Well this was certanily last second planning at it's very best, only yesterday (13th September) did I find out my seat was confirmed thanks to the 'BCFC South Bradford' supporters, so myself and a friend pushed ourselves to take the last two seats!
Anyway, to the Preview, Bradford have been showing signs of improvement of late, but just seem to need to tighten themselves up at the back, with the young Moore been the shining star of the back four this season, the more experianced heads need to be the ones setting the example for him, Branston looks a force to be dealth with in the air, however, sadly his on the ground ability has seen the Bantams many keepers (THREE to date) be put under pressure at times in the early stages of this season, the 6'7'' Luke Oliver has looked a different player to last season and has been putting some brilliant shifts in for the Bantams thus far, but again without Steve Williams in the side the two hurly centre halves struggle to keep up with quick strikers and finally at left back, the Scouser Robbie Threlfall whose put in some good shifts from what I've seen of him this year but it all boils down to the debate between fans of 'O'B or Robbie' both have their own qualities, I don't see why Robbie should be dropped as stated early he has shown he is a more than capable left back in this division and is a big threat with his attacking freekicks and corners something he offers ahead of Luke O'Brien, Though I don't see any reason to drop Threlfall from the starting XI I think he has alot more ability than he has shown at this early stage of the season, but with 6 goals shipped in at the back for the Bantams already this year, it is something that needs to be worked on by Parkinson and his staff on the training ground.
Back to the subject in hand, the daunting task of a recently humiliated free spending Crawley Town, remember, these boys spent £500,000 on one striker in non league last season, a sizable fee for most Championship teams (barring LCFC).
Crawley suffered a massive defeat at table toppers Morcambe on their travels recently with a 6-0 thumping by the Shrimps, a side Bradford City played the week before and pulled a last second equaliser out of the bag with former Matlock Town goal machine Ross Hannah with a neatly taken volley from inside the area in the 93rd min, a great moment for the 25 year old, who seemed to love the moment judging by his 'Tweets'
There is no doubting that Crawley Town will be there or thereabouts come the end of the season, but in the near future the Bantams will have to show some brilliant rearguard to ensure that they can keep the likes of the 500 grand man Matt Tubbs at bay. After Jones' netted his first goal for City midweek in a gallant effort against a strong Valiants side him an Michael Flynn could prove vital if the Bantams want to take all three points from Town this weekend, the engine room will have to be in over ride in the centre of the park to help with breaking up play to ease the pressure of Cities back four. The rumours of a new striker coming in seemed to inpire Hanson to get more into the game on Tuesday against Port Vale who though missing a few good chances managed to get himself in good areas take the shots on, hopefully, this added pressure will prove a turning point for Hanson who after his debut season in the Football League will be wanting show the Bantams faithful what he is really capable of, the pressure of Ross Hannah breathing down his neck can only serve well for the big centre forward aswell, so with whats been a good in signs of improvement for Phil Parkinson since taking charge of the Bantams but disappointing in terms of results the added pressure and a few good performances from key players should see the Bantams take something from the game, here is hoping for all three, but going to a strong Crawley side away from home is not going to be an easy task for the players by any means, so lets all get behind the side and push them onto take the three, and hopefully take the lead first!
Feel free to take predictions on the scoreline for Saturday, I'm going a 1-1 draw with a goal from Luke Oliver.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, any feedback would be much appreciated as you can probably tell this is my first attempt at a blog, comments or messages will be appreciated, thanks again!
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