Darragh confirms he's leaving Peterborough this summer

Not really interested in that right now.

Darragh has been stuck in his ways for some time, constantly appointing the same managers, rigidly sticking with the same 'sell your best players' policy, being unable to gamble on the club progressing organically because they're now seen as a selling club who don't keep quality players for more than two seasons.

I get that we'll probably sell over-achieving players too, but it's not our entire business model - I'd be extremely disappointed if we sold Andy Cook in January for a million if it threatened to derail our promotion push. MacAnthony wouldn't be able to sell fast enough, though, and invest in non-league starlets that may or may not work out.

There's no reason whatsoever for Peterborough to still be a yo-yo side - they've got the resources and the capability to perform in the Championship, but their model is holding them back.

Sure, Rupp has been a disastrous failure, but we've landed on our feet for the time being - and I want to ride this train a little longer.

 

1 million for Cook in the same sentence. Wow just wow.
More like £50k if we’re lucky

 

City have to pay the electricity bill. So January they will have to sell.
Bingo card.... We have to cut our cloth blah blah.

It's the city way.

Anyway.. I missed that bit about him selling up. Been on about it for months now. Good luck to him. He's nothing to do with city.

 

Ah, I see you haven't followed any of our games this season!

 

He’s a 32 year old League 2 striker who’s spent most of his career in non league.
A million quid!!! Jeeeeez

 

Who said he was worth a million quid?

I said I'd be disappointed if we sold him for a million if it derailed our promotion season.

A million quid is not worth missing out on promotion.

 

If someone offered a million quid for Cook, Sparks would drive him there himself.
We’d get promotion without Cook and have a million to spend in league 1

 

We wouldn't get promotion without Cook if selling Cook derailed our promotion push.

I'm using simple English here, aren't I?

EDIT: Just to clarify, my point is that MacAnthony would - and routinely does - sell his best players regardless of how it affects their season - regardless of if it halts a promotion or causes a relegation.

That isn't how I want this club run, and I'd be extremely disappointed if we started doing that.

How much Andy Cook is worth isn't really the point.

 

Maybe start your sentence with the words ‘Hypothetically speaking.’

 

I'm sure most people can follow the thread of an entire sentence without rage-quitting, but I note your objection

 

Sparky takes us up, we get established. DMac wants back in football-seems logical

 

yeah but if that happens then the club is worth a hell of a lot more than it is now ..........

 

Is it just me who thinks he's not the man that can take us forward??

 

No. I don't get the love-in from many Bantams fans for him either

 

They like him because he talks about us a lot due to his pal Phil Ideson being on the podcast a lot and his relationship with Sparks seems to suggest he has an affection for the club.
Steve Evans has an affection for the club according to those who want him as manager.
I feel some need to have more open minds.

 

I agree, his ambition is limited to the Championship and he does it by gambling (which to be fair has paid off) on transfer fees. His luck wont last forever and at some point those gambles will fail.

In terms of managers' he just sticks to the same few, appoint McCann, sack him, appoint Ferguson, sack him repeat. Both have had three stints there and he replaced the manager on average every 15 months.

It's not the perfect club it's made out to be, and they would be lost without Barry Fry,

 

A valid point but I think andy cook and a million quid made everyone's eyes pop out haha.

Part of me thinks he would do well for us up to a point, but another part of me is onboard with what yourself and others are saying.

 

Spot on. He's gone as far as he can, crowds never improve, new stadium now appears off the agenda as I understand, existing stadium is very poor and clearly gets no attention (and some on here think VP is bad).
I think he has had enough of the lack of success he hoped he would get and many in Peterborough have seen through his endless chat. Can't blame him for wanting time out and wish him well with family time or whatever but like others I don't get the love in.