In-demand Bradford City striker will not be allowed out on loan again (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Quite right too...Ross is a fine player and a proven goalscorer at Blue Square level so a fee of £40,000/£50,000 is a reasonable price to pay. I'm sure there are a few teams near the top of the Blue Squre premier league bidding to buy Hannah. Promotion to the 2nd division of the football league is supposed to be worth between 500,000 and 650,000 pounds so it's a no brainer for clubs involved in the promotion dog fight in that particular league. If no club comes in with a decent offer, Ross could still do a job for BCFC in the hopefully promotion run in...in the second half of our season.

Never understood why he wasn't given a chance at City. He seems to score goals for everyone else. Let's be honest other than Wells we haven't exactly got another prolific striker.
We should give him a proper opportunity to show what he can do for us.

Wells and Hannah would make a lethal partnership. Guarenteed promotion

Saltaire Bantam wrote:
Wells and Hannah would make a lethal partnership. Guarenteed promotion

Plenty of muscle up front with them two up there, They would get bullied out of the game, Hanson is doing a great job this season bullies defenders prefer him over Hannah very day of the week he would be fourth choice for me. Good luck in the future Ross!! Great lad but not good enough to be starting for us!!

Parky knows he's not good enough for league one when we go up? So might as well try get some dosh for him. Those asking for him to be given a run in the team, who do u suggest he leaves out for Ross??? It baffles me.

The point is we have struggled to find a decent 3rd choice striker. Those that Parky has brought in haven't exactly been prolific. Hannah is a proven goalscorer albeit at a lower level but so was Hanson and he's done well because he's been given a long run in the team.
Perhaps there is more to Ross being out of favour than his ability ?

Hoggy64 wrote:
The point is we have struggled to find a decent 3rd choice striker. Those that Parky has brought in haven't exactly been prolific. Hannah is a proven goalscorer albeit at a lower level but so was Hanson and he's done well because he's been given a long run in the team. Perhaps there is more to Ross being out of favour than his ability ?

Fair comment Hoggy64 when Ross played for us last season we had no one who could supply that telling pass, but this season could be different with the likes of Jones,Doyle,Hines,Re
id,ETC ETC,we have nothing to lose having him on the bench and using him as we have done with Wells in the past,Hanson/Wells to start with Connell/Hannah to bring on as required..!!

Unless aother striker comes in, in January, Hannah is worth keeping-at least as a stand-by/squad player.

the question for me would be - is he faster than Connel? if the answer is yes, then give him a proper chance. if no, then probably not needed.

nowt fresh wrote:

Hoggy64 wrote:
The point is we have struggled to find a decent 3rd choice striker. Those that Parky has brought in haven't exactly been prolific. Hannah is a proven goalscorer albeit at a lower level but so was Hanson and he's done well because he's been given a long run in the team. Perhaps there is more to Ross being out of favour than his ability ?

Fair comment Hoggy64 when Ross played for us last season we had no one who could supply that telling pass, but this season could be different with the likes of Jones,Doyle,Hines,Re

id,ETC ETC,we have nothing to lose having him on the bench and using him as we have done with Wells in the past,Hanson/Wells to start with Connell/Hannah to bring on as required..!!

good call. busy period, need back up.

Striker number one Hanson (Muscle, goals, defensive help, set ups)

Striker number two Wells (Goals, skill,)

Striker number three Connell (Hold up, skill, goals)

Striker number four Thompson ( Muscle, hold up, goals)

Striker number five Hannah (goals)

He doesn't bring anything more to the table than his goals and thos ehave not been often enough and Parky sees his other attributes in training, rates them so much he has loaned him out twice in less than 18 months.

Isn't anyone else getting the idea here, he isn't rated by our manager who is doing a fairly decent job of making the right calls at the right time.


If we get 20k for him from a non-leage side we'll be ****-a-hoop.

Sorry to have to say it again but Parky will not play Hannah as he doesnt rate him.

Parky defo bringing in another striker in jan. so wots the point in keeping him, we may as well cash in on him as he will go for nowt in summer??

Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:
Striker number one Hanson (Muscle, goals, defensive help, set ups)

Striker number two Wells (Goals, skill,)

Striker number three Connell (Hold up, skill, goals)

Striker number four Thompson ( Muscle, hold up, goals)

Striker number five Hannah (goals)

He doesn't bring anything more to the table than his goals and thos ehave not been often enough and Parky sees his other attributes in training, rates them so much he has loaned him out twice in less than 18 months.

Isn't anyone else getting the idea here, he isn't rated by our manager who is doing a fairly decent job of making the right calls at the right time.


If we get 20k for him from a non-leage side we'll be ****-a-hoop.

prisoner. I don't agree that Hanson is No 1 striker, but regardless. do you think that if Wells got injured we would score enough goals to gain promotion?

I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him.
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Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

gspot01 wrote:
I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him.
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Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

I don't know if Hannah is good enough for league 2. but he is proven at the league below. he is a Bradford city player and I would like see him given a chance. frankly, I don't understand fans who dont want to give him a chance. We are harly banging them in for fun!

Victor Clayton wrote:

gspot01 wrote:
I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him.
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Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

I don't know if Hannah is good enough for league 2. but he is proven at the league below. he is a Bradford city player and I would like see him given a chance. frankly, I don't understand fans who dont want to give him a chance. We are harly banging them in for fun!

Who would u drop for him???

Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:
Striker number one Hanson (Muscle, goals, defensive help, set ups) Striker number two Wells (Goals, skill,) Striker number three Connell (Hold up, skill, goals) Striker number four Thompson ( Muscle, hold up, goals) Striker number five Hannah (goals) He doesn't bring anything more to the table than his goals and thos ehave not been often enough and Parky sees his other attributes in training, rates them so much he has loaned him out twice in less than 18 months. Isn't anyone else getting the idea here, he isn't rated by our manager who is doing a fairly decent job of making the right calls at the right time. If we get 20k for him from a non-leage side we'll be ****-a-hoop.

Agreed

When will people realise that Hanson offers far more then just the goals he scores. As someone who goes to most of the away games I've lost count of the number of times he's won defensive headers in his own penalty box from opposition corners...can you honestly see anyone else out muscling the opponents centre half in such situations?
....NO!...first name on the team sheet for me.

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

gspot01 wrote: I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him. . Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

I don't know if Hannah is good enough for league 2. but he is proven at the league below. he is a Bradford city player and I would like see him given a chance. frankly, I don't understand fans who dont want to give him a chance. We are harly banging them in for fun!

Who would u drop for him???

Why does anyone need dropping as you suggest ? bring him on from the bench as and when needed and if another club come in with an acceptable offer then we will take it, Phil Parkinson said “We wanted to be fair to him and to them. But now he comes back in the picture for the busy Christmas period.” so I would assume he will have him on the bench other wise no point in his above comment, we have 10 games between now and 26th January and as teams are allowed 7 subs there is no reason why he shouldn't make the bench ?? if Phil Parkinson doesn't rate him as some are suggesting on here then any offer is better than loaning him out IMO, looking for 14 points from our 7 league games over the holiday period and the end of January time will tell.

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

gspot01 wrote:
I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him.
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Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

I don't know if Hannah is good enough for league 2. but he is proven at the league below. he is a Bradford city player and I would like see him given a chance. frankly, I don't understand fans who dont want to give him a chance. We are harly banging them in for fun!

Who would u drop for him???

connell

Hanson, Wells and Connell are the main strikers with Connell mostly a sub.

Why can't Hannah be used as an impact player given he's a poacher.

He can be our Owen/Chicho, coming late in games and making a difference.

nowt fresh wrote:

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

gspot01 wrote: I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him. . Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

I don't know if Hannah is good enough for league 2. but he is proven at the league below. he is a Bradford city player and I would like see him given a chance. frankly, I don't understand fans who dont want to give him a chance. We are harly banging them in for fun!

Who would u drop for him???

Why does anyone need dropping as you suggest ? bring him on from the bench as and when needed and if another club come in with an acceptable offer then we will take it, Phil Parkinson said “We wanted to be fair to him and to them. But now he comes back in the picture for the busy Christmas period.” so I would assume he will have him on the bench other wise no point in his above comment, we have 10 games between now and 26th January and as teams are allowed 7 subs there is no reason why he shouldn't make the bench ?? if Phil Parkinson doesn't rate him as some are suggesting on here then any offer is better than loaning him out IMO, looking for 14 points from our 7 league games over the holiday period and the end of January time will tell.

if we don't have to drop anyone thats even better!

I'd be very surprised if one of the players in January wasn't a replacement for Hanson granted he wins everything in the air but first touch and finishing prowess just ain't happening if we want promotion this is where we need to strengthen,missed chances cost points if we can can attract a benson or Tom pope type top three it will be! Simples

Grimsby have already had one bargain from us with Ian Woods many years ago if they want Hannah they will have to cough up. Gloooooriiiaaa Ross Hannah's off to Mansfield lol

Hanson has only had 4 league assists this season. Some supporters seem to think that he supplies all the goals and this is not true. How come Hanson didn't take a penalty against Arsenal. I can't believe a centre forward would refuse to take a penalty? As for him being good at defending corners. Why not play him at centre half then?

Citytilidie wrote:
I'd be very surprised if one of the players in January wasn't a replacement for Hanson granted he wins everything in the air but first touch and finishing prowess just ain't happening if we want promotion this is where we need to strengthen,missed chances cost points if we can can attract a benson or Tom pope type top three it will be! Simples

"missed chances cost points" and neither Well's or Connell have missed chances this season ?, Hanson's an easy option for criticism because he is not on par with Well's for scoring goals read " spleen ventor" 1:32pm post says it all IMO,Benson could not do a "James Hanson" job for us defending set pieces ETC Tom Pope has yet to prove he's more than a one season wonder,take this season out and he's been far from prolific, Tom Eaves who's on loan at Bristol Rovers from Bolton could do a similar job to Hanson he's scored 7 goals from 15 games for a poor team 20 years old 6ft 5inch, but why the suggestion someone will be brought to replace Hanson when we are 3 points off an automatic promotion place after our disastrous run with major players injuries is possibly wishful thinking on your behalf, my priority would be an out and out attacking midfield players, but then again football is all about fans opinions.

Predicting Hannah to score more goals, and to sign for a club this season.

Tom Eaves leaving Bristo Rovers at the end of his loan spll soon:Scott Neilson has had is contract at Crawley cancelled in readiness of a move to Luton:wonder if Luton are one of the clubs looking at Hannah.

Victor Clayton wrote:

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

gspot01 wrote:
I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him.
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Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

I don't know if Hannah is good enough for league 2. but he is proven at the league below. he is a Bradford city player and I would like see him given a chance. frankly, I don't understand fans who dont want to give him a chance. We are harly banging them in for fun!

Who would u drop for him???

connell

He can't lace Connell,s boots I take it u never played the game??

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

gspot01 wrote:
I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him.
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Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

I don't know if Hannah is good enough for league 2. but he is proven at the league below. he is a Bradford city player and I would like see him given a chance. frankly, I don't understand fans who dont want to give him a chance. We are harly banging them in for fun!

Who would u drop for him???

connell

He can't lace Connell,s boots I take it u never played the game??

I bet he could. have you never laced pair? its easy!

Merry christmas to all city players, staff and supporters...hope you all have a wonderful day, especially to my old mate...lenny berry (city gent mascot).
Im glad Ross is returning to city, I hope he has some playing time whilst here, however, once the window is opened in january, I guess he will be gone.
I see that Accrington are having keeper problems with no1 keeper Dunbavin out with shoulder surgery, on loan replacement keeper Rachubka was sent off last saturday in the 1-1 draw with Plymouth. If Accrington do not appeal the sending off of Rachubka the possibility is they will call on rookie keeper 18 year old Andrew Dawber.
We look good for the 3 points.
On another point.......did anyone see the 8 goals Chelsea put past villa.....7 different players scoring......I thought villa were not in the game at all, chelsea opened their defence easily and when villa got anywhere near chelseas goal area, which was rare, they lost the ball or shot well over. If city keep Benteke quiet, as he was their striker, I think we have a chance, especially if city play like they did against Arsenal.
CTID.

cookie_brighton wrote:
Merry christmas to all city players, staff and supporters...hope you all have a wonderful day, especially to my old mate...lenny berry (city gent mascot). Im glad Ross is returning to city, I hope he has some playing time whilst here, however, once the window is opened in january, I guess he will be gone. I see that Accrington are having keeper problems with no1 keeper Dunbavin out with shoulder surgery, on loan replacement keeper Rachubka was sent off last saturday in the 1-1 draw with Plymouth. If Accrington do not appeal the sending off of Rachubka the possibility is they will call on rookie keeper 18 year old Andrew Dawber. We look good for the 3 points. On another point.......did anyone see the 8 goals Chelsea put past villa.....7 different players scoring......I thought villa were not in the game at all, chelsea opened their defence easily and when villa got anywhere near chelseas goal area, which was rare, they lost the ball or shot well over. If city keep Benteke quiet, as he was their striker, I think we have a chance, especially if city play like they did against Arsenal. CTID.

Yes and as Dion Dublin & Alan Shearer said they were poor on cross's and Chelsea bombarded them early doors with cross's maybe we could do the same it paid against Arsenal ?.

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

gspot01 wrote: I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him. . Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

I don't know if Hannah is good enough for league 2. but he is proven at the league below. he is a Bradford city player and I would like see him given a chance. frankly, I don't understand fans who dont want to give him a chance. We are harly banging them in for fun!

Who would u drop for him???

connell

He can't lace Connell,s boots I take it u never played the game??

So you have to have played the game to form an opinion COLATS ????.

Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:
Striker number one Hanson (Muscle, goals, defensive help, set ups)

Striker number two Wells (Goals, skill,)

Striker number three Connell (Hold up, skill, goals)

Striker number four Thompson ( Muscle, hold up, goals)

Striker number five Hannah (goals)

He doesn't bring anything more to the table than his goals and thos ehave not been often enough and Parky sees his other attributes in training, rates them so much he has loaned him out twice in less than 18 months.

Isn't anyone else getting the idea here, he isn't rated by our manager who is doing a fairly decent job of making the right calls at the right time.


If we get 20k for him from a non-leage side we'll be ****-a-hoop.

Good post and quite agree,don't think Nakhi will be too happy you haven't given him as many attributes as Thompson and Connell though, so would add pace for him as well ;-)

As Nahki Wells is doubtful for the Accie game I expect Hannah to feature in the squad.

Last season the 5 subs rule probably meant that he didn't appear regularly enough for us to form an opinion.

If his confidence is high from his scoring antics at Grimsby he may surprise some of you.

I agree with everything parker has done this season but still find it hard to get my head around why city don't want him? He has scored 9 in 14 games in one league below us.
I would play him for last 20 mins in games now to see what he can do for us. He clearly bangs them in for fun when he goes out on loan. He is getting better all the time. Just cannot understand why he has been an outcast at city.

Edinburgh -bantam wrote:
As Nahki Wells is doubtful for the Accie game I expect Hannah to feature in the squad. Last season the 5 subs rule probably meant that he didn't appear regularly enough for us to form an opinion. If his confidence is high from his scoring antics at Grimsby he may surprise some of you.

Where you heard that about Naki Wells being doubtful Edinburgh ?.

Birky_Neil wrote:
I agree with everything parker has done this season but still find it hard to get my head around why city don't want him? He has scored 9 in 14 games in one league below us.
I would play him for last 20 mins in games now to see what he can do for us. He clearly bangs them in for fun when he goes out on loan. He is getting better all the time. Just cannot understand why he has been an outcast at city.

agree. espeially if Wells is out.

The sad thing is that we'll never know whether Ross could be a success at City.

Last season PP's tactics, performances and results could easily have earned him the sack. However, the Board gave him a chance and so far, he's turned things round.

Similarly, we had the sad attempts of Will Atkinson last season to look anything but a footballer. The more PP persevered with him, the worse poor Will performed. He gave him further chances this season and Will is now a valued member of the squad.

Now, Ross Hannah has never turned in one bad performance, on the rare occasions PP has called upon him, but has never been given a real chance.

Ross is the nearest thing to a natural goalscorer that we have. He's the ideal replacement for Wells whereas Connell and Thompson definitely aren't.

I can't see PP changing his tune now, so I hope Ross goes back to where he's wanted and shoots Grimsby to promotion.

nowt fresh.

it is posted on the city website that wells and doyle maybe doubtful for the accrington game, they both phoned in over the weekend with a stomache bug, they missed group training on sunday and today, monday.

Goalscorers are very valuable assets and I think that Ross Hannah should be given a chance at city and not sold for a small fee as I think he has a great future ahead of him. It would be a shame to see him knocking them in for a rival club and the Blue square is not an easy league to score goals in,and has quality as can be seen by the sucess of promoted clubs.

I have rated Ross Hannah since he arrived at B.C.F.C. I agree with most that he has not had a chance to prove himself.
CTID

Victor Clayton wrote:

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

gspot01 wrote:
I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him.
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Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

I don't know if Hannah is good enough for league 2. but he is proven at the league below. he is a Bradford city player and I would like see him given a chance. frankly, I don't understand fans who dont want to give him a chance. We are harly banging them in for fun!

Who would u drop for him???

connell

He can't lace Connell,s boots I take it u never played the game??

I bet he could. have you never laced pair? its easy!

Ha ha merry Christmas

nowt fresh wrote:

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

gspot01 wrote: I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him. . Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

I don't know if Hannah is good enough for league 2. but he is proven at the league below. he is a Bradford city player and I would like see him given a chance. frankly, I don't understand fans who dont want to give him a chance. We are harly banging them in for fun!

Who would u drop for him???

connell

He can't lace Connell,s boots I take it u never played the game??

So you have to have played the game to form an opinion COLATS ????.

Yes a decent one???

It’s a disgrace how Parkinson has treated this player and a lot of supporters are wondering why. Hannah always acts in a very professional way and gives 100%.It may be that Parkinson doesn’t want to use players he hasn’t brought in himself. At the start of the season he said he still had plans for him, gave him a year's contract, and then left him in the wilderness. He ought to do the right thing now and let him go and get on with his career.

We will be two leagues higher than conference next season( hopefully) so no point keeping him if we can get some cash for him now?? Good luck Ross where ever u end up?

Saltaire Bantam wrote:
Wells and Hannah would make a lethal partnership. Guarenteed promotion

I totally agree with you there but we would miss Hanson for tracking back and defending corners. I think we would be stupid to sell Hanna and think he should be on the bench at least.

Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:
Striker number one Hanson (Muscle, goals, defensive help, set ups)

Striker number two Wells (Goals, skill,)

Striker number three Connell (Hold up, skill, goals)

Striker number four Thompson ( Muscle, hold up, goals)

Striker number five Hannah (goals)

He doesn't bring anything more to the table than his goals and thos ehave not been often enough and Parky sees his other attributes in training, rates them so much he has loaned him out twice in less than 18 months.

Isn't anyone else getting the idea here, he isn't rated by our manager who is doing a fairly decent job of making the right calls at the right time.


If we get 20k for him from a non-leage side we'll be ****-a-hoop.

you make me laugh. Thompson up front before Hanna! Tell me how many goals Tommo has scored?

And so this thread just goes to prove we all see the game differently and opinion varies as to who is any good or not.

The majority think Hannah is worth a keep but he is never played so it is probably better he went as pp says he cannot go on loan again.

cash in before he goes for free as the Bantams go up.

Thank god you have a team now that uinderstand the game and why has it taken so long.

i have seen just ten minutes (the last ten v brentford)and its clearly 500 per cent better than the dross served over 5 years or more.

You can be champions.

lend Hannah to Bradford Park Avenue and we may be chasing you up the pyramid come April.

you"ll have to pay his wages though as we made a measly few quid in getting as far as doncaster in the cup whilst city have finally hit the jackpot.

Remember many Avenue fans have a soft spot for City after they were robbed of a football team for 15 years and shared Citys climb from the mid eighties.

well done you Bantams.

Things must be better.
I don"t see the fatman being slaughtered every week on here.

I"m sure he will be happier.Abit of his prop up loans may now look a tad safer than chucking brass down"t drain.
But remember" it ain"t over till the fat lady sings"and I"m still not convinced of Lawnees karaoke skills after 20 years.

Well done you Paraders have a happy christmas and remember to take the Avenue in if you get a spare fixture with all the chaos your success has brought.

arsenal took me back to the Everton game (against Stuart et al,Champions Everton)in 1989-90 and Tottenham.

Lee Palins goal stands long in the memory.

Brian Mitchells was something special too.

Things go in cycles and it looks like its the Paraders turn to turn the gloom.

Wish our politicians could do the same for our once proud City.

the City centre looks like Hiroshima.August 1945.

Did Hitler make that £80 million hole?

£80 million for a big hole eh.

that would have built some ground and some team.

But Bradford has a Hole.

Enjoy the ride

alfucham wrote:
And so this thread just goes to prove we all see the game differently and opinion varies as to who is any good or not. The majority think Hannah is worth a keep but he is never played so it is probably better he went as pp says he cannot go on loan again. cash in before he goes for free as the Bantams go up. Thank god you have a team now that uinderstand the game and why has it taken so long. i have seen just ten minutes (the last ten v brentford)and its clearly 500 per cent better than the dross served over 5 years or more. You can be champions. lend Hannah to Bradford Park Avenue and we may be chasing you up the pyramid come April. you"ll have to pay his wages though as we made a measly few quid in getting as far as doncaster in the cup whilst city have finally hit the jackpot. Remember many Avenue fans have a soft spot for City after they were robbed of a football team for 15 years and shared Citys climb from the mid eighties. well done you Bantams. Things must be better. I don"t see the fatman being slaughtered every week on here. I"m sure he will be happier.Abit of his prop up loans may now look a tad safer than chucking brass down"t drain. But remember" it ain"t over till the fat lady sings"and I"m still not convinced of Lawnees karaoke skills after 20 years. Well done you Paraders have a happy christmas and remember to take the Avenue in if you get a spare fixture with all the chaos your success has brought. arsenal took me back to the Everton game (against Stuart et al,Champions Everton)in 1989-90 and Tottenham. Lee Palins goal stands long in the memory. Brian Mitchells was something special too. Things go in cycles and it looks like its the Paraders turn to turn the gloom. Wish our politicians could do the same for our once proud City. the City centre looks like Hiroshima.August 1945. Did Hitler make that £80 million hole? £80 million for a big hole eh. that would have built some ground and some team. But Bradford has a Hole. Enjoy the ride

Sorry Everton was 88-89.Tottenham was 89-90.i think.

Anyway they were good days with a great set of lads and a chairman who was similarly slaughtered.

COLATS wrote:

nowt fresh wrote:

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

COLATS wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

gspot01 wrote: I like Hannah and no doubt he's a goalscorer at his level....which is not at our level. I dont understand the city fans who constantly say he should be given a chance and the lad above who says wells and hannah would gaurantee us promotion just doesn't understand football because as somebody rightly pointed out they would get bullied out of the game. I'm not Hansons biggest fan but I believe Wells wouldn be half the player without him. . Let Ross go to further his career and who knows he may just make it at this level in a couple of years.

I don't know if Hannah is good enough for league 2. but he is proven at the league below. he is a Bradford city player and I would like see him given a chance. frankly, I don't understand fans who dont want to give him a chance. We are harly banging them in for fun!

Who would u drop for him???

connell

He can't lace Connell,s boots I take it u never played the game??

So you have to have played the game to form an opinion COLATS ????.

Yes a decent one???

merry Christmas from me too.

I appreciate PP's comments about being fair to both Ross and Grimsby in letting the full three-month loan take place, but in hindsight, maybe Ross should've been brought back earlier, given a chance in the team whilst we could've given other players a breather, then PP would've been ideally situated to see if it was worth keeping Ross or selling him before this window ends and he goes for nothing come the summer.

It's difficult now to say what to do for the best - if there is a new striker in line to come to VP, then yes, sell whilst we can get something.

we will see today how Hannah is arted by the manager:will he be seected to stat,will he be on the bench.will he be brought on at any sthage.

If he is spending Boxing Day watching the game rom the stands then he is not rated and we will diminish the chances of selling him for a reasonable sum.

My view get homim on as a sub for Wells assuming,of course,that he is fit

Victor Clayton wrote:

Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:
Striker number one Hanson (Muscle, goals, defensive help, set ups)

Striker number two Wells (Goals, skill,)

Striker number three Connell (Hold up, skill, goals)

Striker number four Thompson ( Muscle, hold up, goals)

Striker number five Hannah (goals)

He doesn't bring anything more to the table than his goals and thos ehave not been often enough and Parky sees his other attributes in training, rates them so much he has loaned him out twice in less than 18 months.

Isn't anyone else getting the idea here, he isn't rated by our manager who is doing a fairly decent job of making the right calls at the right time.


If we get 20k for him from a non-leage side we'll be ****-a-hoop.

prisoner. I don't agree that Hanson is No 1 striker, but regardless. do you think that if Wells got injured we would score enough goals to gain promotion?

More so than if Hanson was out injured.

Makes no difference if you or I class JH as number one striker, Parkinson does. Which is why he stays on the pitch when fit and his partners are rotated.

northyorksbantam wrote:

Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:
Striker number one Hanson (Muscle, goals, defensive help, set ups)

Striker number two Wells (Goals, skill,)

Striker number three Connell (Hold up, skill, goals)

Striker number four Thompson ( Muscle, hold up, goals)

Striker number five Hannah (goals)

He doesn't bring anything more to the table than his goals and thos ehave not been often enough and Parky sees his other attributes in training, rates them so much he has loaned him out twice in less than 18 months.

Isn't anyone else getting the idea here, he isn't rated by our manager who is doing a fairly decent job of making the right calls at the right time.


If we get 20k for him from a non-leage side we'll be ****-a-hoop.

Good post and quite agree,don't think Nakhi will be too happy you haven't given him as many attributes as Thompson and Connell though, so would add pace for him as well ;-)

Of course, my bad.

Height and pace, two attributes that can rarely be countered and to have a strike force blessed with both is brilliant.

Birky_Neil wrote:

Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:
Striker number one Hanson (Muscle, goals, defensive help, set ups)

Striker number two Wells (Goals, skill,)

Striker number three Connell (Hold up, skill, goals)

Striker number four Thompson ( Muscle, hold up, goals)

Striker number five Hannah (goals)

He doesn't bring anything more to the table than his goals and thos ehave not been often enough and Parky sees his other attributes in training, rates them so much he has loaned him out twice in less than 18 months.

Isn't anyone else getting the idea here, he isn't rated by our manager who is doing a fairly decent job of making the right calls at the right time.


If we get 20k for him from a non-leage side we'll be ****-a-hoop.

you make me laugh. Thompson up front before Hanna! Tell me how many goals Tommo has scored?

Two in his last two outings and created two in the game prior to that.

You miss my point, that was my thoughts on how Parky sees his strike force and the order he would pick them, as has been proven by him placing them and picking them in that order if you are fair and honest.

Personally up to the last couple of games I wouldn't have given Thompson a start as I felt like his legs had gone but his Boxing Day display was his best of the season and he has started to look like the player who took us to task when he was at Morecambe.

Sell him quick before the seemingly annual financial problems return...hurry do it now! Lol

The obvious wrote:
Sell him quick before the seemingly annual financial problems return...hurry do it now! Lol

Please expand upon this wonderful knowledge you appear to have.

Obviously ignore facts so you can make your story as salicious as possible.

Don't take into account the 300k banked from the Arsenal game, nor the sale of the building to the 'free school' and we will not be getting a 1m+ boost from our league cup semi final games.

None of the above should deter you from trying to stir up something that doesn't exist but feel free to do so anyway.

What a dry lunch.