Match Discussion: Game 21 - The Bantams (H)

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Game 21 - The Bantams (H)

Team: Bradford City

Date: 21/12/2024

Where: Meadow Lane

What line-up should Stuart Maynard opt for? What will be the key areas for the Magpies to get a victory? What do you think the final score will be?

Have your say below, join in with the Pride of Nottingham match discussion.

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[menzinho]

Bradford managed to stop a 6-game winless run by beating Swindon (and they are poor) 1-0 last weekend so they aren’t exactly in great form either. In their 10 matches they’ve played away they’ve only won twice. They don’t score many goals and equally they don't concede that many either, Andy Cook is their biggest threat he’s scored 42% of their goals so if you stop him chances are you’ll be ok. Just looking from the outside you’d expect this to be a poor game, with few goals. Let’s hope that’s wrong!

Here’s a small list of things I would love to see:

1) We don’t concede a goal from Bass playing the ball out into the middle of the pitch to a central midfielder being pressed.

2) The inverted wingbacks provide a goal/assist.

3) We play with a good tempo and intensity.

4) We create more chances/have more shots than the opposition.

I’ll take 3 out of 4 of those things… Because in theory that should produce a decent result for us!

It’s a weird scenario to be in, as we haven’t really played that well of late that so right now I want to see a performance that reflects what this team is trying to achieve. However, we desperately need a win too. Luke Williams last game was on New Years Day, when he left he had won 13 matches in League 2. We are nearly at that point again now and Stuart Maynard is still on 12 wins. We’ve got 4 matches before we hit NYD, he needs to get past that.

[Dripsey3]

There isn't a better time to play us and now is about as good a time to play Bradford. Notts are bound to improve. I mean it can't get much worse. I think we'll bounce back tomorrow. 

[gtownjohnno]

My take on the Bradford City match tomorrow from SMs point of view is.........please lads get the win for me if you want me to carry on coaching you!!!!!!

[Fozzy]

I’m hopeful of a win tomorrow as long as we don’t concede another sloppy goal as I can see heads dropping.

The one thing I’d like to see:

Dan Crowley banned from our third of the pitch and find he’s playing just to the side of Jatta.