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City CEO’s You love them

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by wetherbywhaler, Dec 31, 2022.

  1. wetherbywhaler

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    Partially agree Jon, however, whilst possibly frugal on playing budgets they built a war chest from such as Parachute Payments. Dave Baldwin told me they spent (as I recall) multi millions on a state of the art training facility, I think something of the order of £40 million but memory may be getting the better of me as it is some time ago. I know I gasped!.
     
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  2. Kevin1954

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    That’s how Norwich tend to operate ?
     
  3. QCFC BANTAM

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    Yet there are some on here that think we should fund and build our own state of the art training facility as we train at a school.....
     
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    only a complete tool could turn a crap competition into something far worse
     
  5. Ulysses S Grant

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    And Sean Harvey is a complete tool set, not just a complete tool.
     
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    Sean Harvey. Little man syndrome personified. Jumped up , pompous , arrogant and those are his good points.
     
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    One thing I'll say about Sparks is it's harder to run a business when the ship is in reverse. Mason had the big advantage of the club being on the up when he was in charge, which ultimately became untenable with the arrival of Rahic. Sparks has made mistakes and can come across all David Brent at times but has also made some good decisions along the way. We have a better infrastructure now in terms of staff than we did after he employed Derek Adams and the pitch is as good as we've had for as long as I can remember.
     
  8. Ulysses S Grant

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    Now you've done it Rog. I can't get the vision of Sparks doing the David Brent Dance, or sitting back in his chair "pontificating" about management out of my head.
     
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    I once asked Sparks how it was going a while back , He replied it would be a lot easier if we were winning

    Its a job no one wants - my words not his
     
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    Thinking about the problems Sparks has had to overcome in his relatively short tenure I think he has done a really good job. Starting with the financial position when he took over followed by COVID and now the financial mess in the country he has still guided the club into a healthy state. Well done that man
     
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