The Mark Hughes Dilemma – Part 4 – Your Bradford City Retained List 2022/23 & Wage Budget.
** BEFORE READING PLEASE NOTE – THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WITH DECIDING UPON A RETAINED LIST AND GIVING YOU A GUIDE SO YOU CAN USE IT WHEN YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOURS WOULD BE. IT IS NOT AS SOME PEOPLE HAVE WRONGLY ASSUMED, ABOUT EXPOSING THE PLAYERS WAGES AT BRADFORD CITY. NOBODY KNOWS ACTUAL […]
Bantams finally show some fight
It is becoming a bit of a running theme that any time Bradford City put on a decent show, and actually do what they’re supposed to do, there are a slew of the same articles about the Bantams churning out the same repeated overestimations about some kind of sudden change in the clubs prospects. All […]
Paudie O’Connor linked with Sheffield Wednesday
One of the biggest challenges facing Mark Hughes in the summer will be persuading centre-back Paudie O’Connor to remain at Valley Parade and sign a new contract with Bradford City. With reports of competition from other clubs wanting to recruit our 2020/21 Player of the Year (and probably this seasons), including football clubs plying their […]
The Mark Hughes Dilemma – Part 2 – How the fans & Rupp are the key to promotion.
Having looked at the challenges that have faced previous managers since Michael Collins, and taken a delve into how the club has got it’s self into a vicious cycle of mainly signing players to plug gaps rather than having the freedom to sign their preferred targets, in this part I will talk you through the […]
The Mark Hughes Dilemma – Part 1 – An Inherited Mess from the Edin Era.
In this four part article I will be using various sources and examples to demonstrate the dilemma facing Mark Hughes in the summer when it comes to deciding how best to build a squad that is capable of competing in the top seven in League Two. In the final part I will list the squad, […]
WAGMI United Take Over Crawley Town – Will Bradford City regret a missed opportunity?
The group of investors that only a few months ago tried to buy Bradford City Football Club have bought fellow League Two side Crawley Town. The takeover of Crawley Town by WAGMI United will see Ziya Eren, Erdem Konyar, Emre Eren and Nuhkan Ruzgar leave the board with immediate effect with Preston Johnson and co-founder […]
The Mark Hughes Dilemma – Part 3 – The Derek Adams Experience
In this part of the four part article I’m going to look back on the January transfer window and try to shed some light on the challenges Derek Adams faced with the current budget, then talk about what Mark Hughes will face in the summer. If you haven’t already seen the justification for the figures […]