Connell leveller stakes claim for Bradford City starting berth (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Another Dream Boy

as opposed to the nightmare which describes each of your posts

A great positive attitude Mr Connell. You're gonna be a real asset to the Club

Correctness wrote:
Another Dream Boy

Yawn. What a pitiful wretch you really are.

The Notts Cty cup game gave the manager a belated chance to try certain players and formations with success, then along came Watford and whilst this was deemed as interfering with the chance to find a settled league team Mr Parkinson decided to let the players prove themselves again and enjoy the occasion, resulting in two excellent cup wins as against the wary league games where we have not won yet playing to orders(sorry,i mean game plan) ,the same happened last season. so without stating the obvious it appears the manager cannot see the wood for the trees

For Hanson to work, he needs to play along side a striker. On Saturday he won more than his fair share in the air but all the balls were dropping to no one as he was on his own.

I think a point is a great return from a place we rarely get anything from. With away games against Gillingham and Rotherham out of the way (I doubt there will be many harder places to go this year) I think we need to be more positive when travelling to some of the other teams away from home.

Rotherham the division favourites we smashed 6-2 at the weekend, a week after beating us 4-0. We had similar the week before beating Wimbledon 5-1 to be on the wrong end of that 4-0 hiding.

We've beaten Fleetwood who have scored 8 goals in 2 games since. This is early season and teams are finding their feet, I think we have the making of a good squad and nothing I have seen so far has made me think otherswise.

6 points v Barnet and Morecambe and these early away games will be forgotten.

I posted before start of season after looking at the first 10 fixtures I would be happy if we took 7 points from the first 5 games and then 9 points from the next 5 games so far so good IMO. If we get 16 points after first 10 games thats 1.6 points a game which would end up with us having around 72 points which may be good enough for a play off place.

I think the next 2 home games are key as to where we are going gotta get minimum 4 points IMO.
Never been a huge fan of Hanson but he does keep nicking goals i know.For me i would go with Connell and Hanna up front if indeed Wells is injured? Hanna deserves a chance he is a natural goalscorer got plenty in pre season scoring in the reserves and i know it a lower grade of football but i seem to recall he got a bucket full on loan at Halifax last season.
And another problem with playing Hanson is all we do is lump it up to him negating to some extent our footballing ability which we have got this season.
Finally and completly off subject cant for the life in me understand why Parky took Hines off described as the best player on the pitch.Please please Parky dont revert back to last seasons negative tactics we have some really good players now let them loose and we beat more teams than not.

Thee Voice of Reason wrote:
For Hanson to work, he needs to play along side a striker. On Saturday he won more than his fair share in the air but all the balls were dropping to no one as he was on his own. I think a point is a great return from a place we rarely get anything from. With away games against Gillingham and Rotherham out of the way (I doubt there will be many harder places to go this year) I think we need to be more positive when travelling to some of the other teams away from home. Rotherham the division favourites we smashed 6-2 at the weekend, a week after beating us 4-0. We had similar the week before beating Wimbledon 5-1 to be on the wrong end of that 4-0 hiding. We've beaten Fleetwood who have scored 8 goals in 2 games since. This is early season and teams are finding their feet, I think we have the making of a good squad and nothing I have seen so far has made me think otherswise. 6 points v Barnet and Morecambe and these early away games will be forgotten.

Bang on the money TVOR why PP plays Hanson as a lone striker is beyond belief as you point out he needs an outlet,it would help how ever if balls played out of defence for Hanson to control or flick on weren't coming down with snow on them, his supply from cross's also leaves a lot to be desired, maybe he needs to take a leaf out of "Bobby Campbell's" book and tell Reid & Hines if he does not get better cross's he'll kick their arse's as rumour has it that Bobby Campbell said to Barry Gallagher.

Cricketing commitments prevented me from attending either Rotherham or Accrington but with my "Harry Hindsight" head on it would appear the tactics we played were the wrong way round.
You can probably count on one hand the number of teams we should be playing a caucious 4-5-1 against away from home and we've already played two of them, so I would expect a more adventurous approach away from home from now on...but I'm not holding my breath.

Connell could play upfront on his own as he is technically better than Hanson and wells come to that. Connell has a footballing braining which would allow him to hold the ball up and lay it off to someone instead of the flick on to nobody which is very much Hanson esque. Drop hanson bring him on for impact. Connell would be laying balls off to wells or hannah with more outcome i am sure

citygent1978 wrote:
Connell could play upfront on his own as he is technically better than Hanson and wells come to that. Connell has a footballing braining which would allow him to hold the ball up and lay it off to someone instead of the flick on to nobody which is very much Hanson esque. Drop hanson bring him on for impact. Connell would be laying balls off to wells or hannah with more outcome i am sure

Citygent is right, why not bench Hanson, all he is, is 6ft 4 tall AND THATS ALL.. NO REAL SKILL WITH ONE ON ONE. Play Connell w/ Wells and watch the difference, And nice to know Wells was injured as to why his play was off during 4-0 lost.

The reason we dominated this AWAY game, against a very good team who had won THREE of their previous four, was becuse we played 5 in midfield.

Now correct me if I'm wrong but a point away from home, which could so easily have been 3, had we taken our chances (I'm sure that's PP's fault that we didn't) is an excellent result - at a very difficult place. We haven't taken any points from there in years - so is that not improvement?

Add to that, the fact that we look like winning every home game, I'd say PP was very smart to change our approach from the first two away games in which we were more open and he flooded the midfield and we were in complete control of the game.

Well done PP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many points did we have by this time last year??? 1 I think we'll find or was it 2?

Youve all got Parkinsons Disease, think your going up when your going down.

nowt fresh wrote:

Thee Voice of Reason wrote: For Hanson to work, he needs to play along side a striker. On Saturday he won more than his fair share in the air but all the balls were dropping to no one as he was on his own. I think a point is a great return from a place we rarely get anything from. With away games against Gillingham and Rotherham out of the way (I doubt there will be many harder places to go this year) I think we need to be more positive when travelling to some of the other teams away from home. Rotherham the division favourites we smashed 6-2 at the weekend, a week after beating us 4-0. We had similar the week before beating Wimbledon 5-1 to be on the wrong end of that 4-0 hiding. We've beaten Fleetwood who have scored 8 goals in 2 games since. This is early season and teams are finding their feet, I think we have the making of a good squad and nothing I have seen so far has made me think otherswise. 6 points v Barnet and Morecambe and these early away games will be forgotten.

Bang on the money TVOR why PP plays Hanson as a lone striker is beyond belief as you point out he needs an outlet,it would help how ever if balls played out of defence for Hanson to control or flick on weren't coming down with snow on them, his supply from cross's also leaves a lot to be desired, maybe he needs to take a leaf out of "Bobby Campbell's" book and tell Reid & Hines if he does not get better cross's he'll kick their arse's as rumour has it that Bobby Campbell said to Barry Gallagher.

Have you ever seen Hanson remonstrate with his team mates about how the ball is delivered? I suspect he gets high ball because thats what he is comfortable with.

Victor Clayton wrote:

nowt fresh wrote:

Thee Voice of Reason wrote: For Hanson to work, he needs to play along side a striker. On Saturday he won more than his fair share in the air but all the balls were dropping to no one as he was on his own. I think a point is a great return from a place we rarely get anything from. With away games against Gillingham and Rotherham out of the way (I doubt there will be many harder places to go this year) I think we need to be more positive when travelling to some of the other teams away from home. Rotherham the division favourites we smashed 6-2 at the weekend, a week after beating us 4-0. We had similar the week before beating Wimbledon 5-1 to be on the wrong end of that 4-0 hiding. We've beaten Fleetwood who have scored 8 goals in 2 games since. This is early season and teams are finding their feet, I think we have the making of a good squad and nothing I have seen so far has made me think otherswise. 6 points v Barnet and Morecambe and these early away games will be forgotten.

Bang on the money TVOR why PP plays Hanson as a lone striker is beyond belief as you point out he needs an outlet,it would help how ever if balls played out of defence for Hanson to control or flick on weren't coming down with snow on them, his supply from cross's also leaves a lot to be desired, maybe he needs to take a leaf out of "Bobby Campbell's" book and tell Reid & Hines if he does not get better cross's he'll kick their arse's as rumour has it that Bobby Campbell said to Barry Gallagher.

Have you ever seen Hanson remonstrate with his team mates about how the ball is delivered? I suspect he gets high ball because thats what he is comfortable with.

No I have never seen him remonstrate with anyone maybe he should start complaing about some of the service he's given because IMO given a bit of quality from Reid & Hines he would get us 20+ goals a season.

Why does everyone read and then react to my posting some even claim to be the original scribe so read me at 10:06. and not 22:06 and stop copying (hic ! )

Respect should go to Hanson too. I had a few shandys Saturday and did not realise his flick on set u the goal. That's what he is good at but as a loan striker then not that good. I would play Connell and Hanson Saturday with Thompson waiting on the bench as reserve striker if that's the position he wants to play in. If they don't come up with the goods mid way in second half bring tommo on!

Village Bantam wrote:
The reason we dominated this AWAY game, against a very good team who had won THREE of their previous four, was becuse we played 5 in midfield. Now correct me if I'm wrong but a point away from home, which could so easily have been 3, had we taken our chances (I'm sure that's PP's fault that we didn't) is an excellent result - at a very difficult place. We haven't taken any points from there in years - so is that not improvement? Add to that, the fact that we look like winning every home game, I'd say PP was very smart to change our approach from the first two away games in which we were more open and he flooded the midfield and we were in complete control of the game. Well done PP!!!!!!!!!!!!! How many points did we have by this time last year??? 1 I think we'll find or was it 2?

Well said VB. We have played 7 matches and won four of them with one draw too. Hands up anyone who wouldn't have accepted that when we kicked off at Notts County and who wouldn't accept the same outcome from he next seven games.

All those who analyse "after" the event continue to talk rubbish. We didn't take enough of our chances but created a lot more than the home side. If that represents tacticall failings in some people's minds then they have no mind at all. Once again, the result determines the mood instead of the performance. Personally, I thought that the performance against Wimbledon was quite average but we pretty much scored with every attempt that day. Such is football.

nowt fresh wrote:

Victor Clayton wrote:

nowt fresh wrote:

Thee Voice of Reason wrote: For Hanson to work, he needs to play along side a striker. On Saturday he won more than his fair share in the air but all the balls were dropping to no one as he was on his own. I think a point is a great return from a place we rarely get anything from. With away games against Gillingham and Rotherham out of the way (I doubt there will be many harder places to go this year) I think we need to be more positive when travelling to some of the other teams away from home. Rotherham the division favourites we smashed 6-2 at the weekend, a week after beating us 4-0. We had similar the week before beating Wimbledon 5-1 to be on the wrong end of that 4-0 hiding. We've beaten Fleetwood who have scored 8 goals in 2 games since. This is early season and teams are finding their feet, I think we have the making of a good squad and nothing I have seen so far has made me think otherswise. 6 points v Barnet and Morecambe and these early away games will be forgotten.

Bang on the money TVOR why PP plays Hanson as a lone striker is beyond belief as you point out he needs an outlet,it would help how ever if balls played out of defence for Hanson to control or flick on weren't coming down with snow on them, his supply from cross's also leaves a lot to be desired, maybe he needs to take a leaf out of "Bobby Campbell's" book and tell Reid & Hines if he does not get better cross's he'll kick their arse's as rumour has it that Bobby Campbell said to Barry Gallagher.

Have you ever seen Hanson remonstrate with his team mates about how the ball is delivered? I suspect he gets high ball because thats what he is comfortable with.

No I have never seen him remonstrate with anyone maybe he should start complaing about some of the service he's given because IMO given a bit of quality from Reid & Hines he would get us 20+ goals a season.

Sorry, I thought you were talking about balls from the back. i agree that some of the balls from Reid are poor (not sure about Hines though).

Guys, I'm worried about TVOR... he seems almost positive, optimistic even!

I suspect he's been walking the moors round Todmorden late at night, I wonder what they've done with the real TVOR...

KnightMcCall wrote:

Village Bantam wrote:
The reason we dominated this AWAY game, against a very good team who had won THREE of their previous four, was becuse we played 5 in midfield. Now correct me if I'm wrong but a point away from home, which could so easily have been 3, had we taken our chances (I'm sure that's PP's fault that we didn't) is an excellent result - at a very difficult place. We haven't taken any points from there in years - so is that not improvement? Add to that, the fact that we look like winning every home game, I'd say PP was very smart to change our approach from the first two away games in which we were more open and he flooded the midfield and we were in complete control of the game. Well done PP!!!!!!!!!!!!! How many points did we have by this time last year??? 1 I think we'll find or was it 2?

Well said VB. We have played 7 matches and won four of them with one draw too. Hands up anyone who wouldn't have accepted that when we kicked off at Notts County and who wouldn't accept the same outcome from he next seven games.

All those who analyse "after" the event continue to talk rubbish. We didn't take enough of our chances but created a lot more than the home side. If that represents tacticall failings in some people's minds then they have no mind at all. Once again, the result determines the mood instead of the performance. Personally, I thought that the performance against Wimbledon was quite average but we pretty much scored with every attempt that day. Such is football.

I said as much after the AFCW game mate. Flattered to deceive that day and Saturday was a much more 'sound' and solid team performance, dratted Accy had to ruin it by scoring with their 1 shot on target but the 4-5-1( it was never a 4-3-3 as PP stated) worked as it reduced them to one shot at goal, allowed us to create more chances and were unlucky not to win.

It wasn't the most flowing and exciting game but I'd take a point away and three at home every time theyre on offer.


To those wanting a change of CF I would say to try swap brute strength and size for skill and speed as a sole forward it won't happen. Not because I say so, because PP does, many other managers do and they do that because the little guy on his own would get hammered all over in THE 4TH DIVISION. It may work with Barcelona in La Liga it won't work for Bradford City in this glorified pub league. Albeit a pub league I love.

CTID wrote:
Guys, I'm worried about TVOR... he seems almost positive, optimistic even!

I suspect he's been walking the moors round Todmorden late at night, I wonder what they've done with the real TVOR...

Have a look at The Bulls pages on here, he is doing some sterling work trying to open people's eyes.