Ryan Sparks

I think they have a good idea who they want, but I suppose it’s whether they can agree terms or if we get some unexpected applicants that make them think ‘hang on’

 

That might not be a bad thing, given how having a good idea of who we wanted turned out last time!

 

Who knows, maybe so but…….

I totally understand what is being said .Surely we all agree it should be done properly, otherwise how can the best person for the post be arrived at.

Watford are bloody stupid…They just recruit anyone who is free at the time on a minimalist contract. Then it becomes a managerial roundabout……exactly where we are?

 

You do know you can just log off?

No one is forcing you (or anyone else) to read any social media.

 

Well, if we make an assumption that they are a well thought of manager and hopefully relatively successful then unless they're having an atypically poor season or drop out of contention for whatever they're competing for soon it seems possible we'll be waiting until the end of the season as the club they are at won't be wanting them to leave.

 

Sounds just like last year

 

Are you thinking Wild? I was thinking more McCann

 

No idea mate. Personally hope he takes some time and does some soundings and makes a good decision.

 

Regarding Sparks but I feel he is very much the least of our issues.

Carry on.

 

Only one team can be certain of promotion and the odds on that are against the rest. We can't just flip a switch to be that club and there can be no guarentees with any appointnent. In my view the culture running through the Club is paramount and the way forward is deternined by this, any quick fix will fail later. I was ridiculed previously for stating the importance of a corporate identity and subsequent dna but Paul Jewel as just implied it's importance also . So, imo, there are other factors for consideration apart from,but connected with any Managerial appointment, which will address the entire structure.A decision which now needs the expertise of some one experiened and versed in such to support Ryan.Chemistry and balance are essential in the rebuild. Complete conviction and committment has to come from the top otherise we will continue treading water.

 

For me I just don't think the club knows what it wants or needs at the moment. There's a desperate need to get back into league 1, but there's also a feeling that we need to build infrastructure behind the scenes. I think to have both is a bit like having your cake and eating it though, unless you get lucky.

When Sparks took over i don't think he had a particular roadmap out of league two in mind, but there were two things he seemed to want to avoid: (1) The Parky situation, where he built his own thing and when he left he took everything with him.(2) The Rahic situation, a CEO who took too much control and didn't give the manager enough freedom to do things his way.

To implement a recruitment or fitness model etc you probably have to own the fact that you're restricting the manager's control on the bigger footballing picture, and have to employ a manager who's happy to fit into the pre- existing model. Rahic wanted to do it and got in Collins as coach, but executed it all catastrophically. Look at Bolton last year, tried to have a 'moneyball' thing going on and thought Evatt would do what he did at Barrow, but it didn't work. By January they just said 'sod it' and let him do what he wants, luckily he was good enough of a manager to get them up.

Sparks wanted to have a system/ culture for a manager to fit seamlessly into, but then employed Adams for instant promotion success. For me the two didn't work as Adams is far too particular.

We're at a desperate point at the moment, but we need to decide what we want and own it. If we expect instant promotion from league two we need (unfortunately) an Evans or a Warnock and to let them do things their way. If we want to build something for the future it needs to be done properly, Sparks needs help with it and it's probably going to take time.

 

Why are you bell ends smashing glass bottle at or around Ryans car? Stop. Dick heads

You're not man enough to talk to the guy face to face. Cowards

 

Wow. Was that after Exeter? Oldham?

Embarrassing and pathetic.

 

An article in Daily Mail about how he has had to change his phone number due to abuse which is causing issues with recruitment as people don't have his new number. Also mentioned is that he has had to start parking away from the ground due to damage to his car and bottles thrown at it

 

Completely unacceptable . He should be able to park at the ground!

 

Agents etc contacting Sparks shouldn't be an issue at all really Storck.
The club have other contact numbers, that's just an excuse for me.