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  • "Overall it was a difficult game to judge considering the lack of motivation points wise. However taking the game as it was city were the better side.

    A good defensive display by all 4. Yes even Kozluc particularly first half, defended well. However i previously suggested that the maximum times the full backs would over-lap would be three. I counted one in which Rambo made a decent cross. It leaves us very predictable and i feel that in a competitive game any decent side should be able to contain us.

    Ravenhill battled hard and won a lot of ball but too often just boots it hopefully to no one.

    Syers worked hard but not much went right. We definately offered more going forward from the central areas with him in the side and he needs games.

    Reid was his inconsistent best. Sometimes great others baffling/frustrating
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    Said my piece on Atkinson above.....

    Both Hanson and Wells linked together well and on another day would/will score goals. They are an handful and their willingness to work off the ball helps us defensively.

    We showed some glimpses of been able to play football on occasions but not enough for 90 minutes. But it does show we have in our locker to pass the ball. We need to let this loose more. Swindon appeared to be deep most of the game and content to attempt to stop us scoring. These were/are the top scorers yet only showed what they can do on occasion. Perhaps this was down to a committed battling and hard working performance. On this side of things we were good but i just wish we would allow the full backs to overlap and thus give the opposition full backs something different to think about and deal with.

    In many ways it the sort of performance Parky seeks e,g, soild defensively and with slightly more attacking chances than in some weeks.

    How much we can learn from this though is unsure......a lot of work ahead......"
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City 0 Swindon 0

4:59pm Saturday 5th May 2012 in Bantams Photograph of the Author By Simon Parker , Bradford City Reporter

City signed off the season with a strong display against League Two champions Swindon.

It was an encouraging way to finish for the home side, who had most of the play at a bitterly-cold Valley Parade.

Swindon's 1,255 away support ensured a decent atmosphere for the last game and the visitors had to be alert as City began brightly.

But the Bantams could not find a clean shot on goal and their best effort from David Syers was blocked by the sliding Jay McEveley.

James Hanson had the first real chance on 17 minutes from a Nahki Wells pass but could not get enough power on his shot.

There was little incident in either goalmouth and Kyel Reid wasted a promising run with a wayward finish just before the break.

The winger then led a breakaway from Swindon's first corner before City over-complicated matters on the edge of the box and the opportunity was wasted.

Wells almost converted Hanson's flick-on at the start of the second half and then went close with a shot on the turn.

But City should have gone in front after 66 minutes as Will Atkinson sent Syers away. The midfielder controlled the pass with a good first touch, drew keeper Wes Fotheringham and then fired straight at him.

Syers did have the ball in the net five minutes later with a thumping half-volley but it was ruled out by referee Graham Salisbury for Hanson's challenge on the keeper.

Paolo Di Canio's Swindon had been second best for much of the game but they mounted a late flurry.

Sub Luke Rooney hit the side-netting from a counter-attack and Jon McLaughlin, back in City's goal for the first time since the Crawley game, tipped over a Paul Caddis free-kick.

Swindon also felt they should have had a late penalty for handball against Simon Ramsden.

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