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Christie leaves City

Mark Lawn has stated in the T&A that Archie Christie has left Bradford City.

More on this later no doubt but my impression is that the club is in a massively worse position as a result of this.

Recent Posts

#Monday 31st May, 2021Michael Wood on Apprentice / Sparks / AdamsAs he appoints Derek Adams as manager – the third managerial appointment in his year running Bradford City – Ryan Sparks struggles with the perception that he is inauthentic while having hit upon the authentic solution to Bradford City’s problems.
#Monday 10th May, 2021Michael Wood on Season / Review / ValueThe 2020/21 Season for Bradford City was a continuation of a series of failures which have seen the club run out of options for ways to progress. Discussions over season ticket prices cause more problems and I suggest that the club allow fans to pay what they like to get into Valley Parade.
#Saturday 17th October, 2020Michael Wood on Big / Picture / RealityProject Big Picture proposed to ratify an unfair system but rejecting that proposal leaves clubs like Bradford city with the realities of an unfair system, no support, and no willingness to commit to a more egalitarian future.
#Friday 11th September, 2020Michael Wood on Preview / Absurd / RegretThe 2020/2021 season begins after 2019/2020 was brought to a premature end owing to the COVID-19 pandemic with a level of uncertainty which is unmanageable seeing the club surviving in a financial system which is hostile.
#Tuesday 1st September, 2020Michael Wood on Clarke / Post Hoc / LifeThe 2020/2021 season approaches with City having not made many new signings and being the subject of much comment which, I argue, will only make sense depending on if the season is a success or not.
#175Friday 21st August, 2020Michael Wood on Doyle / Vaughan / WastelandJames Vaughan, Eoin Doyle, and Billy Clarke are footballers who have signed new contracts at the end of their careers while Lee Cattermole has opted to retire rather than attempt to get back to fitness following the shutdown of football owing to COVID19 saving him from the expectations placed on footballers in the 2020/21 season.
#174Wednesday 27th February, 2019Michael Wood on Next / Questions / KnowledgeWhen appointing a manager to replace David Hopkin Julian Rhodes needs more than someone to win six games before the end of the season. He needs someone who can bring the domain knowledge of how to create a successful football club.
#173Sunday 17th June, 2018Michael Wood on VAR / Referee / SolutionAs the reasons for the decisions Referees make, or do not make, are not public the qualities that good Referees share are not common, well know, or obvious. Making Referee’s Reports public and more verbose would go some way to solving this problem.
#172Sunday 13th May, 2018Michael Wood on Manager / von Neumann / AdvantageShould Edin Rahic and Stefan Rupp want to appoint a manager that gives them a disproportionate competative advantage then they need to select a manager who has an increased risk of failure.
#171Thursday 10th May, 2018Michael Wood on Come / Grayson / GoSimon Grayson had a few demands in order to stay manager of Bradford City and, as a result of them, it is a good idea that he is no longer manager of Bradford City.
#170Wednesday 19th October, 2016Michael Wood on Lazy / High / LowThe home draw with Southend United showed Stuart McCall’s belief in the abilities of some of his team to turn around games with single moments of ability which – when those moments are lacking – leave the team struggling to win matches.
#169Sunday 18th September, 2016Michael Wood on Drone / OnStuart McCall’s Bradford City continue a run of single goal draws with a 1-1 against Bristol Rovers.
#168Tuesday 30th August, 2016Michael Wood on Boycott / LoansPremier League teams use the loan system to add value to their young players in a way that shapes the make up of squads in League One to ensure that young players at clubs like Bradford City are not given a chance and to hamper the profits of League One clubs.
#167Sunday 28th August, 2016Michael Wood on Inefficient / Attitude / PassingAs a collective slap of self-congratulation was heard around Valley Parade watching the new Stuart McCall passing Bradford City impressed in a draw against Oldham Athletic it was worth looking at the game through the eyes of a travelling supporter and asking if the visitors performance was exactly the type of display of which Phil
#166Wednesday 24th August, 2016Michael Wood on Nahki / ArmstrongThere is a cycle of rumours that take Nakhi Wells to Newcastle United and Adam Armstrong from The Magpies to Bradford City who are struggling to find a striker that fits within the Rahic Development Plan outline in the Summer and so have started looking at player who do not fit within that plan.