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Transfers (also ambition/investment/ground & lots more.....)

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Park bantam, Jun 5, 2020.

  1. Fordy117

    Fordy117 Just call me Mr Flip-Flop!
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    Mate, I am sure Danny Devine had a desire to play for the club and he is from Bradford but shite...Billy Clarke is past his best. He was poor here last time and he's slower than a caravan on bricks.

    No, he can't play in central midfield in a creative role.
     
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  2. Foghornleghorn

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    Apparently Scunthorpe and Bolton were showing an interest in Clarke's service's.
    Must have cooled if this speculation becomes reality.
     
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  3. Storck

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    Bolton are linked with everyone
     
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    Interesting stats but your right because I've seen him play for City before that's my mindset, he was poor and those stats belong to his career at Grimsby.
     
  6. Bronco

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    You should be happy with the likes of Clarke, Devine, McMahon, Doyle coming back, they might take us down then we can start rebuilding from non league for a brighter future.
     
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    I probably wouldn't care as I wouldn't be wasting my Saturdays anymore. Should that happen then the club might aswell out the ticket prices back to normal for the 3 thousand that would bother turning up.
     
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    That tweet sums up the "happy to have a club" fans we're unfortunately lumbered with.

    He's actually recently seen how poor Clarke was with his own eyes but then dismisses that, even though he's now another year the wrong side of 30 because of a 13 game sample stat?
     
  9. Park bantam

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    Clarke was excellent when signed by Parky playing deep he was a good link between midfield and forwards. Unfortunately when he came back and possibly from a lack of fitness he gave nothing
     
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    This lads local and probably about the same speed as Clarke...... Sign him up
     
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  11. Polo-Bantam

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    Ah well , at least I know now what my 32 quid is going towards
     
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    Guthrie and Clarke up front...ha ha
     
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    And he has a device to enable effective social distancing on the pitch. Win win.
     
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    Clarke isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I personally like him as a player. His stats last season look better than I expected too.

    The problem here, is this is a typical bradford city signing. Cheap, lives local, "loves the club" and is in Stuart's phonebook on speed dial. No creativity, no imagination, no scouting, nothing. The exact problems that has been the root cause of our shambolic recruitment over the last 5 windows.
     
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    He'd probably stay on his feet longer than Clarke if he didn't use it
     
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    Be happy with Clarke, he’s an excellent footballer. He wasn’t his best in his second spell, but name 1 player who was in that period of time after Rahics wrecking ball had fecked us up?

    Heavy pitches don’t suit him but I’d rather have Clarke in and around the starting 11 then some of the clowns we’ve had the past 3 years.
     
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    I have a number of reservations about players returning to the club. I had that about McCall in 1998! I know some people who felt that about Campbell.

    Let’s be clear if I were the manager, then it probably wouldn’t be a signing I would make, unless I had some substantial information to deal with my pragmatic caution.

    However if he is on a contract which depends on appearances and results, then I would consider it.

    The reports of his performance last year seem to deal with the issue of can he play in a creative midfield role.
     
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    I thought he was a passenger at times under Parky yes some odd good things but lost possession far too often and easily.
     
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    Wouldn’t we all more tongue in cheek at our likely ‘strategy’ for the season ahead. Tbf I always liked Clarke, but he looked like his legs had gone last time he was here. But so did a lot of the players in that squad, we do need players that can actually play with the ball on the grass so that’s one positive over the players from last season.
     
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    Absolute shit storm if this is true... McCall will be finished as manger at city.. McCall will have NO credibility left.
     

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