: Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:56 pm
mystic eddie wrote:
Dear me. Some people are really clutching at straws over this supposed "10 game rule" are they not?
I think not. I think they were heartened at the prospect of you STFU with your anti-McNamara carping for even a brief spell of remission, and are disappointed at you going back on your word.
mystic eddie wrote:
Get out clauses? Bad faith? (written) word meaning nothing? This is a message board for goodness sake, not a court of law!
Dead right. We only had your word on it, and as you say, it does indeed appear to be worth not a lot.
mystic eddie wrote:
The fact remains that IF there had been a noticeable sign of improvement then ten games would be fair to assess where we were at and where we were going. But there appears to be no change whatsoever
... says a person who admittedly has not seen either of the two games played. You couldn't make it up.
mystic eddie wrote:
I (and other I assume) are sick of the endless talk that comes out of the club about how what we are doing to put problems right without there being any remote sign of improvement on the field.
We've played 2 games, ffs
mystic eddie wrote:
Perhaps if McNamara and his footsoldiers realised that actions speak louder than words then I, for one, would cut him some slack.
...one of his major aims, I'm sure
mystic eddie wrote:
Finally. much as it will display the "Fan Club", myself and RER, whilst being the harshest of critics of the coach, are no longer singing a duet as plenty more on here are now swiftly running out of patience and (appear to) want to see a change sooner rather than later.
It is a trait of yours to invent mythical supporters to your cause, when rattled. You so want to be the Voice Of the Negative Tendency, and speak for millions. You don't. Get over it.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but Bradford – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you – we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy, and we know that management can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this team the only way it's been done for a hundred years – block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
Steve Baracknamara - 2009
. . . . . only Jack Austin's legs moved quicker 
