Most liked posts in thread: Ryan Sparks (New Poll As At 28 March 2024)

Plenty to do on a Saturday. City was once my number 1 priority every weekend. Not anymore.

 

Hes somehow hoping tjat the piss poor recruitment team will somehow pull out a miracle and get us promoted on less money.

Now us older lot who aint renewing will no doubt turn up once this shambles has gone but if thats years down the line what happens to the next generation of City fans ?????

Its simply not the damage being done now its the lasting damage it could cause over the next few years.

Sorry but he simply has to go to many epic fails for him to keep his job .......... to many dumb statements that are smacking him right in the face.

 

I'd like to know of vision, plans and what structures he plans to put in place to get there. he seems to have done a decent job in his other roles within the club but this is a whole new ball game for him. all I can say is good luck, but he's clearly under pressure from day one.

 

I'm going to give him a go. Young, new methods and ideas potentially to bring to the table.

 

Business I work for, we have had managers and directors who have been there 30, 40 years and I wouldn’t put them in the charge of the business, there are one or two in their early 30s I’d happily have on the board. Depends on the individual.

That said at a potential time of crisis I wouldn’t have put a novice in charge, the next six months could see the death of Bradford City if he gets it badly wrong. The fact he’s quoted as having being acting in the role as we sink towards non league is hardly a ringing endorsement.

 

Changed my vote from 'uncertain' to a resounding No! It's been a total disaster.

 

Said it before, will say it again, Rupp is the least of our worries. Yeh he is disinterested, but he isnt bleeding the club dry - he has employed people to run the club for him and they are failing so he needs to act now and put experienced, capable people in charge. Sparks, in his defence has done a decent job off the pitch but on it he has failed miserably with his appointments.

You don't need masses of investment to get out of L2, see previous promotions, we create enough revenue to be competitive.

 

I will renew my ST next month, however, if we start next season under the same regime and no sign of improvement, I will pick and choose gamez and start taking in games at Thackley FC

 

I think other than the ‘give him a chance ffs’ brigade, we know who they are as they do it for every garbage player and manager that comes through the door even though it always ends the same way, people knew it was too big of a gamble. The writing was on the wall from day one, contrary to what a few think we all care about the club but all we could do was cross our fingers that he’d be some sort of whizz kid, he wasn’t he’s as useless as expected unfortunately for the fans who are ultimately the ones suffering.

 

No

Lazy, cheap appointment, barely out of nappies.

feck this club.

Has got a clue on how the run a football club.

Note... I didn't say ''professional''

 

A 29 year old rookie. You just couldn’t make it up. But at the same time, you wouldn’t expect any more from this joke of a club.

Complete mockery of the club, it’s fans, and its history. Now is the time for experience and proper direction not a cheap gamble.

 

It was obvious from Rhodes statement last month when he said he’d identified a replacement but not naming him yet, he was training him up. I predicted Sparks on the original CEO thread. He’s going to get a lot of flak but he seems bright, personable, he may do a great job, it just worries me when he states how close he is working with McCall, he’s not going to have the balls to sack him when the time inevitably comes.

 

There’s obviously lots happening behind the scenes that we’re not privy to. He could be doing a fantastic job under the circumstances, but we don’t know.
In a settled environment where he can concentrate on his own job, he might do well. I think it’s too hard to call without knowing the facts.

 

“he’s pretty much been acting as the CEO the last year” - that is not an endorsement while this club sleep walks to non league and probably oblivion after 3 years of pure and utter failure. I’m great at my job as an analyst, I care, I work hard. Doesn’t make me a candidate for a CEO position.

 

On a slightly more serious note if you think this is anything other than bad for the club you're deluded. Sparks might be the nicest bloke in the world. He might have lived locally all his life and have been conceived in the toilets. It doesn't stop the fact he has absolutely no experience whatsoever with the position he's taking on. Is mostly a cheap internal promotion, and also that's he's a PR man. Expect the radio silence whenever we're on our arse to continue all the way down to the conference.

 

3 of my family out of 5 of us that are season ticket holders are not renewing. 2 of them have not attended since Christmas such is how they have felt for the past few months

 

The problem we have he doesn’t see them as poor decisions. Yes he has lost money I THINK but as long as the club stays sustainable he is ok. What he fails to see is that when Rhodes advised him it was the best way to run the club, he failed to notice that cup runs kept us going, sale of assets, and anything else that wasn’t nailed down. You cannot run a competitive club sustainably, even the top clubs can’t/won’t.

The “fans fury” is just that and will blow itself out, especially if the team are doing well. U fortunately for him, we have the perfect storm, season ticket sales for our 6th successive season in lg2, team can’t win an argument, very poor communication with the fans, and the floor is littered with broken promises. The fans have had enough. Calculating how many will fail to renew is for the birds, so although a price increase would not have put many off, it now will add to the burden of not having enough to sustain us. The cliff edge is approaching!

 

One vote ‘for’ Ryan. Who asked where he was? He’s on here it seems!

 

You’re right. Just a heat of the moment comment in anger at the appointment. Apologies.