Bradford survive

Thursday 27th July.

In the paper tonight, Ian Ayre has provided an "intriguing insight" into the club's signings policy. As part of the new video he does at least accept that more depth is needed in the squad, and confirmed that funds would be made available if the right player becomes available at the right price.

This is very frustrating, as apart from a flurry of new arrivals at the start of last season hardly any players seem to have met this criteria, which must be little or no transfer fee and low wage demands. Other clubs of a similar stature seem to manage in the transfer market, so why can't we?

The sale of Marcus Stewart was once again justified on the grounds of being 'good business', which allowed us to bring in Martin Smith, Chris Holland and Chris Hay. I still feel that it is a huge shame that having achieved so much last season the board could rustle up an extra £½ million to at least see us into the play offs. They could always have got rid of Stewart in the summer (albeit at a lower price perhaps, but still at a profit) if we failed to achieve promotion. Further justification from the 'wise one' was made by the fact that Stewart picked up an injury soon after joining Ipswich. No mention of the debut goal or the one at Wembley. Anyway, at least the bank was kept happy - bless!

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