Bradford City: Fearless Jones out to upset the form book (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Well it worked before,
Bradford won't win at Torquay, fact.

Thee Voice of Reason wrote:
Well it worked before,
Bradford won't win at Torquay, fact.

How can you make a factual comment before the event has taken place ?

bantamcougar wrote:

Thee Voice of Reason wrote:
Well it worked before,
Bradford won't win at Torquay, fact.

How can you make a factual comment before the event has taken place ?

Sigh, doesn't the first sentence give away the fact the statement is made in jest.

We play better against teams at the top away draws at the gills and swindon a win at southend so I wouldnt bet against us getting something however what showed on tues is once Hanson went off we had no real threat upfront and that worries me Hannah and Smalley are not good enough.For me Wells must start but who at the side of him I wouldnt like to say if Hanson isnt fit. Hanson may not be the best striker in the world but he is the best we have fact.

jones was the best on the pitch on tues nite for me he got stuck in and chased everything.hope he can do the same on sat and the rest of the squad do too.we do always play better against higher teams so heres hoping.good luk lads

Just have our wingers doing the defenders jobs leaving them free to mark fresh air and we SHOULD win everything that comes into the box and at best hope for a clean sheet..and be on the back foot for 90 minutes and give their keeper his easiest game of the season...

Interesting to see whether Jones keeps his place Saturday. He had a decent game Tuesday, but you dont always get your reward with this manager... depending who you are. Flynn nearing full fitness and Syers probably available again so we shall see...

ricky76 wrote:
We play better against teams at the top away draws at the gills and swindon a win at southend so I wouldnt bet against us getting something however what showed on tues is once Hanson went off we had no real threat upfront and that worries me Hannah and Smalley are not good enough.For me Wells must start but who at the side of him I wouldnt like to say if Hanson isnt fit. Hanson may not be the best striker in the world but he is the best we have fact.

I know who I'd put up front with Wells but he's out on loan again.Darren Stephenson,never gets a chance.

Danstarr69 wrote:

ricky76 wrote: We play better against teams at the top away draws at the gills and swindon a win at southend so I wouldnt bet against us getting something however what showed on tues is once Hanson went off we had no real threat upfront and that worries me Hannah and Smalley are not good enough.For me Wells must start but who at the side of him I wouldnt like to say if Hanson isnt fit. Hanson may not be the best striker in the world but he is the best we have fact.

I know who I'd put up front with Wells but he's out on loan again.Darren Stephenson,never gets a chance.

Flynn did a job as a makeshift striker, didn't he? Probably not ideal but might be worth a punt.

ricky76 wrote:
We play better against teams at the top away draws at the gills and swindon a win at southend so I wouldnt bet against us getting something however what showed on tues is once Hanson went off we had no real threat upfront and that worries me Hannah and Smalley are not good enough.For me Wells must start but who at the side of him I wouldnt like to say if Hanson isnt fit. Hanson may not be the best striker in the world but he is the best we have fact.

He is the best big striker we have, although i though Davis did just as well.

Off topic a bit, rumour has it the reason Fagan was left out altogether against Vale is that allegedly, one more appearance triggers the offer of a new contract for next season. Wonder how much truth there is in that?

CasualBantam wrote:
Off topic a bit, rumour has it the reason Fagan was left out altogether against Vale is that allegedly, one more appearance triggers the offer of a new contract for next season. Wonder how much truth there is in that?

Rumour untrue according to Simon Parker's recent Tweet. That's good to hear.

Think we may struggle with "Deadbeats"......9-1
-1 formation!!.
We will need a "REALLY BIG BUS TO PARK"!!

"HAPPY VALLEY-EXCESS ALL AREAS!"

'INSIDE THE MIND OF SIMON PARKER!'

SP was sitting fidgetting in front of his laptop at VP. WHAT to write about City in today's 'T&A??!! His editor was constantly badgering him for 'exclusives' ..AND to always keep 'it' upbeat. UPBEAT!! Easy for 'him' to say!!

SP thinks: I've just about wrung the last drop out of 'gung-ho' comments from the players. Usually after one of these..we fall flat on our faces!! What 'angle' can I come up with this time?!! If only I could get an 'exclusive.'

His mind wandered to thoughts of the sort of 'material' his fellow journalists were writing right now in local papers in Glasgow, Manchester and London (or even in Leeds/Huddersfield!!
) Surely there must be SOMETHING!!

Half an hour later, after he'd wasted 20 minutes playing 'solitaire' and his writers' block still had him in its grip... he happened to see Richie Jones walking past, a few yards away.

SP: Any comments for the paper, Richie?

RJ: Oh, we're all 'super confident' for Saturday Simon!! 100%-as always!!

(As he walked past Simon noticed RJ's fingers crossed behind his back!!)

SP: Oh, well....here we go again!!
(it's a living!!)

CasualBantam wrote:
Off topic a bit, rumour has it the reason Fagan was left out altogether against Vale is that allegedly, one more appearance triggers the offer of a new contract for next season. Wonder how much truth there is in that?

Well I know FACT it has happened before.

But I salute the club for being in control of these situations.

But I dont salute using wingers to do the defenders jobs and then having no attacking outlet, there is only 1 person top blame for that. Either he tells them to or doesn't tell them not to when we are losing 1-0 and at HOME!!!

It has sent me crazy I think!!

Cityman23 wrote:
"HAPPY VALLEY-EXCESS ALL AREAS!" 'INSIDE THE MIND OF SIMON PARKER!' SP was sitting fidgetting in front of his laptop at VP. WHAT to write about City in today's 'T&A??!! His editor was constantly badgering him for 'exclusives' ..AND to always keep 'it' upbeat. UPBEAT!! Easy for 'him' to say!! SP thinks: I've just about wrung the last drop out of 'gung-ho' comments from the players. Usually after one of these..we fall flat on our faces!! What 'angle' can I come up with this time?!! If only I could get an 'exclusive.' His mind wandered to thoughts of the sort of 'material' his fellow journalists were writing right now in local papers in Glasgow, Manchester and London (or even in Leeds/Huddersfield!! ) Surely there must be SOMETHING!! Half an hour later, after he'd wasted 20 minutes playing 'solitaire' and his writers' block still had him in its grip... he happened to see Richie Jones walking past, a few yards away. SP: Any comments for the paper, Richie? RJ: Oh, we're all 'super confident' for Saturday Simon!! 100%-as always!! (As he walked past Simon noticed RJ's fingers crossed behind his back!!) SP: Oh, well....here we go again!! (it's a living!!)

You can't expect SP to be too upbeat Cityman.


He supports Pompy and writes about Bradford City...I mean, how bad can it get!

We're lucky the guy is still here to write us a story.. however bad they may be

ricky76 wrote:
We play better against teams at the top away draws at the gills and swindon a win at southend so I wouldnt bet against us getting something however what showed on tues is once Hanson went off we had no real threat upfront and that worries me Hannah and Smalley are not good enough.For me Wells must start but who at the side of him I wouldnt like to say if Hanson isnt fit. Hanson may not be the best striker in the world but he is the best we have fact.

We could stick Branston,Smalley or Oliver up front with Wells or we could play our 1-6-3-1 formation using a flat back six.
Or maybe we need an emergency loan player like Rotherham did (Harrad).
Still we have a large squad who are more than capable of playing ugly even without Hanson.
Being optimistic i think all the (few) teams bellow us will loose points
- please ! -
and i am not going to look how many points we are above the rock bottom club anymore - it's far too worrying.

Thee Voice of Reason wrote:

bantamcougar wrote:

Thee Voice of Reason wrote:
Well it worked before,
Bradford won't win at Torquay, fact.

How can you make a factual comment before the event has taken place ?

Sigh, doesn't the first sentence give away the fact the statement is made in jest.

In a word no, its the second sentence, "City won,t win at Torquay, fact" sigh (meant in jest of course)

bantamcougar wrote:

Thee Voice of Reason wrote:

bantamcougar wrote:

Thee Voice of Reason wrote: Well it worked before, Bradford won't win at Torquay, fact.

How can you make a factual comment before the event has taken place ?

Sigh, doesn't the first sentence give away the fact the statement is made in jest.

In a word no, its the second sentence, "City won,t win at Torquay, fact" sigh (meant in jest of course)

"Anybody can beat anybody in this leaque" Jones being the latest player to trot this one out.
Only problem being is that we have only managed it six times with only Plymouth winning less (5).
That is fact.

bantamcougar wrote:

Thee Voice of Reason wrote:

bantamcougar wrote:

Thee Voice of Reason wrote:
Well it worked before,
Bradford won't win at Torquay, fact.

How can you make a factual comment before the event has taken place ?

Sigh, doesn't the first sentence give away the fact the statement is made in jest.

In a word no, its the second sentence, "City won,t win at Torquay, fact" sigh (meant in jest of course)

I'll write it in crayons for you to help you understand.
Last time I made such a statement we beat Southend in their back yard, so the "it worked before" bit was in reference to that.