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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 10:14 #1

CCU Online Moderator Posts: 2545 Likes received: 840	Chief Scout at Bradford City... t.co/SAXL8bzRQc
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 10:36 #2

nobbyblue Offline Bench Warmer Posts: 1025 Likes received: 397	Greg's interview blew us away with his encyclopaedic knowledge and his database of players was up there with any other applicant.
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 11:03 #3

bluestblue Offline Ball Boy Posts: 130 Likes received: 28	What odds are Bradford for relegation?
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 11:23 #4

sirjimmyglass Offline Youth Team Player Posts: 363 Likes received: 134	There's a big difference between knowing about a sh!t load of players, and signing players who aren't sh!t.
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 11:37 #5

pedals Offline Ball Boy Posts: 48 Likes received: 69	sirjimmyglass wrote: There's a big difference between knowing about a sh!t load of players, and signing players who aren't sh!t. This. I'm sure he used to have a list of about 200 potential targets every summer. Throw enough shit at the wall, some of it will stick.
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 11:47 #6

Zebby Offline Reserve Squad Posts: 599 Likes received: 191	The bloke found and signed Madden and Wells from nowhere Two better lower league strikers you are going to struggle to find he also signed Zoko from nowhere a big crowd favorite granted I don't think he had the balls to play or use some of his signings the right way, I think he has found the right job for himself
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 11:51 #7

musher441 Offline Ball Boy Posts: 194 Likes received: 135	nobbyblue wrote: Greg's interview blew us away with his encyclopaedic knowledge and his database of players was up there with any other applicant. What a load of rubbish. I think it's got more to do with the fact that he's really good mates with Bradford's boss Stuart McCall. A fact that Abbott alluded to numerous times while he was boss here. Also former team-mates.
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 13:35 #8

melbourneblues Offline Youth Team Player Posts: 422 Likes received: 587	I honestly thought you were taking the piss there nobby, I had to click on the link and check
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 14:58 #9

PaddockRanger Offline Ball Boy Posts: 217 Likes received: 35	i already think that Bradford are going backwards, with the re-appointment of McCall (he never achieved nothing in charge of Bradford the 1st time). But with giving the head scouting position to Abbott their demise into league 2 has begun.
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 15:12 #10

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Zebby wrote:

The bloke found and signed Madden and Wells from nowhere Two better lower league strikers you are going to struggle to find he also signed Zoko from nowhere a big crowd favorite

granted I don't think he had the balls to play or use some of his signings the right way, I think he has found the right job for himself

The bloke had a full close season to 'scout' players before our game at Bradford in August 2013. We ended up with this team:

Carlisle

01 Gillespie
05 Livesey
12 Thirlwell
16 Potts
27 Brough (Black - 70' )
07 Amoo
08 Noble (Lynch - 60' )
14 Gillies (Feely - 36' )
21 Berrett
17 Beck
29 Guy

Substitutes
20 Fleming
02 Feely
06 Black
15 Edwards
19 Symington
26 Lynch
24 Salmon

Arise, Sir Jimmy

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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 15:14 #11

sirjimmyglass Offline Youth Team Player Posts: 363 Likes received: 134	If you take any notice of squad numbers, the fact that Kevin Feely was number 2 and Paul Black was number 6 in that squad was an absolute disgrace.
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 16:05 #12

PaddockRanger Offline Ball Boy Posts: 217 Likes received: 35	Was it any wonder that we were relegated that season. Not strong enough to cope with league 2, never mind league 1.
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 16:41 #13

Wukkie Offline Reserve Squad Posts: 994 Likes received: 386	It was an absolute shambles of a squad never mind a team but there was still people happy clapping and backing him t the hilt. Some folk are willing to accept out.
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Greg Abbott has a new job 05 Jul 2025 19:47 #14

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Zebby wrote:

The bloke found and signed Madden and Wells from nowhere Two better lower league strikers you are going to struggle to find he also signed Zoko from nowhere a big crowd favorite

granted I don't think he had the balls to play or use some of his signings the right way, I think he has found the right job for himself

Didn't we pay a decent wedge for Madden then let him go for a lot less despite him showing that he was more than capable of playing for us?. If he was plucked from nowhere then Roddy Collins must have been a bloody genius managing to get half a squad from the same place.

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