Sep 16, 2026 · 20 min · 13 segments
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Yes, look, there you go.
I think a lot of people have mentioned in this, it sounded a bit ominous, a bit...
He didn't deny the speculation, did he? I thought he answered it very, very coyly.
He wasn't trying to...
He wasn't trying to say, he's not going to come out and say yes, but he didn't say no.
He didn't say, look, I'm manager of Bradford for the foreseeable.
I was listening to a podcast the other day and they were debating actually who was a bigger club, North End or Bradford.
I think it depends, the metrics really, because there's no doubt about it, Bradford do have a bigger fan base.
those sort of things.
But look, if you look at the last, I don't know, the last 20 years, what we've been in the same division for a couple of years then, but we've always been in the higher division, usually by two divisions.
So for me personally, Peña, the much bigger club, I think it's going to be tougher to get Bradford promoted out of League One this season.
Whereas I think we all, most of us realise anyway, that this North End squad does...
It shouldn't be in the bottom three.
I know people are going to say, it's a terrible squad, but look, our central midfield has got Alfie Devine.
I nearly said Loire.
It's coming, and
I'm dreading the moment it comes.
We're going to stick with Leroy, but it's got Devine, who we all know is capable of being a quality championship midfielder, and Leroy, who has looked really impressive so far.
So, look, there's so much, not so much, but there's a lot of quality in this squad, okay? I think people are playing it down a bit, how much...
We shouldn't be in the bottom three of the championship.
Put it that way.
I do think Graham Alexander, any manager who we could potentially bring in, will see it as though...
I wouldn't say it's an easy job, but you can't really do much worse than the previous manager, can you? You'd be looking at that, what was it? I know I've said this countless times.
Yes, look, there you go.
I think a lot of people have mentioned in this, it sounded a bit ominous, a bit...
He didn't deny the speculation, did he? I thought he answered it very, very coyly.
He wasn't trying to...
He wasn't trying to say, he's not going to come out and say yes, but he didn't say no.
He didn't say, look, I'm manager of Bradford for the foreseeable.
I was listening to a podcast the other day and they were debating actually who was a bigger club, North End or Bradford.
I think it depends, the metrics really, because there's no doubt about it, Bradford do have a bigger fan base.
those sort of things.
But look, if you look at the last, I don't know, the last 20 years, what we've been in the same division for a couple of years then, but we've always been in the higher division, usually by two divisions.
So for me personally, Peña, the much bigger club, I think it's going to be tougher to get Bradford promoted out of League One this season.
Whereas I think we all, most of us realise anyway, that this North End squad does...
It shouldn't be in the bottom three.
I know people are going to say, it's a terrible squad, but look, our central midfield has got Alfie Devine.
I nearly said Loire.
It's coming, and
I'm dreading the moment it comes.
We're going to stick with Leroy, but it's got Devine, who we all know is capable of being a quality championship midfielder, and Leroy, who has looked really impressive so far.
So, look, there's so much, not so much, but there's a lot of quality in this squad, okay? I think people are playing it down a bit, how much...
We shouldn't be in the bottom three of the championship.
Put it that way.
I do think Graham Alexander, any manager who we could potentially bring in, will see it as though...
I wouldn't say it's an easy job, but you can't really do much worse than the previous manager, can you? You'd be looking at that, what was it? I know I've said this countless times.
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