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Off-Season Update: Ryan Sparks (26 June 2021)

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by Stafford Bantam, Jun 26, 2021.

  1. Tennesseebantam

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    so using the figures from the reports, flexicards brought in nearly £85000 with no further atttendance. This year, the number who bought full tickets brings in about £150000. To offset the the number of match day tickets bought using flexicards, the remaining 55% who haven't yet bought a season ticket will need to pay full price to get to see us storm to promotion. All seems pretty good to me.
     
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  2. Bantamsteve

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    Where is the "Fordster" not heard from him for a while
    Must be busy time down at the car wash or is he on the naughty step
     
  3. Sergio Pinto III

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    He was speculating last night we have 'real financial problems' and Sparks needs to address it. Wernt you @Fordy117@Fordy117?

    I bet he has his head down the toilet after reading this update.
     
  4. bailiff bridge bantam

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    He’ll be along soon don’t you worry.
    A statement from Sparks is like cheese to a mouse.
    He can’t resist.
     
  5. JonButterfield

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    Says who?

    Peel back the surface and ask a former player about them if you can.

    We get access to very little of those facilities, and a small portion of the land area. There's nothing in place there that takes training to the next level with regards the science and data collection the big teams rely on, nor do we have the staff to sift through it even if we had access to it.

    We have a field at a school that is prone to flooding.

    Several players and managers that have been through our system and/or represented our club have said the facilities are basic and unextraordinary and been quite open about it.

    The 'envy' of L1 and L2 teams? Why, because the grass is well kept?
     
  6. Keefly Bantam

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    No he will back track and deny ever saying it with the sort of grace that Matt Hancock has.
     
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  7. NorthernMonkey

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    No he won't.

    Right or wrong, the one thing @Fordy117@Fordy117 does do is stick to his guns and try to back up his arguments. No one on the board can deny that.
     
  8. Sergio Pinto III

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    He has already doubled down from us having real financial problems to simply broke in the space of a day....
     
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  9. NorthernMonkey

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    Same thing?
     
  10. Sergio Pinto III

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    One suggests unmanageable debt and problems on the horizon. The other is just skint. Penny pinching.

    Either way he is wrong.
     
  11. NorthernMonkey

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    Depends on the interpretation I suppose. If we're broke though the serious financial problems will probably go hand in hand.

    I'm certainly not arguing that it's the case with us though.
     
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  12. Keefly Bantam

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    With regards to the article itself I wonder who the returning familiar face might be, I like the reference to 'sing'-guessing its that player whose name begins Song....... and the fact that the hand dryers in the bogs might work next season
     
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  13. Kevin1954

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    Are you suggesting Fordy is a corrupt , lying, law breaker with a penchant for breaking Covid laws, on top of being an unfaithful husband and parent . I won’t have it , I won’t have it.
     
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  14. Jack Daniels

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    So does anyone know what/who Sparks means by this comment in his statement;

    “All being well, there will be something to ‘sing’ about in terms of our latest addition before the end of the coming week - and we might even say ‘hello’ to a returning familiar face”
     
  15. JonButterfield

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    The now distinctly overhyped Songo'o, surely. No idea why it's taken four weeks since the rumours began to break, but never mind - a good, solid signing and one I thought we might miss out on given we signed another DCM.

    Not sure what hello references.
     
  16. Bantamsteve

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    Low blow on Fordy that
    The object you mentioned is lower than a snakes belly and has no comparison
     
  17. Botswana Bantam

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    Can't believe no one has mentioned Julian yet.

    Or Edin.

    Right, I'll find mi'tin hat.

    :joy:
     
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  18. 1975citygent

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    Moan Moan Moan Victor.
     
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  19. 1975citygent

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    Yawn
     
  20. bantamdave41

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    Toilet facilities... Running hot water?
     

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