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Next manager

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by scarbi, Sep 16, 2023.

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  1. Botswana Bantam

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    Got to laugh at this response

     
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  2. Peter

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    Can we merge threads
     
  3. Faithful Bantam

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    Yes, really. I work directly for a CEO in a much bigger business than Bradford City. I network with CEOs all the time, I know and see how they operate. At what point have I said I expect the CEO to dismiss the minimum needs of the owner? Real CEOs manage upwards. They influence their Board, they run their business and ensure targets are appropriately challenging. Any CEO worth their salt - if given a mandate by Rupp, who keep in mind by his own admission does not know this industry, is no more than 'don't make a loss' - would be saying 'is that it? It's not enough'. Managers take a budget and churn out a quota. CEOs lead.

    You seem obsessed with fans having to nominate a replacement for Rupp or Sparks. Why would any of us have any idea? It completely misses the point.

    I'm sick of the yardstick being the worst owners we can find. We kind of mindset is that? Why not look at other owners at smaller clubs who run their clubs well and demand the same here?

    And if you have a question, ask your question. I'm not here to try and read minds bud.
     
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  4. Petrov

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    Like the club merge caretaker managers.
     
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  5. Tingleyb

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    So it looks like someone has withdrawn at the last minute. Perhaps we are waiting for someone .... Heckingbottom, Macca, Darren Moore or negotiating a release ... Flynn ?
     
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  6. Peter

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    no chance , probably boothroyd waiting in an economy class plane ticket from India
     
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  7. trevor

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    Cowley on Sky Sports tonight
     
  8. How

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    Completely and utterly clueless.

    an incompetent rugby league man in charge of the club and it shows!
     
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  9. Silverbantam

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    Parker knows nothing
     
  10. Ulysses S Grant

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    Let's be fair, any competently run football club should, even with proper due process, be able to appoint a new manager inside 4 weeks. Fair play to KM if he's stood down, but it's just highlighted Sparks as the clown he really is.
     
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    Let’s hope the great deal of due diligence on the manager appointment is better than the clear lack of due diligence they did on recruitment of players!
     
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  12. Ulysses S Grant

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    Let's be fair, any competently run football club should, even with proper due process, be able to appoint a new manager inside 4 weeks. Fair play to KM if he's stood down, but it's just highlighted Sparks as the clown he really is.
    And I wouldn't bet against all of them having appointed before US
     
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  13. Ulysses S Grant

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    I would absolutely laugh my *@?$ off if we've offered it to Holden and he's turned us down.
     
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    Tyler smiths Bradford army
     
  15. shoatsy

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    Why?
     
  16. Peter

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    can you imagine being interviewed by Sparkes ?
     
  17. Ulysses S Grant

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    Because it will highlight what an amateur operator we are and make Sparks look like an even bigger clown. Offer to someone that the majority think is meh and get knocked back.

    If you appoint a Facebook guru to run a football club, you get a Facebook quality operation.
     
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  18. Kevin1954

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    As an aside
    I see fordy returns after his embarrassing mix up quoting a sample of a recruitment director making 155 signings and all mostly garbage .
     
  19. Kevin1954

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    Names Kevin, I don’t mind if you use it .
     
  20. Fairbantam

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    It does make you wonder what’s happened behind the scenes. If an appointment had been imminent surely MacDonald would have been happy to take charge of one extra game.
     
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