moshi
Sparks is a cunt Bantam
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Post by moshi on Oct 29, 2020 22:04:01 GMT
Imagine not even attempting to grab hiwula, then deciding Alex Jones is the answer to all things Just further proof that our scouting set up is a dodgy copy of football manager 17 In his last post match Stuart said he’d spoken to hula hoop “multiple times” but that he can’t “drag people here”. Reality is he’s out of our league these days. Literally. He’s not amazing wouldn’t have expected 20 goals from him but he’s better than any of the strikers we currently have.
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Post by bantam147 on Oct 30, 2020 11:55:26 GMT
'Nice to hear from you Stuart. So, here's the deal. I'm not convinced about dropping to League 2 but I'll hear you out. Why should I come back to play for Bradford?'
'I'm really keen to bring you back. Being honest, we're never gonna be top 3, and promotion isnt really the aim for us this season. It's all about steadying the ship and seeing how things across the game pan out, what with Covid. We're being cautious, balancing the books and just looking to make sure we don't get dragged into a relegation fight'
'Err, that doesn't sound too exciting. What about your longer term plans, what's the club looking to do?'
'Not sure yet pal, that's something that the CEO needs to work through'
'And is he?'
'Nah, hes looking to fuck off as quickly as possible. Never really wanted to be back here'.
'So who's taking over?'
'The lad who looks after our twitter account. Jordy? Jordy are you still there'.
Cant drag people here. That about sums up our mentality.
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Post by Dick on Oct 30, 2020 13:54:53 GMT
And they couldn't get several higher league players to drop to L2. They're just mercenaries, I only want players who would die for the club regardless of how shit we are or how shit they are...
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Post by Bacon on Nov 2, 2020 21:03:53 GMT
Anyone else think Stuarts "here for a long time, not a good time" speech today sounds like him getting his message out there before the new CEO cones in? It's either a public job interview or him getting ready to be fired.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Dec 6, 2020 11:05:20 GMT
could be interesting
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Post by edin on Dec 6, 2020 13:44:49 GMT
Jenkins is gone i just can't see it. Not until we go down and Rupp is desperately trying to get rid to cut his losses
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Post by Pyongyang Bantam on Dec 6, 2020 13:51:02 GMT
Fingers crossed, but didn't Stuart state in the post match interview that the 'third party' was not a new investor?
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Post by edin on Dec 6, 2020 14:28:55 GMT
Knows the club✅ In Stuart's phone ✅ Lives local✅
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Post by fish on Dec 6, 2020 14:50:45 GMT
It'll be lennie lawrence which will be fucking awful.
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Post by Lethal Jizzle on Dec 6, 2020 15:17:10 GMT
I could accept Jewell although I'm fed up of going backwards and into this old boys club. But not Lawrence or Abbott they've both massively failed here already. You can say Abbott was stifled by Rahic but how the fuck did Rahic know about Poleon and Chicksen? He didn't.
This club has to do something positive something different, there's 1000s of fans teetering on the brink of walking away from the club. This is our last throw of the dice and we can't afford to fuck this up by regurgitating the same old dog turds.
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Post by Hobhead on Dec 6, 2020 15:54:30 GMT
I’d be happy with getting Prescience in. At least the club would be holding their hands up and admitting they can’t handle recruitment. It would certainly beat handing McCall an iPad and leaving him to it.
Hopefully they’re working on it already and we’re not waiting for January to save a payment or two.
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Post by Hoochy on Dec 6, 2020 16:10:49 GMT
I’d be happy with getting Prescience in. At least the club would be holding their hands up and admitting they can’t handle recruitment. It would certainly beat handing McCall an iPad and leaving him to it. Hopefully they’re working on it already and we’re not waiting for January to save a payment or two. Gives Huw a little interest in us too. Can't be a bad idea. Just need to get someone in to support him with the coaching now. And someone to support him with the in game tactics. And someone to do the media stuff.
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Post by bantam147 on Dec 6, 2020 16:13:38 GMT
Getting a firm like that is where you establish proper stability and continuity. Independent specialists who can help you recruit properly, and who don’t leave you in a position of having to revamp your whole scouting and player database every time you sack a manger. Been saying for yonks that we need something like this.
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Post by Hobhead on Dec 6, 2020 16:18:07 GMT
Getting a firm like that is where you establish proper stability and continuity. Independent specialists who can help you recruit properly, and who don’t leave you in a position of having to revamp your whole scouting and player database every time you sack a manger. Been saying for yonks that we need something like this. It’s vital to engage services like these because handing McCall the raw data would be like giving the Magna Carta to a chimp. No offence intended to McCall here but crunching data isn’t his bag.
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Post by Hoochy on Dec 6, 2020 16:28:11 GMT
Getting a firm like that is where you establish proper stability and continuity. Independent specialists who can help you recruit properly, and who don’t leave you in a position of having to revamp your whole scouting and player database every time you sack a manger. Been saying for yonks that we need something like this. In theory this is ideal for McCall as we're always told he's more of a coach than a manager. This should feed him the players. I hope we're getting a proper long term subscription and not a dip in consultation. What we need now though is a club philosophy of who we are and what we want to be. What's our preferred style and what type of player do we need to suit that style.
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moshi
Sparks is a cunt Bantam
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Post by moshi on Dec 6, 2020 16:43:07 GMT
Feels a bit too little too late. It can take years before strategies like this pay off. It’s all about timing. Scouting them for months or even years. Then swooping in when their contract is about to end or when we could get them for the best deal. But we need instant results. I’d anticipate they’ll all be on a free or loans. You all know what that means. That doesn’t mean it’s impossible- but we need to strengthen in so many areas. It seems unlikely.
On the other hand I feel like even the club has enough self awareness to realise something like this would largely be seen as a positive by the fan base - yet in a time of nothing but bad news they’ve chosen not to announce it and hold it back.
Won’t be getting my hopes up.
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Post by Hobhead on Dec 6, 2020 17:29:52 GMT
Feels a bit too little too late. It can take years before strategies like this pay off. It’s all about timing. Scouting them for months or even years. Then swooping in when their contract is about to end or when we could get them for the best deal. But we need instant results. I’d anticipate they’ll all be on a free or loans. You all know what that means. That doesn’t mean it’s impossible- but we need to strengthen in so many areas. It seems unlikely. On the other hand I feel like even the club has enough self awareness to realise something like this would largely be seen as a positive by the fan base - yet in a time of nothing but bad news they’ve chosen not to announce it and hold it back. Won’t be getting my hopes up. All we have to do in January is strengthen to the point of not being either Southend or the second worst team in the country. Going forward it’ll start to pay real dividends. My worry is that it’s a short term measure to avoid relegation this season then, if and when that’s achieved, we go back to the iPad.
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Post by Pyongyang Bantam on Dec 6, 2020 17:37:55 GMT
The problem with this club is when we have had periods of relative success (late 80s, late 90s, mid teens), we just haven't built on it or put decent foundations in place. The PL years was the time to invest in training facilities, scouting networks etc. But we pissed it away on big signings, unnecessary ground expansion and dividends.
I often think we'd be in a better position now if we'd gone down (from the PL) in the first season and regrouped rather than stay up and gamble it all away.
Its like the last 20 years has just been one long hangover with no real plan or direction. The monotony only broken by a few years of steady progress and hope under Parky.
Right now just taking tactical relegation and regrouping with a long term strategy isn't an option, because we're staring into the abyss of non league. All Rupp can do now is open his checkbook and throw money at enough experienced pros to hopefully drag us out of this mess. Or kiss goodbye to his investment. The question is, does SMc have the noose and judgement to get the right players in? But Sparks needs to make the decision NOW. Give an new manager the Jan window and time to assess the squad. Or stick with Stuart and pray.
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Post by bantam147 on Dec 6, 2020 18:08:46 GMT
The problem with this club is when we have had periods of relative success (late 80s, late 90s, mid teens), we just haven't built on it or put decent foundations in place. The PL years was the time to invest in training facilities, scouting networks etc. But we pissed it away on big signings, unnecessary ground expansion and dividends. I often think we'd be in a better position now if we'd gone down (from the PL) in the first season and regrouped rather than stay up and gamble it all away. Its like the last 20 years has just been one long hangover with no real plan or direction. The monotony only broken by a few years of steady progress and hope under Parky. Right now just taking tactical relegation and regrouping with a long term strategy isn't an option, because we're staring into the abyss of non league. All Rupp can do now is open his checkbook and throw money at enough experienced pros to hopefully drag us out of this mess. Or kiss goodbye to his investment. The question is, does SMc have the noose and judgement to get the right players in? But Sparks needs to make the decision NOW. Give an new manager the Jan window and time to assess the squad. Or stick with Stuart and pray. No doubt we’d be in a better position if we’d gone down. Circumstances conspired to fuck us. And for a period, there was justification for blaming those circumstances for our ‘demise’. But to still be blaming Richmond now is just an abdication of responsibility. We’ve had 20 years to get our shit back together.
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Post by Pyongyang Bantam on Dec 6, 2020 18:53:30 GMT
The problem with this club is when we have had periods of relative success (late 80s, late 90s, mid teens), we just haven't built on it or put decent foundations in place. The PL years was the time to invest in training facilities, scouting networks etc. But we pissed it away on big signings, unnecessary ground expansion and dividends. I often think we'd be in a better position now if we'd gone down (from the PL) in the first season and regrouped rather than stay up and gamble it all away. Its like the last 20 years has just been one long hangover with no real plan or direction. The monotony only broken by a few years of steady progress and hope under Parky. Right now just taking tactical relegation and regrouping with a long term strategy isn't an option, because we're staring into the abyss of non league. All Rupp can do now is open his checkbook and throw money at enough experienced pros to hopefully drag us out of this mess. Or kiss goodbye to his investment. The question is, does SMc have the noose and judgement to get the right players in? But Sparks needs to make the decision NOW. Give an new manager the Jan window and time to assess the squad. Or stick with Stuart and pray. No doubt we’d be in a better position if we’d gone down. Circumstances conspired to fuck us. And for a period, there was justification for blaming those circumstances for our ‘demise’. But to still be blaming Richmond now is just an abdication of responsibility. We’ve had 20 years to get our shit back together. exactly, in another 20 years we’ll still be blaming Rahic.
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