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January transfer window

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Rogered Tart, Nov 18, 2021.

  1. Fordy117

    Fordy117 Just call me Mr Flip-Flop!
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    Look, why do people not understand their football club?

    January is just as important for every other club in professional club but when we build it up it’s because deep down we know the owner and the CEO won’t deliver.

    The utter nonsense Adams came out with about the loan market made me cry with laughter but for me it seems we didn’t enter it because we want to try cover the cracks in Jan and Spark come out with his standard BS.

    The club is a mess! Any club that talks up the Jan window like it’s Christmas is in a mess.

    While Rupp owns this football club we will be a mess!
     
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  2. Tom Hallett

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    And we train at a school !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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  3. HaworthBantam99

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    Looking at National League goal scorers, Tshimanga from Chesterfield is top with 17 goals but with his age and record it's highly unlikely we could afford him, as they'd want around 500k minimum, then again that could pay for their frost covers

    An interesting addition could be Joe Sbarra from Solihull Moors, a goal-scoring midfielder with 7 already this season, approaching 23 but his out of contract next summer, has experience playing in Championship/L1 with Burton. Don't know how much he would cost but certainly be someone to look out for considering we don't have any goal scoring midfielders
     
  4. 13eta

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    Hopefully our new ‘scouting’ network is performing this kind of research. Young player, coming up in performance and out of contract soon so should be cheaper.

    random name to throw out there I read yesterday Gai Assulin is looking to get back into professional football-surely worth a trial

     
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  5. How

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    Think he was talked about on here last summer Tshimanga. Sadly think that ship has well and truly sailed now with our budget
     
  6. Mike Hunt

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    Tshimanga’s name has been mentioned for a few years now. £250k for him and the extra £500 a week we skimped on to miss Stockton instead of Lavery and Robinson and the club would have been top of the league.
    And yes I did say Stockton was a one season wonder. Proved me wrong. It Lavery and Robinson can do the same I’ll be a happy man.
     
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  7. Bronco

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    His career pre last season for Morecambe I'd say a one season wonder was about right but as you say happy to be wrong.
     
  8. 1975citygent

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    Same old.
     
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  9. Fordy117

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    You talking about yourself again?
     
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    Like I have said before Fordy you and I have a lot in common with some of our views on the Bantams. Like you I'd like a new owner but at the moment we are stuck with what we've got.
    I wanted and still do want promotion this season but I also felt it might take Adams more than a couple of transfer windows to clear the decks of contracted players. Although I am ever the optimist I am also realistic about the situation we are in.
    On the results over the last 20 games Adams warrants the sack but we keep doing that, it hasn't worked and who do we replace him with?
     
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  11. Fordy117

    Fordy117 Just call me Mr Flip-Flop!
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    We replace Sparks. We need a CEO that knows what he’s doing not learning on the job.

    Adams can’t go on for much longer if he doesn’t get results mate. Don’t worry about who. Adams is manager that gets judge on results.

    The club urgently needs to get rid of all the dancers and have straight talking people around it that really truthfully want to move this club forward and getting rid of Sparks has to be the answer for now.
     
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  12. Mike Hunt

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    How does replacing Sparks make a difference on the field? He’s appointed the right man in Adams, and so far as I can tell is making the right moves regards bringing extra revenue in.

    He’s also made all the right noises about not tolerating mediocrity and changing the culture at the club.

    Ryan is answerable to Rupp. If Rupp says I’m not putting any money in, you have to be self sufficient the Sparks has a choice, follow Stefan’s instructions, resign or ignore them and get fired. Any CEO would be in the same position.

    What’s let City down is the recruitment, whether that’s Turnbull or Adams, it’s been shocking. The fact that Turnbull has gone, Ryan’s decision, suggests the cause of that.

    Ryan’s made mistakes, but your continued ranting about him without any substantive reasons other than some bullshit about dancers and his experience gives you less credibility than usual.
     
  13. Fordy117

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    Because Rupp owns the business like it or not. In the perfect world Rupp sells up today but that’s not going to happen. If it’s not going to happen then we need a CEO that bloody well knows what he is doing rather than trying to learn on the job. Rupp isn’t interested in the club. How on earth is the club going to move forward with an owner that’s not interested and a CEO that doesn’t know what he is doing? Please tell me that?

    as, for dancers. For too many people feel this club can’t do wrong or is perfect and are scared to say it’s faults. The club is getting nowhere with people with their head in the sand. Rupp’s ownership would be questioned at most other clubs to a point of driving him out.

    As for recruitment letting City down, didn’t you listen to Billy Clarke? You can’t season after get rid of a load of players then start all over again. It doesn’t work. It’s not work. You need a coach that can improve players. You need to bring in quality not numbers and build.

    We didn’t even have a scouting system until this summer. That’s a disgrace.

    As for Adams being the right man. Come on you full well know Adams like all managers get judged on results and if you think the results are currently good enough then I am sorry you need a strong word with yourself.

    Oh and Sparks bringing in the extra revenue. I will wait unit I see the accounts to see if this is correct. We are having to sell the likes of Crankshaw and looking to get Watt out. So, this extra revenue isn’t making a difference and I haven’t seen any fugues that these so called deals have generated have you?

    My posts have full credibility thanks. We are in div 2 with no assets and no direction. I think we all have the right to question failure.
     
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  14. Rogered Tart

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    What exactly is it you want Sparks to do other than what he has done already? You do understand he has no money to work with? He has brought in a proven manager. I'll accept the recruitment has been appalling and the likes of Adams and Turnbill and previous incumbents need to accept shared blame for what has effectively stopped our club moving forward. Don't get me wrong there are things about Sparks that grate with me such as his sales patter which at times is cringeworthy but apart that Im not sure what you expect a CEO with no money to do?
     
  15. Fordy117

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    Step aside and admit for the the good of the club he isn’t ready for this position under this current situation.
     
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  16. Rogered Tart

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    What exactly will that achieve? Another CEO will have exactly the same problems. If we were a bigger club then I'd say you have a point but we are a very small business.
     
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  17. Fordy117

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    We need experience cant you understand that? When you have an owner that not interested then you need experience in the boardroom. The size of our business doesn’t matter on that front.
     
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    So we continue to rip it up and start all over again? Supposing Adams doesn't get on with the new CEO or those in key positions decide to leave with Sparks. Potentially we'll have a man in charge with no one left in the building. Are you willing to take that chance? Both you and Sparks have something in common in that you both love soundbites. It's easy to come on here and say what we need without the first clue about how it's achievable. You're living in cloud cuckoo land. Of course we'd all love a new owner, experienced CEO and manager who gets wins, but it's hard enough getting one right, never mind all 3 that you demand to be changed.
     
  19. Mike Hunt

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    Changing the CEO might make a small difference, but Ryan seems to be doing ok. As for learning on the job, I’ve been doing my job at varying levels of seniority for over 20 years and I’m still learning new things. If I wasn’t I would be failing.

    Before that we had Julian Rhodes. Steady pair of hands but you only need to look at the changes Sparks has made to see how uninspiring he was.

    Replace Ryan and you still have the same problems, absent owner, expensive stadium, league two football and need to bring in more money. Ryan has experienced people around him and as irritating as he can be with his management buzzwords, he’s not an idiot. It’s the owner than needs to change.

    As for bringing in money. There was a new commercial deal every week for a while, they might not be on the scale of a Man Utd deal with Adidas but they’re not going to the making the situation worse are they? If we needed to sell Crankshaw to balance the books, then hopefully Stefan we see his mistake, but without those deals Longo and Sparks have done, it might have been worse, it’s not going to have been better is it?

    Adams isn’t getting results, but he knows how to run the sporting side of a football club, and that’s a good thing. Ryan was too naive or optimistic with his promotion or failure line, we all know it was to sell season tickets, but when Derek goes he’ll leave City a better set up than when he arrived. I want promotion this season, but it’s not happening. I’m confident of it next season though.

    The club is better off the field than it has been in years, I think that will translate on to the pitch sooner or later. Changing Adams and Sparks isn’t the right thing to do today. It might be tomorrow but first we need rid of Stefan Rupp.
     
  20. XCIV_Bantam

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    well said.

    I was disappointed with sparks when he was first announced, but he has surpassed expectations. I am happy with his appointments and the cash flow he as brought into the club. First time we have actually poached a manager since the 2000s.
     
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