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Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Super bantams, Apr 20, 2019.

  1. BradfordBanter

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    Good man!
     
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  2. Ricc

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    Yep.
     
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  3. RonnieBrown

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    Jeeeeeeze ........ We'll be having a Poll, next - In what position will City finish, next season ?

    Errrrrrr ........... Joking, OK ? Please don't !! (Not needed until late July ;) )
     
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  4. bantamdave41

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    True that. Trying to get ante post bets on next season but to no avail so far. But speaking to the traders at work, we will be 'fancied' in the outright marketd
     
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    A club who sells 13 thousand season tickets for div 4 football and a club when doing well could generate 20 + thousand crowds.

    That's good enough in my book for a big club in div 4.
     
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    the OP stated biggest club, i agree we are a big club for the division. however, we've actually no idea how many ST's we've sold. only that we've sold a % of 13000.
     
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    Wouldn't be at all surprised if he wasn't look at Fulham once they were relegated are on a bit of a run
    Wouldnt put anything passed these players to remain unbeaten from here on in
    Most aren't bothered about us but are bothered about their future careers so have to show some form for any watching scouts
    Or am I simply asking too much
     
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    Oh I agree. Backed Fulham yesterday. Shop window and all that
     
  9. Interested Bystander

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    At least three will move across London
     
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    Fan base, history, stadium size, recent successes and the desirability factor where players will prefer to play here than for any other league 2 / league 1 club.
    Can you name another league 2 club who can trump us on all the above?
     
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    Because I can
     
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    Definitely last billing on tonight's show!
     
  13. Mike Hunt

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    Fan base. Largely in my opinion driven by cheap tickets. The local council isn’t interested in City, would arguably be borderline hostile to the club. The changing demographics of Bradford are likely in my opinion to mean the fan base won’t grow significantly in the future and may well shrink.
    History. The majority of the last 75 years in the bottom two divisions. One FA Cup win, 108 years ago, two FA Cup quarter finals, one 43 years ago, and one League Cup final.
    Stadium size. Prentice Park, Stadium MK are a similar size. And to be fair, there are much better stadia then VP which hasn’t seen a fat lot of investment in the last 15 years.
    Recent successes. FA Cup quarter final, a play off final defeat and one win and a League cup final in the last twenty years. Good compared to the others down there but it’s in the past. Players should be flocking to Blackpool on that basis.
    Desirability. Hard to quantify, but Forest Green and Salford if they don’t go up and do go up respectively are two clubs who will be spending more on wages than City, you’ve got the London/SE clubs who are always going to be more attractive for younger players who want a footballers lifestyle. You’ve got the reputation City have picked up over the Rahic years, easy to get a bad reputation, harder to shift it. Plus Bradford itself is a proper shithole and training facilities aren’t great either. Agents and players talk to each other and I can’t imagine there are too many with a good word to say about City at the moment.

    City are in a good position compared to many in League 2, but hardly giants who players will be climbing over each other to play for, replace the size of Valley Parade with a Walsall sized stadium and the lustre of Bradford City starts to wear off.

    Salford will in my opinion be a big draw for many players if they’re in League 2 next season, paying good wages now, probably not far off League 1 level, the Man Utd connections, (sort of) in Manchester, a young vibrant city, and will probably be at the sharp end of the division of the last few years are anything to go by.
     
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    Thanks for that Mike, I shall now go off and cry! The 13000 season ticket holders have not one thing to look forward next season, or any season in the future. We won’t be able to compete with fecking Salford! They will be paying LG 1 wages, because they are backed by millionaires and billionaires. Bradford as a city is dead! Despite being the youngest city in the UK!

    City as a club is finished, is that what you are saying?
     
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    I’m crying with laughter
     
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    Have you been to Salford?
     
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    Totally agree regarding the council not giving a shite about the club, however they were quick to jump on the bandwagon when City were promoted to the premier league, flying the City flag at the Town Hall and marketing Bradford using the clubs new stature.
    Where is Prentice Park?
     
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    Prenton Park, Tranmere?
     
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  19. BradfordBanter

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    To anyone who doesn't think we're the biggest club in L2 next season, to put it quite simply you're talking out of your back side. That doesn't mean that we have a divine right to be successful though, we found that out in our last spell.

    Comparing us to MK and Salford is hilarious though.
     
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  20. Onside

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    We will need to work very hard next season to compete as we will be everybody’s cup final. We also need to be looking forward, we can’t just buy players who will do for LG 2, we have to build for not only this season, but the next season. We must get out of this mindset of feeling sorry for ourselves. We are where we are on merit thanks to Rahic and his near destruction of our club. We might not make it in one season either. It is going to cost big bucks just to keep us going, so let’s just get our mindset right as fans.
     

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