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Grayson not stupid he knows how to get teams out of this league it' either back him or sack him. I don't get the call for the latter he came in to the club with a team very low of confidence and other things going on but none of these players are actually his signing so to judge him on that would be stupid. We only have to look at Jewell when he took over from Kamara results weren' great but once he got his players in the following season it was a huge success.

The one bit of interest for me are where he is quoted as saying if the seasons ends now I know who I would keep (even those on longer deals) and which players I would bring in. To me that sounds like he knows who has what it takes to move forward that are already here, so when he does have a meeting about his future the names of those he wants to go will be brought it.

 

The fall towards mid-table was on the cards before Grayson was appointed, unfortunately he has been unable to address it. Both Grayson and Edin will be looking for assurances from both sides of the table. If they can agree on the best route forward and Grayson signs for a couple of years then the good news is two-fold. You'd suspect that it means that Rahic has agreed to take a step back and we have the best qualified manager in place.

I think there are accurate parallels drawn with Jewell and especially Parkinson's first months in charge. Difficult at first but you can see what they're trying to implement. I'd fully expect us to be a different force next year with Grayson in charge of his own players and not a squad that gave up in January, so hopefully we get Grayson signed up soon.

 

The threads moved on a bit but going back to the original point I am 100% behind Grayson’s comments and each time I hear him speak he’s saying the things I want to hear - no doubt he has seen through the holes made under the current set up and equally I have no doubt he has a better solution to fix them, but under his rules. There’s been a fair few critics of SG but his time here is measured in weeks working with someone else’s poor squad and whilst performances could have been better some are expecting a silk purse from a sow’s ear. The German’s have given themselves the best chance of promotion by bringing in Grayson, no one has a CV from this league as good as his, now see it through, recognise his methods are successful and give him the tools which will give us the best chance of promotion.

 

Poppycock.

What has he asked for that A) wasn’t needed or wouldn’t be requested by any manager and B) hadn’t already been discussed by the club as something we need to do?

How is he risking the future of the club? From his statement, he said he wanted assurances about the playing budget. Any person wanting the job would ask the same.

He said he wanted us to sort the pitch. Paula Watson had already said it was a priority and something the club have needed to do for a while but delayed.

He said we needed to make improvements to the training facilities as we haven’t been able to get outside recently (on grass) because of the state of the pitches. Again, something Paula said would be getting rectified come the Summer.

So, from what I’m reading, Grayson is just asking them not to go back on promises made and to provide him with a competitive budget. Hardly getting in the excuses already or holding the club to ransom as some are claiming

 

They will be wanting to keep them strange folk from Wibsey away I should imagine .....

 

Reading that artical I would suggest all that has been said about players not being interested looks like its true when Grayson says if other managers ask about a player I will give a honest answer.
On reading that article and the video interview I hope the owners are prepared to back him finacially because if he walks (without another job lined up) I believe the fans resent unrest will be nothing in comparisons, over to you Edin & Stefan.

 

If we part ways with Grayson, then we know exactly what Edins “ambitions” are and. It confirms that no lessons have been learnt.

Edin Out!!

 

I think we are missing Rupp's name from these negotiations. My understanding is that Edin has nothing left to invest so unless he can convince Rupp that with further investment, he and Grayson can progress the club, we are going nowhere anytime soon.
The worry is, Rupp has backed Edin as far as he is willing to and now he's leaving it up to him to sort it out with whatever finance he can create. From what I can see, that wouldn't leave enough for Grayson to carry out his sweeping changes to personel, the ground and the training facilities.

 

You would have thought that Edin would know that SG was never going to be a budget option. So desire has to be met by shaking the money tree. The outcome without doubt, will be intently awaited by all City fans and serve as an indication of whether our expectations are to be met or not. Crunch time for intent and honest resolve.

 

I give it a couple of weeks at most and there'll be an announcement about Grayson leaving at the end of the season.

There is no way these owners are going to fund the things mentioned in the article and with the poor season ticket sales it's ready made to be blamed on us fans.

I hope I'm wrong I really do but let's be realistic.

 

With having so many good seasons on the bounce expectation has risen massively . Am hoping this is just a blip and next season we can get back on track. Getting Grayson signed up will play a massive part in that . The t and a article does signal that talks are imminent. Let’s hope a agreement can be reached

 

The training pitches and facilities down at Rawdon Meadows are a joint venture with Woodhouse Grove although a seperate company, so they will need involving I would say, but compared with the Valley Parade pitch the Rawdon Meadow pitches are like Wembley.

Next season a new start I've all sorts of different guises for the training ground .

 

Well ambitious comes at a cost Park. He is saying how much (investment from owners may not get it back until much later if at all) do you believe. Saying we are ambitious for Bradford City but we only have one plan does not cut it, and especially as that plan has been found wanting. Also that has to be taken on board with any plan, goal posts are moving every season.

 

Football is unlike any other business in that most clubs finances are underwritten by their owners. Hardly any clubs make a profit and live off cup runs or the selling of their best players. Its simple economics, if your wage bill is more than the money you bring in you will lose money. If you try and break even every year you will be treading water at best. At worst you will sink like a stone.

 

If they want to give their Business the best chance of succeeding that's what they will have to do. They bought it, it's up to them to fund it.

 

You can’t just buy a business then just abandon your responsibilities aka Rupp. Plus and it is a big one, they bought our club on the cheap imo. It cannot have failed their research that pitch and training facilities were not up to standard and if not brought up to standard it would cost them money and interefere with their 3 year plan. It is entirely their lack of business acumen and nous that we are in this state in my view. You start your development squad at the expense of the 1st team and essential repairs and upgrading. They have gone for trying to make money whilst ignoring or hoping more like it would wait; it would only wait if by some miracle we were to gain promotion last year or this. It is the equivalent of painting the outside of your house, in order to make your house look good and attract players and investors, but round the back you have a nasty roof leak.

Now is the time to come up with Plan B, we do have one don’t we?? I strongly suspect Grayson is waiting to hear it.

 

Or it says the Grayson wanted something stupid, new training ground akin to Leeds Thorp Arch set up.

 

Is Grayson the correct candidate to take bcfc forward.

I would like to think the next 6 results and performances are an indicator of whether he can turn around a disjointed team lacking in confidence around.

Can his hard stance with the players work and get the desired effect?

As many questions of Grayson, as there of Rahic..

 

Sorry, i think people are missing my point. What I'm saying is, he talks the talk but as yet, he isn't walking the walk. Sort of

 

We could rent Thorpe Arch and replace LU as they are building a purpose built new training ground and leaving Thorpe Arch but the rent would be to much for us I suspect,
As for our present one it has been upgraded from a Sunday League training area to a good non league semi pro training ground, Ideally we need our own instead of the schools but money is needed elsewhere so will be a low priority for the owners.