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I think it will Bronco. If it is true I agree we are in this shit but at the minute the negative posters, not just you, are breeding negativity. It's becoming a tiresome job trying to associate with some people who calls themselves fans at the minute not just on here but all the usual social media channels.

We've grown into a culture in which everybody wants things straight away, and if that doesn't happen a mob mentality begins to unfold and it's happening constantly on here. I appreciate people want to voice there opinion as ultimately this is what this board is for, however I'd just like to see a bit more patience, less of this we're are a mess 24/7.

 

How has he destroyed our club? Don't be so bloody melodramatic.

 

For the record Boing I am not and never have been an employee of the Club. I was on the Board from 09 to 16 and paid a fee for the privilege. Since then I have been an Ambassador paying a fee. I have never been paid by the Club but have offset fees for work done (never anywhere near the full value). I am still working on three issues around property and corporate which is my background and have worked and completed several other matters over the last season. I actually have the files for my current stuff in Spain with me now so I can deal with stuff so ex employee - no, a bit concerned yes.
As to the sponsorship matter I think it was Bronco mentioned it but there is common knowledge in the Bradford business community. Hope that helps, back to the San Miguel.

 

Dear diary,
Day 33, page 209:
Becalmed and rudderless still. It's been over a month adrift.
Things aren't going quite as well as I'd hoped.

 

Thank god for that.

 

At least she'd have two up front

 

You can be sure if I won the Euromillions I would be buying the club.

COME ON CIIIITTYY!!

 

So to summarise, we want a coach who has to:

- make lower league 1/2 shite into profitable assets.
- make cast offs from the development squad into profitable assets.
- give game time to development squad players even when they're not good enough.
- achieve promotion on a shoestring.

We don't need a coach, we need Jesus.

 

All 3 of last season's clubs relegated from the championship, promoted. All 3 will have had the biggest budgets in the league, or thereabouts.

Money talks.

The championship is becoming disconnected from us. It'l get harder and harder to get there without extra money being put in.

 

A very damning article if indeed it is accurate, but I guess you only have to look at the events since Edin and Stefan took charge to be able form an opinion of its accuracy.

PP left within days of the initial meetings. McCall, who was apparently never truly at ease with Edins “interference” resulting them having a frosty working relationship, both admitted by McCall and visibly obvious on the Matter of heart DVD whilst discussing transfers. Allegedlly asked to leave following the play off final, of which he refused and then ultimately dismissed 4/5 months after.

Yet I think the most glaring pointer which adds weight to this whole notion being true is the Simon Grayson saga. Proven in this division numerous times. A chap who yeah, seems a little up his own arse, yet knows what it takes to bring success at this level. We had him through the door and following meetings with the chairmen at the end of the season, decides to walk!!! It must have been a pretty dire deal on offer, or the whole method of working to be implemented must have just been unacceptable to him. Rumours of a massively reduced budget yet maintaining the aim of promotion is clearly not something Grayson believed to be possible.

Edin himself stated two weeks ago on the Bantams Banter interview that the recruitment of a new coach was in full swing and we should know something definite by early last week. We’re now late in the following week and still no news. It suggests to me on the balance of probabilities that something has gone wrong, that the shortlisted candidates have indeed turned it down, and it cannot be a coincidence.

This model that is to be implemented is clearly not appealing to any coach worth his salt, word is circulating in both the footballing and media circles and alas we appear to be in one almighty mess. I’m now firmly in the camp that the methods to be employed by these owners is unlikely to bring us anything but a relegation scrap this year. It is both unrealistic and unappealing and I can’t see us getting out of this predicament anytime soon

 

Anyway, we don't need a manager, should be looking for a ringmaster for what really is an 'effin circus......

 

Don’t you think our fans would make toast out of him if things go wrong?

 

That pang of excitement when you see that a new post has been made in the ‘manager thread’.... ‘have we really managed to secure Warburton?’ - nah some bell end has just thought up a new bread based comment

 

It's a rumour not fact..

Wait til we get some facts before topping yourself..

 

What does it matter who the manager is? Come on tbh it doesn’t matter who it is, at best treading water in this league, or a relegation battle. Unfortunately we didn’t bag a billionaire, just a couple of guys who fancied investing in our club. Not sure how money can be made though. Presumably they are going to try to keep us entertained with exciting football. Umph not a chance, no point if we keep losing 5-6.

We are nothing like the udders, they did bag a town fan who happened to be a billionaire. We could fill our stadium every week and still not have enough cash to keep pumping in millions. Yes I know we could fluke it, like Millwall did, but the chances are pretty slim tbh.

I am so disappointed, I was taken in by our new owners. Yes I know this is negative and we are supposed to get behind the club, but it is how I feel. Our best chance of getting out of this league was last year, second best chance was this year. Now we are here for the duration if we are lucky. Even if we fluke it, we cannot sustain ourselves in the Championship.

I said a couple of seasons ago, if we don’t get out of this league our chances of promotion get slimmer as each season goes by. As the parachute payments make almost impossible for us to compete.

 

Can't see the hang up people have about his playing spell here. He got injured very early into the season with an injury that ultimately lead to his retirement 2 years and less than 40 games later. By the time he came back from that the club had changed and the manager had started a mass cull of expensive players.

Before his injury we looked a decent team with a great performance (albeit in defeat) at Anfield, and that win over Chelsea and a decent draw at home to Leicester. A combination of that 6/0 mauling at Old Trafford and his injury then killed our season.

If anything, he should be the one who has bad feelings towards how his spell here virtually killed his career at it's peak rather than fans having bitter feelings about how little value he added due to a career limiting injury.

 

Apparently the two leading candidates in this "dead horse race" have asked for a couple more weeks to "think things over". My response to these two would be to say sorry but we've decided neither of you are for us ! Any applicant who cannot say outright they would accept the job ! and want "edge their bets" on something else cropping up over the next two weeks ? ! Should not be the manager of Bradford City Football Club !

 

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/16271316.Heckingbottom_NOT_a_contender_for_Bantams_job/

I think this may be the diplomatic way of saying - I don't like the sound of what you're offering so I'll use the old "take a break" excuse to get me out of it.

This radical new approach of running things at the club, seems to be frightening off potential managers. My take on this after four weeks is, the calibre of applicants is poor hence the delay to see if anybody half decent will appear on the horizon. It wouldn't surprise me if it's a unknown and the old "Its somebody we've been interested in for a long time" gets trotted out.

 

There’s a deeper context to ‘just finishing 11th’.

In my opinion, tensions that had been held back came to bursting point and our club ‘broke’ mid way through last season. And I don’t believe Edin is capable of repairing it.

Yes we have some keyboard warriors and social media squabbling. But that happens everywhere and it isn’t materially damaging to the club.

Poor recruitment, toxicity amongst the players and around the club, fans leaving in numbers, declining results, the growing farce around the Head Coach recruitment, shocking PR. None of that is down to supporter behaviour on line.

Look at McCall’s words in the press the other day. ‘It didn’t surprise me in the slightest that (Grayson) didn’t stay’. Think about what that really means, both in the context of the words and who said them. Think about what it means when a serial winner takes a good look at us for 4 months and would rather choose unemployment.