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Post by hobbes on Feb 7, 2024 22:58:39 GMT
Just wanted to highlight the way this lad asks difficult questions that fans want and deserve answers to. Quite clearly the best local journo we’ve ever had, and probably deserves to be covering something more lofty than Bradford City.
Compare him to his predecessors- the Thornton boys were so wrapped up in being in the inner circle they never challenged anything as far as I can remember. Parker has clearly given up on any prospect of being a real journalist and is quite content phoning it in every week and not rocking the boat.
Despite the fact he has to keep his powder dry and not go all in, we’re pretty lucky to have JR asking the right questions and being a respected and legitimate voice for us fans.
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Post by bantam147 on Feb 8, 2024 7:39:18 GMT
Agree, to a point.
I still thought there were several opportunities for challenge left unsaid last night.
Whilst some of the questions were pointy, they were presented through a lens of 'look, these aren't my questions'
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Post by Lofty on Feb 8, 2024 10:54:21 GMT
Agree, to a point. I still thought there were several opportunities for challenge left unsaid last night. Whilst some of the questions were pointy, they were presented through a lens of 'look, these aren't my questions' Except the defending corners one. That was definitely his.
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Post by Neshead on Feb 8, 2024 11:20:16 GMT
Just wanted to highlight the way this lad asks difficult questions that fans want and deserve answers to. Quite clearly the best local journo we’ve ever had, and probably deserves to be covering something more lofty than Bradford City. Compare him to his predecessors- the Thornton boys were so wrapped up in being in the inner circle they never challenged anything as far as I can remember. Parker has clearly given up on any prospect of being a real journalist and is quite content phoning it in every week and not rocking the boat. Despite the fact he has to keep his powder dry and not go all in, we’re pretty lucky to have JR asking the right questions and being a respected and legitimate voice for us fans. Don't think i've ever seen Jamie Raynor shy away from asking searching questions. Best presenter i can remember we've had on radio Leeds, we've had some right shite over the years and light years ahead of the turds the Pulse served up for years.
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Post by Neshead on Feb 8, 2024 11:21:35 GMT
Agree, to a point. I still thought there were several opportunities for challenge left unsaid last night. Whilst some of the questions were pointy, they were presented through a lens of 'look, these aren't my questions' Except the defending corners one. That was definitely his. I was in the van listening at the time, couldn't hold back the tears of laughter from that one.
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Post by Lofty on Feb 8, 2024 11:27:04 GMT
Except the defending corners one. That was definitely his. I was in the van listening at the time, couldn't hold back the tears of laughter from that one. Im assuming Jamie just wanted to ask him at least one question to justify dragging him out of the house for the evening 😂
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Post by rcbantam on Feb 8, 2024 11:53:28 GMT
Parker has clearly given up on any prospect of being a real journalist and is quite content phoning it in every week and not rocking the boat.
😂😂
Wonderfully put!
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Post by Dick on Feb 8, 2024 12:12:06 GMT
Parker's on easy street until retirement. No threat internally to his position at all, and if he doesn't tread on any toes at the club he's completely safe.
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Post by hobbes on Feb 8, 2024 15:23:51 GMT
Parker has clearly given up on any prospect of being a real journalist and is quite content phoning it in every week and not rocking the boat. 😂😂 Wonderfully put! To be fair though I can't really blame the bloke. He's not local and is a Portsmouth fan, but I assume he's settled in the area after all these years, it must pay the bills and be interesting enough to keep him sane so why would he risk that on our behalf? I probably wouldn't, so I was probably a bit harsh on him.
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Post by Neshead on Feb 8, 2024 15:33:04 GMT
Parker has clearly given up on any prospect of being a real journalist and is quite content phoning it in every week and not rocking the boat. 😂😂 Wonderfully put! To be fair though I can't really blame the bloke. He's not local and is a Portsmouth fan, but I assume he's settled in the area after all these years, it must pay the bills and be interesting enough to keep him sane so why would he risk that on our behalf? I probably wouldn't, so I was probably a bit harsh on him. Seems a decent bloke does Parker, it's the local rag where he does sport. Hardly ground breaking investigative stuff like in Private Eye
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Post by Dick on Feb 8, 2024 15:48:06 GMT
In fairness, his reports are fine and does call out shit performances. You're just not going to get that deep dive reporting we need.
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Post by hobbes on Feb 8, 2024 15:48:53 GMT
To be fair though I can't really blame the bloke. He's not local and is a Portsmouth fan, but I assume he's settled in the area after all these years, it must pay the bills and be interesting enough to keep him sane so why would he risk that on our behalf? I probably wouldn't, so I was probably a bit harsh on him. Seems a decent bloke does Parker, it's the local rag where he does sport. Hardly ground breaking investigative stuff like in Private Eye Thats why I backed off on my dig at him. Its frustrating he doesn't hold the club to account but I do realise he's got very little motiviation to do so given it could put his livelihood in jeopardy.
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Post by Pyongyang Bantam on Feb 8, 2024 16:16:55 GMT
Seems a decent bloke does Parker, it's the local rag where he does sport. Hardly ground breaking investigative stuff like in Private Eye Thats why I backed off on my dig at him. Its frustrating he doesn't hold the club to account but I do realise he's got very little motiviation to do so given it could put his livelihood in jeopardy. Playing devil’s advocate, why would you use the ‘bills to pay’ argument to go easy on Parker but not Sparks?
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Post by hobbes on Feb 8, 2024 16:35:07 GMT
Thats why I backed off on my dig at him. Its frustrating he doesn't hold the club to account but I do realise he's got very little motiviation to do so given it could put his livelihood in jeopardy. Playing devil’s advocate, why would you use the ‘bills to pay’ argument to go easy on Parker but not Sparks? 1. Parker does his job to the standard required 2. Parker probably gets paid a pretty average salary all things considered, and has a family to support 3. He's no skin in the game 4. Sparks as a CEO will be cheap, but I'll happily wager its a lot more than Parker. 5. Parker isn't in charge of the T&A and isn't driving it onto the rocks 6. Shall I go on?
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Post by Pyongyang Bantam on Feb 8, 2024 18:07:14 GMT
Playing devil’s advocate, why would you use the ‘bills to pay’ argument to go easy on Parker but not Sparks? 1. Parker does his job to the standard required 2. Parker probably gets paid a pretty average salary all things considered, and has a family to support 3. He's no skin in the game 4. Sparks as a CEO will be cheap, but I'll happily wager its a lot more than Parker. 5. Parker isn't in charge of the T&A and isn't driving it onto the rocks 6. Shall I go on? fair dos
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Post by Pyongyang Bantam on Feb 10, 2024 20:54:32 GMT
Bills to pay or not, there is no reason to be baiting fans on facebook
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Post by tetchyarse on Feb 10, 2024 22:00:07 GMT
Bills to pay or not, there is no reason to be baiting fans on facebook View AttachmentI’m genuinely amazed Parker managed to type that with Sparks’ cheesy bell in his mouth. Unless he means Wrexham fans? I imagine seeing Wrexham bum us but lose would be quite annoying for them.
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Post by edin on Feb 10, 2024 22:33:43 GMT
Why else do you think he’s done it on Facebook and not twitter? He’d get absolutely mauled on twitter
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Post by Pyongyang Bantam on Feb 10, 2024 22:48:49 GMT
Bills to pay or not, there is no reason to be baiting fans on facebook View AttachmentI’m genuinely amazed Parker managed to type that with Sparks’ cheesy bell in his mouth. Unless he means Wrexham fans? I imagine seeing Wrexham bum us but lose would be quite annoying for them. i think it was aimed at ‘the doubters’ judging by the replies.
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Post by hobbes on Feb 10, 2024 23:26:16 GMT
Bills to pay or not, there is no reason to be baiting fans on facebook View AttachmentI came here to post just that. I take it all back. Fuck him and his shit excuse for journalism.
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