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I am amazed at how many so called fans would call it a day if x or y got the job.
There are lots of managers looking for work , the majority all have similar career records and have failed somewhere.
The only thing special about Bradford city is ,its special to us the fans, just like any other club.
Whoever gets the job will get my backing until they have proved to be capable or otherwise of managing this football club to better days.

 

Not sure how old Sydney bantam is, but he obviously never saw Stuart play for this club. You can use many words to describe Mccall , non of them negative, especially fraud.

 

I just can't do with comments like that, if he/she never saw him play they should educate themselves, what he and the others players did after that fateful day deserve far more respect for that one reason alone attending funerals visiting at hospitals etc.
Stuart could have gone the season before the nearly season but stayed to try and get HIS CLUB promoted, he never achieved it first time round so he returned to finish the job when he could have earned far more playing elsewhere, unless of course its a wind up and if so it's tasteless.

 

Some posters on here were saying Sparks was clueless for appointing Truman and Sellars after they took 34 points from 15 games, choosing Adams who’d just got Morecambe promotion and choosing Hughes who was an experienced Premier league manager. Now people are wanting McDonald after one win. As I’ve said earlier recruitment of a manager is not an exact science,it’s a difficult choice and bringing in a director of football makes it no easier. About 40 managers will be sacked this season and some of those will have an experienced director of football. I don’t envy Sparks as unless the new manager goes on an amazing run he’ll be told he’s useless by some on here.

 

Don’t take the P out of fans for wanting the best for our club. Long shot of course, but we are beginning to look like the proverbial losers. I have been watching City mainly in the 4th Division since 1967. It doesn’t get any easier I can tell you. I am just about done, the lack of professionalism that is running through our club is the biggest reason we are in this mess.

However, the way fans are treated by this club is a disgrace. We have had no statement from the owner or club, apart from an instagram post from Rupp wagging his finger at fans for not believing in the team after the Newport game which shows how naive he is about football, one win does not make a summer.

The fans from this club are exceptional, they have endured serious financial mismanagement that nearly saw the end of this club and being permanent fixtures in the 4th division and still they come in their thousands, plus special mention to away supporters.

 

He failed as our manager for sure but no need for those sort of comments give the man the respect he deserves.

 

It's getting to the point that if we manage to appoint anyone it will be a coup.

 

Would Sparks have the balls to sack Hughes? Not anytime soon id imagine.
I believe Hughes thinks he’s untouchable. His recent post match interviews have come across like he’s not bothered. He doesn’t agree with the problems that we see on the pitch and it feels very much to me like he feels no pressure in the job at all. I don’t want that from my manager. I want them to feel the pressure. I want them to acknowledge that the team were boo’d off and that the first 8 games haven’t been good enough.
He’s a very wealthy man who has played and managed at the top table. I feel that he’s treating this job as some kind of hobby.
I don’t think he sends his teams into battle like the other managers do in this league. I just don’t think he gets it.
Sparks will hold little to no authority over him and to be honest I don’t think MH will have to answer to anyone at Bradford City.
I can’t watch what he’s serving up anymore and I want him gone.

 

You are a disgrace uttering comments like that about a club legend.

 

Unusual name but I'll give him a chance.

 

That makes loads of sense.

Line up a job, basically agree to it, remember you actually have a family and a house, and realize you can't take the job.

I'm gonna start doing this.

I'm gonna apply for jobs in Inverness, get there, interview really well (lol), and when I get the job offer say "Oh, I'm sorry, I just realized I live in Eccleshill. That's miles away. What were you guys thinking?"

 

It is. So would you have applied for a job in Portsmouth, without discussing it with your wife and kids first? Of course not.

Unless you were prepared to live away from your family for a chunk of time (as many players and managers do) and your family was ok with this, you wouldn’t have made the application, knowing full well how far from home it was and how disruptive it would be to your kids.

Sorry, but it just doesn’t wash as a credible explanation. It’s a smokescreen to avoid having to say, “I was really interested in the job, but when I saw the state of the squad, and realised what a car crash the club is, I decided it was a poison chalice that I don’t want to drink from”.

 

spot on. They both have a funny green line on their face

 

Got to the point that sadly i simply dont care the next messiah will walk in do little and it goes on again it needs someone that needs to come in and look at why the footballing side us getting it so badly wrong ........... 6 years at the level with a fanbase of 17k honestly its a disgrace

 

I’m so depressed looking at the names linked. Not that I expected any less but the list is very grim.
Richardson while hailed as a hero at Wigan had a huge budget for league one when he got them up and if you read up on him his tactics sound dreadful. I think he would be a massive risk.

 

I’ve kept my powder dry on this thread so far, but I must thank big Kev for giving me my enthusiasm back which had totally gone under Hughes.

That said I hope there is a proper interview process going on for the next manager, and we don’t just give it to him on the back of a couple of games. I don’t want another appointment that we’ve gone after because they performed miracles on a low budget or hire someone because we’re starry eyed at their name. It’s about time the club had an identity and recruited accordingly. If Kev wants to apply then great, but we need a proper process. It always staggers me how quick people are to swing one way or another depending on a couple of games. Had Austin not missed two absolute sitters and Wimbledon not hit the post this place would be in meltdown at not appointing someone by now.