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Ryan Sparks

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Fordy117, Dec 5, 2020.

  1. Faithful Bantam

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    It’s going to be interesting to watch. They’ve shown that they can use limited resources to set out a solid and competitive side - and that’s the bulk of what you need at this level. How will they fare with greater choice at their disposal?
     
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    How will they cope when we lose?

    Sparks is doing the right thing in waiting. No rush to make an appointment.
     
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    How can they affect games when we're in a losing position? We don't know. How do they react to a loss? We don't know. How do they manage a bigger squad with more options available? We don't know. Can they make use of better attacking talent without compromising whats made us defensively solid of late? We don't know.

    The next few weeks will give us a better idea on these points, which are all important.
     
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    Spot on mate.

    See it's great at the minute and everyone is excited but these two are inexperienced and we need to know more about them. We only need to look at what happened at Bournemouth recently to understand this.

    Also people have to remember that we have a youth set up which them two were part of and moving them to the 1st team might upset that.

    No rush. I back Ryan on this.
     
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  5. Keefly Bantam

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    How will they cope when we lose? If I was a betting man, I would say very well. Dust off and go again. What else would you really expect?
     
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    You don't know this and it's not as simple as that.
     
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    A great example of analysis paralysis. You get to the stage of analysing something for the sake of it.
     
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    Go on explain how you know how they will react to a defeat.
     
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    I’d say they’re material points of consideration. We have no idea how they handle those situations - not just at this club, as football managers. There’s simply no need to rush. It’s all working fine for now, we’ve created a bit of headroom at the bottom of the league. We can bide our time for a few weeks and further assure ourselves that they should have the roles on a longer term basis.
     
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    Fair enough but say we suffer no defeats in that time period would you be pissed off that they have not suffered a defeat to show how they would handle a defeat? Its a curios standpoint.
     
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    No, I'd quite like us to go the rest of the season unbeaten!

    The point is, they've only had 8 games. I'm not willing us to lose just to see what happens, I'm just making the point that there are many situations they have no experience of. We have the mini luxury of giving them a bit more time to demonstrate how they fare in different situations before we need to make a decision.
     
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    They have only had 8 unbeaten games -already in city's history books and you cite their lack of experience as a reason to baulk on a contract? Are you for real?
     
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    I really don't know how else to explain it, and have no intention of being drawn into your typical manner of antagonistic discussion, so I'll leave it there.
     
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    I don't get what you don't bloody understand!

    We need to see how they cope with disappointment or they won't last long if they can't.

    Again I will use Bournemouth as an example. They were flying under Tindall how has never been a manager. They beat Hudders 5- 0 on the 12th of December then won and drew their next games. However, after that draw they couldn't win barring a cup match and Tindall was sacked this week.

    You need to see how inexperienced managers cope with the bad results. We won't go unbeaten all season, so we will soon see but no rush in appointing them as manager. It would be foolish.
     
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    How many more games should they go unbeaten before you will accept them as proper managers?
     
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    What are these many situations they have no experience of exactly that you clearly allude to?
     
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    We're in a unusual position which we should take advantage of before making a decision on the job full-time.

    The threat of relegation is now minimal (admittedly thanks to Trueman and Sellars) so we don't need to rush an appointment to save us. They are unknowns in the game so there's practically no chance of another club swooping in and taking them off us, and they were academy coaches, not in overall charge of our youth system, so that side of the club shouldn't go to pot without them.

    In these circumstances let's see how their signings actually do on the pitch, let's see how they react a defeat or two, let's see how they manage a squad where players might be unhappy to miss out.

    The only time I can think that was even slightly comparable was when Jewell took over when we were in mid-table, and it was actually how he handled things going badly that showed he was the right man for the job.
     
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    Spot on.
     
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    And also said that if the uptake in Ifollow match passes continues as it is now then any transfer fees paid in January will be paid off by April.
     
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    I guess it needs a little application of Quantum Jump theory! :cool:
     

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