FL2: Torquay Utd v Bradford 18 Feb 2012

i think bradford outclassed us in every way,perseverance,determination,application,teamwork,passing,ball winning and a desire to attack at every opportunity,we have been on a tremendous run,and had started to grip the nations attention and played our way into the promotion race,so to come up with this clueless 90 minutes is god damned disappointing.Lingy now needs to get the heads right and find the reasons for this cock up of performances or march could be a very long month.Well done bradford you thoroughly deserved the win and 3 points that came with it,their second away win and first double over a team

It's time to replace Kee.

Poor performance or not, we didnt expect a 6pt return form our matches against shrews and chelts, so things do even out. A top 3 place was always a big ask and the fact we are 11 pts clear in the playoff spots is bloody brilliant. As stated Bradford had nothing to lose so played without fear. Its hard to be negative as we are in a great position.

As others have said, the run had to end sometime.....Bradford were good value for the 3 points alright.
Its been great while it lasted, can we bounce back quickly? - with a reinforcement or two.....of course we can!

Very few positives today though sadly......Saah had another good game and saved us from a hammering i reckon, Ellis had a bit of a mare i felt, rarely have I seen him lose so many headers.....positionally he was often in trouble. Still he's been so good of late, I guess he was due a bad one.

A bit like last season when he was taken out of the side for a week or two Eunan looks like he's running on an empty tank at the moment - he's been a bit peripheral to proceedings for the last few weeks in my opinion........shame we haven't got the luxury of resting him to get his sharpness back this term.

Morris had a poor game and desperately needing replacing with someone with some pace, his usually excellent passing and shooting were woeful today, even Manse couldn't get into the game at all.

Up front......is the main concern for me, Howe looks unsurprisingly very short of match fitness but at least he held the ball up and gave there defenders something to think about, they noticeably backed off when the ball was played up to him - he at least is a threat..........Atieno was a waste of space, the defenders just came through him every time - I know the guy works hard and at times this season he's linked up the play well but do you ever feel that he is going to score.........?

You can't be a league striker without having something about you......pace, power, aerial ability.....finishing ability - he doesn't have enough of any of these in my opinion.
To me he's a squad player at best - I certainly wouldn't give him a deal at the end of the season.
Yeoman looks to have matured, he did his prospects no harm at all today in his little cameo.

Crucial week now............we need to add a forward and a winger to this squad to have a hope of keeping up with the top 5 - fingers crossed Lingy can find a couple of nuggets for us.

One of the few plus points from todays game.




Could be argued why spend money when we wont get relegated.

Unfortunately that experienced tinker Fagan had 'im in his pocket (or two...)

As for Oliver, I reckon someone told him to forget they were playing away and to 'consider yourself at home'.

I suppose that with being on the verge of equalling the record this match was always going to have a twist.

lingy may well delve into the market now,got say agree about yeoman interesting young player who looks like he could well make the grade,lots of pace in him