Thoroughly entertaining watch on i-follow, looked like the Reds really turned up for the first half pressing and forcing errors, i feared it would be difficult to maintain that effort for 90 and that was true as Bradford put us under pressure for much of the second half. I liked Balcombe in goal, his distribution was quick and thoughtful enabling the counter, indeed he was usually too quick for the i-follow directors as we were usually watching a replay while he was doing his work.
Disappointed with the 2 subs Jenks and Telford really didnt make any impact.
Thoroughly entertaining watch on i-follow, looked like the Reds really turned up for the first half pressing and forcing errors, i feared it would be difficult to maintain that effort for 90 and that was true as Bradford put us under pressure for much of the second half. I liked Balcombe in goal, his distribution was quick and thoughtful enabling the counter, indeed he was usually too quick for the i-follow directors as we were usually watching a replay while he was doing his work.
Disappointed with the 2 subs Jenks and Telford really didnt make any impact.
Good and well deserved result though.
I did not realise you could watch ifollow on Saturdays at 3pm?
Thoroughly entertaining watch on i-follow, looked like the Reds really turned up for the first half pressing and forcing errors, i feared it would be difficult to maintain that effort for 90 and that was true as Bradford put us under pressure for much of the second half. I liked Balcombe in goal, his distribution was quick and thoughtful enabling the counter, indeed he was usually too quick for the i-follow directors as we were usually watching a replay while he was doing his work.
Disappointed with the 2 subs Jenks and Telford really didnt make any impact.
Good and well deserved result though.
I did not realise you could watch ifollow on Saturdays at 3pm?
Has it changed or were you overseas?
Overseas, but there are ways and means to make the internet think you are overseas
Pfft, that was atrocious for us and possibly the worst I've seen us play under Hughes, certainly the worst I've seen this season. Your free kick was good, I was sat right behind it and even though it didn't go in the corner, there was no way it was being saved if it got through all the bodies in the box because the keeper wouldn't be able to see which way it was going until it was too late. Talk about shooting yorself in the foot though from our perspective it was an awful bit of play that lead to conceding the freekick and to be honest, it had been coming from the KO because our 2 DM's were really not at the races today and giving the ball away for fun.
I thought that Nichols looked lively but didn't really notice Nadesan which surprised me. I was going to ask why Telford wasn't getting much game time but given that he was completely anonymous when he came on, I guess that sort of explains it. (What's the story there, is he the wrong type of player for the way you play or was he a bit of a flash in a pan last season and is not able to recapture that form?)
I could tell that you've had keeper issues this season, we're not really set up to make lots of crosses in to the box but that's clearly not Balcombe's forte and your back four (who all played well) did not seem to have much confidence in him either whenever the ball came in to the box which lead to some unnecessary corners being conceded.
All in all, can't complain at the end result being a draw.
Pfft, that was atrocious for us and possibly the worst I've seen us play under Hughes, certainly the worst I've seen this season. Your free kick was good, I was sat right behind it and even though it didn't go in the corner, there was no way it was being saved if it got through all the bodies in the box because the keeper wouldn't be able to see which way it was going until it was too late. Talk about shooting yorself in the foot though from our perspective it was an awful bit of play that lead to conceding the freekick and to be honest, it had been coming from the KO because our 2 DM's were really not at the races today and giving the ball away for fun.
I thought that Nichols looked lively but didn't really notice Nadesan which surprised me. I was going to ask why Telford wasn't getting much game time but given that he was completely anonymous when he came on, I guess that sort of explains it. (What's the story there, is he the wrong type of player for the way you play or was he a bit of a flash in a pan last season and is not able to recapture that form?)
I could tell that you've had keeper issues this season, we're not really set up to make lots of crosses in to the box but that's clearly not Balcombe's forte and your back four (who all played well) did not seem to have much confidence in him either whenever the ball came in to the box which lead to some unnecessary corners being conceded.
All in all, can't complain at the end result being a draw.
Imo Telford is a system player. In truth I do not know why we bought him other than to flex our new financial wealth. He is still a good finisher though no doubt but in Nadesan and Nichols current form he is struggling to get a game.
We were best 1st half but poor balls in final 3rd cost us. If we'd scored I think we'd have gone on to win. 2nd half, Powell error led to goal, but deserved equalised from Tilley. I thought we'd struggle defensively but especially Ludwig and Craig were immense. All in all another great day out in Bradford.
I agree with what’s been said. A really entertaining game. We were the better side first half, really pressing them and forcing several errors. Predictably, we couldn’t keep that pace up for 90 minutes and Bradford started putting the pressure on as the second half progressed, but there was clear determination to get something out of the game and a draw was fair. I felt we were a bit too hesitant to shoot at times.
Pfft, that was atrocious for us and possibly the worst I've seen us play under Hughes, certainly the worst I've seen this season. Your free kick was good, I was sat right behind it and even though it didn't go in the corner, there was no way it was being saved if it got through all the bodies in the box because the keeper wouldn't be able to see which way it was going until it was too late. Talk about shooting yorself in the foot though from our perspective it was an awful bit of play that lead to conceding the freekick and to be honest, it had been coming from the KO because our 2 DM's were really not at the races today and giving the ball away for fun.
I thought that Nichols looked lively but didn't really notice Nadesan which surprised me. I was going to ask why Telford wasn't getting much game time but given that he was completely anonymous when he came on, I guess that sort of explains it. (What's the story there, is he the wrong type of player for the way you play or was he a bit of a flash in a pan last season and is not able to recapture that form?)
I could tell that you've had keeper issues this season, we're not really set up to make lots of crosses in to the box but that's clearly not Balcombe's forte and your back four (who all played well) did not seem to have much confidence in him either whenever the ball came in to the box which lead to some unnecessary corners being conceded.
All in all, can't complain at the end result being a draw.
Ah well maybe come the end of the season you’ll see it as a good point