Bradford Buzzing

Rumours coming out of Valley Parade this week have left the whole citybuzzing with anticipation. Reports have it that Bradford City boss Matt Birch is breaking his long standing tradition of buying young prospects
and is heading into the transfer market with an audatious bid for Bayern Munich and Brazil legend Ronaldinho (32). With only a couple of seasons
left before his retirement this would be a bold move from the Bantams boss and the price tag being touted makes this a massive gamble. More
news as it happens...

Tensions mounting at Bradford

Bradford City have started the Season 11 campaign with a shock 7 match unbeaten streak culminating with a massive surprise win over Qindao Zhongeng in the IWC. Bradford now find themselves in the unexpected
position of being in position to qualify from their IWC group, being third in the Division 1 table and also having to defend their unbeaten run. A season which was supposed to be about consolidation and
rebuilding with little pressure on the management and the team has suddenly become much tenser with so much to play for. The Bradford manager was unavailable for comment but club captain Stuart McCall gave us a brief statement "Obviously as a club we are delighted to be in the position we are in. Nobody expects to lose all the time but we had
realistic aims at the start of the season and our expectations and hopes have been far exceeded. We all know that this purple patch will come to
an end sooner rather than later but if we somehow manage to maintain our current form then who knows what might happen this season? We are not
getting carried away and we still have our eyes firmly set on consolidation as we know that every game we play can easily be the one that brings us crashing back down to earth so we need to just focus on each game as it comes and if we aim for a point per game that would be enough for us, any more than that is always a bonus."

First win of the season

Finally, after many weeks of waiting, Middlesbrough finally have a win to their name. This weekend in the Inter wing Cup, Middlesbrough thrashed Brondby 3-0 to record their first win. Manager Matt Peacock said, "Obviusly its a great relief to get the win, and it now takes a weight of my back and the players back. Hopefully we can build on this and beat Huddersfield in the F.A Cup.".
The win came at a cost however, as new youth team player Kyel Reid suffered a pulled hamstring , and will be out for a while. "Its a big blow, Reid was looking promosing", Peacock said, "Now he's torn his hamstring and it seems he'll be out for around a month. He may aswell die as far as i'm concerned, there's no point in playing. The Brondby player that did this better watch out, i'm gonna f*ck him up good".

Peacock was later fined for his comments, and the police are looking into the incident.

Ronaldinho joins the Bantams

Bradford City today confirmed the capture of Brazilian legend Ronaldinho from Bayern Munich. Fans were said to be cock a hoop and shirt sales
have gone through the roof. We managed to catch up with boss Matt Birch amid the hysteria for a few words "Delighted, absolutely thrilled. This is a massive signing for this club and puts us firmly on the map as one of the big boys, a team to be feared. Signing Balakov is just amazing. For such a young lad he's got so much potential he's going to be brilliant for us. And to get Ronaldinho into the bargain isn't bad
either".

Bantams building from the back

Bradford City have had an unbeaten start to the new campaign, going an incredible nine games without defeat as they head into the crunch FA Cup first round tie away to Premiership Everton. Even if (as expected) the unbeaten run comes to an end on Sunday it will still be a great testament to the stubborn defence City have shown this season. From nine games they have only conceded four goals and this has helped them into pole position in their IWC group as well as into third place in Division 1.
City fans were a bit nervous at the start of the season with two youths being blooded in the first team as well as a massive upheaval in personnel but the players have all settled quickly and the expected
transfer rush in a few weeks time doesn't look like rocking the boat too much either. While a large number of transfers are due to be completed,
the base of the team will remain. Four of the five defenders will remain whilst Matty Clarke will be replaced by Riddick who returns to his old club from a short stay at Arsenal so he will know the players and staff already very well. This means that the mighty Stanley Menzo will not have to worry about the defence in front of him taking any time to settle in together.
Up front the massive signing of Ronaldinho will prove the most interesting change as he will only be passing through the club on his way to Arsenal and may not be given a game by the City manager. The most upheaval will be coming in midfield with Jewell, McCall and
Muirhead being replaced by Daly, Burton and Nilmar but with Tonton Zola Moukoko having taken over the captains armband last week and guiding the team to a massive 6-0 trouncing of Bayern Munich it is not thought that he will have much problem in getting his new midfield trio settled in. The future is looking bright for the Valley Parade outfit and even if their form takes a slight dip in the next month, they still look good
enough to avoid relegation in the league which was the only aim at the start of the season.

Bradford City get aggressive in the transfer market

Bradford City have recently gotten aggressive on the transfer front with a succession of high profile transfers being completed and with a massive fifty million plus in the kitty it is expected that they will start a massive pro-active campaign to try and sign a star or two over
the coming weeks. Just this week they have been rebuffed by four managers not willing to succumb to their strong arm tactics of trying to buy players but sooner or later it is expected that a bid will be accepted.