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Discussion in 'City Talk' started by trevor, Nov 27, 2020.

  1. ahar964

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    • "It is clear we require some cavalry and a great deal of work over the coming weeks will be centred around ensuring we are in the best-possible place to deliver additions to the squad"
    • A successful January has the potential to take pressure off the players
    As it was me who started things off by saying Sparkes had been quiet, I obviously hadn't read his program notes so apologise, a little bit.
    However, his comments above seem slightly at odds with what his manager is saying. Now I understand that Stuart has to keep his current players motivated so that may taint his public comments, but I think it is equally important that Chairman and Manager appear to be singing off the same sheet.
     
  2. Ulysses S Grant

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    I wonder if Ryan has found the compromising photos Stuart has of him yet ?
     
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  3. Bantam Boy

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    Apparently so
     
  4. Polo-Bantam

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    McCall won’t need those, I have just been informed that he had a double jeapordy clause in the original contract, so he can’t be sacked twice for the same crimes
     
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  5. How

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    He’s just spoken to T&A. Article is a bit copy and paste from the interview he did with radio Leeds last week
     
  6. bantam2708

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    Usual soundbites for this time of year. I'm still waiting to hear what his plan is to take this football club forward.
     
  7. Ulysses S Grant

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    Resignation
     
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  8. Captain Grumpy

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    You can’t have it both ways, we moan when Rhodes refused to speak but when Sparks does speak people still moan.
     
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  9. Get Rid Of It

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    So City are getting some cavalry.
    Horseback.
    Must mean we are getting a couple of old nags to fit in with the rest of them.
     
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  10. trevor

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    Trouble is Sparks says the cavalry is on its way but then McCall signs donkeys :mad:
     
  11. Fordy117

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    You should know.

    It's not how often you speak is when you speak! Rhodes never spoke and Sparks is acting like a wideboy talking all the time.

    What Sparks needs to do is action because I can't take his BS seriously. Lets see how he takes this club forward or suggests how because at this minute it just seems BS.
     
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  12. Captain Grumpy

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    I take it you want him sacking already alongside your previous long list. What could he say now outside a transfer window that would satisfy the critics. I thought Rhodes was a disgrace refusing to talk to his customers Sparks does the opposite but is still slagged off.
     
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  13. Park bantam

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    What a blxxdy hypocrite you have called for the CEO to communicate now you have changed your tune
     
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    Please give the guy a chance, he doesn’t need to communicate plans right now and under your orders, demand, stomping of feet, twisting of knickers. plans might be best kept private why do you think you have a right to know?

    To be honest right now it’s quite simple what the plan is and it involves improving the squad in Jan, I think Sparks said that quite clearly.
     
  15. JonButterfield

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    We're into the realms of overanalysing everything now.

    I agree with you, it's pointless. He doesn't speak enough, he speaks too much, that video compilation is silly, what is he trying to achieve, yadda yadda yadda.

    At this moment in time it's irrelevant what anyone at the club says, all that matters is what the club does.

    We've extended the contracts of Stu and Kenny, we have yet to appoint anyone to the off-field team, and obviously we haven't brought anyone in as we can't.

    I would have liked to have seen one or two coming in in an off-field capacity, but that's me. Everybody knows we need something great in January - or at least the players we bring in need to be fit and ready to go and better than the free agents we've not bothered trying with.
     
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    Exactly. At least he’s prepared to speak unlike our former CEO and our owner. Both of whom seem to like to hide under a rock and just hope everything turns out ok.

    I have certainly never known a CEO in any business be so averse to speaking publicly as J.R was in all his years at the club. Hardly confidence inspiring to his customer base.
     
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  17. Rogered Tart

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    And yet only yesterday we get a cheesy social media video titled 'We.Keep.Fighting.' Sometimes less is more and as the guy at the top he needs to know when or not to put out tired cliched social media guff. I actually think the guy has some positive input to bring to the table but lets wait until after we've won today before putting out daft content on social media.
     
  18. Campbell's soup

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    Unless we are playing a injury depleted Shipley Juniors under 9’s then I’ll be fully expecting another defeat today.
     
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    I want to SEE the improvements, not just
    listen to more "what we're going to do
    and what we need to do!"
     
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  20. Ulysses S Grant

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    The one thing he does need to do is totally separate himself from any bcfc related social media activity. Its not appropriate for a CEO to be spreading messages by social media. He should have "people" for that.
     
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