New CEO?

Hi Mate, it’s a parody account, quite a funny one a lot of the time. There is a 1 in the name that should be an L. A lot of people get fooled by it and end up arguing with them. Hope you are well.

 

If this is true I’m completely underwhelmed.

Jewell is another legend who oversaw some of my favourite times as a Bradford City fan. But it’s a complete lack of foresight for the future and feels like plugging a gap as Stuart is struggling. As DOF, what is Jewell going to be doing which will make a difference for the club? I’m not sure of his credentials for the role - granted he was (still is?) at Swindon who had a great season last year and signed the right players for the positions needed to get out of this league.

Sparks - a 35 yr old CEO. Probably his first big role and it’s a football club. Sounds like he will be dealing with the commercial side of things which he hasn’t done a bad job of so far. However, he has no experience on how to steady a sinking ship.

I had a lot of hope pinned on the Jenkins rumour as he is exactly the man for the job. These appointments don’t fill me with a great deal of confidence for the future.

 

Yes good thanks.

 

He was part of the backroom team at Swindon and helped get them promoted.

 

Depends on the player, carrot or stick, were all different and respond in diff ways, knowing not to cross someone can set some boundaries and focus the mind.

 

Why would I know that? I’m not watching through some secret camera and I’m not an invisible man. What a bizarre question.

 

Surely there must be a role for Kammy as well in this grand plan?

 

Oh shit ! It’s sparks

 

If only

 

If it is Jewell and Sparks as CEO we’ve basically gone full circle in 2 seasons and find ourselves about 30 league places worse off for it.

Rahic had this model and it failed miserably. That was more down to him than anything else I hope but still.

we had Abbott who will do what Jewell is going to do. I hope their is a Clear plan and budget and let Jewell and McCall do what they see fit to help the club. No more holding them over a barrel with a shoddy budget let’s do it properly

 

Just seen it.

 

Well that’s come out of the blue

 

Let’s see what Sparks can do. Time will tell.

 

Jesus christ.

 

Last piece of the jigsaw...

 

Problem is this...

Changing the view from Jewell as DOF to McCall as manager we come up with a position that many support and it seems some have responded that they like this as 'he knows Stuart'.

I've seen nothing however to suggest he has the credentials of a manager who can take a broader and longer term view of the footballing aspects of the club and build something which has longevity. If this is true, it's just more of the same short-termism.

 

The decision to appoint Sparks as CEO is an absolute disgrace and will prove to be the final nail in the coffin of this football club. Its nothing personal against Sparks, but there’s nothing in his past that shows him to be in any way a viable candidate for the level of turnaround and rebuild this football club needs from its leader. His appointment is symptomatic of everything that’s broken with this club. We take the easy and the cheap option wherever we possibly can, because we lack the understanding, intent and capability to do anything else. We lack any sense of planning and ambition in how we recruit, from the very top to the bottom of the club.

The first step in fixing any problem is realising you have one. And we haven’t. We haven’t grasped the crux of our problem at all.

This decision is pivotal to the future of the club. It really is. We’ve lapsed far behind even clubs who’ve been professional entities for no more than a couple of years. Our downward trajectory is so stark and so blended across different managers and players that our failings are so obviously, much more deep rooted. We’re a sinking ship in every possible sense that a club could be. Apathy reigns amongst much of our fan base and retaining - let alone attracting - supporters on a paying basis is becoming harder and harder. The turnaround needed is monumental and we’ve entrusted it to a rookie with no experience whatsoever, simply because he was already on the books, chosen by a man who’s been integral to why we’re in such a mess in the first place.

This is the final straw for me. And that’s not hyperbole. I’ve been going to games since I was 8 years old - over 30 years. Over that time, we’ve endured much, permeated by the odd moment of joy. But its become a soulless, sapping experience being a supporter of this club. Having to bear witness to incompetent individuals being let loose, with mistake after mistake being made, without a drop of guilt or recognition and not a shred of ambition in trying to push for better. Indeed, throwing mud at supporters who dare to demand better. And when our future looks the bleakest it perhaps ever has, with the worst squad in living memory and everything about the club broken, we take the one opportunity to take stock and rebuild properly - and we make this decision...the youngest CEO in all top 4 leagues...!! No thanks. I’m done. My lingering interest was on life support anyway. This was make or break for me. I’m done. I’m spent. And before the likely repost from the one or two that will signal something along the lines of ‘fine, see ya then’, consider - I’m not a fickle fan. I don’t think we’re entitled to success, I don’t expect victory every week, and even with the right decisions made at this time I fully expect the road forward to be difficult. I’m not a ‘floater’, I’m a supporter who, for over 30 years has followed this club home and away, in all leagues. I’m the sort of fan who’s been part of the ‘core’ for a long while, encouraging my son to go to games with me, buying him the shirt etc. So if fans like myself have had enough, there’ll be others in the same boat - see the WOAP article from yesterday- thinking the same way. And that’s the lifeblood of this club.

If our club has no interest in giving itself the best chance of at least trying to be successful, why should anyone continue to invest their time, money and emotion in this shambles of club.