Unbalanced / Vincelot
Bradford City lost 4-1 to Burnley in a pre-season game on the day that Romain Vincelot joined from Coventry City for £80,000 to provide something seemingly much needed for the midfield.
View ArticleWaring / Trophy
Bradford City have been drawn to play Stoke City u23 in the Football League Trophy raising worries about the first steps of an intrusion of Premier League B Teams into the Football League although -...
View ArticleUnfamiliar / Preview
The 2016/2017 season at Bradford City will not be defined by new team of Stuart McCall as manager and Edin Rahic as owner but by the old regime of Mark Lawn and Julian Rhodes who allowed former manager...
View ArticlePreview / Players
Bradford City have a solid platform with a lot of options in the back four, and some solid midfield players, but creating chances - more than converting them - will be the problem Stuart McCall faces...
View ArticleClub / Preview
Edin Rahic made a splash with Bradford City fans over a pint and a flat cap on Wednesday night as he starts his first season as chairman of the club making slow but significant changes at Valley Parade.
View ArticleBradford City 0 Port Vale 0 at Valley Parade in League One - Opening /...
Bradford City's 0-0 draw with Port Vale on the opening day of the 2016/2017 season represented a failure of the players tasked with generating rather than converting chances.
View ArticleStrikers / Trajectory
Stuart McCall's problems finding a striker are, in part, down the the changing trajectory of the career of a modern day footballer.
View ArticlePeterborough United 0 Bradford City 1 at London Road in League One - Soft /...
Following the first win of the season Bradford City continue to look for a striker hoping that the opening month of the season will have focused the mind of players who have realised that they will not...
View ArticleBradford City 3 Coventry City 1 at Valley Parade in League One - Changes /...
Stuart McCall showed the change as a manager promised since his return after his Bradford City team showed some character to come back from a goal down to beat Coventry City at Valley Parade.
View ArticleNahki / Armstrong
There is a cycle of rumours that take Nakhi Wells to Newcastle United and Adam Armstrong from The Magpies to Bradford City who are struggling to find a striker that fits within the Rahic Development...
View ArticleBradford City 1 Oldham Athletic 1 at Valley Parade in League One -...
As a collective slap of self-congratulation was heard around Valley Parade watching the new Stuart McCall passing Bradford City impressed in a draw against Oldham Athletic it was worth looking at the...
View ArticleBoycott / Loans
Premier League teams use the loan system to add value to their young players in a way that shapes the make up of squads in League One to ensure that young players at clubs like Bradford City are not...
View ArticleDrone / On
Stuart McCall's Bradford City continue a run of single goal draws with a 1-1 against Bristol Rovers.
View ArticleLazy / High / Low
The home draw with Southend United showed Stuart McCall's belief in the abilities of some of his team to turn around games with single moments of ability which - when those moments are lacking - leave...
View ArticleCome / Grayson / Go
Simon Grayson had a few demands in order to stay manager of Bradford City and, as a result of them, it is a good idea that he is no longer manager of Bradford City.
View ArticleManager / von Neumann / Advantage
Should Edin Rahic and Stefan Rupp want to appoint a manager that gives them a disproportionate competative advantage then they need to select a manager who has an increased risk of failure.
View ArticleVAR / Referee / Solution
As the reasons for the decisions Referees make, or do not make, are not public the qualities that good Referees share are not common, well know, or obvious. Making Referee's Reports public and more...
View ArticleNext / Questions / Knowledge
When appointing a manager to replace David Hopkin Julian Rhodes needs more than someone to win six games before the end of the season. He needs someone who can bring the domain knowledge of how to...
View ArticleDoyle / Vaughan / Wasteland
James Vaughan, Eoin Doyle, and Billy Clarke are footballers who have signed new contracts at the end of their careers while Lee Cattermole has opted to retire rather than attempt to get back to fitness...
View ArticleClarke / Post Hoc / Life
The 2020/2021 season approaches with City having not made many new signings and being the subject of much comment which, I argue, will only make sense depending on if the season is a success or not.
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