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Sparks Article

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by CityVaultsPie, Jun 14, 2023.

  1. CityVaultsPie

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    Mark Hughes' ambition fulfilled by Bradford City regeneration project, insists Ryan Sparks | Yorkshire Post
    I stopped reading this as I object to the sickening swipe at Stuart who bleeds claret & amber and for a fool like Sparks to question his commitment to Bradford City is a disgrace. As for for the other managers having little desire... Sparks appointed them so that shows he doesn't do his research properly. Either Rupp is having the wool pulled over his eyes by this joke of a CEO, or he's happy to see us in the conference as that's where Bradford City will end up with Sparks in charge.
     
  2. Offcomedun

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    Where is the swipe at Stuart? Where is any mention of him? I've read the article three times and can't find it.
     
  3. Park bantam

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    Absolute nonsense of a post there is no criticism of Stuart whatsoever
     
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    You should have finished it all it doesn't mention Stuart in fact ot says the he has worked with some great people which I would hazard a guess will include Stuart.

    I think your right though by any measure he's a failure. As long as you discount record crowds, increased turnover, a play off finish last season and the leagues top scorer from last season signed up of course. He's not perfect I'm sure but he's not doing too badly.
     
  5. Bantam Boy

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    No he didn’t try reading it again
     
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    "I've worked with a lot of managers at this club and his commitment and desire to make us successful is of a different level to what I've seen prior. And I've worked with some great people here."
    Hughes commitment on a different level to Stuart -- he was one of the previous managers
     
  7. Ashton Bantam

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    He also says he's worked with some great people. In the quote you've referenced.

    Stop looking for something that isn't there.
     
  8. bantam65

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    Grow up eh?
     
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    You’re ok with 4 more seasons in League Two?
     
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    I’ve seen some desperate attempts to have a go at Sparkes over the last few seasons,but this is right up there.
     
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    He doesn't mention Stuart specifically but he does mention that he sees Hughes as being better in certain ways than other managers by mention him being of a higher level in his commitment to win. Thats his opinion of course, he gets to see them up close and personal. As usual with local rag journalism its hard to gauge the full context of quotes but it does come across as a dig at the others that have been under his watch.
    Nothing to see here though other than the usual waffle from Sparks to the local journos, all this sort of talk looks very hollow indeed if Hughes gets us off to a bad start.
     
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    When in a hole it's advisable to stop digging.
    Heed the advice.
     
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    My advice is to ignore him! He has a history as a wum and whoever is the current CEO is often the subject of his criticism. He enjoys being provocative with his comments which have little substance. He craves the attention and was exactly the same when he was on here previously.
     
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    ......and the increased sponsorship! All in all Sparks is doing a decent job for a "wet behind the ears" CEO.
     
  16. stubgate13

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    Nope but I don't think he's the reason we are still in League 2.
     
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    Ah, so he's not really a 'Youngster' then. Who was he before?
     
  18. 1975citygent

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    Regardless of what I think of Ryan Sparks I thought it was a good article to be fair.
     
  19. Kevin1954

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    The comment the poster made was a to draw attention to himself. He has form!
     
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    It was fine for the local journo’s who very rarely dish out criticism to the club. If we don’t go up this year there will be an avalanche of criticism coming the clubs way, and not just the manager either. On the whole R/S is doing a fine job behind the scenes which is crucial but we also need to see improvement on the field.
     
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