Bradford City v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[dl9]

Fuckin disgrace, fuck off Lambert you wanker. Bradford!?!? Total wankers

[Rigadon]

Call me crazy but I still think well go through

Crazy

Does anybody fancy us to keep a clean sheet at any time?

[aev]

Bannan and to a lesser extent Delphi are so fucking hopeless

[ez]

2-0 at VP will do it.

No it won't. That would take us to extra time and penalties. We now have to win by 3 clear goals

Extra time maybe, not penalties. But as I mentioned, we would not be able to keep a clean sheet.

I wouldn't bet against Bradford scoring first at villa park either.

[PaulWinch again]

Our defence and midfield is the worst I think I've seen.

[hilts_coolerking]

Let's get some perspective here. Yes, it was an awful performance. But we happened to beat the premier league champions en route to the semi-final in the first place.

The time to be upbeat about that result was back in September.

[BILL DE VALL]

Oh dear...
We started ok but once they got their rather fortunate 1st goal ,Bradfords tails were up and they looked a decent passing side at times.
That said on another day we may have put some of our chances away.
Hope Bent is not too badly hurt-he may have to pull of a miracle hatrick to get us through this tie!

[unclefabio]

Don't worry lads, we'll Tranmere them!

I'd like to congratulate Joe Bennett on being completely outclassed by League Two opposition for 90 minutes.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Call me crazy but I still think well go through

Me too.

[mal]

It's Tranmere  all over again. Which was very predictable.  And a cause of optimism...

[ozzjim]

We did lots of things right, but we did too many things badly, which is just not good enough.

You can't defend like that, it was just beyond pathetic, it really was. Bennett was getting raped from the first minute, he was all over the shop,. The defending for their second and third goals was just totally unacceptable.

We have a squad full of piss poor players (thanks Lerner) who spend too much time not knowing what the fuck they're doing, and that's something the manager has got to fix.

How many more times this season do we get to make ourselves look a laughing stock on television?

Tonight was just totally shambolic at the back after they scored though. Clark, sorry, not a centre half unless he has an older head to keep him focussed with him. Baker, what the fuck is he doing on the second. Bennett, defend, could not fucking defend to save his life.

[thick_mike]

2-0 at VP will do it.

No it won't. That would take us to extra time and penalties. We now have to win by 3 clear goals

Here's the rule from the Capital One website

13.5 In the Semi-Final ties, if the aggregate score is level at the end of the second game an extra half-hour shall be played. If the aggregate scores are still level at the end of extra time the tie shall be decided by goals scored away from home counting twice. If the teams remain equal after this procedure the tie shall be determined by the taking of kicks from the penalty mark in accordance with the Laws of Association Football.

[VinnieChase84]

Call me crazy but I still think well go through

Crazy

Does anybody fancy us to keep a clean sheet at any time?

No

[andyh]

How many more humiliations will we suffer this season?
Who, with any fucking football nous whatsoever, thinks that a midfield comprising of Bannan and Delph will ever be good enough for any game, at any level.
They are simply not good enough, but that goes for many others in our squad.

I really fear for the rest of our season now, given our fragility, that result tonight will probably be the one that breaks the camels back.

[Lamb_Stockmix]

Let's get some perspective here. Yes, it was an awful performance. But we happened to beat the premier league champions en route to the semi-final in the first place.

The time to be upbeat about that result was back in September.

Agreed. We're a different team mentally since then.