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Couldn't agree less.

I, for one, have never asked for an owner that throws money at the club. I've never asked for a massive money signing or to bring players in on enormous wages. In fact, I've not heard many people ask for that, although I've seen people kind of imply that a big signing now could do wonders for morale - which is hard to argue against.

What I think everybody is pissed off about is the sheer damn incompetence.

DON'T promise us a promotion push if we're going to be struggling to bring in quality forwards.
ONLY promise us a promotion push if we know we can acquire the targets we want and assemble the squad we need.

DON'T hire Derek Adams and assume that's a promotion in the bag because he can work to a budget.
ONLY start whalloping on about promotion if Derek has all the tools he needs to achieve promotion, especially to a budget. Clearly that's not the case, or we wouldn't have sacked the head of recruitment.

DON'T talk about how we're going to develop, promote, and base our entire business model around the sale of young players.
ONLY do that if you're then going to bring in a manager that shares that ethos.

These are not expensive things. They're absolute bloody basics. We could write a club manifesto in about three sentences that rules out these stupid, incompetent idiocies, and yet the club have failed on all these - and many more - counts since Ryan Sparks was made CEO - LET ALONE since Stefan Rupp bought the club.

But perhaps more important than all that - DON'T talk about being a proud custodian of this football club if you've no interest in ensuring the best possible people are put in the most important positions to ensure we actually move forward after you, yourself have taken us backwards.

Stefan Rupp, I don't want your money. I want to see your remotely competent as the owner of a football club, one that can restore us to the top of League One, and who can attack the Championship like you were SUPPOSED to do.

That is all.

 

Where's Stefan Rupp in your question?

 

Welcome to the forum Derek.

 

When it comes to money, teams like morecambe and cambridge showed its not everything at this level.

said this before, but success in league two is about getting team that fights for the manager, is fit, organised and knows their job - attitudes a good manager instills in his team.

so why has Derek been unable to do it here?

he’s been very critical of the players and questioned their ability and attitude - calling them out for not having a winning mentality.

players could prove him wrong or hide, but now he’s destroyed the dressing room morale - vernam confirming as much the other day saying the squad isn’t together. Adams’ cold personality is not ideal for fostering relationships too given he readily chucks others under the bus.

from here you either clear the bad eggs from the dressing room and sign plenty in jan (wont happen as money isn’t available to bring in the four we need) or you fire Adams and bring in a new manager who hasnt destroyed the players’ confidence and trust. Alternatively, you can’t afford to sack Adams and see out a painful five months of seeing him try work with a disinterested group, then turn over the squad in the summer.

this lot do not wanna know under him.

 

this lot did exactly the same to McCall with his nice guy approach they did the same again to Trueman .............. they are at it now with Adams and should he go they will do the same to the next poor sod ............that Saturday just summed that lot up another decent away following being mocked by Carlisle players and they sit back and do nothing ............these fookers are a disgrace full stop they’ve been pulling these stunt for ages now

 

Edited to reflect reality mate.

 

We haven't got a TEAM at all mate. A team plays together with a common aim, to win games. We have a collection of individuals with varying skill levels playing as a disjointed group.

 

I voted no. I’ve no confidence in anyone at Bradford City nowadays.

On a lighter note my Dad got me a Valley Parade Street sign, thinking of putting it on the front of my house. Let’s hope the many Leeds United fans in Belfast don’t egg my house ahahahaha

 

Motivation and building the players self esteem/confidence is part of managerial responsibilities
He is lacking every bit as much as our beleaguered playing staff
Thrown too many players under the bus and lost their respect but hey ho give him more time

 

I think any player or managerial staff that were here when Edin was here should leave. Get rid of them and their inability to build a fun and compelling work environment. We cant blame the players completely or the managers we have had as theres far too many examples of quality turned dross and backwards momentum. It cannot be coincidence can it?

We had jack payne and butterfield in L1 alongside talented players and ever since that season we have looked laboured. Its painful to watch and its dragging on like the pandemic but this is totally avoidable.

The players will play when the culture and working environment are on point. That then feeds into the crowd and the backroom staff. Everyone is in it together. When was the last time it felt like that at city?

Sparks, Odonnel, mick in commercials, whoever else was there when Edin chewed us up and shat us out should get on their bikes.

Bloody Dom Poleon, BRE, gibson and Patrick goading us fans was the last straw. As though we are to blame for paying their wages and watching them fail each week. Sparks and crew just dont feel the same pain as us, he hasnt got the edge we need and the other hangers on need to do whats right and leave.

 

You must look away from the pitch a lot if you think Watt's missed place passes are occasional 1975. I would say they are an occupational hazard of his general sloppy play.

 

If backing the players in numbers that are absolutely miles higher than any team in league two isn't enough from the fans I don't know what will be. and that's week in week out regardless of the crap that gets served up

 

Julian did it for years.

 

True, but after Sparks 'we will fight them on the beaches' pre season speeches you can't just disappear. I think it was a sensible move to take a step back from the toxic platform that is twitter but not to vanish totally when reassurance is vital right now and needed more than ever

 

Most of our fans need to get out of the clouds.
We will not get an owner that will through money at us. It’s going to take time and Ryan and Derek will do a good job.
As a large club in a poor league we have too many overheads and it puts us at a disadvantage.
Unfortunately small steps is all we can do, Derek has proved he can get teams promoted on a small budget but he needs more time. It’s as simple as that.

 

Does he have any experience of getting promotion from the National League

 

He is right about any new owner who is credible. No one will come in and splash the cash. We reportedly have the 5th best budget in the league this season have we got the 5th best team no we have to do much better with the money we do have

 

its a lot of the same group that nearly got us relegated out of the football league last year so I'd rather bin them off than Adams, his many faults notwithstanding