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Post by jose on Dec 12, 2020 17:54:38 GMT
Why is he putting up with it?
Why are the club openly gaslighting that they've spent etc?
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Post by Hobhead on Dec 12, 2020 17:57:48 GMT
Why is he putting up with it? Why are the club openly gaslighting that they've spent etc? Because that’s what he does, it’s the kind of guy he is. Convince him it’s for the good of the club and he’ll stand out front and take the shit. If I’m right then this club isn’t just run by incompetents, it’s run by cunts.
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Post by Hobhead on Dec 12, 2020 18:23:08 GMT
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Post by jose on Dec 12, 2020 18:26:39 GMT
More fool him, god bless him.
Wants to walk, untenable position.
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Post by Lofty on Dec 12, 2020 18:30:16 GMT
Why is he putting up with it? Why are the club openly gaslighting that they've spent etc? Because that’s what he does, it’s the kind of guy he is. Convince him it’s for the good of the club and he’ll stand out front and take the shit. If I’m right then this club isn’t just run by incompetents, it’s run by cunts. Julian knows exactly what he's doing each time he hires him. Snakey twat.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Dec 12, 2020 18:36:55 GMT
Because that’s what he does, it’s the kind of guy he is. Convince him it’s for the good of the club and he’ll stand out front and take the shit. If I’m right then this club isn’t just run by incompetents, it’s run by cunts. Julian knows exactly what he's doing each time he hires him. Snakey twat. Its ridiculous how it's only TCA followers who realise what Rhodes has done to this club in all his years he's controlled us. The man is a disgrace and should be the one who the fans turned on
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Post by bantam147 on Dec 12, 2020 18:41:08 GMT
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Post by Hobhead on Dec 12, 2020 18:42:00 GMT
The reason we needlessly abided by the salary cap was because we always planned to do this season on the cheap. McCall is here because no other manager would take the flak for shitty recruitment like he has. He’s a patsy and he’s being used.
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Post by moshi on Dec 12, 2020 20:14:26 GMT
I think that’s the first time he’s come out and said the recruitment wasn’t good enough. And we all know it’s because the budget was cut - not because he thought he had enough. Little by little, our predictions are unfolding in front of us. Feel for Stuart, don’t doubt he’s trying his hardest. Don’t doubt he’s hurt by where we are right now. But what makes me angry is the way the club have used Stuart like this. As the fall guy. Sparks is a no one and always will be. Stuart is a club legend despite this spell - the fact his own club club have used him in this way is nothing short of tyranny. Disgrace.
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Post by tetchyarse on Dec 12, 2020 21:40:58 GMT
The reason we needlessly abided by the salary cap was because we always planned to do this season on the cheap. McCall is here because no other manager would take the flak for shitty recruitment like he has. He’s a patsy and he’s being used. McCall is a patsy, yes, but I really aren't convinced he's had gash players forced on him. He's recruited these players, he's defended them, he's coached them into worse players than they were when they joined. BRE was never top quality, he always managed to do something retarded in every game, but he wasn't this bad when he started here. Same with the two O'Connors. The problem isn't the defence, the problem is a piss-weak midfield that doesn't offer any protection and an even poorer forward line that can trap a football further than I can fucking kick it. For McCall to say "we need a new defence" shows just how tactically useless he really is, the defence isn't too bad, it's the other seven mongs that are the problem. Don't even get me started on Ryan Sparks. What an absolute waste of oxygen he is.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 23:01:56 GMT
I think that’s the first time he’s come out and said the recruitment wasn’t good enough. And we all know it’s because the budget was cut - not because he thought he had enough. Little by little, our predictions are unfolding in front of us. Feel for Stuart, don’t doubt he’s trying his hardest. Don’t doubt he’s hurt by where we are right now. But what makes me angry is the way the club have used Stuart like this. As the fall guy. Sparks is a no one and always will be. Stuart is a club legend despite this spell - the fact his own club club have used him in this way is nothing short of tyranny. Disgrace. You make him sound like a 16 year old virgin who's been sending pictures of his tackle to a 60 year old lorry driver from Barnsley who he's met on Snapchat. He knew what the job entailed when he took it on. Surely he asked questions about funding and did his research on the squad before saying yes.
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Post by Dick on Dec 12, 2020 23:26:02 GMT
I think that’s the first time he’s come out and said the recruitment wasn’t good enough. And we all know it’s because the budget was cut - not because he thought he had enough. Little by little, our predictions are unfolding in front of us. Feel for Stuart, don’t doubt he’s trying his hardest. Don’t doubt he’s hurt by where we are right now. But what makes me angry is the way the club have used Stuart like this. As the fall guy. Sparks is a no one and always will be. Stuart is a club legend despite this spell - the fact his own club club have used him in this way is nothing short of tyranny. Disgrace. You make him sound like a 16 year old virgin who's been sending pictures of his tackle to a 60 year old lorry driver from Barnsley who he's met on Snapchat. He knew what the job entailed when he took it on. Surely he asked questions about funding and did his research on the squad before saying yes. Warning signs have been there for ages - you can point to lack of investment all over the club (which we're numb to at this point) the crap transfer windows... but one thing in particular was not having enough money to let Bowyer have an assistant manager. We can't afford an assistant? Oh come on. McCall is probably closer to the club than any other ex-pro and probably is in the know as to what's going on even when he's not employed by us. But I really don't know - is it unfinished business after last time? Or does he feel he needs to be martyr because no one else loves the club like he does? I would have totally understood had we got to summer and he walked away. He obviously does his best to protect us fans from the genuine state of affairs at the club, but if are genuinely going down like the titanic I'd rather have him not be here, keep his health and not tarnish his legacy any more.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2020 23:40:16 GMT
You make him sound like a 16 year old virgin who's been sending pictures of his tackle to a 60 year old lorry driver from Barnsley who he's met on Snapchat. He knew what the job entailed when he took it on. Surely he asked questions about funding and did his research on the squad before saying yes. Warning signs have been there for ages - you can point to lack of investment all over the club (which we're numb to at this point) the crap transfer windows... but one thing in particular was not having enough money to let Bowyer have an assistant manager. McCall is probably closer to the club than any other ex-pro and probably is in the know as to what's going on even when he's not employed by us. But I really don't know - is it unfinished business after last time? Or does he feel he needs to be martyr because no one else loves the club like he does? I would have totally understood had we got to summer and he walked away. He obviously does his best to protect us fans from the genuine state of affairs at the club, but if are genuinely going down like the titanic I'd rather have him not be here, keep his health and not tarnish his legacy any more. I honestly belive he took the job because its a fairytale dream and he comes back,takes us from adversity, and we walk the league unbeaten. Hes had an extremely successful career as a player and thinks he can turn that into being a manager. Its like watching porn for years and thinking you're a pornstar with your 3 inch maggot
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Post by Neshead on Dec 12, 2020 23:45:55 GMT
Warning signs have been there for ages - you can point to lack of investment all over the club (which we're numb to at this point) the crap transfer windows... but one thing in particular was not having enough money to let Bowyer have an assistant manager. McCall is probably closer to the club than any other ex-pro and probably is in the know as to what's going on even when he's not employed by us. But I really don't know - is it unfinished business after last time? Or does he feel he needs to be martyr because no one else loves the club like he does? I would have totally understood had we got to summer and he walked away. He obviously does his best to protect us fans from the genuine state of affairs at the club, but if are genuinely going down like the titanic I'd rather have him not be here, keep his health and not tarnish his legacy any more. I honestly belive he took the job because its a fairytale dream and he comes back,takes us from adversity, and we walk the league unbeaten. Hes had an extremely successful career as a player and thinks he can turn that into being a manager. Its like watching porn for years and thinking you're a pornstar with your 3 inch maggot Just get bwhind the 3 inch maggot FFS
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Post by Hobhead on Dec 13, 2020 7:26:35 GMT
The reason we needlessly abided by the salary cap was because we always planned to do this season on the cheap. McCall is here because no other manager would take the flak for shitty recruitment like he has. He’s a patsy and he’s being used. McCall is a patsy, yes, but I really aren't convinced he's had gash players forced on him. He's recruited these players, he's defended them, he's coached them into worse players than they were when they joined. BRE was never top quality, he always managed to do something retarded in every game, but he wasn't this bad when he started here. Same with the two O'Connors. The problem isn't the defence, the problem is a piss-weak midfield that doesn't offer any protection and an even poorer forward line that can trap a football further than I can fucking kick it. For McCall to say "we need a new defence" shows just how tactically useless he really is, the defence isn't too bad, it's the other seven mongs that are the problem. Don't even get me started on Ryan Sparks. What an absolute waste of oxygen he is. I think they re his players, it’s his recruitment and he’s shit at it. Where I think the smoke and mirrors occurs is with the budget. I’m not convinced were being entirely honest and haven’t been from the extended pre season. The whole song and dance about voting against the salary cap, complaining about how it would hamstring ‘big’ clubs like ours while not being shrewd enough to spot loopholes that even we did and then, after all that, not even spending up to the cap. None of that makes any sense. I think we expected clubs to go to the wall and always planned to do this season on the cheap. I think we’ve spent as much as our limited income would allow and the only reason we’ve got money to spend in January is the Premier League bailout money allows us to shift money around. Smoke and mirrors. I think I McCall was given a reduced, dangerously low budget but asked to keep it quiet because the season ticket sales would suffer which would be potentially catastrophic for the club. I also think he’s been told if he navigates this shit season he can have a better one after it as a reward hence the seemingly pointless contract extension. McCall thinks his current struggles are saving the club from going pop due to drastically reduced income and that’s why he’s keeping shut, why he’s recruited so lightly and why he’s prepared to take the shit. It all boils down to hiding our true intentions for the season so we can sell more season tickets and muddle through a Covid season that they half expected to get cancelled anyway. It’s a lie to get people to buy season tickets and that’s why the talk of ‘going for it’ has now morphed into ‘not getting relegated will be a success’. It’s probably all bullshit but too much just doesn’t add up.
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Post by Neshead on Dec 13, 2020 8:04:41 GMT
McCall is a patsy, yes, but I really aren't convinced he's had gash players forced on him. He's recruited these players, he's defended them, he's coached them into worse players than they were when they joined. BRE was never top quality, he always managed to do something retarded in every game, but he wasn't this bad when he started here. Same with the two O'Connors. The problem isn't the defence, the problem is a piss-weak midfield that doesn't offer any protection and an even poorer forward line that can trap a football further than I can fucking kick it. For McCall to say "we need a new defence" shows just how tactically useless he really is, the defence isn't too bad, it's the other seven mongs that are the problem. Don't even get me started on Ryan Sparks. What an absolute waste of oxygen he is. I think they re his players, it’s his recruitment and he’s shit at it. Where I think the smoke and mirrors occurs is with the budget. I’m not convinced were being entirely honest and haven’t been from the extended pre season. The whole song and dance about voting against the salary cap, complaining about how it would hamstring ‘big’ clubs like ours while not being shrewd enough to spot loopholes that even we did and then, after all that, not even spending up to the cap. None of that makes any sense. I think we expected clubs to go to the wall and always planned to do this season on the cheap. I think we’ve spent as much as our limited income would allow and the only reason we’ve got money to spend in January is the Premier League bailout money allows us to shift money around. Smoke and mirrors. I think I McCall was given a reduced, dangerously low budget but asked to keep it quiet because the season ticket sales would suffer which would be potentially catastrophic for the club. I also think he’s been told if he navigates this shit season he can have a better one after it as a reward hence the seemingly pointless contract extension. McCall thinks his current struggles are saving the club from going pop due to drastically reduced income and that’s why he’s keeping shut, why he’s recruited so lightly and why he’s prepared to take the shit. It all boils down to hiding our true intentions for the season so we can sell more season tickets and muddle through a Covid season that they half expected to get cancelled anyway. It’s a lie to get people to buy season tickets and that’s why the talk of ‘going for it’ has now morphed into ‘not getting relegated will be a success’. It’s probably all bullshit but too much just doesn’t add up. I think most of that is correct. Rhodes has always been pragmatic, we know that for a fact. Its the main reason Vaughan wasn't replaced, all one big money saving exercise. There is no one indivdual to blame for the shitshow, they all have to accept responsibilty. But some are more culpable than others. The main one for me is Rhodes, he has been tasked with the running of the club since he came back by Rupp on what i expect will be a good remuneration package. And yet he bottled the big decision while back. Had he not come back Rupp would have had to either sell up or bring in another experienced CEO with his own staff to do the job. But like everything with this club its always the easy option. Bringing back Stuart and handing the CEO role to Sparks was again options taken with the least work involved. All that time back and his only strategy implemented was to bring Stuart back, put Ryan in charge and sign the likes of Lee Novak and Kurtis Guthrie that Bowyer knew nothing about. Which has left us in the bottom two. Quality CEO work that. Rupp next simply for never wanting to be here in the first place. Then McCall. Should never have been put in this position in the first place. Rhodes knew Stuart would never turn the job down whatever position the club was in, Valley Parade means too much to him. I'll never forgive Rhodes for doing it, there were dozens of other candidates out there without the emotional baggage that comes with McCall. That said, he's here and his management is dodgy at the best of times. He'll never shake the tag of tinkerman and his recruitment skills are way below average. I mean, resigning DMH, bringing in Gareth Evans when we desperately needed a striker and centre half? Lastly the players. They didn't sign them fucking selves. Someone put this complete mismatch together. In a way i feel sorry for them, theres no organsation, the training is dubious and questioned by players, injuries are common places due to a comical backroom set up. They're sent out with a different formation every week and there the ones that get the backlash every week. Must be difficult to get motivated when you see a breakaway happening and you've BRE at the back or you pass out wide to DMH knowing he'll just run into the stand with it. Or watch the Don or Samuels practice fresh air shots at sitters. Yes they are to blame for performances week in week out but could we honestly expect anyone to perform to the best of their abilities at such a hotchpotch tinpot organisation like Bradford City? Oh and lets not forget the fans. Its they're fault for all their negativity on social media. Yours, the jerk circle.
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Post by tetchyarse on Dec 13, 2020 8:37:56 GMT
McCall is a patsy, yes, but I really aren't convinced he's had gash players forced on him. He's recruited these players, he's defended them, he's coached them into worse players than they were when they joined. BRE was never top quality, he always managed to do something retarded in every game, but he wasn't this bad when he started here. Same with the two O'Connors. The problem isn't the defence, the problem is a piss-weak midfield that doesn't offer any protection and an even poorer forward line that can trap a football further than I can fucking kick it. For McCall to say "we need a new defence" shows just how tactically useless he really is, the defence isn't too bad, it's the other seven mongs that are the problem. Don't even get me started on Ryan Sparks. What an absolute waste of oxygen he is. I think they re his players, it’s his recruitment and he’s shit at it. Where I think the smoke and mirrors occurs is with the budget. I’m not convinced were being entirely honest and haven’t been from the extended pre season. The whole song and dance about voting against the salary cap, complaining about how it would hamstring ‘big’ clubs like ours while not being shrewd enough to spot loopholes that even we did and then, after all that, not even spending up to the cap. None of that makes any sense. I think we expected clubs to go to the wall and always planned to do this season on the cheap. I think we’ve spent as much as our limited income would allow and the only reason we’ve got money to spend in January is the Premier League bailout money allows us to shift money around. Smoke and mirrors. I think I McCall was given a reduced, dangerously low budget but asked to keep it quiet because the season ticket sales would suffer which would be potentially catastrophic for the club. I also think he’s been told if he navigates this shit season he can have a better one after it as a reward hence the seemingly pointless contract extension. McCall thinks his current struggles are saving the club from going pop due to drastically reduced income and that’s why he’s keeping shut, why he’s recruited so lightly and why he’s prepared to take the shit. It all boils down to hiding our true intentions for the season so we can sell more season tickets and muddle through a Covid season that they half expected to get cancelled anyway. It’s a lie to get people to buy season tickets and that’s why the talk of ‘going for it’ has now morphed into ‘not getting relegated will be a success’. It’s probably all bullshit but too much just doesn’t add up. Definitely, agree with all of that. The budget is clearly low on the basis they were half expecting the season to not go ahead and/or other clubs would go bust. That's why we forced Vaughan out, to save cash. It was so transparent. But our budget, even with all that, really isn't the lowest in the league. We've just bought shit. In fairness to McCall the worst players- Donaldo and Guthrie- aren't his signings, but that piss-weak midfield is all his. Coaching too. As I said, the likes of BRE were never world-beaters, but they weren't this inept when they joined. They're sent out every week with a different role in a different formation, they don't know what they're supposed to do and that's where the comedy defending comes from. Back 3 or back 4 doesn't really matter, just pick a formation, drill it into them, and fucking stick with it. Speaking of piss-weak and cheap, has anyone seen Ryan Sparks recently?
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Post by Hobhead on Dec 13, 2020 8:45:44 GMT
I think they re his players, it’s his recruitment and he’s shit at it. Where I think the smoke and mirrors occurs is with the budget. I’m not convinced were being entirely honest and haven’t been from the extended pre season. The whole song and dance about voting against the salary cap, complaining about how it would hamstring ‘big’ clubs like ours while not being shrewd enough to spot loopholes that even we did and then, after all that, not even spending up to the cap. None of that makes any sense. I think we expected clubs to go to the wall and always planned to do this season on the cheap. I think we’ve spent as much as our limited income would allow and the only reason we’ve got money to spend in January is the Premier League bailout money allows us to shift money around. Smoke and mirrors. I think I McCall was given a reduced, dangerously low budget but asked to keep it quiet because the season ticket sales would suffer which would be potentially catastrophic for the club. I also think he’s been told if he navigates this shit season he can have a better one after it as a reward hence the seemingly pointless contract extension. McCall thinks his current struggles are saving the club from going pop due to drastically reduced income and that’s why he’s keeping shut, why he’s recruited so lightly and why he’s prepared to take the shit. It all boils down to hiding our true intentions for the season so we can sell more season tickets and muddle through a Covid season that they half expected to get cancelled anyway. It’s a lie to get people to buy season tickets and that’s why the talk of ‘going for it’ has now morphed into ‘not getting relegated will be a success’. It’s probably all bullshit but too much just doesn’t add up. Definitely, agree with all of that. The budget is clearly low on the basis they were half expecting the season to not go ahead and/or other clubs would go bust. That's why we forced Vaughan out, to save cash. It was so transparent. But our budget, even with all that, really isn't the lowest in the league. We've just bought shit. In fairness to McCall the worst players- Donaldo and Guthrie- aren't his signings, but that piss-weak midfield is all his. Coaching too. As I said, the likes of BRE were never world-beaters, but they weren't this inept when they joined. They're sent out every week with a different role in a different formation, they don't know what they're supposed to do and that's where the comedy defending comes from. Back 3 or back 4 doesn't really matter, just pick a formation, drill it into them, and fucking stick with it. Speaking of piss-weak and cheap, has anyone seen Ryan Sparks recently? Sparks was the easy option. I’ve no idea why we keep taking the lazy route and expecting it to work this time. Right when the club needed change and a new direction we plumped for more of the same. Regardless of Sparks’ abilities (or lack thereof) it was a piss weak appointment.
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Post by Neshead on Dec 13, 2020 10:43:53 GMT
Definitely, agree with all of that. The budget is clearly low on the basis they were half expecting the season to not go ahead and/or other clubs would go bust. That's why we forced Vaughan out, to save cash. It was so transparent. But our budget, even with all that, really isn't the lowest in the league. We've just bought shit. In fairness to McCall the worst players- Donaldo and Guthrie- aren't his signings, but that piss-weak midfield is all his. Coaching too. As I said, the likes of BRE were never world-beaters, but they weren't this inept when they joined. They're sent out every week with a different role in a different formation, they don't know what they're supposed to do and that's where the comedy defending comes from. Back 3 or back 4 doesn't really matter, just pick a formation, drill it into them, and fucking stick with it. Speaking of piss-weak and cheap, has anyone seen Ryan Sparks recently? Sparks was the easy option. I’ve no idea why we keep taking the lazy route and expecting it to work this time. Right when the club needed change and a new direction we plumped for more of the same. Regardless of Sparks’ abilities (or lack thereof) it was a piss weak appointment. I think Sparks will end up as a good CEO somewhere, its clearly what his ambition is and he seems an intelligent lad. I think he's pulled a blinder taking the city job, if we go down its not his fault because of the shitshow he's been left with, if we stay up he's a local hero. Christ i've just read that back to myself and i'm talking about staying up as some sort of achievement, we're rewriting the rules on tinpotness.
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Post by Hoochy on Dec 13, 2020 11:18:43 GMT
McCall is a patsy, yes, but I really aren't convinced he's had gash players forced on him. He's recruited these players, he's defended them, he's coached them into worse players than they were when they joined. BRE was never top quality, he always managed to do something retarded in every game, but he wasn't this bad when he started here. Same with the two O'Connors. The problem isn't the defence, the problem is a piss-weak midfield that doesn't offer any protection and an even poorer forward line that can trap a football further than I can fucking kick it. For McCall to say "we need a new defence" shows just how tactically useless he really is, the defence isn't too bad, it's the other seven mongs that are the problem. Don't even get me started on Ryan Sparks. What an absolute waste of oxygen he is. I think they re his players, it’s his recruitment and he’s shit at it. Where I think the smoke and mirrors occurs is with the budget. I’m not convinced were being entirely honest and haven’t been from the extended pre season. The whole song and dance about voting against the salary cap, complaining about how it would hamstring ‘big’ clubs like ours while not being shrewd enough to spot loopholes that even we did and then, after all that, not even spending up to the cap. None of that makes any sense. I think we expected clubs to go to the wall and always planned to do this season on the cheap. I think we’ve spent as much as our limited income would allow and the only reason we’ve got money to spend in January is the Premier League bailout money allows us to shift money around. Smoke and mirrors. I think I McCall was given a reduced, dangerously low budget but asked to keep it quiet because the season ticket sales would suffer which would be potentially catastrophic for the club. I also think he’s been told if he navigates this shit season he can have a better one after it as a reward hence the seemingly pointless contract extension. McCall thinks his current struggles are saving the club from going pop due to drastically reduced income and that’s why he’s keeping shut, why he’s recruited so lightly and why he’s prepared to take the shit. It all boils down to hiding our true intentions for the season so we can sell more season tickets and muddle through a Covid season that they half expected to get cancelled anyway. It’s a lie to get people to buy season tickets and that’s why the talk of ‘going for it’ has now morphed into ‘not getting relegated will be a success’. It’s probably all bullshit but too much just doesn’t add up. The thing with McCall is that you can read him like a book. He's no poker player. Same with the interviews in the Edin era, you could see that there was a lot not being said but hinted at. He gets angry with the interviewer because he can't say what's really what. He started the season with quite a few central defenders on decent contracts that means they're unlikely to be moved on so no room in the squad for any more. Took ages to find a right back and he's talented but raw. Good going forward, not so much in defence. Still no bite or leadership in midfield. Wings light. Didn't replace the goals when Vaughan left - hamstrung again or not able to convince players to join? He's inherited a shit show, no doubt about that but he hasn't been able to coach the defence onto something solid or put the right players into the gaps he was able to fill.
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