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Rupp & Sparks Out?

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by JonButterfield, Nov 12, 2023.

  1. Loyalbantam

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    I don’t give a crap what yours or anyone’s circumstances are. My comments were in response to you saying that 50% of people on this forum haven’t been to the game and I’m saying you haven’t been to any for 10 years yet you’re the most frequent poster on here.
     
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  2. Kevin1954

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    I will post when I want
    I will watch football matches when and how I want. Home, Away in person or on TV.


    Clear enough ?
     
  3. Loyalbantam

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    Lol crystal clear. Maybe practice what you preach though and don’t make sarcastic comments about 50% of the people on here not being at the game.
     
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  4. Dratsab taf

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    That's perfectly clear, but for reasoning your original post that a couple of people have referred to, intimated that people who didn't go to the games or watch live shouldnt be commenting.

    "The keyboard warrior stuff is getting all too predictable and boring. I'll go as far as saying over 50% of those commenting didn't go or watch the game"

    I've never met the king or any of the government but that shouldn't mean I aren't entitled to an opinion on them
     
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  5. Bronco

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    Yes I believe it was Alison Rose ;).
     
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  6. Inspector

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    Interesting interview with the Barrow sporting director.

     
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  7. BradfordCityBrad

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    On the subject of watching games, whether you attend in person or watch via iFollow or on TV, you are still entitled to opinions on the game, the team and the club.
     
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  8. borderlescott

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    When the owners came in Rahic was supposedly the football man, and Rupp was bankrolling it with the finance.

    we soon established Edin hadn’t a clue about L1/L2 and that his model wouldn’t work because he had recruited poorly within the structure and cleared out staff behind the scenes and left the club in a mess.

    Stefan than removes Rupp, but he’s never replaced him with another football man. Rhodes was parachuted in to save us and groomed Sparks into the CEO role, but we’ve still not replaced the supposed football expertise in the business as Rhodes was consulting and left when Sparks was promoted.

    in most cases the chairman usually provides the football expertise and financial support.

    we are missing a limb.

    yes, Sparks has done well commercially, but his background is rugby and interest is speedway, so how does Rupp ever expect us to return to the level we were at before they regressed us, when we STILL haven’t replaced the lost football expertise.

    give Sparks and Longo all the credit they deserve for commercial activity success. But we need a bloody football man.
     
  9. Kevin1954

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    Of course, I comment on player and team performance and opine on games I watch, I don’t comment or opine on games I don’t watch …Anyone commenting on players or team performance in a game they didn’t watch is a whole different ball game. How do they or indeed I arrive at a conclusion if they didn’t go or watch live?

    Fair enough?
     
  10. Bronco

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    Some of the posts I read on here I believe there are posters who don't attend yet give their take on the game.
     
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  11. Fordy117

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    @wetherbywhaler@wetherbywhaler was quick to go over to Germany and moan about Edin but sits back and watches Sparks know nothing about football ruin the club when it comes to football matters.

    For the club is just full of dancing yes people and it’s dangerous with an owner that doesn’t care!

    We need to get Sparks out! Change his role if required but no way he should be CEO of this club.. Killing us!
     
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  12. Bronco

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    :zzz::zzz:Step forward you've plenty of hot air but little action.
     
  13. JonButterfield

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    Exactly right.

    I don't know believe anyone can, in good faith, deny any of this.

    So what's first?

    It's likely Rupp is deaf and blind to the issues the club is facing. It's likely he's told everything is okay, we just got a little unlucky with previous managers.

    So a petition to Rupp directly signed by as many City fans as possible? An open letter than can be shared with media in Germany and the UK?
     
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  14. Captain Grumpy

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    Width of a post podcast, one of them lives in Norfolk and watches mainly on I follow but he’s entitled to comment on City, so to me doesn’t matter if you attend or not you can still give a valid opinion on City.
     
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  15. HUDDERSSBANTAM

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    Why are you so against the plane? You were happy with it a few years ago?
     
  16. wetherbywhaler

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    For the record I presented some hard evidence as to his actions, hardly a moan. My visit followed on from the same by John Dewhirst who related his actions some time ago.
     
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  17. borderlescott

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    A sideways move for Sparks is fair. He’s done a good job in growing commercial income but we need football input alongside that
     
  18. JonButterfield

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    Just my opinion, but it's the wrong tool for now.

    We don't desperately need rid of Sparks, we need more expertise not less.

    We don't desperately need rid of Rupp, in theory, we need him to get his ass in gear.

    If neither happen, the plane (or something similar) is back in play.
     
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  19. TallinnBantam

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    A plane isn’t needed, a size ten boot is! So many professional people have spoken about City being a potentially successful (in terms of moving up the league) club, if only the owner would take a bit of risk/interest/gamble. Chris Kamara is the latest to speak out, saying the club needs an owner who takes interest. Sparks thinks we’re doing ok, so therefore does Rupp. Sparks needs sitting down with someone who knows the way football works, and told that at the moment we’re stagnant at best. This then needs to be articulated to Rupp, who then must decide to pay out or get out. It’s a crying shame with this fan base, that we’re being left to coast along in L2. It’s not a place for an ego.
     
  20. Dratsab taf

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    I've seen various clips of the most recent video interview he did, one of the first things sparks says ( and credits himself with) was "we were heading for non league when I took over".

    I don't think he realises that almost 3 years to the day we are only one place or so better off
     
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