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For such a successful businessman you spend an awful lot of time poncing about on here, which makes you unique amongst all the wealthy and successful people I know who work long hours and don’t spend their days pissing around on social media.

 

We can’t have it both ways. We can’t demand an ambitious and forward thinking person to run our club and expect Bradford City to be the limit of their own personal ambitions. I’d sincerely hope that in 3-4 years, Sparks is being poached by a truly big club. Because that will only happen if he’s delivered success here. We have to create a positive cycle of people moving on to be replaced by the next generation of player/coach/executive who have similar ambitions to drive their own careers through this club.

All you can ask of any CEO in any business, is that they leave their business in better shape than when they found it.

 

I didn’t get that impression

 

After all those years of Julian Rhodes I'm absolutely ecstatic that we've got someone who will address the media and fans.

 

A lot of posters on here slagged off Sparks as a cheap compromise as CEO. This interview once again shows that he has a fresh and detailed vision for the club and its future. Name the last show runner who came in and did that? Of course time will tell, but I'd trust this guy in charge of my bacon and beans.

 

Despite all the negative responses from the appointment of Sparks as CEO, I think we have a good man at the helm, a brilliant listen and compared to Rhodes who refused to engage with the public a breath of fresh air. Hopefully he will be at City for a while but I suspect he is very ambitious and will move on sometime in the next few years as Baldwin did.

 

Good grief. You should be in politics.
You set up a thread ridiculing Sparks from the outset but when things go well... more faces than the town hall clock.

 

Ryan may only be a young lad to most of us, as well as being quite inexperienced but he comes over well and the thing I like about him is that for someone in the role he is in he doesn't talk in cliches.
Yes he will be ambitious but he can put down his marker in football admin while is with us and help us grow while making an impression within the game.

 

Dmac references fans like you in the podcast and Sparks agreed he needs thick skin. Basically they ignore you as you’re opinions are all over the place like the magpie picking up shiny objects. Zero credibility.

 

Bragging about how much money you earn is a sad character trait.

 

Methinks Sparks realism came over massively in that interview. Think McDonagh was a little surprised at how resolute he is in his opinions. No 'yes man' here. Still early days of course, but Sparks continues to come over as a driven, ambitious professional. A marked change from some of our previous happy amateurs. Exactly what we need - clear-eyed realism.

 

Had the opportunity to listen to the podcast tonight.

In the words of Ryan, my thinking towards him is 'heading north'. I'm buying into his thinking.

 

I can vouch for that, i ponce around on here and i'm truly skint.

 

I thought it was a good listen. I think Sparks comes across very well in interviews like this - which you'd expect from someone with a PR and comms background. Having a younger and ambitious CEO could end of being a very good thing.

Not that I think Rupp is going anywhere soon, but I think DMAC and Sparks could be a very good combination; there was a good rapport between the two, I think both have a reasonably similar outlook on how to take clubs forward and I think increasingly we'll look to adopt a similar model to Peterborough in terms of generating revenue through player sales. I think DMAC has a soft spot for us too.

 

To be fair it is. That I agree. Suppose the point I am making is that no one needs to be jealous of anyone in life. We all have qualities. If Ryan decides not to listen to fans or strong words then that’s perfectly fine. As long as people are not racists or crossing the line then all is good.

I would say that Ryan is in a dream position and I admire him highly for getting there. Credit to him and I know if money is driver he will earn more than at Bradford City. In fact he could be wasted here but we shall see.

 

He's ambitious and confident in his own ability. He'll go further than a league 2 football club.

 

CEOs have to oversee the whole business and as this starts being a football club on the pitch. So whilst he should have no involvement in actually picking players he should be involved in recruitment.

 

4 laptops??? Pornhub, xhamster, Bantamtalk and work?