| Match thread: Bradford away 14:07 - Oct 20 with 22848 views | 442Dale |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 20:36 - Oct 20 with 3437 views | D_Alien |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 20:27 - Oct 20 by dingdangblue |
In Hill's post match interview he says Williams is the hardest working forward in League 1! High praise indeed - hopefully the penny has finally dropped and he can have a very successful career at Dale and further. |
More shite, i'm afraid, by Hill, since he hasn't got a clue whether he's the hardest working forward in L1 or any other division. He's not even the hardest working forward in our squad!
But fair play to Williams, he can only improve on what we've seen so far and i'm sure every Dale fan hopes he does. It's not a matter of pennies dropping, there's more than one penny been mentioned in free fall in the past couple of days with complete silence when it fell
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 20:40 - Oct 20 with 3411 views | MoonyDale |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 20:10 - Oct 20 by scarrow |
Where are all the moaners tonight? Oh yes a win, tgey won't raise their moronic heads until the next defeat. |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 20:59 - Oct 20 with 3320 views | dingdangblue |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 20:36 - Oct 20 by D_Alien |
More shite, i'm afraid, by Hill, since he hasn't got a clue whether he's the hardest working forward in L1 or any other division. He's not even the hardest working forward in our squad!
But fair play to Williams, he can only improve on what we've seen so far and i'm sure every Dale fan hopes he does. It's not a matter of pennies dropping, there's more than one penny been mentioned in free fall in the past couple of days with complete silence when it fell
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Hill does study the football science side of things so you can now see who has ran the most - but I very much doubt it's Williams just yet as he's hardly a regular starter at Dale never mind in League 1! I'm guessing Hill might be saying such things to get a response from the player - let's face it he's done nothing with us for 12 months so even getting him on the pitch and working hard for the team is an improvement. |  |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 21:20 - Oct 20 with 3203 views | regjenkins |
Hilly does actually say that J.W was the best forward in the league at defending ... i didn't attend todays game but maybe someone who did may shed some light on what the manager means by that? |  |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 21:38 - Oct 20 with 3124 views | leedsdale |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 21:20 - Oct 20 by regjenkins |
Hilly does actually say that J.W was the best forward in the league at defending ... i didn't attend todays game but maybe someone who did may shed some light on what the manager means by that? |
I would imagine he means defending from the front, putting pressure on the goalkeeper and defenders, as well as dropping back to cover where need be. There was a good example in the second half where he pressured their left back and won a corner |  | | |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 21:46 - Oct 20 with 3084 views | regjenkins |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 21:38 - Oct 20 by leedsdale |
I would imagine he means defending from the front, putting pressure on the goalkeeper and defenders, as well as dropping back to cover where need be. There was a good example in the second half where he pressured their left back and won a corner |
Thanks Leedsdale. It appears some earlier posters miss interpreted K.H by thinking he was calling him the best forward in L1. In that i agree, he is not, but was relating to his off the ball workrate. | |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:00 - Oct 20 with 3022 views | D_Alien |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 21:46 - Oct 20 by regjenkins |
Thanks Leedsdale. It appears some earlier posters miss interpreted K.H by thinking he was calling him the best forward in L1. In that i agree, he is not, but was relating to his off the ball workrate. |
Where does anyone state that Hill said Williams was the best forward in L1?
The discussion was/is around his workrate, and it's an insult to Dale's other very hard-working forwards to cite Williams as the paradigm
Hendo, for instance, works his bollocks off in the Dale cause, so does Andrew and in fact, there isn't anyone with any length of career at Dale who doesn't
None of which detracts from wanting Williams to succeed. His success is Dale's success is our success
But tbf, Hill can talk all the post-match shite he likes. We can see for ourselves who's putting in a shift, and who isn't (when that happens)
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:02 - Oct 20 with 3008 views | Shun |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 21:20 - Oct 20 by regjenkins |
Hilly does actually say that J.W was the best forward in the league at defending ... i didn't attend todays game but maybe someone who did may shed some light on what the manager means by that? |
There was an instance in the second half where Williams was involved in an attack but it broke down and Bradford were breaking in numbers. Our defenders were running back but Williams ran the length of the pitch to stop the man with the ball and ushered it out to a nothing attack near our corner flag. So with things like that in mind I can see what he means. I certainly can’t imagine Wilbraham doing that, although we’ve all seen Henderson and Andrew do similar.
I think there’s a touch of JT about Williams in that he’s one of those players we all so want to succeed and he does put in a lot of effort, but there’s always that lingering impression that he doesn’t quite have what it takes. I bloody hope he proves me wrong though! |  | | |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:11 - Oct 20 with 2970 views | Swissdale |
Brief summary of today;
We weren’t as good as last week but won (and deserved to)
We were better in the first half, allowed them in a bit during the second
Bradford are TERRIBLE (I mean, really bad), can’t see them staying up.
Moore & Dooley were great, and should get a stretch in the team now
Wilbriham is a poor-man’s Calvin Andrew, which is a very poor man indeed
Nice little cushion between us as the bottom 4 now, I think we’ll hover here for the rest of the season. Let’s hope for a good cup draw on Monday - Gateshead away for me (if we can’t get Eastbourne of course) |  | | |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:14 - Oct 20 with 2944 views | soulboy |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 20:36 - Oct 20 by D_Alien |
More shite, i'm afraid, by Hill, since he hasn't got a clue whether he's the hardest working forward in L1 or any other division. He's not even the hardest working forward in our squad!
But fair play to Williams, he can only improve on what we've seen so far and i'm sure every Dale fan hopes he does. It's not a matter of pennies dropping, there's more than one penny been mentioned in free fall in the past couple of days with complete silence when it fell
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I think KH is perfectly entitled to talk "more shite" than the posters on here in view of his record as Dale manager. |  | | |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:18 - Oct 20 with 2929 views | James1980 |
How did Camps play, has being dropped worked?
If we lose a midfielder or 2 in January. Could JW11 actually work better as a box to box midfield engine/playmaker? Add a few goals into the mix and be a lower league Gerrard or Lampard perhaps? [Post edited 20 Oct 2018 22:23]
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:18 - Oct 20 with 2924 views | D_Alien |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:14 - Oct 20 by soulboy |
I think KH is perfectly entitled to talk "more shite" than the posters on here in view of his record as Dale manager. |
Absolutely soulboy
He can talk shite till the cows come home and shit on the Spotland turf, as long as he keeps putting out teams worth watching
So can we, but don't worry - it's still shite! | |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:20 - Oct 20 with 2915 views | 442Dale |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:11 - Oct 20 by Swissdale |
Brief summary of today;
We weren’t as good as last week but won (and deserved to)
We were better in the first half, allowed them in a bit during the second
Bradford are TERRIBLE (I mean, really bad), can’t see them staying up.
Moore & Dooley were great, and should get a stretch in the team now
Wilbriham is a poor-man’s Calvin Andrew, which is a very poor man indeed
Nice little cushion between us as the bottom 4 now, I think we’ll hover here for the rest of the season. Let’s hope for a good cup draw on Monday - Gateshead away for me (if we can’t get Eastbourne of course) |
Couple of really good points there: Bradford were pub standard at times, especially when it came to clearing their lines; that gap is the key for everything we need to focus on. Five points isn’t bad, look to push it towards ten. | |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:25 - Oct 20 with 2878 views | Daley_Lama |
According to Bbc stats, Bradford had 57% possession today.
Now that is a crock off **** |  |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:28 - Oct 20 with 2855 views | soulboy |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:25 - Oct 20 by Daley_Lama |
According to Bbc stats, Bradford had 57% possession today.
Now that is a crock off **** |
Even better than that, the report on the BBC red button said it was an "even first half"!  | | | |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:39 - Oct 20 with 2832 views | aleanddale |
3 points
Boom!! | | | |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 00:46 - Oct 21 with 2595 views | scarrow |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 20:40 - Oct 20 by MoonyDale |
Be quiet you melt... |
Why? Truth hurts for some morons on here. They only appear when there’s been a defeat. Haven’t the balls to put any praise up. Unfortunately like on the Facebook page there are some absolute ‘melts’ on here |  |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 06:26 - Oct 21 with 2461 views | smaclad1 |
OK, time now for a sober reflection and a dose of reality about yesterdays result.
Bradford are a club in crisis, both on and off the pitch. Talking to some of their supporters pre-match, they have lost a lot of off-field staff who had contributed to the development of the club, including James Mason who is seen as a particular loss, and not even the offer of a the Dale's two goal giveaway could generate any degree of positivity that they could take anything from the game.
So what do we come away with. Nothing won from open play. A win based on two penalties - the first Henderson had lost all momentum in his run and it looked unlikely he would produce anything from it as there was another defender coming across to cover if he hadn't been pulled down, the second, their goalie went down too earlier, and could have shepherded Dooley even further wide than he was going. And Bradford could easily have been one or two up anyway by the time of the first penalty with a little good fortune. So, with Bradford's issues all round and how things panned out on the pitch - I'll take the somewhat less than emphatic three points but don't really see anything in that to show we have turned a corner or whatever.
On the other hand, I generally enjoy my days out at Bradford but yesterday was a real good one. Out with the SMAC lads visiting all three pubs on North Parade listed in the 2019 Beer Guide and each pub a cracker, meeting with posters from on here and some former work colleagues, and including a fascinating short talk/lecture around noon in the Record Café on the development of sporting clubs and leagues in the Bradford area - not usual matchday fare, but welcome all the same. | | | |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 07:45 - Oct 21 with 2405 views | Boss_Hog |
Perfectly summed up by Smaclad, couldn't have said it any better.
Bradford have real issues, poor throughout their side and issues off the field. It will be a long season for them.
We were average, the first goal won the game and we got it.
Praise for Moore, Williams and McGahey and I thought Done caused them problems at the head of the midfield diamond. | | | |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 08:46 - Oct 21 with 2293 views | DaleiLama |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 06:26 - Oct 21 by smaclad1 |
OK, time now for a sober reflection and a dose of reality about yesterdays result.
Bradford are a club in crisis, both on and off the pitch. Talking to some of their supporters pre-match, they have lost a lot of off-field staff who had contributed to the development of the club, including James Mason who is seen as a particular loss, and not even the offer of a the Dale's two goal giveaway could generate any degree of positivity that they could take anything from the game.
So what do we come away with. Nothing won from open play. A win based on two penalties - the first Henderson had lost all momentum in his run and it looked unlikely he would produce anything from it as there was another defender coming across to cover if he hadn't been pulled down, the second, their goalie went down too earlier, and could have shepherded Dooley even further wide than he was going. And Bradford could easily have been one or two up anyway by the time of the first penalty with a little good fortune. So, with Bradford's issues all round and how things panned out on the pitch - I'll take the somewhat less than emphatic three points but don't really see anything in that to show we have turned a corner or whatever.
On the other hand, I generally enjoy my days out at Bradford but yesterday was a real good one. Out with the SMAC lads visiting all three pubs on North Parade listed in the 2019 Beer Guide and each pub a cracker, meeting with posters from on here and some former work colleagues, and including a fascinating short talk/lecture around noon in the Record Café on the development of sporting clubs and leagues in the Bradford area - not usual matchday fare, but welcome all the same. |
Whilst we may not have played at our best a win is a win. Three counter points. How many times have we played well and come away with nowt - that's football? A win should give us more confidence. It's a 46 game season.
As frenzied asked about Plymouth on another thread teams come good. And go bad. 2 pens, 3 points, job done. On to next week. It will be 2 different teams on the pitch and plenty more to discuss I'm sure. [Post edited 21 Oct 2018 8:48]
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 09:41 - Oct 21 with 2147 views | Sandymandy |
Strange there has been no mention of budget since Accrington have been well up top | | | |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 09:52 - Oct 21 with 2111 views | sweetcorn |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 22:00 - Oct 20 by D_Alien |
Where does anyone state that Hill said Williams was the best forward in L1?
The discussion was/is around his workrate, and it's an insult to Dale's other very hard-working forwards to cite Williams as the paradigm
Hendo, for instance, works his bollocks off in the Dale cause, so does Andrew and in fact, there isn't anyone with any length of career at Dale who doesn't
None of which detracts from wanting Williams to succeed. His success is Dale's success is our success
But tbf, Hill can talk all the post-match shite he likes. We can see for ourselves who's putting in a shift, and who isn't (when that happens)
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For crying out loud, why are you hanging on every word hill says and finding it an insult.
Henderson doesnt need a confidence boost, jordan williams does, hill has attempted to give him one with a glowing review in a post match interview, its not hard to work out is it. [Post edited 21 Oct 2018 9:56]
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 10:09 - Oct 21 with 2068 views | Daley_Lama |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 09:52 - Oct 21 by sweetcorn |
For crying out loud, why are you hanging on every word hill says and finding it an insult.
Henderson doesnt need a confidence boost, jordan williams does, hill has attempted to give him one with a glowing review in a post match interview, its not hard to work out is it. [Post edited 21 Oct 2018 9:56]
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Indeedy.
Last week ir was Kgosi
This week it was JW11
Hilly is very big on the individual positive mentality right now.Possibly why there was a keeper change too. Not been a happy hunting ground for Josh.
Forgot to mention praise for Moore yesterday. Couple of decent saves but also his distribution was good and his catching at corners excellent. | |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 10:16 - Oct 21 with 2039 views | James1980 |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 10:09 - Oct 21 by Daley_Lama |
Indeedy.
Last week ir was Kgosi
This week it was JW11
Hilly is very big on the individual positive mentality right now.Possibly why there was a keeper change too. Not been a happy hunting ground for Josh.
Forgot to mention praise for Moore yesterday. Couple of decent saves but also his distribution was good and his catching at corners excellent. |
Accidentally marked down sorry. | |
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| Match thread: Bradford away on 10:30 - Oct 21 with 2001 views | Yorkshire_Dale |
| Match thread: Bradford away on 10:16 - Oct 21 by James1980 |
Accidentally marked down sorry. |
Oh Jimbo, you'll never get into the clique if you can't mark up and down properly.tutt! | | | |
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