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Sigh...every time I post something about Bradford Ihave to givea big salute to JB.JBeezey we miss you breds! Colin Todd for TD! 
- T.K.<DIV class=headline>Strikers in the firing line after another near miss</DIV><DIV style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px">By Simon Parker</DIV><TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-TOP: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=10 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=caption>David Wetherall gets in a defensive header</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Colin Todd has some more forward-thinking to do.
The City boss already knows the identity of his strikeforce for tomorrow's home clash with Carlisle.
But, as anyone at the Liberty Stadium will testify, his selection will be based more on necessity than form.<A name=mpubot></A><DIV id=midpagempu style="DISPLAY: none" align=center><DIV class=am id=midpagemputop style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px">continued...</DIV><DIV class=am id=midpagempumpu><SCRIPT language=JavaScript></SCRIPT></DIV></DIV>
David Graham and Eddie Johnson will start together for the first time. But only because Dean Windass is nursing an injured calf.
Both men got the chance to press their claims in south Wales when Windass hobbled off on the stroke of half-time. Neither took it.
Todd's pre-match concerns about the lack of consistency from his strikers, Windass excepted, were reinforced by an unconvincing afternoon.
Johnson had got the nod over Graham to partner Windass but, despite plenty of huff and puff, there was little threat of another addition to the three goals he notched in the space of three days last month.<TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-TOP: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=10 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=caption>Jermaine Johnson fights for possession with two Swansea defenders</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
"Eddie didn't seem to have that belief in himself," admitted his manager. "I don't know why but there were times when he couldn't get the ball under control, although he was working hard enough."
Graham replaced Windass but fared little better although, once again, there was a lack of service from the flanks.
City's supply lines were sabotaged after half an hour when Lee Holmes twisted his ankle as he tried to turn.
Joe Colbeck came on and was given an unfamiliar left-wing role - so that Todd could keep the pressure on Jermaine Johnson in the second half by being "in his ear" from the dug-out. The unpredictable Jamaican was out of sync in the opening 45 minutes and, apart from one ambitious volley that fizzed over, kept drifting too wide to be involved in the play.
When he did win possession, his pace was always a danger, although once again there were nowhere near enough crosses to show for it.
Todd had wanted his wingers to take on their full backs more often and use the outside to whip a ball in. The only time that Johnson really did that, deep in stoppage time, he chipped in the perfect centre for Steve Schumacher to fire within inches of an equaliser.
The loss of Windass and Holmes will only highlight Todd's constant headache that
- T.K.<DIV class=headline>Strikers in the firing line after another near miss</DIV><DIV style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px">By Simon Parker</DIV><TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-TOP: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=10 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=caption>David Wetherall gets in a defensive header</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Colin Todd has some more forward-thinking to do.
The City boss already knows the identity of his strikeforce for tomorrow's home clash with Carlisle.
But, as anyone at the Liberty Stadium will testify, his selection will be based more on necessity than form.<A name=mpubot></A><DIV id=midpagempu style="DISPLAY: none" align=center><DIV class=am id=midpagemputop style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px">continued...</DIV><DIV class=am id=midpagempumpu><SCRIPT language=JavaScript></SCRIPT></DIV></DIV>
David Graham and Eddie Johnson will start together for the first time. But only because Dean Windass is nursing an injured calf.
Both men got the chance to press their claims in south Wales when Windass hobbled off on the stroke of half-time. Neither took it.
Todd's pre-match concerns about the lack of consistency from his strikers, Windass excepted, were reinforced by an unconvincing afternoon.
Johnson had got the nod over Graham to partner Windass but, despite plenty of huff and puff, there was little threat of another addition to the three goals he notched in the space of three days last month.<TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-TOP: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(255,255,255) 5px solid" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=10 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>
</TD></TR><TR><TD><SPAN class=caption>Jermaine Johnson fights for possession with two Swansea defenders</SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>"Eddie didn't seem to have that belief in himself," admitted his manager. "I don't know why but there were times when he couldn't get the ball under control, although he was working hard enough."
Graham replaced Windass but fared little better although, once again, there was a lack of service from the flanks.
City's supply lines were sabotaged after half an hour when Lee Holmes twisted his ankle as he tried to turn.
Joe Colbeck came on and was given an unfamiliar left-wing role - so that Todd could keep the pressure on Jermaine Johnson in the second half by being "in his ear" from the dug-out. The unpredictable Jamaican was out of sync in the opening 45 minutes and, apart from one ambitious volley that fizzed over, kept drifting too wide to be involved in the play.
When he did win possession, his pace was always a danger, although once again there were nowhere near enough crosses to show for it.
Todd had wanted his wingers to take on their full backs more often and use the outside to whip a ball in. The only time that Johnson really did that, deep in stoppage time, he chipped in the perfect centre for Steve Schumacher to fire within inches of an equaliser.
The loss of Windass and Holmes will only highlight Todd's constant headache that
