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Post by Fat Ade on Jan 31, 2021 22:05:54 GMT
For the first time in fuck knows how long, I think we’ll have come out of a window stronger than when we entered it.
I kind of think that this one was probably the easiest of the lot because of the amount of shite that needed to be jettisoned with even a mediocre playing being better than those that left. It will start to get harder going forward though and I’d hope that the focus from 2nd Feb to the summer is on building a team to get out of the league rapidly.
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Post by bantam147 on Jan 31, 2021 22:35:16 GMT
January is the first real opportunity for Sparks, Turnbull and T&S to show that their words will be backed by the right sort of action. It'll be interesting viewing. 1 day to go and we've flushed some shite. Surely another one or two in tomorrow after today's departures. If that's at least 1 proper 1st team player then it's been our best January since I can remember. Aye, fair John's. Early days amd it'll take time to judge, but the start has been a good one. We've flushed pretty much all the shite and brought in at least 3 who'll strengthen the first team and a couple who provide better back up. One or two good signings tomorrow and we're going up.
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Post by Lofty on Feb 1, 2021 7:43:18 GMT
Was McCall not offered help in terms of a Turnbull or was he too stubborn to accept it?
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Post by Dick on Feb 1, 2021 8:12:13 GMT
Was McCall not offered help in terms of a Turnbull or was he too stubborn to accept it? I get the feeling a lot of what McCall does in terms of his management and approach is behind the times, that and the Atlas syndrome he seemed to have at times. So quite possibly? We saw him get more and more defensive to the verge of lashing out after games so the suggestion of not accepting support on that and the above seems plausible. Saying that, I'd heard rumours he wanted more backroom support but it was JR who said no. McCall should have stopped being a martyr though and said that. It could have helped defend what little managerial reputation he has left.
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Post by Neshead on Feb 2, 2021 7:30:31 GMT
To be fair credit to this turnaround hs to go to Stuart and Rhodes. If they hadn't been so spectacularly bad we would have just plodded on as normal with the safety first approach. As it is they left us with no choice but to facilitate the change we'd been calling for for years. Credit where its due.
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Post by Neshead on Feb 2, 2021 7:31:34 GMT
Was McCall not offered help in terms of a Turnbull or was he too stubborn to accept it? It was put to Stuart and he was happy to go with it but the plan didn't get past Rhodes.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Feb 2, 2021 8:15:16 GMT
Was McCall not offered help in terms of a Turnbull or was he too stubborn to accept it? It was put to Stuart and he was happy to go with it but the plan didn't get past Rhodes. Its only now the fanbase is seeing exactly why we were so anti-Rhodes. I wasn't impressed with the appointment of Sparks and has still got a lot to do till I'm onside but it's as though he's agreed with us all along and is acting on it.
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Post by Neshead on Feb 2, 2021 8:27:33 GMT
It was put to Stuart and he was happy to go with it but the plan didn't get past Rhodes. Its only now the fanbase is seeing exactly why we were do anti-Rhodes. I wasn't impressed with the appointment of Sparks and has still got a lot to do till I'm inside but it's as though he's agreed with us all along and is acting on it. All that time we've been lambasted for asking for ambition, both on here and elsewhere, the club start to show ambition and you'd think they'd discovered fire. I won't forget the shit we recieved for daring to challenge the club to better itself when the usual outlets were just happy to have a club to support. I'm happy to a degree that we are being proactive in a what is a poor division and where cash in football is scarce but temper this with the fact we should have been doing this years ago. Full on backslapping after letting the club drop the bar to the lowest i can ever remember as a city fan rings hollow with me. Now we will see how good Trueman and Sellars and the recruitment team really are. with the squad now being assembled if we aren't promoted by the end of next season by the latest then that should be judged as abject failure. Good to see us creating this pressure though, seperates the men from the boys.
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Post by You can't beat a double dip on Feb 2, 2021 8:43:37 GMT
This is literally all anyone on this forum has ever wanted. A planned recruitment drive that signs up seasoned quality pros with some youthful long term signings in the mix. It was never hard, and Rupp is clearly an easy person to persuade to get money out of, look how easy it was for Edin. as Neshead has said the previous regime should be ashamed that the let it get to this just happy to balance the books and get as much cash upfront as possible. I also here a lot behind the scenes has changed too, no more shitty franchise contracts that charge £6 for a pint of warm flat san miguel..
I too wasn't happy about Sparks been appointed and it'll take more than 1 transfer window to change my mind, however he's made an excellent start and is doing what we've wanted to do for a long time.
It'll be interesting to see what happens in the summer regarding the managerial appointment, obviously the job is theirs to lose at the minute, however if we finish with a whimper to this season I don't think we should just take the easy way out
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Post by Dick on Feb 2, 2021 8:43:49 GMT
Its only now the fanbase is seeing exactly why we were do anti-Rhodes. I wasn't impressed with the appointment of Sparks and has still got a lot to do till I'm inside but it's as though he's agreed with us all along and is acting on it. All that time we've been lambasted for asking for ambition, both on here and elsewhere, the club start to show ambition and you'd think they'd discovered fire. I won't forget the shit we recieved for daring to challenge the club to better itself when the usual outlets were just happy to have a club to support. I'm happy to a degree that we are being proactive in a what is a poor division and where cash in football is scarce but temper this with the fact we should have been doing this years ago. Full on backslapping after letting the club drop the bar to the lowest i can ever remember as a city fan rings hollow with me. Now we will see how good Trueman and Sellars and the recruitment team really are. with the squad now being assembled if we aren't promoted by the end of next season by the latest then that should be judged as abject failure. Good to see us creating this pressure though, seperates the men from the boys. Ha. Was thinking the exact same - decisions over the last 2 months which would be seen as normal at a lot of other clubs are treated like we've discovered the secret sauce recipe. We all feared T&S would struggle in a transfer window as, in fairness, they only have non-league backgrounds prior to coming here - so we sort it by bringing in a dedicated professional and leave them to get on with the football. It's more contemporary already. And looks like working.
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Post by rahicscissorbudget on Feb 2, 2021 8:59:43 GMT
Fair fucks to them, I wasn’t impressed with Sparks, T&S or turnbull on paper, but this looks like a solid start.
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Post by Neshead on Feb 2, 2021 9:08:03 GMT
This is literally all anyone on this forum has ever wanted. A planned recruitment drive that signs up seasoned quality pros with some youthful long term signings in the mix. It was never hard, and Rupp is clearly an easy person to persuade to get money out of, look how easy it was for Edin. as Neshead has said the previous regime should be ashamed that the let it get to this just happy to balance the books and get as much cash upfront as possible. I also here a lot behind the scenes has changed too, no more shitty franchise contracts that charge £6 for a pint of warm flat san miguel.. I too wasn't happy about Sparks been appointed and it'll take more than 1 transfer window to change my mind, however he's made an excellent start and is doing what we've wanted to do for a long time. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the summer regarding the managerial appointment, obviously the job is theirs to lose at the minute, however if we finish with a whimper to this season I don't think we should just take the easy way out Just wait for usual detractors to throw out the line that usual suspects aren't spewing their bovine slurry on social media anymore. Lets face facts, we were the only ones to stick our head above the parapet due to us not having to tow the party line for fear of not getting an invite to the yearly jerk circle. I had to chuckle to myself when i read comments that we actually enjoyed being wrapped up in the negativity, yeah like its been a right barrel of laughs for the last three years seeing us getting royally bummed both home and away with most of the worst performances i've witnessed in 40 years being in amongst that 3 years. To go away from home spending good money in a forlorn hope that someone at the club would see terminal decline became a lost hope, in a peverse sort of way you were wanting to witness a shitshow in a futlie attempt that the gompers would have to see the bloody obvious before their eyes. Alas with our fan base it wasn't to be, even by the end of McCalls third tenure there were still some clingling by their fingernails to their claret and amber comfort blankets, desperately trying to divert the winds of blame to usually the likes of us, hell we were even tenuously linked to the demise of Tyrell Robinson on another platform last week. I mean, mentioning the 'Ambition' word in a sentence in Bradford City was akin to some sort of crime, like wanting to better yourself was aginst the principles of what this club stood for. Hopefully this is a start of the revolution, its the least we deserve after the shit we've been put through the past 3 years.
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Post by bantam147 on Feb 2, 2021 10:17:15 GMT
Aye. Not the forum people wanted, the forum people needed.
They're all welcome.
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Post by bantam147 on Feb 2, 2021 10:22:22 GMT
Tbf, we should be getting something on't twittersphere. Something to the effect of the above - this is what we've been asking for for years, we haven't been moaning without foundation, we've been signaling to anyone who'd listen why we're nose diving and whats needed to turn the club around, and we're delighted to see the club respond.
A mixture of 'we're right behind the club now' and 'see, we were right all along you happy clapping cunts'.
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Post by Neshead on Feb 2, 2021 10:27:51 GMT
Tbf, we should be getting something on't twittersphere. Something to the effect of the above - this is what we've been asking for for years, we haven't been moaning without foundation, we've been signaling to anyone who'd listen why we're nose diving and whats needed to turn the club around, and we're delighted to see the club respond. A mixture of 'we're right behind the club now' and 'see, we were right all along you happy clapping cunts'. Us being behind the club will really piss some people off. Wonderful.
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Post by bantam147 on Feb 2, 2021 10:30:34 GMT
Tbf, we should be getting something on't twittersphere. Something to the effect of the above - this is what we've been asking for for years, we haven't been moaning without foundation, we've been signaling to anyone who'd listen why we're nose diving and whats needed to turn the club around, and we're delighted to see the club respond. A mixture of 'we're right behind the club now' and 'see, we were right all along you happy clapping cunts'. Us being behind the club will really piss some people off. Wonderful. Rightly claiming a moral victory will make it even sweeter.
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Post by bantam147 on Feb 2, 2021 10:31:13 GMT
If anyone wants to ping me the twitter logon details, I'm happy to do it.
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Post by Neshead on Feb 2, 2021 10:47:48 GMT
If anyone wants to ping me the twitter logon details, I'm happy to do it. Take the like hoover with you, you'll need it to mop them up.
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Post by bantam147 on Feb 2, 2021 10:52:37 GMT
I'm all over it. Can someone PM the logon details?
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Post by Neshead on Feb 2, 2021 10:55:43 GMT
I'm all over it. Can someone PM the logon details? Hoochy knows what it is, i'm old and can't remember.
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