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Should only be allowed to deal with the commercial side of the club from now on, leave footballing decisions to someone who knows what they’re doing.

 

He’s blown his chance for me

 

As long as you get a reference from @banbrotam and @Park bantam you’ve got the gig.

 

Completely disagree we don’t have a sugar daddy and Sparks took over this club when we’re in financial dire straits and with an upcoming epidemic. We now have a budget to compete with owners who have put millions in. Last season every thing was in place to get promotion in his third season despite all the difficulties. As I have said earlier I believe other clubs would live him and when he moves and that could be soon it will be upwards

 

Do past winners of the prediction league still have to apply or will Sparks come to us.

 

Sparks is as good as anyone we are likely to get and better than most. I think most have no quibble with the way the club is being run off the pitch.

His managerial appointments? He got Adams, who was the popular choice at the time given his track record with Morecambe, and when he left we got Hughes and nobody could believe we could attract someone with that background.

He's now done what people were wanting him to do in sacking Hughes in pretty short order.

Hindsight is 20/20 vision, but acting in the here and now without a crystal ball not sure what else he is supposed to do.

 

I'm available

 

Sorry but that’s a job for @Fordy117

 

Go tempt Stevenage DoF Leon Hunter up here and tell him to bring his manager with him.

Sparks can then concentrate on marketing and the commercial side of things, which he clearly does a good job of.

 

That's how it works. The owner gets to do exactly what he wants with the thing that he owns.

If you think Rupp is not a good owner, you clearly have no memory of some of the past ones we have had.

We are not in danger of going bankrupt and we have a competitive playing budget. That puts him in the top tier of ownership as far as Bradford City goes.

 

Think the critisim of Sparks is a little over the top as who else would bring the match ball on the pitch with a remote controlled car.cut him some slack

 

What’s this unique magic power that Evans possesses that makes people claim he would guarantee promotion.

Lots of claims by people that he would definitely get us promoted.
Admittedly he’s had successes(at Crawley and Rotherham he spent plenty)
But he’s had some dismal failures as well.

Can’t stand the man and his perennially arms out little cry baby assistant Raynor but according to some on here he guarantees promotion so I’ll ignore my hatred and welcome him with open arms (Raynoresque) and look forward to the open top bus when the inevitable promotion follows.
Can somebody just let Ryan know now so we don’t have to stay in the arse end of league football for much longer.

I know he’s not coming btw but my main point is I didn’t realise that appointing a lower league football manager could be so surefire.

 

He needs to go now!

Why one more chance? Seriously, why?

Sparks just isn’t getting it. Blame all the managers you want. Do you trust him to make the right decision? I don’t.

Needs to go!

 

Why get rid of a successful commercial manager? We need another Football CEO, all things football connected. They can work together.

 

I'm a defender of Sparks, but there is something in this. Did we establish what kind of footie Hughes would play before appointing him or just get all dewy eyed when he approached us?

Likewise, we know what style Adams played. Plymouth fans stomached it, because it was a big improvement on their previous half a dozen seasons. Remember we could have had Daryl Clarke (who we've missed out on again) instead of Adams. Now both are good L2 managers - but Clarke gets the big club mentality far more than Adams does and is still affectionally talked about at both Bristol Rovers and Port Vale.

 

The Spain farce, for your information, is one of the biggest reasons I can’t stand the man. Bankrolling his mates fledgling company to squeeze a few quid out of a handful of City fans for the most stupid training match is unforgivable. Only IMHO of course

 

This is all down to Rupp. He hires the CEO so unless HE thinks Sparks is doing a bad job, it's a mute point. From the outside I can't see Sparks admitting he's wrong, by bringing someone in who would effectively have the best role at the club.

Consider this. Sparks leaves, half his commercial team leave, either to take up new roles or in support. The Manager has just been sacked, the Assistant Manager has been sacked, Trueman and Macdonald are in temporary charge. The owner lives in Germany and we're 18th in league 2. That scenario has all the hallmarks of a Rhodes return and we all know what that brings. That's a massive gamble for an owner who's quite happy to bob over from Germany 4 times a year. Unless he's going to oversee the whole process and spend the next 4 - 6 months in the UK, I can't see that happening.

The only way this works in the long term, is for Rupp to sell up and the new owners bring in their own personnel, but that takes time and on evidence, there's more chance of that going wrong than working out. For now, Rupp has to insist on a DoF or consultant to oversee the appointment of our next manager. Someone who leaves a blueprint for Sparks to work to, because for all his lack of experience, Sparks is doing a good job in everything but the most important part of a being a CEO, the playing side.

 

This squad to me is capable of much more, I think MH was probably over complicating things, we will find out. Watching Kevin McDonald in the games he has played you could see him when he got the ball he would be pointing to where players should be and noticeably looking frustrated.