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Adams & Sparks out!

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Rcbantam, Sep 18, 2021.

  1. bantam2708

    bantam2708 Squad Player
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    You're incredibly naive if a) you don't think he was having recruitment discussions whilst at Morecambe and b) would come to this club if he had players signed for him by someone else.
     
  2. WilsdenBantam

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    This board and the club in general need a bit of humour, only one man for the job
     
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  3. Storck

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    there was no denial from him when the season started well
     
  4. Rcbantam

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    When the going gets tough...


    Mouth piece... Has pulled one straight out of Captain Admin play book.

    The silence is deafening.
     
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  5. Ulysses S Grant

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    Not the point. No challenge there. When I had championship manager I managed Huddersfield and regularly only fielded six players to get deliberately dicked.

    After they sacked me, I changed user profile, got the job back and after hacking the database signed a squad full of 40 year old players. They promptly sacked me again, but the 31.0 defeat it caused was joyess
     
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  6. XCIV_Bantam

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    Derek said we only spoke to him about the job properly ie contract discussions after the play off final? So is he a liar? Or are you two just pulling stuff out your behinds? I know who I believe.

    lastly Stork do you actually have a quote of him rejecting or not denying that these players are not his?

    he literally said recruitment has been poor past few years and then Turnbull left. What you guys are saying and actual events do not corroborate.

    To me it looks like you guys are believing what you want to believe but then decide to spread it like fact.
     
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  7. knaresborough bantam

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    Take a look at the table
    2 weeks before season started Swindon did not have a team and they are third
    Says a lot about Bradford city's recruitment over the last 5 years
     
  8. Mike Hunt

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    Plenty of other shit hole towns cities attract investment into their football clubs. Rotherham and Wigan at the pointy end of league one. Accrington, Bolton, Burton, Morecambe lower down the division.

    It’s not for us to find or name a new owner, Chief Exec or whatever. That’s Rupp’s job.
     
  9. Fordy117

    Fordy117 Just call me Mr Flip-Flop!
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    Nonsense!

    Bradford like most of the football clubs would have had interest for the owners the sell.
    Bradford City has no assets so it does make it harder to finder that buyer for the serious longer.

    I’ll start with where the CEO is going to come from. If anyone thinks the Twitter boy should be CEO of a club with an owner that doesn’t give a damn then they need to seriously have a think about things. Plenty of better CEO’s about mate.

    Owner - it’s up to Rupp to find one and as an owner that’s not interested in the club he should be looking for one.

    Manager - again plenty of managers about. What is it 2 wins in 19! Unacceptable!

    Sparks will hide in his hole now because he doesn’t know what to do. Not a bloody clue.
     
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  10. Tight1-0Victory

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    Yeah but we're relying on someone who appointed Rahic and then Rhodes and then Sparks this is not a man who does thorough searches and this is not a club that has been doing investigating every channel either everything is done the easy way with people known to the club or even already employed by the club

    The chances of Rupp actually doing a proper search for a buyer or investor errr can we say zero maybe it is our job as fans to look for someone to buy him out
     
  11. Offcomedun

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    Those 'mercenary twats' are both excellent strikers at this level. It's not their fault that they were both expected to play in target man roles that were totally unsuited to them. If we had either of them in this team we'd easily be in the top three now. There's no way either of them would be bungling the number of missed chances we've had this season.
     
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  12. Tight1-0Victory

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    I agree about Doyle but Vaughan definitely had some problems hence his early retirement don't think his heart was in it sadly

    Doyle hasn't really done much wrong at the other clubs he's been at he just a bad signing considering we needed someone who could replace Wyke and do a job in the air
     
  13. Storck

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    I was responding to people saying that he needed time t bring his own players in as the current lot were Turnbull’s. So are you accepting that he has to take some responsibility for the current lot?
     
  14. Mike Hunt

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    I’ve seen some nonsense on here Cougar but a suggestion of fans finding someone to buy the club is right up there with the best.
     
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  15. vin weasel

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    I think our core fanbase has grown slightly these last few years.
    I still think we would have 9k or 10k for home games without cheap tickets.
     
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  16. Inspector

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    Not being funny but how do you know he's NOT actively looking to sell the club? I doubt we'd know anything until it was announced. The last time this club was for sale the only people we could attract were the clown and the ring master. If we were that attractive as a proposition he'd have no end of offers at his door. Near half a million rent is probably not something attractive to most people. Let's suppose someone would take that on, I'd imagine the first thing they'd do is hike season ticket prices. You say you want to be run like a proper club, but what affect would that have on attendances?

    Agree about the 2 wins in 19 not being good enough, but with the injuries we've had I think the performances on the whole have been decent. Aside from Hartlepool and Tranmere we've matched most teams. Somehow, someway we have to get a win starting on Saturday.

    In regard to your plenty of managers comment, the reason we had so much success under Parky was because we allowed him time to build. It was no coincidence he was one of the longest serving managers during his time here and we were highly successful as a result. Adams has been here just over 6 months and you and others want him gone. Is it any wonder why we continue to fail? I'd suggest you're part of the problem and not part of the solution.
     
  17. XCIV_Bantam

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    The current lot are Turnbulls. Most of them anyway.

    why should he take responsibility for players he didn’t want or ask for and that are also not up to snuff?
     
  18. AngryGaz

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    How much input though ???

    spot on bud ............... I bet he’s dying to let the general public how poor and crap they really are but he somehow must battle through with them :( the clues are all there .......... his surprise at the Robinson signing the booting out of Turnbull ............... we probably ain’t gonna know the ins and out of it all till January at the earliest ............... if we see a mass exodus then you will really know what Adams thinks of this lot
     
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  19. AngryGaz

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    sadly folk just cannot see the bigger picture chop and change year upon year and look where it’s got us ????? We are the pits

    I could have swore Parky didn’t start off to well along with Jewell but didn’t they both get it right in the end ????
    Imagine what both would have gone on to had achieve had men with egos not gone in and destroyed it all ?????

    Adams needs time to sort this sham of a squad out and if you think that bringing another manager in will sort it then your deluded

    this bunch just ain’t got the heart they shafted McCall last season they did the same with Trueman and now they are doing the same with Adams ....................... so please move on to the next but history says it will end up in tears again :(
     
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  20. How

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    Problem is and we keep going back to this, at this level you cannot change around 10 players in a window. We don’t have the funds and cannot afford or won’t be allowed by the board to have players sat in the reserves because we deem them not good enough.
    It’s time adams got a tune out of what he’s got for now and prove to the owners he’s worth backing in January. Currently that does not look the case. This is not plug and play Fifa. These players have contracts. Do the job you were brought to this club to do. Currently we are miles away
     

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