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Yes, but you need to make allowances for the first few matches (until after Blackpool) when the issue was clearly the prima donnas on the pitch. What we’ve seen since Blackpool isn’t great but give him his own budget and let him have a go.

The alternative which is another six weeks of uncertainty is not an option (unless parky comes back).

My support for him is based on the fact that he inherited a shambles with players ruling the roost. He’s seemingly sorted that. Remember cloughs experience when he took over at Leeds ? Our “player revolt” at their love of the former manager isn’t dissimilar.

This would be all academic if he’d had even a week of the transfer window (or the emergency loan window) to operate in.

 

Stuart had to make do with some else's signings too, or lack of signings.

 

Just listened to the interview and didn't get a strong feeling from it he is leaving. Mind you, I didn't get a strong feeling he is staying either so I'm non the wiser.

 

It had gone to far before he arrived

 

Grayson says he has a couple of things to sort out and he has got a couple of meetings with Edin and an announcement will be made in 48-72 hrs regarding his future. Now how anyone can decide that he's staying or leaving over these comments I haven't got a clue and it's all guess work. If he stays then all well and good and if he leaves then we will bring in another manager who can build his own side. The one thing I will say is if Graysons is leaving then why would we follow his retain list, surely that should be down to the new manager to decide.

 

Bloody hell, it all makes sense now why Grayson has an issue with the training facilities.

 

Drunk Saturday night? Taking the piss? Who knows why people come up with any of this stuff. But do you really think Dolan could replace Mason? Honestly.

 

I guess the fact that they have done it so quickly could suggest that they might be interested in trying to tempt Grayson before any deal is concluded with us.
Edited to add - they probably wouldn't need to try too hard.

 

They have a plan. They want to get Grayson to commit to being City manager next season. Given the uncertainty around that at the moment, I'm more bothered about whether they have a plan b that they can implement very quickly if Grayson doesn't stay.

 

How would you know? You are utterly clueless.

 

Interesting that he says -

“A lot of other things need to be done behind the scenes as well. You have to focus on the main things that a football club needs – and that is the first team.”

This goes against the owners philosophy and indicates to me that he wants less focus on the longer term strategy of developing youth. We can’t and shouldn’t aspire to become a Crewe Alexander (of yesteryear).

If he stays I think we’ll have a real go because despite the budget being modest. It will be focused on the first team which should be more than last year, if less is spent on development.

 

Exeter is another example.

Supporter owned, so run very much with a focus on youth development.

Tisdale has been there for 10-15 years and they've built a conveyer belt of youngsters.

They got lucky with a young squad on 2-3 year deals and got to the league one play-offs 7/8 years ago.

Then those good players left to get more money elsewhere. They struggled to replace them and had a few poor years in the bottom half of league 2.

Then they sold the young centre forward, who was highly rated, to Brentford. That's funded a play-off spot in League 2.

If Grayson goes, I fear we've become a feeder club like Exeter.

 

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Happy if he goes. I didnt see anything I liked under him so far.

 

I'm more excited around the beautiful weather, cold beers and beautiful ladies on show

 

I don’t care if he stays or if he goes, just like SM last year, but I do want it deciding this week so we can start rebuilding for next season.

The owners have been here for three closed seasons now and each year they haven’t had a manager in place. This then stops the rebuilding starting for the forthcoming season.

 

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They can't have it both ways they were aware of the season ticket prices when they purchased our club and were more than happy to tell eveyone who'd listen Bradford is a poor City and that would be the polocy they would work with, stating if/ when we get into the Premiership they would sell season tickets at £1, billy big balls Edin.

Yes they should be putting their hands in their own pockets because ultimatly they are the ones who will make a very good return on their investment if they are sucsessful, they came in implemented their ideas it wasn't sucsessful and by the soundbites in that article unless money if found their own or a loan, Grayson will walk and they are back to getting someone who believes in their model, maybe a 4th teir German manager.

 

Maybe they need to have a word with the past owners they seemed to be relatively sucsessful for 5/6 seasons whilst giving us fans cheap season tickets, they knew exactly what they were purchasing and every chance they got on tv or in the papers told us it was very much part of their reasoning when buying our club, put up or move on some of us are a littke tired of your ideas of how you intend to take us forward, when you have done exactly the opposite.