Bradford fan here.
Both teams were excellent going forward yesterday but defended so atrociously that neither could lay genuine claims for all three points.
Pressley was quick to praise your lads in his post match interview and from an attacking display, you were pretty brutal. Leon Clarke looks one of the best in the division, the scoring charts already told us that Wilson would also be a handful. Personally, I was impressed with the number 14 (Moussa?) though who looked a constant danger. All in all, neat play and slick movement, it's no wonder you are one of the highest scorers in the division.
However, I can't help thinking that some of Pressley's petulance in the interview (Parkinson said naughty things to me but I can't repeat them ner ner ner etc) stemmed from his frustration about your defending.
He said the ref decision cost you the win but went on to say he'd need to see the pen incident again...so if he's not seen it how does he know its cost you the game? If it was a legitimate pen then Wells have every right to take the pen to try level the game - which he did. The defending on our first goal was also poor, one of your lads took a comical air shot and the keeper won't be best pleased with his effort.
There were dubious ref decisions both ways I thought. Wells looked marginally offside for this second, one of yours was touch and go too.
Either way it was a superb game of football and one that we won't forget in a hurry.
What led me to sign up to your forum though was Pressley's comments after the game about our style being from the dark ages. That just isn't very sportsmanlike to say at all and I don't think he has any right to criticise tactics which got us promoted last season and slayed Wigan, Arsenal and Aston Villa over two legs.
We're a newly promoted side and have one of the best target men in the division in James Hanson, naturally we are going to favour the long ball and play to our strengths because Hanson is such a dominant force in the air. We have a team, most of whom have come up from L2. If we had your squad and players do you think we'd still play route 1 as much as we do? I don't, but I know Hanson is an absolute menace, and most weeks the opposition manager comes off an singles him out for a mention. We don't have a player like your number 14 - we have a static central midfield, and rely on breaks from Kyel Reid (left wing, who was actually heavily involved, which seemed to escape Pressley's attention) and, primarily, getting Wells in behind defences, which is often the result of a flick from Hanson, who has the measure of most centre halves he comes up against.
It is almost like Pressley is speaking like he's some sort of missionary - he's been sent down from Scotland on a mission to eradicate long ball football from British football but Parkinson isn't a manager he's managed to get to! Give it a rest Pressley, and get looking over that Shambolic defending. Did he not see Stoke survive in the Prem year on year under Pulis?
Anyway, best of luck for the rest of the season. I thought you brought a decent away following today given the game was on Sky and it was a decent atmosphere at the game. It was action packed, and while I've lost some respect for Pressley for the way he's moaned and whined after the game, I still appreciated the quality of your attacking play and expect to see you finish in the top six if the defensive issues can be addressed.
Good luck for the rest of the season.
