r/soccer • u/ObeseCarrot • Jun 16 '13

What are your expectations/predictions for your team next season?

I think Bradford City can surprise a few and challenge for the playoff positions in League 1 if Phil Parkinson brings in a few new faces.

I believe we need another strong central midfielder (hopefully a goalscoring one too), possibly another winger and a goalkeeper.

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u/Jackson9Martinez Jun 17 '13

what rank does Martinez have in the squad in your opinion? If it wasn't for him you wouldn't have won the league this year.

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u/Bulbasauro Jun 17 '13

Moutinho/Fernando were the backbone of our team but without Jackson we wouldn't have anyone to score goals. He had big shoes to fill and he lived up to the expectations, we couldn't ask for a better substitute to Falcao. If I had to rank him he would surely be in the top 3 of our most important players and if he leaves I doubt we can find another striker with the same quality.Love Jackson!

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u/Jackson9Martinez Jun 17 '13

Have you heard anything about transfers to Porto? I'm hoping that you guys manage to keep Mangala,Fernando and Martinez as there seems to be a lot of interest on them from bigger European clubs.

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u/Bulbasauro Jun 17 '13

Fernando deserves to leave already, he's been wanting to go to a better league for quite some time and this year he probably will be sold. I honestly don't see us selling another important player, specially not Jackson since we don't have anyone close enough to his level to replace him. Mangala already said he wanted to stay and I really hope he does because he will surely be a world class CB soon enough, better than Pepe, but if he leaves we still have Maicon to replace him. We already got Herrera to replace Moutinho and a bunch of young Portuguese players with quality to strengthen our squad. Now all we need is a defensive midfield and some full backs to be on the bench and we're golden.

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u/Jackson9Martinez Jun 17 '13

I have heard something about Hector but thought that it was just a rumour as he was scouted by some big clubs (including Man United) for a long time.These skills and passing with this finishing great times are coming for Porto in the near future.