What a week it’s been, City’s play-off hopes have unfurled like a cowboy’s whip and the charge is on following the succession of victories that have propelled the team back in touching distance of promotion which left me happier than when I discovered the “Bum Of The Day” Twitter account!
Starting from Hansons hand-to-ear celebration last week, it was certainly 6 points that gave a humongous “V” sign to the online grumblers that have also taken credit for the back to back results, implying that PP had swapped his usually TV schedule of Emmerdale and Corrie to trawl through the “managerial knowledge” offered up via social media.
Prior to the 4-0 demolition of Peterborough the opinions of many were that City had folded overnight, which was completely untrue, the team had always been consistently creating the chances – those efforts just weren’t hitting the back of the net, in my opinion, it was completely unjust criticism of a team that hit a Toblerone shaped bump and lacked confidence – something which every team in every league does at some point.
Tuesday’s game against Southend United was a belter, their manager Phil Brown was constantly showing frustrations on the touchline – probably because the local Tanning Studio was closed and the majority of the Southend team had ladies’ hair doos - contrasts to going on Tinder and swiping left past a young lady who looked like Kevin Keegan!
One player who has impressed since his arrival is Wes Thomas, a player who epitomises everything Phil Parkinson wants from a member of the set up. Thomas is like lighting dancing in a hurricane, his hold up play and running in behind defenders is exceptional and plays like a man on a mission every time he puts on that Claret & Amber shirt.
Another mention should be given to Tony McMahon who notched yet another goal to his season tally by slapping home a free-kick like an empty Ketchup bottle, it was a finish that made the Bradford fans’ eyes roll upwards with pure pleasure!
Saturday’s game against Rochdale will be a toughie, they arrive in a mixed run of form and I’m sure their manager Keith Hill will be drilling the hell out of them to time waste and try to turn the City fans against the team to ensure they leave with at least a point.
Keith Hill genuinely scares the life out of me, he’s the sort of chap that would wear a Pinstripe office style sock when he goes jogging or goes to the gym, the sort of man who would go to Nando’s and simply order a hearty bowl of brown rice and dollops of mashed potato – completely bypassing anything that included chicken because it’s not macho enough, just a couple of reasons why this fixture should be approached with caution.
Can City make it three wins on the bounce?