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  1. Solentbantam

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    If only there’d been some sort of fans forum event where you could have let him know how you felt
     
  2. NorthernMonkey

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    Billy bantam or Henrietta?
     
  3. NorthernMonkey

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    You could now say the same about Sparks.

    Very visible and vocal when he thought things might go well and as soon as they turned removed all traces of himself on social media.

    That in itself is not necessarily a bad thing either, perhaps it should have been that way from the start but the point I'm making is that if we do eventually achieve any success and he suddenly reappears on these formats he's going to come across in a very poor light imo.
     
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    Cleaning the shitters at Peterborough.
     
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    Quite a lot of hot air. I’m a bit disappointed that Phil (other host) doesn’t challenge him more-we need two strikers of quality and a right back and a centre back and a centre mid.
    When prompted he just effectively says another striker
     
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    He left twitter because he can't handle the truth (that people call him twitter boy)
     
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    He hasn’t got the nerve except behind his keyboard
     
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    I can imagine why he left Twitter, haha, the most sensible figures with a bit of a following on there don't read the replies but I guess that's tough as a CEO when you're expected to respond to legit queries from legit fans.

    Most of what comes back is a nonsensical stream of knee jerk tantrums and long term bile.
     
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  9. How

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    Sparks show.
     
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  10. Sergio Pinto III

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    His track record at City is abysmal. Anybody from the outside looking at his decisions surely cannot want him running their company or club.

    I really hope he suceeds. Seems a genuine fella who is learning the ropes the hard way. But so far he has been terrible. McCall, Turnbull, T&S.....
     
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    I have a feeling he will reappear, he comes across to me at least as someone who would love to be on the Apprentice
     
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    :joy:
    pmsl!
     
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    I'd say he has, in that we should finish higher than last season but nowhere near where we want to be on the pitch. I can't remember which board member on here said in days gone by, we wouldn't know who the CEO was or other board members, only the manager and assistant. That's how it should be in my opinion. The manager is given the budget and it's his job to get us promoted, not the CEO. It's going to be a hard sell anyway to sell season tickets because of the brand of football on offer, but if we do start and climb the table, I'd be happy if Adams did what he did at Morecambe and left.

    All Sparks needs to concentrate on is giving the manager a competitive budget and infrastructure to succeed. We as fans shouldn't need to know much more than that in my opinion.
     
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  14. Mike Hunt

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    Can’t argue with a lot of that mate. Especially the Adams can get us promoted and go, I can see why Morecambe fans weren’t shedding too many tears when he left.
     
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    Anyone willing to summarise?
     
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    Christ is he on again?
     
  17. Lordbantam

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    listen to it again you missed a bit
     
  18. Keefly Bantam

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    Interesting that he has had other job offers in the last 12 months but declined them.
     
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    The City Gent is still up for grabs.
     
  20. Fordy117

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    Get him out! He’s shite!

    Dancer!
     
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