Bradford survive

Thursday 26th October.

Town have announced that three candidates have been shortlisted for the vacant managers post from the original list of 12. Progress seems to be a bit slow, but perhaps Rubery and Cherry can’t decide whether to use the ‘eeny meany miney mo’ method, or adopt the ‘ip dip my blue ship’ strategy. Either way, I still have a gut feeling that the ‘you are it’ finger will be firmly pointed at Lou Macari when the decision is announced.

Various names including Joe Kinnear, Roy Evans, Steve Coppell, Terry Yorath, Chris Kamara, Roy McFarland and Ray Graydon have all been linked with the job, but Colin Todd is off the list after returning to his old stamping ground of Derby County as assistant manager.

Whoever the new appointee is, he will not need to be a great mathematician. When counting fit players and transfer funds available, the numbers are usually very small and generally managed on fingers, thumbs and perhaps the toes of one foot.

The latest addition to Town’s poorly, sick and dying list is Chris Hay who seems to be yet another victim of Town’s mysterious sickness problem, something that has repeatedly hit Town ever since Ed Baranowski was appointed as fitness and diet guru, and it makes you wonder what the hell he is making them eat. Footballers of yesteryear survived, no, thrived on a diet of Fish and Chips or Steak and Chips if they were lucky and suffered far less from illness and injury problems. Perhaps Town should treat the players to some of the same fare available at half time for the supporters and get some pies and pizza down the lads. Even if it doesn’t make them fitter it will make them fatter (Kenny Irons and Ben Thornley must have started early), and the opposition players will tire with the extra distance they will have to run around our players.

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