Official Match Thread Bradford City v Southend United

[Jay_SUFC]

Phil has played the lone forward forever,it doesnt work ,at long last he has played 442 which has reaped rewards.

He has played 4-4-2 plenty of times but it hasn't worked so far mainly because we can't play AB in a back 4 and Mooney and Cox didn't work together.

Now he has the personal, he can play 4-4-2 and even stated a few games ago he wanted to do that.

 

[fatgrandad]

Phil has played the lone forward forever,it doesnt work ,at long last he has played 442 which has reaped rewards.

If only he had listened to you all along....oh wait a minute, then we wouldn't have signed Ranger. Or Fortune.

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Mooney is never a lone forward. With Ranger the ball sticks up front and seems like Brown has finally found his best back four with pretty much everyone fit. Has taken a while but no reason why we can't have a half decent season now.

 

[southendkid]

Phil has played the lone forward forever,it doesnt work ,at long last he has played 442 which has reaped rewards.

His hands were tied until Fortune arrived and Ranger got fit. Mooney and Cox are both good players for this level but they are both poachers that rely on service from their striking partner, so playing them together was a disaster. I expect unless we suffer further injuries we'll stick with 2 up front from now on with Mooney acting as back up to Cox and Fortune acting as back up to Ranger.

 

[Bearded Shrimper]

Sounds like a good performance and a good point gained. Lets carry this on and do franchise fc

 

[buffalowolf]

How good it is to wake up here in Manila and read so mny positive threads,and how well the boys have done :happy:Now i hope they can continue on and fingers crossed grab 3 points at MK Dons .

 

[WESTY_SUFC]

I think the biggest thing about this game as that we didn't drop our heads after the first goal.

 

[Kevin Hogg]

To play so well and battle back from a goal down at 2nd in the league Bradford City? Magnificent!!!

 

[manor15]

Mooney is never a lone forward. With Ranger the ball sticks up front and seems like Brown has finally found his best back four with pretty much everyone fit. Has taken a while but no reason why we can't have a half decent season now.

Agree with the point but it has only been two games with this back four, we've had settled back fours before but as soon as they concede 2/3 it'll be back to page one and there's a 50:50 chance that one of them will never be seen at Roots Hall again.

 

[londonblue]

That's a point I didn't think we'd get.:thumbsup:

Same here. Especially after going a goal down.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Away at Bradford that is a very good point, we rarely get anything positive there. It's been nice that in the past 2 games we've made attacking subs in both and stuck to a formation and look what happens, we get positive results. Too much chopping and changing mid game leaves us all over the place. Get something at MK and that's been a great week.

 

[RHB]

Away at Bradford that is a very good point, we rarely get anything positive there. It's been nice that in the past 2 games we've made attacking subs in both and stuck to a formation and look what happens, we get positive results. Too much chopping and changing mid game leaves us all over the place. Get something at MK and that's been a great week.

Brown in?......

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Brown in?......

One game at a time yeah? :winking:

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Fair play to the 122 hardy souls who made the loooooooooooong journey :clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[londonblue]

Brown in?......

One game at a time yeah? :winking:

Not necessarily a criticism of you, more a general observation: why is it that when we lose a game it's "Brown out", but when we win it's "One game at a time"?

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Not necessarily a criticism of you, more a general observation: why is it that when we lose a game it's "Brown out", but when we win it's "One game at a time"?

One swallow doesn't make a summer

If we go on a run and get ourselves in or around the Play off positions then maybe I will believe we have turned a corner. The league table still doesn't make great reading

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Just seen the highlights, oh Nile how did you miss that at the end?

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

Two things from the goals (I didn't go, so can only go on the video):

1. Ferdinand is either slow, or doesn't sprint. Thompson did slip, but surely a centre back should be busting a gut to get back to cover? No chance for Oxley.

2. No one seems to have mentioned that Atkinson flicked the ball on for Wordsworth. That means that away from home, a full back crossed (after a cracking Cruyft turn) for a right midfielder to assist a central midfielder all within the 18 yard box with both the strikers lurking. Seems very attacking for a defensive minded coach...

https://youtu.be/r9UoXCxwQKA

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

One swallow doesn't make a summer

If we go on a run and get ourselves in or around the Play off positions then maybe I will believe we have turned a corner. The league table still doesn't make great reading

One thing that struck me when I looked at the table, was that we have played away at all of the current top 6, so it would appear that we've had a run of tough games. Doesn't excuse some of the capitulations of course, but does go some way to explain our current position. I think we'll have a better idea of where we're going to end up after our next 8 or so games (Home to 3 of the current bottom 8, away to 3 of the current bottom 11)

 

[Harry Bullocks]

Cos we're very very very fickle