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Rupp & Sparks Out?

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by JonButterfield, Nov 12, 2023.

  1. Dennis

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    Yeah! Much too expensive! :thumbup:





    ;)
     
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  2. SteveC

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    Get out of OUR club, the fecking lot of you. At the end of the day, it is only us supporters that suffer

    Season after season after season of aimless mediocre drivel and we just put up with it like demented seals
     
  3. Bantamsteve

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    Until everyone stops funding failure they will continue
    Nothing will change
    It really is that simple without us they would soon act
     
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  4. Loyalbantam

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    I think Bradford Council are doing a terrible job, if we all stop paying our council tax we might see change?
     
  5. Keefly Bantam

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    No you would probably see a bailiff.
     
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  6. Loyalbantam

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    Exactly, it would need mass non payment. They can’t send bailiffs to everyone and nor can they put everyone in jail. A few breakaway rebels won’t make a difference.
    You are asking the masses of fans to stop supporting the club in order to force change and I’m sorry, you’re pissing in the wind.
     
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  7. Bantamsteve

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    Not the best to compare a council to a Limited company but to give you an analogy
    If your favourite restaurant continually served you poor meals and despite telling the owner he did nothing would you keep returning or avoid until the takings were so low they had to sell then return when under new management
     
  8. Loyalbantam

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    But your favourite restaurant can be easily replaced, your favourite football club that runs through your veins cannot.
    Silly analogy.
     
  9. shoatsy

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    Great reply! !!!!

    Love it!
     
  10. ahar964

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    It does of course depend. What if boycotting left them no choice. They sold up cheap to Jim's cafe whose heart was in the right place but couldn't afford the upkeep of the restaurant, or to employ decent staff. Or would I better to bide my time in the hope the original owners hit upon the right head chef or sold to Marcus Waring?
     
  11. Bantamsteve

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    Who's suggesting replacing your favourite football club not me
    Just a much needed change of ownership if Rupp sees his investment failing financially he will act
    Or do we settle for khazi league football as the norm
     
  12. shoatsy

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    League 2 is the norm!
     
  13. Loyalbantam

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    Well Rupp wants 8 Million and whether we or any potential buyer thinks that’s the correct price, he won’t be ‘forced’ to sell for less.
    And furthermore, if fans succeed in driving him out, what’s to say he won’t just sell to anyone with the money whether they are appropriate or not?
    He could have sold to WAGMI and chose not to. Would you have preferred those idiots?
     
  14. Bantamsteve

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    Sadly true
    But could and should be higher
     
  15. Campbell's soup

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    Nah, fat git will probably be in Tenerife, stuffing himself full of ice cream.
     
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    Yes we probably should be a league 1 club but as far as the Championship is concerned, it’s a different animal to the last time we were promoted there in 1996 and I doubt we could ever survive beyond a few seasons there nowadays.
     
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    Do you mean 'day's' ..?
     
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    Bradford city football club belongs to Mr Rupp.
    What if he decides to cut his losses and sell to someone with even less interest or money or make everyone at the club redundant and sell off for scrap. Probably unlikely, but we will not force him out by not attending, he will just get Sparks to reduce the budget any way he can.
    As i have said before , we have a good enough turnover, how it has been used is the issue. I would start with Sparks and Gent.
     
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    Really?
    In terms of city size, catchment area, supporter base, ground size, are we not bigger than at least 3 Prem teams?
    What on earth are we doing in the 4th division?

    PS: and we have a preferential deal with Seabrook crisps. Bet Bournemouth are jealous.
     
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  20. andyc

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    No chance, put a red rosette on a pig in Bradford and it would still get voted in.
     
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