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Haha, well what do you want me to say mate? Thats my honest opinion and I said id be more then happy to be proven wrong! We all want what's best for our club, every fan of every club wants automatic promotion or to win the league or the champions league etc etc. But demanding it on a message board at every turn won't make it happen unfortunately

 

Depends on a couple of things;
Changing the culture of the last 18 months or so, something is rotten even six months after Edin left.
Shifting the shit players and replacing them with quality.
Starting the season well. Start badly and worries of a bad season will set in

 

A return to claret and amber stripes

A much better recruitment and pre-season than last summer's farce

Ship out most of the dross from the current squad

A serious Play-off push as a minimum

Not to panic if early season results dont go our way. Sheffield Utd and Norwich both got off to very slow starts this season in the Championship, but neither board panicked

 

I expect automatic promotion and nowt else. We're Bradford City football club

 

My expectations are automatic promotion and that should be everyone's target inside the club - the board, staff, management and players.

However, that'll only be a possibility if Rupp sticks to his promises, which is anyone's guess really.

 

It all depends on Rupp. He's accepted responsibility, has vowed to back us and many fans suspect he feels some guilt with a point to prove. I guess we'll find out soon if he really means business.

what is 100% not acceptable is another relegation battle. Most of the players towards the bottom end of league 2 are barely legitimate professional footballers.

 

I want to see a good hard working quality squad, not bothered if it is smaller. I want a proper pre season with plenty of competitive work outs. We should always strive for automatic promotion, but I am prepared if we don’t make it. However, all of the above depends on whether Stefan can find more money to invest. I don’t mean bringing in ‘big names’ but good experienced professionals, and up and coming young players. To be able to compete with other clubs for the very best we can afford.

I want the club to return to a normal working club, and get rid of the toxic atmosphere around the place.

I want plans for restructuring of the club, not just the playing side.

 

Deluded or WUM. No team in any league averages 4 goals a game

 

Blatant wum nobodies as stupid as this.

 

I can only speak for myself but its quite simple...you take the rough with the smooth. When i needed to muck in an raise money i did. When the club needed suppporters to turn up in numbers i did. Continuing my support is a given and its the same for everyone i know who are City supporters.

I've not enjoyed it either but we go again next season and i hope, as the next supporter, for a better season. I'm quite looking forward to seeing what GB can put together

 

Moving Anthony O'Connor and Josh Wright on must be priority number one.

 

I actually don't accept the argument that it is accepting mediocrity.

'Supporters' buy tickets for the coming season because they believe there is the opportunity, the chance, that it will be a good season, their team will rise above 'mediocrity' and achieve something.

If this was not the case no one would attend games for 90% of teams outside of the Premier League and 95% of teams in the Premier League.

I am playing fast and loose with the percentages I know but in real terms there are around 30 teams that have done something this year, 2 promotions and 4 playoff in 3 divisions and 6 Premier League Euro places.

So around 65% of all teams supporters who renew season tickets are settling for mediocrity.

At the final count once play offs are finished it is more like 85% have won nothing.

I REALLY think you are missing something in what 'I am a supporter' means.

 

My primary expectation is that he gets backed to be ruthless in tearing up this squad and building a new one. Then I expect to see a team based on doing the basics well, having pace and a genuine goal threat. Minimum, we have to be in and around the playoffs and with a side that can be built upon and which can grow the following season if we don't go straight back up. In many respects we need to bounce back straight away - but we have a shocking record in terms of performance the season after a relegation. Max 2 years at league 2, or we'll drift indefinitely.

I'd love to be more ambitious and demand an automatic top 3 finish. And it's not an unrealistic aim in terms of club size. But there's a lot of rebuilding to do....

Oh, And I don't expect to see Chicksen, Knight-Percival, O'Connor or Wright in Bradford City shirts ever again.

 

Speaking of, no more farcical season-long circus acts involving players training themselves.

What a joke.

 

Hearing a decent budget next season and bigger than any we have ever had in league two.

Not sure how much of that is taking into account players we already have and may not get rid of.

Bowyer got a big rebuild job to do and I hope this week is spent getting his backroom staff sorted now the seasons coming to an end.

 

I can go along with that comment @bantamlad92.
Rahic has gone we have a new manager who by all accounts is looking at players already for next season, Rupp has said he will fund our club and any short falls and according to @Glenn Ackroyd video we have a top 3 player budget.
We either give our club financial support by buying a season ticket, merchandise, drinks, food, programes etc or we stay away.
If Rupp is sticking with us and is prepared to sort Rahic's mess out IMO the least we can do as fans is buy a season ticket.

 

I'm not going to provide you with a list of names, but I'm happy to point you in the right direction.

The leniency, acceptance and even encouragement of Rahic's regime was best seen everytime Rahic delivered a self serving PR exercise.

Regarding the thread on Rahic's statement issued in September:

One of the most if not the most popular comment on there (19 likes) was a post stating that Rahic's apology won't be enough for some and that we should draw a line under the whole situation for atleast a few weeks.

Others comments include but certainly aren't limited to:

"I think most people's mind is made up and that’s a shame."

"I think he is a sincere man. He wants success and doesn't want to harm the club. He seems genuine enough when I hear him speak"

Those two comments sum up the attitude of many on a 25 page thread.

This attitude was also prevalent on the thread addressing Rahic's interview with Bantamsbanter and even when he wasn't pulling on the heart strings we still had absolute gems like this one:

"I for one want to get out their and state I am excited by the infrastructure work, the signings and the young coach we have.

Well done Edin and team.

Keep up the great work." (12 likes)

Or this

"Good luck to the new regime
I hope it works and I will back it until it dont".

There's plenty on here if you have a look.

Why do i bring this up? ( @How, @BoingBoing ill try to address your posts here). It perfectly highlights the mindset of a good portion of our fans which yes, i do believe has an impact on our success.

We have the fanbase to, at a bare minimum, make a sustained push Into the Championship year in year out. Those who have ambition instilled into them are prepared to take the required action to achieve success. Our fans aren't. They are happy to pay £150 for a season ticket to watch the general shite on display and in turn are happy to accept being a small club, not achieving much and relying on player sales and cup runs for success.Double the prices and attendances will drop off a cliff.
This lack of ambition and small club mentality stems from the general acceptance of rubbish. A complete shift in mindset from everyone assosiated with the club (including the fans) would result in action geared towards that mindset which would in turn give us a much better chance of sustained success. This can't happen for as long as we hail players like Breunker and are prepared to give guys like Rahic their 10th chance whilst slowly watching our club dwindle to nowhere.

It's not about acting like a better fan than everyone else, I'm often guilty of some of the above myself. It's an observation of how i think we can move forward as a club and i fully agreed with Bowyers comments on this sort of thing not too long ago.

 

The few thousand that go to early cup games put more money into the club. They are doing their bit to help the club increase revenue. Funnily enough, they mostly seem to be the alleged happy clapping type that drink tea and "accept mediocrity". Maybe those that are desperate for the club to have a bigger playing budget should go to early cup games and buy cups of tea. Another 10k fans at each cup game might add £100k to revenue. Maybe the no-shows are the ones accepting mediocrity by not going to these games.

 

Bradford was a good city to grow up in the fifties and sixties and there are still a lot of good people who still live there.
Whilst I no longer live there I still regard it as home and to call Bradfordians losers is wrong

 

Correct. In the 50&60’s it was a great place to live. Bradford was the place to shop, none of the satellites of Bradford could compete including Leeds. Everyone from all around used to come and do their shopping. Great night out, if you lived in Bradford you hit the town at weekends and has a great time. Really look around you next time you go into the City Centre. Look at the buildings, they are beautiful, and they are the ones that they didn’t rip down. Go into the City Hall, then you will know, this was a very rich city, with lots of rich ppl who lived there and only wanted the best. Now then, the next time you are walking on Manningham Lane, look down, you will notice the pavements are exceptional wide. Yet another sign of wealth, the rich folk did not want their clothes dragging in the gutter, so they made the pavements wider. If you can look past the ruination of the houses, just look at them, they are all large houses, who no doubt had servant quarters as well.

Bradford the city where I was was born and bred was once a very prosperous city, it took full advantage of the wool trade, and Bradford was the main player. Of course now those that are responsible for its regeneration need to remember it’s proud history and take this City forward into the modern era. I absolutely loath the way ppl talk about Bradford now as if it has always been this way, we’ll no it hasn’t, and if you don’t believe me, do some research.