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It's too soon.

Had I been hired and promoted by a professional sports organisation in such a short time, I'd be over the moon. I'd be a sponge, I'd be looking to learn literally everything I could, from the ground up.

If I was in Sparks' position when a massive opportunity as the CEO of that same organisation came up, yes I would want to take it. I'd want to show real ambition and grab the brass ring and other silly metaphors, and I'd certainly go for it, 100%. But I'd also be incredibly relieved if someone came in above me, with more knowledge, more experience, and showed me something different to what I'd learned from their predecessor. That way, I'd know more, and be even better equipped in the future. I would personally and professionally improve, whether I agreed with their methods or not.

Hiring Sparks as CEO now basically keeps the backroom staff paper thin, and it's already well below where it needs to be. It reduces the level of experience at the club, even if Rhodes continues to mentor him in an unofficial capacity, or whatever. It leaves the club at the mercy of a guy with very little experience suddenly expected to hire and fire manager and oversee contracts and new signings of players. Even if he had done that while shadowing Rhodes, even if he'd been responsible for the last managerial change, or any of the most recent signings, that does not bode well.

For me, it's a strong, strong no.

Keep this guy on the team, but let him develop. We have to fortify this club, not weaken it - and frankly, if JR leaves and Sparks is promoted, we're gaining nothing. We're simply losing a ton of experience. It has to be replaced somewhere, and realistically, the only place we're filling that gap is with the CEO position.

 

I dont think Rupp is the problem. Its his CEO and Manager assembling shite.

Rupps only issue is he isnt hands on enough. He has left the lid off the jam jar....

 

Another thorough recruitment process been undertaken I see.

 

Congratulations to Ryan he has done a great job commercially. So let’s judge him on how he goes about the job not on preconceived ideas about him.

 

We employed the under 17s bloke as the manager , now we’ve give the press officer the CEO job . Rupp should be ashamed of himself.

 

How was that FTSE company performing when you were appointed to the board? Did you have a properly structured board? Were they struggling, because we are currently sitting in 20th place in the toilet league and not looking like we've got any form of direction, leadership or a plan of how to get us out of this mess.

 

Interesting appointment and let's see what ideas and plans Ryan brings to the table before slagging him off. Reading some of the comments on here you would think the suicide rate will rocket up tonight.

I would like to see a DoF to help Stuart and Kenny with recruitment.

Also a dedicated fitness coach and a defensive coach-even part time would be a start.

The extension of Stuarts contract effectively gives him at least 3 transfer windows to build his team.

I know DMH was a terrible signing but lots of managers sign duff players, so let's not think this is purely a Bradford City problem.

Over to Ryan now to drag this club up off its knees and start some sort of upward movement.

 

You'll be at least leaving the Bradford City Talk section then?

 

A good interview on Radio Leeds just after 6PM with Ryan Sparks conducted by Jamie Raynor. Some good probing, and to be fair, Sparks comes across very well, as you would expect given his previous role.

Good luck to him I say. Certainly not going to go all suicidal and pledge never to watch City again as some fans have done on social media.

 

Listened to him on Radio Leeds. Plenty of the usual stuff about improving recruitment and being ready for January. But we've heard it all before, so I won't hold my breath.

 

Talk is cheap, its on the pitch where it counts. I'd get it if a new owner had come in with new ideas or a new manager with a different approach but this just sounds like the same approach but just rehashed by an enthusiastic guy whos just been promoted. Doesn't take a rocket surgeon to work out we need new recruits to bolster a piss weak squad and that would have to be a completely different approach to our usual january transfer dealings. If they get this window wrong we are in deep trouble.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08zqy2y

For those who've not had a listen.

 

He sounded confident and in control to me. And you have been calling for years for top brass to communicate and in his first day he has probably said more than JR did in the whole time he has been here. But now it’s what actions happen on and off the field that he will and should be judged on

 

Tell you what gets me, Sparks says he's basically been running the show for the past few months anyway. In those few months, we've had a disastrous transfer window and now find ourselves 20th in L2.
Why should we believe that things will just magically change come January?

 

If his grasp of the salary gap is so good, then why didn’t we sign players before the salary gap like Salford, Bolton and others?

 

From what has been told to TCA, Rupp is happy enough to wait it out until someone meets his valuation. That's quoted as being around £10m but surely would be open to some negotiation.

 

God you are miserable. Its a message board. Rumours are posted.

Do you stamp and scream in the transfer thread?

 

Next phone call of the day was to Carlisles owners who were in charge when they let us have Nahki Wells.

 

£13 a game, course you would.....