha 'rasper.'!!

Then Morecambe got one backnearly equalised!

Finally, Gary Jones (with a nod to BridgeWilkinson-our last decent free kick expert) put in a scoring free kick-the 35 year old celebrated like a tenager!!

Morecambe will beat many another Lge two side this season and yes,Kevin Ellison is dangerous, but..this resut/performance could just be the catalyst to send City off into 'orbit' and up to the very top end of the league, winning/drwing mny moe han they lose!!

PS: What has happened to Nahki Wells? Has he lost his 'mojo' or 'spark' ? It looks like it on tonight's evidence! Where are the 'dynamic' bursts of energy/chasing forlorn chances and 'succeeding'/running
after a lost ball and catching it??

The ref was....well put it this way...he didn't seem to ..er..lke City..much!!

difficult for me to get to games, so thanks to those of you who come on here and report. No disresepct to the T & A, but I usually jump to the comments at the bottom to get a proper feel for what's going on.
It sounds as if the guys we have playing for us are enjoying it and are pulling together. Long may this continue. Let's hope they can keep their focus and have an excellent day out at Oxford on Saturday.
Could we really be turning the corner? I know Bradfordians don't do empty optimism, but there seems to be a feeling developing. Imagine if the real electricity starts coming back to Valley Parade.

belle vue wrote:
difficult for me to get to games, so thanks to those of you who come on here and report. No disresepct to the T & A, but I usually jump to the comments at the bottom to get a proper feel for what's going on.
It sounds as if the guys we have playing for us are enjoying it and are pulling together. Long may this continue. Let's hope they can keep their focus and have an excellent day out at Oxford on Saturday.
Could we really be turning the corner? I know Bradfordians don't do empty optimism, but there seems to be a feeling developing. Imagine if the real electricity starts coming back to Valley Parade.

One big difference is players are starting to play with intelligence, i said on here last night you can see much more thoughtful passing going on, and defenders are not just hacking balls away aimlessly. Also, players are doing things with confidence without fear of the crowd getting on their backs or things going wrong.

Jones and Doyle have been bossing the home games - it's fair to call them the best pairing we've had at this level based on the 4 home games, an area that has seen us often overrun in recent years.

Only concern is that at times the defence might go to sleep a bit, like when we allowed Wimbledon to pull one back easily and last night when 2-0 should have been it.

Not that I want it to happen, but I wonder how we'll get on mentally should we concede first at home as it hasn't happened yet.

The buzz that the fans have at the moment is that the players actually seem to know what they are doing which is something that collectively as a team we haven't seen for as long as I care to remember.

As for the crowd getting on their backs, there hasn't really been any of it when things go wrong because I think there is a general appreciation for the exponentially improved standard of football, and at times more importantly, effort.

I'm not getting too giddy but the team is unrecognisable from previous years and that on it's own deserves a little optimism.

Cityman23 wrote:
If City play like thi, the 'T&A' can produce as many reports as they like!! This was a first class show from the Bantams with three very good goals from three very good players, against a side who look as if they will have a very good season. The best of City's four wins so far, and perhaps the most pleasing thing is after years of being almost 'goalshy' City have now scored 12 goals in home leaue games, conceding only two!! But this game was MORE than just a win, for in many ways it 'felt' like 'evidence' that City are going to have their best season for quit a fw years. ay, i' sill early, the away form hasn't matched the 'home' but City are beginning to look more f a 'real team' playing for each other, making the most of their individual/collectiv e skills and making things 'count.' The first half did see some chancsmissed but James Hanson's strike was very, very good AND at that 'gut wrenching' time for those who concede-a few mins from 'time.' In the scondhal, Morecambe came back strongly and with litte more than 20 mins to go, 1-0 DIDN'T lok a big enough lead. Kyle Reid, bac form tonight (and taking a kicking!) made a run, scored witha 'rasper.'!! Then Morecambe got one backnearly equalised! Finally, Gary Jones (with a nod to BridgeWilkinson-our last decent free kick expert) put in a scoring free kick-the 35 year old celebrated like a tenager!! Morecambe will beat many another Lge two side this season and yes,Kevin Ellison is dangerous, but..this resut/performance could just be the catalyst to send City off into 'orbit' and up to the very top end of the league, winning/drwing mny moe han they lose!! PS: What has happened to Nahki Wells? Has he lost his 'mojo' or 'spark' ? It looks like it on tonight's evidence! Where are the 'dynamic' bursts of energy/chasing forlorn chances and 'succeeding'/running after a lost ball and catching it?? The ref was....well put it this way...he didn't seem to ..er..lke City..much!!

i thought Wells was great when he came on.

Victor Clayton wrote:

Cityman23 wrote:
If City play like thi, the 'T&A' can produce as many reports as they like!! This was a first class show from the Bantams with three very good goals from three very good players, against a side who look as if they will have a very good season. The best of City's four wins so far, and perhaps the most pleasing thing is after years of being almost 'goalshy' City have now scored 12 goals in home leaue games, conceding only two!! But this game was MORE than just a win, for in many ways it 'felt' like 'evidence' that City are going to have their best season for quit a fw years. ay, i' sill early, the away form hasn't matched the 'home' but City are beginning to look more f a 'real team' playing for each other, making the most of their individual/collectiv e skills and making things 'count.' The first half did see some chancsmissed but James Hanson's strike was very, very good AND at that 'gut wrenching' time for those who concede-a few mins from 'time.' In the scondhal, Morecambe came back strongly and with litte more than 20 mins to go, 1-0 DIDN'T lok a big enough lead. Kyle Reid, bac form tonight (and taking a kicking!) made a run, scored witha 'rasper.'!! Then Morecambe got one backnearly equalised! Finally, Gary Jones (with a nod to BridgeWilkinson-our last decent free kick expert) put in a scoring free kick-the 35 year old celebrated like a tenager!! Morecambe will beat many another Lge two side this season and yes,Kevin Ellison is dangerous, but..this resut/performance could just be the catalyst to send City off into 'orbit' and up to the very top end of the league, winning/drwing mny moe han they lose!! PS: What has happened to Nahki Wells? Has he lost his 'mojo' or 'spark' ? It looks like it on tonight's evidence! Where are the 'dynamic' bursts of energy/chasing forlorn chances and 'succeeding'/running after a lost ball and catching it?? The ref was....well put it this way...he didn't seem to ..er..lke City..much!!

i thought Wells was great when he came on.

Me too. So much better than Saturday and this was acknowledged by Parky after the match.

The thing is now I think that we will revert back to 4-5-1 for the trip to Oxford meaning both Connell and Wells will be benched. It possibly isn't the way I would approach the match but I'm not paid for my footballing thoughts and Parky is. I think he will be of the mind he was for the Accy match and would rather come back unbeaten than to go gung ho and try nick all three.

I've always felt attack is the best form of defence, Parky appears to think shape and regiment is the best form of defence. And for that reason I think he will recall Atkinson into a midfield of five saving Wells and/or Connell for a 20 minute blast depending upon how the match is going.

Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

Cityman23 wrote: If City play like thi, the 'T&A' can produce as many reports as they like!! This was a first class show from the Bantams with three very good goals from three very good players, against a side who look as if they will have a very good season. The best of City's four wins so far, and perhaps the most pleasing thing is after years of being almost 'goalshy' City have now scored 12 goals in home leaue games, conceding only two!! But this game was MORE than just a win, for in many ways it 'felt' like 'evidence' that City are going to have their best season for quit a fw years. ay, i' sill early, the away form hasn't matched the 'home' but City are beginning to look more f a 'real team' playing for each other, making the most of their individual/collectiv e skills and making things 'count.' The first half did see some chancsmissed but James Hanson's strike was very, very good AND at that 'gut wrenching' time for those who concede-a few mins from 'time.' In the scondhal, Morecambe came back strongly and with litte more than 20 mins to go, 1-0 DIDN'T lok a big enough lead. Kyle Reid, bac form tonight (and taking a kicking!) made a run, scored witha 'rasper.'!! Then Morecambe got one backnearly equalised! Finally, Gary Jones (with a nod to BridgeWilkinson-our last decent free kick expert) put in a scoring free kick-the 35 year old celebrated like a tenager!! Morecambe will beat many another Lge two side this season and yes,Kevin Ellison is dangerous, but..this resut/performance could just be the catalyst to send City off into 'orbit' and up to the very top end of the league, winning/drwing mny moe han they lose!! PS: What has happened to Nahki Wells? Has he lost his 'mojo' or 'spark' ? It looks like it on tonight's evidence! Where are the 'dynamic' bursts of energy/chasing forlorn chances and 'succeeding'/running after a lost ball and catching it?? The ref was....well put it this way...he didn't seem to ..er..lke City..much!!

i thought Wells was great when he came on.

Me too. So much better than Saturday and this was acknowledged by Parky after the match. The thing is now I think that we will revert back to 4-5-1 for the trip to Oxford meaning both Connell and Wells will be benched. It possibly isn't the way I would approach the match but I'm not paid for my footballing thoughts and Parky is. I think he will be of the mind he was for the Accy match and would rather come back unbeaten than to go gung ho and try nick all three. I've always felt attack is the best form of defence, Parky appears to think shape and regiment is the best form of defence. And for that reason I think he will recall Atkinson into a midfield of five saving Wells and/or Connell for a 20 minute blast depending upon how the match is going.

he could play it like the first half yesterday with Connell a link man in front of the midfield. thought we looked fairly solid and gives us options. Hanson was great last night but think he needs some support.

A great result and we seem to have the makings of a very good team here.

All around the park players are performing and we have some people that can really play football.

It has been a long time coming but just maybe this might be a year of success for City.

CTID

Brilliant team performance last night. really enjoying it this season so far. Nice to put one over on Ellison too,the big wind-up merchant was wound up himself. Also nice to see Threlfall has stil got it too. The only thing Morecambe had going for them was trying to wind up the oposition and con the ref all night.

Nahki Wells was more like himself last night when he came on. No energy? He never stopped chasing down their defence and was unlucky with the effort he had.

I'm getting sick of reading 'fans' posting negative thoughts about the lad, just because he hasn't been rushed into signing his career away with a long-term contract. Get off his back....!

Victor Clayton wrote:

Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

Cityman23 wrote: If City play like thi, the 'T&A' can produce as many reports as they like!! This was a first class show from the Bantams with three very good goals from three very good players, against a side who look as if they will have a very good season. The best of City's four wins so far, and perhaps the most pleasing thing is after years of being almost 'goalshy' City have now scored 12 goals in home leaue games, conceding only two!! But this game was MORE than just a win, for in many ways it 'felt' like 'evidence' that City are going to have their best season for quit a fw years. ay, i' sill early, the away form hasn't matched the 'home' but City are beginning to look more f a 'real team' playing for each other, making the most of their individual/collectiv e skills and making things 'count.' The first half did see some chancsmissed but James Hanson's strike was very, very good AND at that 'gut wrenching' time for those who concede-a few mins from 'time.' In the scondhal, Morecambe came back strongly and with litte more than 20 mins to go, 1-0 DIDN'T lok a big enough lead. Kyle Reid, bac form tonight (and taking a kicking!) made a run, scored witha 'rasper.'!! Then Morecambe got one backnearly equalised! Finally, Gary Jones (with a nod to BridgeWilkinson-our last decent free kick expert) put in a scoring free kick-the 35 year old celebrated like a tenager!! Morecambe will beat many another Lge two side this season and yes,Kevin Ellison is dangerous, but..this resut/performance could just be the catalyst to send City off into 'orbit' and up to the very top end of the league, winning/drwing mny moe han they lose!! PS: What has happened to Nahki Wells? Has he lost his 'mojo' or 'spark' ? It looks like it on tonight's evidence! Where are the 'dynamic' bursts of energy/chasing forlorn chances and 'succeeding'/running after a lost ball and catching it?? The ref was....well put it this way...he didn't seem to ..er..lke City..much!!

i thought Wells was great when he came on.

Me too. So much better than Saturday and this was acknowledged by Parky after the match. The thing is now I think that we will revert back to 4-5-1 for the trip to Oxford meaning both Connell and Wells will be benched. It possibly isn't the way I would approach the match but I'm not paid for my footballing thoughts and Parky is. I think he will be of the mind he was for the Accy match and would rather come back unbeaten than to go gung ho and try nick all three. I've always felt attack is the best form of defence, Parky appears to think shape and regiment is the best form of defence. And for that reason I think he will recall Atkinson into a midfield of five saving Wells and/or Connell for a 20 minute blast depending upon how the match is going.

he could play it like the first half yesterday with Connell a link man in front of the midfield. thought we looked fairly solid and gives us options. Hanson was great last night but think he needs some support.

I would be gutted if he goes 5-4-1 again it didnt work against accy who were there for the taking had we gone more attacking and IMO Oxford are there for the taking IF we go for it.

1 bingley bantam wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

Cityman23 wrote: If City play like thi, the 'T&A' can produce as many reports as they like!! This was a first class show from the Bantams with three very good goals from three very good players, against a side who look as if they will have a very good season. The best of City's four wins so far, and perhaps the most pleasing thing is after years of being almost 'goalshy' City have now scored 12 goals in home leaue games, conceding only two!! But this game was MORE than just a win, for in many ways it 'felt' like 'evidence' that City are going to have their best season for quit a fw years. ay, i' sill early, the away form hasn't matched the 'home' but City are beginning to look more f a 'real team' playing for each other, making the most of their individual/collectiv e skills and making things 'count.' The first half did see some chancsmissed but James Hanson's strike was very, very good AND at that 'gut wrenching' time for those who concede-a few mins from 'time.' In the scondhal, Morecambe came back strongly and with litte more than 20 mins to go, 1-0 DIDN'T lok a big enough lead. Kyle Reid, bac form tonight (and taking a kicking!) made a run, scored witha 'rasper.'!! Then Morecambe got one backnearly equalised! Finally, Gary Jones (with a nod to BridgeWilkinson-our last decent free kick expert) put in a scoring free kick-the 35 year old celebrated like a tenager!! Morecambe will beat many another Lge two side this season and yes,Kevin Ellison is dangerous, but..this resut/performance could just be the catalyst to send City off into 'orbit' and up to the very top end of the league, winning/drwing mny moe han they lose!! PS: What has happened to Nahki Wells? Has he lost his 'mojo' or 'spark' ? It looks like it on tonight's evidence! Where are the 'dynamic' bursts of energy/chasing forlorn chances and 'succeeding'/running after a lost ball and catching it?? The ref was....well put it this way...he didn't seem to ..er..lke City..much!!

i thought Wells was great when he came on.

Me too. So much better than Saturday and this was acknowledged by Parky after the match. The thing is now I think that we will revert back to 4-5-1 for the trip to Oxford meaning both Connell and Wells will be benched. It possibly isn't the way I would approach the match but I'm not paid for my footballing thoughts and Parky is. I think he will be of the mind he was for the Accy match and would rather come back unbeaten than to go gung ho and try nick all three. I've always felt attack is the best form of defence, Parky appears to think shape and regiment is the best form of defence. And for that reason I think he will recall Atkinson into a midfield of five saving Wells and/or Connell for a 20 minute blast depending upon how the match is going.

he could play it like the first half yesterday with Connell a link man in front of the midfield. thought we looked fairly solid and gives us options. Hanson was great last night but think he needs some support.

I would be gutted if he goes 5-4-1 again it didnt work against accy who were there for the taking had we gone more attacking and IMO Oxford are there for the taking IF we go for it.

Ooops ment 4-5-1 and also a little addition to my thoughts Hanson up front on his own does not work at all.

Totally agree with you Waynus1971. Nhaki doesn't deserve the flack posters are giving him, he played well yesterday. For all the neg,s he's class, yes he isn't guaranteed first team football, but will play a big part this season, again because he's class and PP knows that. yes his contract runs out at the end of the season but so do others, we move on, hopefully moving upwards hopefully with him i.m.o.

Don't ya just love it when we score 3 twice on the trot ?

Waynus1971 wrote:
Nahki Wells was more like himself last night when he came on. No energy? He never stopped chasing down their defence and was unlucky with the effort he had.

I'm getting sick of reading 'fans' posting negative thoughts about the lad, just because he hasn't been rushed into signing his career away with a long-term contract. Get off his back....!

Hang on a minute Iam not part of a group tryin to 'get at' Nahki Wells! I am an individual supporter makng a comment using my own thoughts going on what I've seen of him at hoe games this season.

Last season I praised Nahki very highly hs efforts but I have to be honest and say, I haven't seen THAT kind of form in the games I've seen him play this season.

I don't hav any 'agenda' but to make my own comments , that's all. Anyone can disaree with me if they like, just as I can disagree with anyone else on here. And to be honest, I was unaware of any signin/nonsigning of contracts (which wouldn't affect my view anyway) Are you suggesting I criticise players out of spite? Not gilty on that one!

even the quality of the comments and the general tone of discussion and banter is improving too ;-)

...

things are indeed looking up!!

Waynus1971 wrote:
Nahki Wells was more like himself last night when he came on. No energy? He never stopped chasing down their defence and was unlucky with the effort he had. I'm getting sick of reading 'fans' posting negative thoughts about the lad, just because he hasn't been rushed into signing his career away with a long-term contract. Get off his back....!

Totall agree with all that waynus.

despite limited time he saw alot of the ball and helped out defensively. When he plays like that he's a good player.

Also agree about the contract. he's a young lad and the next contract is an important one for his career. Footballs changed and contracts and players comitting themselves has changed too ( in many ways for the worse) but thats how it is. No one is questioning why davies for example only has a one year contract. Players have to protect themselves nad their familly like anyone else.....i'm not for greed though and those multi-millionaire footballers who leave clubs so that they can win things should be staying where they are and attempting to win things there.....

1 bingley bantam wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

Cityman23 wrote: If City play like thi, the 'T&A' can produce as many reports as they like!! This was a first class show from the Bantams with three very good goals from three very good players, against a side who look as if they will have a very good season. The best of City's four wins so far, and perhaps the most pleasing thing is after years of being almost 'goalshy' City have now scored 12 goals in home leaue games, conceding only two!! But this game was MORE than just a win, for in many ways it 'felt' like 'evidence' that City are going to have their best season for quit a fw years. ay, i' sill early, the away form hasn't matched the 'home' but City are beginning to look more f a 'real team' playing for each other, making the most of their individual/collectiv e skills and making things 'count.' The first half did see some chancsmissed but James Hanson's strike was very, very good AND at that 'gut wrenching' time for those who concede-a few mins from 'time.' In the scondhal, Morecambe came back strongly and with litte more than 20 mins to go, 1-0 DIDN'T lok a big enough lead. Kyle Reid, bac form tonight (and taking a kicking!) made a run, scored witha 'rasper.'!! Then Morecambe got one backnearly equalised! Finally, Gary Jones (with a nod to BridgeWilkinson-our last decent free kick expert) put in a scoring free kick-the 35 year old celebrated like a tenager!! Morecambe will beat many another Lge two side this season and yes,Kevin Ellison is dangerous, but..this resut/performance could just be the catalyst to send City off into 'orbit' and up to the very top end of the league, winning/drwing mny moe han they lose!! PS: What has happened to Nahki Wells? Has he lost his 'mojo' or 'spark' ? It looks like it on tonight's evidence! Where are the 'dynamic' bursts of energy/chasing forlorn chances and 'succeeding'/running after a lost ball and catching it?? The ref was....well put it this way...he didn't seem to ..er..lke City..much!!

i thought Wells was great when he came on.

Me too. So much better than Saturday and this was acknowledged by Parky after the match. The thing is now I think that we will revert back to 4-5-1 for the trip to Oxford meaning both Connell and Wells will be benched. It possibly isn't the way I would approach the match but I'm not paid for my footballing thoughts and Parky is. I think he will be of the mind he was for the Accy match and would rather come back unbeaten than to go gung ho and try nick all three. I've always felt attack is the best form of defence, Parky appears to think shape and regiment is the best form of defence. And for that reason I think he will recall Atkinson into a midfield of five saving Wells and/or Connell for a 20 minute blast depending upon how the match is going.

he could play it like the first half yesterday with Connell a link man in front of the midfield. thought we looked fairly solid and gives us options. Hanson was great last night but think he needs some support.

I would be gutted if he goes 5-4-1 again it didnt work against accy who were there for the taking had we gone more attacking and IMO Oxford are there for the taking IF we go for it.

It did work against Accy. They had ONE shot on target the whole game. As the home team.

We had ONE cleared off the line, ONE hit the post and ONE goal. We also dominated the game and had more attempts on and off target in that game than we did in the match against Rotherham, when we went 4-4-2 and got hammered.

And it was 4-5-1 not 5-4-1 or as Parky said it was(it really really wasn't) 4-3-3.

Cityman23 wrote:

Waynus1971 wrote: Nahki Wells was more like himself last night when he came on. No energy? He never stopped chasing down their defence and was unlucky with the effort he had. I'm getting sick of reading 'fans' posting negative thoughts about the lad, just because he hasn't been rushed into signing his career away with a long-term contract. Get off his back....!

Hang on a minute Iam not part of a group tryin to 'get at' Nahki Wells! I am an individual supporter makng a comment using my own thoughts going on what I've seen of him at hoe games this season. Last season I praised Nahki very highly hs efforts but I have to be honest and say, I haven't seen THAT kind of form in the games I've seen him play this season. I don't hav any 'agenda' but to make my own comments , that's all. Anyone can disaree with me if they like, just as I can disagree with anyone else on here. And to be honest, I was unaware of any signin/nonsigning of contracts (which wouldn't affect my view anyway) Are you suggesting I criticise players out of spite? Not gilty on that one!

Firstly, I'm sorry if you feel I have picked you out here. It wasn't just aimed at you, but the numerous fans who have questioned him this season. However, to suggest the kid has "lost his 'mojo' or spark" seems a very strange comment. Then to add that you haven't seen his "dynamic bursts of energy/chasing forlorn chances" was even stranger. As Dann has already said, he chased down lots of times on Tuesday night and never gave their defenders time to play the ball out from the back.

He hasn't lost his 'mojo' or anything else. The only thing he has lost is the 'love' from some of his own fans and this will only end one way..... with him leaving the club..!

P.S. You state you hadn't heard that he has yet to sign a new extended contract. Where have you been? There are plenty of posters mentioning it all the time. I suppose you didn't know he had been carrying an injury either then and that he has been having treatment/injections to help?