Most liked posts in thread: McCall IN/OUT (with new Poll)

I have tried to fully back Stuart, I really have.

I can't anymore, I've changed my vote, McCall needs to leave.

He can't control his temper and his morale isn't lifting the spirit of the team. We need a manager that is good at lifting players spirits, if I was a Bradford City player I would feel pretty deflated after hearing his post match interviews recently.

I really hope I'm wrong, I hope he turns it around and proves everyone wrong, but I'm sorry, I just can't back him as a manager anymore. I don't see him turning this around.

Stuarts attitude overall isn't one of uplifting a teams spirit, it's one of anger and resentment, I don't like how he gets angry at the post match interviewer. He had his chance to come back and vindicate himself after being unfairly sacked by Rahic, Stuart is starting to fail now. Stuart did well last time before Rahic tried to micro manage him and then sacked him, but last time Stuart inherited a good squad from Parky.

No excuses anymore, Stuart, you're a Bradford City legend on the pitch, but off the pitch you're not the man to take us back up to League One. The way things are going we're going to slide further down the table.

Again I really hope I'm wrong, I'm not one to be pessimistic with my outlooks but I gotta be realistic about what I'm seeing on and off the pitch, Stuart has been given a good solid chance to prove himself and he's failing.

I know people are saying people above Stuart behind the scenes are also to blame, but look at where we were when Parky took over, he took a shoestring budget team and turned us into Playoff winners and cup runners, I don't think Stuarts ability is anywhere near that.

I expected Mid-table this season but right now we're gonna be struggling to stay in the football league and I don't want to see our club end up like Notts County, York City, Chesterfield and Stockport County.

Sorry Stuart buddy but I think it's time you step aside and let someone come and give the fans and squad the morale boost we all sorely need.

We shouldn't be going into a match against Tonbridge Angels worrying about getting beat again, we should be excited for the FA Cup, instead we're worried about being humiliated by a team 2 leagues below us.

It's very possible they have the ability to beat us, simply because this squad is lacking the morale boost, team spirit, training and leadership it sorely needs. If we got beat by Tonbridge and had better morale on and off the pitch it wouldn't matter, but for me when I see morale getting lower and lower week in and week out it's not a good sign. Low Morale leads to relegation.

Sorry a bit of an essay there by myself, please prove me wrong Stuart, get me happy clapping again.

 

Never mind us, I hope it's the minimum objective of the players as well!
Roy Keane made an interesting comment about the Man U players last night; he said it shouldn't be Ole's job to motivate them once they cross the line because they should already have all the motivation they need inside themselves, and he's right.
I know there's a world of difference between playing at Old Trafford and Valley Parade, but if you are a professional footballer at any level, you should always have the passion and desire to win every game and if you don't, you might just be in the wrong job. I'd love to see a bit of fire in the belly from our lads tomorrow and a bit of belief in themselves and each other, because at this level, that alone can sometimes be the difference in whether you get something from the game or you don't.

 

Whether it has been forced upon due to our poor recruitment or it is his choice, I do like the fact that McCall is giving so many young players a go.

We have Staunton playing regularly and then other academy players such as Cousin-Dawson, Sikora and Scales all in and around the first team. Add to that the other first team players such as Watt, Wood, French and Cooke who are all early twenties.

I’m not saying they will all make it as quality players but at least we’re giving a few younger players a chance. I’d rather watch a team of prospects lose than a team of overpaid, over the hill flops lose like we have had in recent years. You never know, a few of them may develop into decent players and valuable assets.

 

Not too sure about that Inspector. If for example, we had brought in a Richie Wellans, do you think that we would have played so pathetically again today?
A new Manager can instil a new mindset/ideas and passion into various players.
I am now firmly in the "McCall Out" camp after seeing that he has dropped back into his previous ways/excuses.
If the Manager was Bowyer, Grayson, Hopkin, Collins etc then almost everyone would be screaming for his dismissal, but somehow McCall seems to be continually free from any/all blame.

 

Can't have some of them, Marshall had a better season than any Reid had, Charlie Wyke did alright for us and O'Donnell is no worse than Doyle. Give you the others although Mellor wasn't really a McArdle replacement.

 

I was hoping that we could bumble along for the next few weeks, safe enough, that a manager change could be done to align with the plan of the new CEO - though if that CEO is Sparks, then I don't really think it matters anyway - but I don't see how we can continue. Without change, this side will go down. McCalls interview last night sounded desperate.

 

Can we withdraw the contract extension and move heaven and earth to get Parky and Parkin back now that they are available. I can but dream I suppose

 

Good

 

Please let this all end now. No matter what we think of him as manager, its quite distressing listening to him now. It's just like the end of his first spell as manager when he kept losing it in post match interviews

I said right from the start, we should never have brought him back, he was finished as a manager after his time at Scunthorpe. It was always going to end up like this again.

 

I'd have more respect for Sparks if he admitted his mistake at giving Stuart a new deal and pulled the plug on this farce.

 

Unless someone actually signs for the club then it's just nonsense propaganda.

We've had since Christmas, when Vaughan first went on loan to source possible replacements incase he did leave permanently and the best we can come up with is a list of 4 names, one who was a former player and one who's perennially linked with the club?

 

You forgot a recognized right back and a ball winning midfield general captain
Complacency is the word you are looking for the club are happy to sell 14000 season tickets and if they read some of the comments from certain posters on here think "all is rosy"
They are stuck in their comfort zone with very little ambition to change things round
What's needed as well as team strengthening is leadership from the top at the moment it seems no one cares enough to drive us forward

 

Great team talk at half time to inspire the team to keep a clean sheet and score 2. Onwards and upwards.

 

Best manager we’ve had since McCall was here last time around.

 

You have some valid points. What a shame you have to spoil it by talking of a City legend in such a derogatory way by calling him 'Teflon'. Despite what your opinion may be of SM, at least pay him some respect. After all, i value his opinion, as a professional footballer and respected manager, above yours.

 

Not sure, but to date Im enjoying the type of player McCall is bringing in on his 1st summer window. Think its a case of shipping out the shit from previous myself.

 

oh, listen to mr important. Your track record speaks for itself.

Constant moaning, and to be honest one of the reasons I give this forum a by.