Wells puts pen to paper on new Bradford City deal (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Nahki Wells puts pen to paper on new Bradford City deal
4:00pm Friday 28th September 2012 in Sport
By Simon Parker, Bradford City Reporter
Nahki Wells after scoring for City against Burton in the third round of the Capital One Cup on Tuesday night
Nahki Wells has this afternoon signed a new three-year contract with City.
The Bermudian striker put pen to paper on the deal after training to end the uncertainty over his future.
Wells, whose current contract was up in the summer, has started the new season with a bang. He has scored five goals already, including two coming off the bench to spark the dramatic Capital One Cup win over Burton.
Boss Phil Parkinson was delighted to get the 22-year-old secured in his City’s long-term plans.
He said: “We’re really pleased. We want to keep our best young players and Nahki is certainly one of those.
“He is a talented player and his biggest attribute is his ability to finish with both feet. He is a cool finisher.
“He’s made really good progress in the last 12 months and I’m confident he will keep improving as a player.”
The new contract replaces his current one and ties Wells to the club until the end of June 2015.
Comments(29)
1 bingley bantam
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4:23pm Fri 28 Sep 12
Congrats to Parky and everyone else involved in getting this sorted.
Hope Nakki gets to start most games now as him and Hanson are our best combination IMO.
bettyswollocks
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4:29pm Fri 28 Sep 12
The lingering doubt was a bit worrying, even more so after his 2 goals on Tuesday.
No distractions now - onwards and upwards!
ALEXIMO.56.
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4:29pm Fri 28 Sep 12
Victor Clayton
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4:44pm Fri 28 Sep 12
audal
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4:48pm Fri 28 Sep 12
bettyswollocks wrote:BOTTLED BASS. you mean gone for a Burton surely ? then we have to repel boarders looking for any PORT in a storm including the VALE of York. sorry ballriggin but my brass is on 2-2.
I was already frothing like bottled bass at the prospect of tomorrow's game but this has topped it.
The lingering doubt was a bit worrying, even more so after his 2 goals on Tuesday.
No distractions now - onwards and upwards!
beardedclam
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5:05pm Fri 28 Sep 12
Victor Clayton
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5:14pm Fri 28 Sep 12
beardedclam wrote:I think we will have made him an offer he couldn't refuse, with this in mind.
Fantastic news, and guarantees more money if we sell him next summer. If he continues his form, larger clubs will come knocking.
lonniejockstrap
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5:20pm Fri 28 Sep 12
northyorksbantam
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5:25pm Fri 28 Sep 12
Glad to see he didn't take My Only Visions advice and go and play in the Canadian 2nd division!
bradford321
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5:39pm Fri 28 Sep 12
tinytoonster
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5:48pm Fri 28 Sep 12
beardedclam wrote:why would we want to sell him?
Fantastic news, and guarantees more money if we sell him next summer. If he continues his form, larger clubs will come knocking.
think big, keep the best players!!
on a side issue, why are we discreetly moving tables and chairs from outside lloyds for a protest about a film from AMERICA?
i don't like xfactor because its manipulating people but i don't protest!
if you don't like the film, don't watch it.
simples!
at least it was today and won't spoil my day at city!!
Spenvalleyspartan
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5:55pm Fri 28 Sep 12
Birky Neil
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5:56pm Fri 28 Sep 12
Onwards and upwards. He can only get better.
Rambo
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6:11pm Fri 28 Sep 12
If you haven't seen it, go to the Sky Sports website on the BCFC page for highlights.
bcfc1903
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6:48pm Fri 28 Sep 12
nowt fresh
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7:23pm Fri 28 Sep 12
Victor Clayton wrote:Yes he woke up this morning with a horses head on his bed courtesy of Mark "The Godfather" Lawns,
beardedclam wrote: Fantastic news, and guarantees more money if we sell him next summer. If he continues his form, larger clubs will come knocking.I think we will have made him an offer he couldn't refuse, with this in mind.
fantastic news got to be good for Naki and good for Bradford City if a big club comes sniffing around !!.
Birky Neil
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7:38pm Fri 28 Sep 12
nowt fresh wrote:Lol that made me laugh the horses head bit! Maybe he woke up and realised Bradford are going places and he wants to be part of that rather than playing reserves elsewhere at a bigger club in a higher league.
Victor Clayton wrote:Yes he woke up this morning with a horses head on his bed courtesy of Mark "The Godfather" Lawns,
beardedclam wrote: Fantastic news, and guarantees more money if we sell him next summer. If he continues his form, larger clubs will come knocking.I think we will have made him an offer he couldn't refuse, with this in mind.
fantastic news got to be good for Naki and good for Bradford City if a big club comes sniffing around !!.
robholmes
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8:33pm Fri 28 Sep 12
skipton fan
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8:49pm Fri 28 Sep 12
and
Thankyou Mark and Julian
shoesman1
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9:14pm Fri 28 Sep 12
tinytoonster
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9:18pm Fri 28 Sep 12
settler07
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10:02pm Fri 28 Sep 12
Tomorrow will be a very interesting marker.
Village Bantam
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11:04pm Fri 28 Sep 12
Bradford1903
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2:39am Sat 29 Sep 12
It's capped a good week for the club, with a fine away win, and stirring cup comeback. With a bigger crowd also expected, the game has all the hallmarks of a typical City fall flat on their faces moment, just when you are starting to feel positive about the team.
Irrespective of the result though, I feel we have a squad that has the quality and mental strength to sustain a genuine challenge for promotion.
lonniejockstrap
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9:42am Sat 29 Sep 12
Bradford1903 wrote:Yep, how many times have we experienced that over the years -and a couple of weeks ago against Rothers. However, I do think this group of players are made of stronger stuff, we have so many mentally strong guys in the team who just refuse to accept defeat that I think the Rothers game really was just a blip. I might be chewing my foot tonight after saying that but as you imply 1903, we should be ok over the full season.
Great news; with Wells' pace and Hanson's aerial prowess, they can be a pretty frightening combination at this level, and would be my front two every week.
It's capped a good week for the club, with a fine away win, and stirring cup comeback. With a bigger crowd also expected, the game has all the hallmarks of a typical City fall flat on their faces moment, just when you are starting to feel positive about the team.
Irrespective of the result though, I feel we have a squad that has the quality and mental strength to sustain a genuine challenge for promotion.
Period Drama
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10:28am Sat 29 Sep 12
So pleased Nahki has signed I'm sure now he hasn't got that pecking away inside him he'll really take off.
Excited for the game today. Need to keep our eye on Pope, he's s on fire this season.
tyker2
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2:41pm Sat 29 Sep 12
Bradford1903
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1:58am Sun 30 Sep 12
I don't know if it's just a recent phenomenon, as I remember saying to my mate after the Blackpool play off home leg, that we've blown it again in front of a big crowd.
How wrong was I about that one!
Bcafc season ticket holder says...
4:10pm Fri 28 Sep 12