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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Sept 26, 2021 12:04:15 GMT
Response to Adams comments from Sparks Sounds a little salty... Adams in the doghouse? Monday should be interesting... He's been liking posts that have criticised him personally and it's very petty. His ego is taking a hit and he needs to have thicker skin rather than being petulant and acting liking a bitch
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Post by mikehunt on Sept 26, 2021 12:40:17 GMT
All was good after five games. Nothing to see here.
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Post by Lofty on Sept 26, 2021 17:05:19 GMT
The ending with the thumbs up is so passive aggressive 🤣👍
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Post by tetchyarse on Sept 26, 2021 17:22:00 GMT
All was good after five games. Nothing to see here. Stefan's position hasn't changed.
He didn't give the tiniest little fuck after five games, he still doesn't after ten.
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Post by Dick on Sept 27, 2021 6:37:21 GMT
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Sept 27, 2021 6:43:57 GMT
It's fairly obvious to me that Rupp is taking money out of the club and there's no chance of him putting any in.
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Post by Dick on Sept 27, 2021 6:56:31 GMT
It's fairly obvious to me that Rupp is taking money out of the club and there's no chance of him putting any in. Our league positions have gotten worse ever year he's been here, and likewise for the standard of signings. Remember when we invested in Wyke and Jones and that kind of invest-sell-invest policy was the way forward? How far it's fallen since then. Amongst the worst were those laughable German signings and the current forward line we have. I was convinced Rahic was up to something with the money with Rupp not being interested, moving it around in a creative way somehow -such as giving his German agent mates incentives for finding terrible signings for us. The club can be as transparent as they want with their accounts, but something stinks. And wealthy people are very good at moving money in a way that no one can see it.
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Post by mikehunt on Sept 27, 2021 7:33:22 GMT
It’s a basket case of a club. One fit forward, a non league centre half and Evans and Watt in midfield. And Rupp still won’t put his hand in his pocket. Well fuck him, if he’s not digging his hands in his pockets neither am I.
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Post by Hobhead on Sept 27, 2021 7:54:49 GMT
I’ve been saying for ages that raising season ticket prices wasn’t a good idea until we’ve had a regime change. Everyone paid more and we’ve ended up with a squad as bad or possibly worse than last season. More money in the pot is just more money to waste.
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Post by Pyongyang Bantam on Sept 27, 2021 8:39:17 GMT
I’ve been saying for ages that raising season ticket prices wasn’t a good idea until we’ve had a regime change. Everyone paid more and we’ve ended up with a squad as bad or possibly worse than last season. More money in the pot is just more money to waste. We've been taken for a ride. The ST campaign was all marketing bs. Adams was appointed because Sparks wanted promotion on the cheap by 'copy and pasting' Morcambe. But i suspect even Adams was given less than he was promised. Hence why hes so fucked off. It was clear the tap was turned off as soon as the STs were off sale. Either Rupp had a change of heart or Sparks is a charlatan milking fans with false promises. It feels like Adams was saying what previous managers couldn't/ wouldn't. I rembember one of Stuarts interviews last season where he said 'i can't say whats going on' or words to that effect before backtracking. If we go into free-fall it may force Rupp's hand in Jan. The only 'positive' is we can't afford to sack Adams yet, so he holds the cards.
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Post by Dick on Sept 27, 2021 9:37:45 GMT
I’ve been saying for ages that raising season ticket prices wasn’t a good idea until we’ve had a regime change. Everyone paid more and we’ve ended up with a squad as bad or possibly worse than last season. More money in the pot is just more money to waste. We've been taken for a ride. The ST campaign was all marketing bs. Adams was appointed because Sparks wanted promotion on the cheap by 'copy and pasting' Morcambe. But i suspect even Adams was given less than he was promised. Hence why hes so fucked off. It was clear the tap was turned off as soon as the STs were off sale. Either Rupp had a change of heart or Sparks is a charlatan milking fans with false promises. It feels like Adams was saying what previous managers couldn't/ wouldn't. I rembember one of Stuarts interviews last season where he said 'i can't say whats going on' or words to that effect before backtracking. If we go into free-fall it may force Rupp's hand in Jan. The only 'positive' is we can't afford to sack Adams yet, so he holds the cards. It's one thing to do it on the cheap at a place that has no expectations, but to try and do where there is expectation is very different. People get bored of hearing the poor tale year after year and will turn - even if true. Even our boring bastard fanbase ('say the word 'twat' on twitter and its gone toxic'....) are having enough. I don't think Sparks is bad-intentioned - I do feel he is trying to wear many hats and spin plates at the same time. I do agree with your 'copy and pasting' Morecambe comment but Adams started there in November 2019 finished 23rd and had no expectation whatsoever - at least he had about 2/3s of a full season there before their promotion year. He's come straight in here and he's pissed off after 10 games. It's one thing to to do things on the cheap - but you feel 'on the cheap' here means taking the piss. Look at the forward line we signed injury prone, multi-club drifters - then the fact the owner has no interest in helping out with £25k even trying to get a free agent or 2 in for a few months during an injury crisis speaks volumes. And we're supposed to be pushing for promotion? Lol Like I said earlier - nothing at all like the previous approach of sell-invest-sell-invest like with Wyke. All a smokescreen. Adams is like the other appointments in years gone by, like Law, Bowyer, Hopkin - managers who've managed to defy logic at their previous clubs and achieve success on no budget whatsoever - we think that approach will work here. Their clubs had no expectation other than just survive - anything else was a bonus. It's another excuse isn't it - bring in a manager who somehow got success against the odds with nothing to work with - then it excuses you giving him nothing to work with when they come here. But the added problem is you give them so chronically little that they're making terrible, terrible signings like our forward line and non-league defenders. If it goes sour, Adams will walk in the manner Hopkin did - as we'll be written off as the basket case club again on the outside, while on the inside Adams will be made to be the bad guy who couldn't hack it and there will be nothing wrong with our system, way of doing things, our infrastructure or owner - nothing wrong at all.
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Post by tetchyarse on Sept 27, 2021 10:37:28 GMT
I’ve been saying for ages that raising season ticket prices wasn’t a good idea until we’ve had a regime change. Everyone paid more and we’ve ended up with a squad as bad or possibly worse than last season. More money in the pot is just more money to waste. There wasn't any more money in the pot, that much is obvious. Whatever additional revenue that came in has gone straight out again to Germany. Sparks is in a really tough position, he can't make Rupp put money in and equally can't slag Rupp off either. And it's not like he can say our ambition is 10th in the league, even if that's where our budget puts us. I'm glad Adams is saying this stuff.
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Post by Pyongyang Bantam on Sept 27, 2021 10:56:32 GMT
Adams is like the other appointments in years gone by, like Law, Bowyer, Hopkin - managers who've managed to defy logic at their previous clubs and achieve success on no budget whatsoever - we think that approach will work here. Their clubs had no expectation other than just survive - anything else was a bonus. You could probably add Jeffries to that list of managers being appointed to work under little or no budget whilst 'stabilsing' the club. I vaguely remember Law being given a ridiculously low budget in the old division 1... he was on a hiding to nothing. Bowyer was probably the best backed but the money was blown on a couple of marquee signings... with cheap shite making up the numbers. Regarding the budget, i wonder whether the furlough scheme ending has caused potential cash flow issues. Makes you wonder how many furloughed staff are still on the books... just a thought.
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Post by edin on Sept 27, 2021 11:29:33 GMT
Sparks said there was money in the pot about 4 weeks ago.
We had to stretch the budget 3 weeks ago for Robinson.
Now there's no money in the pot.
Is Sparks lying about the budget, has Rupp reduced the budget with no signs or is Derek just trying to lessen the expectation?
I'm fed up of this.
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Post by Dick on Sept 27, 2021 11:43:14 GMT
Adams is like the other appointments in years gone by, like Law, Bowyer, Hopkin - managers who've managed to defy logic at their previous clubs and achieve success on no budget whatsoever - we think that approach will work here. Their clubs had no expectation other than just survive - anything else was a bonus. You could probably add Jeffries to that list of managers being appointed to work under little or no budget whilst 'stabilsing' the club. I vaguely remember Law being given a ridiculously low budget in the old division 1... he was on a hiding to nothing. Bowyer was probably the best backed but the money was blown on a couple of marquee signings... with cheap shite making up the numbers. Regarding the budget, i wonder whether the furlough scheme ending has caused potential cash flow issues. Makes you wonder how many furloughed staff are still on the books... just a thought. Oh god yes. We seem as a club to have some fascination with managers who can work football miracles elsewhere with no money - and we just assume the model will work here. Find someone who has a promotion against the odds, tempt them to come here and they'll build a low-cost, efficient, flexible and profitable squad. Parkinson aside in some 20 years it's not worked. We've repeated this (terrible) model so many times I don't think we can ever do the opposite and implement what many want a long term plan with financial backing in the right places - the future model is going to be to just hope things click and it so happens to work. The furlough comment isnt a bad thought - the amounts of money we're talking about in general can't be much can they? Things such as that and the partnership deals aren't going to be huge amounts - but it looks like we could be trying to scrape around with amounts like that while our massively wealthy owner doesn't even acknowledge it.
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Post by Hoochy on Sept 27, 2021 15:49:01 GMT
SparksY said that the new man was involved in the recruitment back in January. Adams wouldn't be saying this about one of his own signings because it makes him look daft.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Sept 27, 2021 16:17:47 GMT
SparksY said that the new man was involved in the recruitment back in January. Adams wouldn't be saying this about one of his own signings because it makes him look daft. Canavan was his
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Post by Lofty on Sept 27, 2021 16:35:58 GMT
Sparks said there was money in the pot about 4 weeks ago. We had to stretch the budget 3 weeks ago for Robinson. Now there's no money in the pot. Is Sparks lying about the budget, has Rupp reduced the budget with no signs or is Derek just trying to lessen the expectation? I'm fed up of this. Unless we're paying Robinson £50,000 a week?! That way it all adds up.
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Post by edin on Sept 27, 2021 16:40:30 GMT
Sparks said there was money in the pot about 4 weeks ago. We had to stretch the budget 3 weeks ago for Robinson. Now there's no money in the pot. Is Sparks lying about the budget, has Rupp reduced the budget with no signs or is Derek just trying to lessen the expectation? I'm fed up of this. Unless we're paying Robinson £50,000 a week?! That way it all adds up. I don't think it'd Derek lessening the expectations personally, Ryan after a soundbite and trying to impress Dmac is as likely as Stefan pulling the rug from under the clubs feet, it's one of them two
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Post by edin on Sept 28, 2021 6:08:55 GMT
How perfectly timed..
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