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Disagree with you on this one Dave

The majority of fans (rightly) moan about the lack of forward progression over the last 5/6 seasons. This is caused by 2 people - Sparks and Rupp. Nobody is sticking the knife into Bradford City FC, the common thing we all love dearly. Hence the title of this thread

How any supporter can defend those 2 clowns absolutely beggars belief

 

Do you believe that Rupp would have drafted the statement he put out if there wasn’t the protest and fan unrest about how the season had panned out ?

 

To all - I apologise for bringing his name into this thread...it's certainly sparked a debate though!! But it was for those exact reasons above Rog that I did, it wasn't for his podcast!! He also had a transfer policy as well didn't he if I remember...less than a year to go and you were on the list!! Irrespective of who you were!!

A POLICY!! IMAGINE THAT!!

We have none, flip flopping between styles of play. God knows how many managers make us a laughing stock! One manager by spam folder, one manager on second refusal!! Signing age old players on long term contracts, unproven players on long term contracts. Recruitment head, Adams 3 scouts, Head of recruitment again.....

Look at Stockport - a plan.
Barrow - a plan. Look at the YouTube vid that was aired on this forum.
Lincoln - a plan. From their appointment:

"Lincoln chairman Clive Nates described Skubala as a "progressive appointment" who matches the Imps' ethos on developing players and a style of play.

The new boss, however, said "patience" will be needed before be can truly impose himself on how Lincoln play, but he wants a team that "pushes to win games" and is not "afraid to lose".

"I want to change the team to play in a really exciting way and style of football, but the team has to come with me. I can't just do it.

"It's about evolution with the team and not revolution.""

Our resident whaler may not like FGR as well but look at their progression over the years.

Ryan knows nothing about football and it shows!!

Even I had a plan for the long term development and style of play at my grassroots football club...started with U6s years ago and now U17s/18s winning stuff with a style of play!!

 

Look at Stockport - a plan.
Barrow - a plan. Look at the YouTube vid that was aired on this forum.
Lincoln - a plan.

Even I had a plan for the long term development and style of play at my grassroots football club...started with U6s years ago and now U17s/18s winning stuff with a style of play!![/QUOTE]

In an even larger concept from 15 or so years ago...English FA realised that the country was going nowhere. They took a couple of years to go and observe the winning European Federations - Spain, France, Germany et al. Their set up from the kids, to U21s to full squad. They started to implement a philosophy and a plan, at grassroots and upwards. We are now seeing that in our young talent which is now the envy of Europe and why we are at the cutting edge of tournaments....

A Philosophy and a plan!!

 

Spot on.

Get to f**k Sparks, Rupp, Gent. Responsible for an absolute shambles, and none of them are fit to fill leading roles at this club.

 

Gent DM'd him on Linkedin, hardly a well thought out search to recruit him was it? A few duds too? If you're on the wind up then fair play because this is a cracker.

You talk about the legacy of the last 12 months regarding Hughes, when it's been 6 years of the same thing? So each manager had a legacy we had to undo and that doesn't ring any alarm bells?

Clubs have gone into admin in the meantime and done better, this Rahic excuse is so boring. How long has it been now

TLDR; I think we're at the point where if you can't tell what the problem is then you'll never get it. Same as those who would've thought Rahic wasn't a problem. I mean to even use the "Rupp doesn't pick the team or sign players" logic is just concerning.

 

A nice write up from an outsider outlining the state of where we're at;

https://unexpecteddelirium.substack.com/p/are-bradford-city-becoming-league

 

Don't talk rubbish. Stop trying to make a narrative that isn't there. That somehow there isn't an owner out there that wouldn't actually push us forward. And lets not kid ourselves here, it ain't Rupp who has this club financially sound, he's in for millions. Its the fans, yes those often maligned but very loyal fans that have this club being self sufficient. Because Ryan admitted the owner ain't putting any money in, its the fans and the hard work of the commercial team that sees this club able to pay the bills.

 

You can only bullshit for so long before people see right through you. Sparks had the advantage of being an unknown with fresh ideas when he took the role. As in any industry, the longer you fail, the more people see that you don't know what you're doing and the soundbites sound more ridiculous. The Cowleys won't be the first to run a mile.

 

Large fanbase nonsense? We literally have one of the highest gates outside of the Championship, home and away. Single city club, 7th biggest City in the country.

Its not fact at all. The lack of assets is simply something to be reflected in the asking price. Various clubs don't own their stadium but still attract investment. What value is the asset, unless you're planning to sell it? There's a plethora of lower and non-league clubs who attract investment/new ownership despite having non-league standard grounds.

Potential owners are put off because the asking price is ridiculous. Paying £6m, relegating the club and reducing the value and quality of the squad, eroding our reputation by cycling through managers and expecting £10m is ridiculous. Its nothing to do with ownership of the ground.

 

Douglas didn't say he's put more in. He hasn't. The Lewis (and Young) sale prevents him from having to do so.

 

Just to add, I believe what GA has talked about is a preference to work with a smaller squad. Not a lower cost squad. And I think he's right. What's our squad size now, about 30? Way too big. Once you go above 22/23 senior pros, with a couple of first year pros, you have problems and unless you're a money bags outfit - which we're patently not - you've diluted quality. We should be putting as much as we can into the highest quality squad of around 22/23.

 

I barely stood up to be honest. Even when we score the apathy just pours out of me because there's absolutely zero connection with the club anymore.

 

Lets bloody hope so. We need a complete clear out at the top with a fresh vision and blueprint for the next 5-10 years.

How long ago was it when AFC Bournemouth and Luton Town were both near the bottom of Div 4 in the same season?

I spoke with a fan today who said we need to stop thinking we are a big club and accept we are just a 4th div club. It's that lack of ambition that will eventually kill the club. Imagine if Luton or Bournemouth had taken that view point.

 

If the guy you say has us over a barrel had not bought the ground we may not have had a club never mind pitch to play on.

 

I was out with the family last night grandsons birthday. We number 12 ST between us. It is very doubtful that any of us are renewing such is the state of the club. Not one of us have renewed yet. The older family members have had season tickets for 30+ years and been going to watch city since the 50’s. Not one of us could remember a time like this but it feels like the admin years.

 

Meanwhile the Bismarck sails round in circles waiting for the next salvo of shells to hit it.

 

I wasn't a million miles off with this.

 

So in Parker’s post match report, he says we had the 8th highest wage budget in league 2. Yet, Sparks insisted we had a competitive top 3 budget. Born liar strikes again!

I sincerely hope the first departure from the club that we announce is Sparks. He has continually bullshitted his way through his time at Bradford and has repeatedly had the fans’ pants down