Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Home v Northampton Sat 20th Nov @3.00pm

I wouldn't take any notice of Watmough WW. He loves to say anything that is completely the opposite to your opinion, just to start an argument. Only his opinion counts you know.
You say black, he'll say white.
Waste of space that bloke, no time for him whatsoever.

 

Watch the fcd one again. Two footed and off the floor. We would be apoplectic if that had gone against us, especially right in front of the lino and fourth official.

Don't think the songo'o one was even a foul, and didn't see the gilliead one.

 

Wouldn't p*** on him if he was on fire, would for Fordy though!!!

 

Ah the wonder that is gamesmanship! If they do it to us, they're snide cheating bastards. We do it to them and it's brilliant game management. It's part and parcel of the game, always has been, always will be. Managers like Brady who complain about it are hypocritical bastards who also do anything they can to get the three points without getting half their team booked or sent off.

The FA could solve alot of this overnight, but have continually been to craven or couldn't care less. To wit, a la Rugby Union, only the captain is allowed to approach or question the referee.

 

The referee was poor, plus he had obviously told his assistants what to flag for and what not to flag for.
Gillead had every right to go for that ball with the keeper and barely caught him yet he gets booked. Then in the aftermath their player pushes Gillead in the chest with both hands and no action is taken, I thought that was a sending off offense.

 

Priceless, every Forum needs a Fordy!

 

Still not answered it, repeating your usual bs rhetoric is not an answer.

 

well it made me laugh. @simons (woking bantam) - I have no fing idea what it was on about but Fordy must surely only speak truth to management strategies.

 

I'm now grinning trying to imagine Roger's face as he read that. Is it too early for me to have a beer?

 

It made a big loss in 2019 which Rupp covered. He's into this club for £7million and could easily have cut his losses back then, leaving us to Edin and knowing he would be out of the firing line back in Germany. Give the man some credit.

He's got himself into a situation he didn't want and would be mad to throw more money at it. He doesn't want to own a football club and we have no divine right to expect him to put more in.

What we need is a manager (which hopefully we have now) who can get us out of this league, make us more sellable and someone to come along who does want to own a club. That's why Adams is right to take complete control, shimmy Sparks off into the world of just writing cheques and continue to back his (Adams) own ability to see the job through.

If that's next season, then so be it. We really don't want to be a Bolton who will rumble from one financial crisis to another.

 

Plymouth are a big club and he’s handled the pressure of 10,000+ crowds there. There’s no doubting the man’s credentials as he’s won promotions at Morecambe and Ross County too on smaller budgets.

 

Probably best summed up by Mr Sparks
“I liken Bradford City to an oil tanker,” he adds. “The biggest size, too. There are a number of clubs in Leagues One and Two — and even the Championship, really — that are speedboats in comparison. That means they can change course quickly, whereas we take some turning.

“We are on with that now but it is nowhere near done yet. What I do believe, though, is that once this oil tanker is up to speed at about 25 knots and moving in the right direction, it will take some stopping.”

 

Which isn't going to happen under Rupp an owner not interested and I doubt that cares.

A CEO thats a novice

And other dancers.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!! The club is a mess.

I agree with you fully on the DOF. This Adams we trust to run our club is laughable. It's a joke but he is allowed because of Rupp & Sparks but it highlights they don't know what they are doing. Not a chance they will get a DOF in. Adams would beat them. They are scared of Adams already.

 

Whilst i do agree having a good DoF is a fantastic idea, the amount of money required to build a recruitment team would be millions of pounds. Really a team is needed rather than just one man. Like brentford or norwich. Even Barnsley has a really good footballing department.

Really thats pinned on the wish-list till we get into the championship imo.

 

He gets a prize for stating the bleeding obvious. In fairness he's right, anything could happen from now till the end of the season. And I think he realises, after various quotes over the the last couple of months, that this squad of players isn't good enough. It's what is done to change these weaknesses that will determine our season.

 

A Director of Football is usually just a very experienced manager.

What's critical is the DoF has a vision, the club have a vision, those visions are the same and agreed upon, and the burden is thus eased for whoever comes in to manage the first team affairs of the club.

Who we would try to attract would depend on which course we wanted to take and what style of football we wanted to imprint as a club culture and identity. There's no point having a DoF if you don't want continuity. There's no point hiring one if you're happy bouncing from direct ball merchant to counter attacking football to ticka tacka (or whatever that term is). You only need one if you want a consistent direction - hence the word 'Director'.

I personally hate the lack of direction this club has had since the Premier League. Even when we stumbled upon Parkinson and all the success he brought, we did absolutely nothing to continue moving in that direction. We hit the reset button and hired Stuart, then hit the reset button multiple times thereafter, and here we are; directionless in League Two.

You're right, you get what you pay for. At the minute we are paying £0 to ensure the club moves forward in a specific direction, and we're sampling the fruits of that as we speak.

 

We had a discussion about this time last year how Bolton and Ian evatt would do. You were completely wrong about that and what your mates in the boardroom meetings were saying. Have a look at the league one table tonight. Completely turned them around without a pot to piss in this time last year.
At least Fordy has been right on occasion