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Stuart's less is more piece in the T/A

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Brackenrigg, Feb 26, 2020.

  1. Park bantam

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    Right
     
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    You'll get used to the happy clappers, doomsayers and the ones that actually make any sense.
     
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  3. Fordy117

    Fordy117 Just call me Mr Flip-Flop!
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    If he can handle the truth then he just needs to read my posts!
     
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  4. Feats Don't Fail Me Now

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    No I don’t and no I wasn’t.

    Losing your job and your income is traumatic no matter who you are.

    It was a ridiculous verging on spiteful thing to say.
     
  5. Park bantam

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    He won’t need a tranquilliser
     
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  6. BradfordBanter

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    Missed the point, the point is that McCall is basically saying up your game or you're redundant. So actually if Morrisons put me on a warning and said if my performance doesn't improve I'm redundant... you bet you'd see a reaction, it doesn't sound ridiculous at all.
     
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  7. BradfordBanter

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    Spiteful because somebody is falling below the standard that is required to do their job? Jesus christ
     
  8. Aaron Baker

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    Stuart is 100% correct.

    Talk is cheap though. No manager has ever said they want quantity over quality.

    Like Bowyer saying he wanted to have pacey, strong, athletic players it's easy to say and not quite so easy to do.
     
  9. BenjaminBCFCFan

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    Not like footballers even at League 2 level usually get a ticket to another team, especially when its a free transfer. If you get fired for bad conduct at Morrisons then you should be worrying.

    The team needs time to grow, train and adapt to a specific playstyle. The fact that the team loses all motivation and morale on away games is a testament to that, clearly.
     
  10. Park bantam

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    If a department isn’t doing the job who carries the can?
     
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    The department. The playing staff aren't doing their job are they? Look at the soft goals they are conceding, that isn't JR or SR
     
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    And what should the club do?

    If you worked for an organisation with no drive or ambition you would start to question why you're there.

    If the corner shop started to over take Morrisons then you will fine people will want to leave.

    Bradford City as a club is uninspiring. We need to change our outlook as a club from Mr Rhodes as he's a yesterday man.
     
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  13. Park bantam

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    i wonder how many times you have said that today and this week I think we all know you think he should go
     
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    Bradford City is not uninspiring. Attendance is big, we have a big stadium and we are formerly a League 1 side, even with the team we have now we're 9th in the table, with a few improvements next season promotion is a given, if not fighting in the play-offs this season.

    The whole point is that the players have to pick up the slack and fight for their spot in a competitive team, Morrisons will hire just about everyone, Bradford city will not. If they want to leave the moment they are shown the possibility that their contracts might not be renewed then it just shows they'll be stuck in League 2 or even lower when they leave. No one wants a quitter.
     
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    The It Man baby (JCC)
     
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    And McCall is yesterday’s manager
     
  17. Bronco

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    When was he sacked ?.
     
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    You are correct that there is some criticism of the new strikers (and other players), often with little to back it up. Quite frankly unless strikers are scoring at a ratio of 1:3, then I think City’s vociferous posters will criticise them.

    I actually agree with McCall, about the current squad. It is too bloated and there are too many players with similar skill sets, prone to injury, seemingly disinterested. McCall is also correct about the number of players used and the fact that they do not get enough game time. I would add that playing with very familiar players, adds understanding and as such cohesion.

    Having said that did he need to go public about the plans, in respect of reducing the squad. Not sure that was helpful. Action speaks louder than words, and sometimes they do not need to be said.
     
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    Good managers don't criticise players in public. They lay into them in private. Otherwise it's just playing to the public
     
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    Yesterday apparently.
     
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