McCall - officially new manager

I thought he was a German/Bosnian

 

Welcome home stuart with the group of players we have should do ok loves to play with wingers.It about getting behind a guy that only wants the best for the club and always has. Would of loved for him to have had Vaughan to pick as he is the sort of player macca likes but we are where we are and for me his last spell here was good just the interference of Rahic who never wanted him was clear. I grew up watchin McCall from the days of the bicycle shed midland road to the premiership era and both spells in charge and will be there Saturday to get behind macca and the lads and achieve something this season.

 

Parker said on twitter in last 15 mins or so there's no news on Drury as of yet

 

To celebrate Stuarts return the drinks are on me this saturday......for everyone in Haighy's...

 

Is it? Thought free transfers can happen anytime?

The loans might be nonsense though

 

I have to admit, as a first time member I only signed up because I was growing increasingly frustrated by Bowyer and I wanted to whinge & moan after kicking the cat to death on a Saturday evening (joke for any Vegans out there).

There are some interesting posters on here though and I will probably stick around, if thats ok.

 

Or really.. maybe trying to get him to be youth coach or something

Hearing he is at training but in his casuals but could be wrong.

 

Really....?
Only out of contract/work players can sign up anytime....

 

Yes at least trying to play football is the first major objective achieved. Let's see where it takes us. Are the negatives seriously suggesting things are worse now? We've already taken a step forward hopefully, as you say, we'll gain momentum.

 

working at the 'boro academy at the moment from what I'm aware.

 

But wants to continue playing.

I'm not a fan but he's better than Mellor

 

he's from Bishop Auckland.. Graeme Lee was 'boro academy manager but not sure if he's there anymore. many links between City and the 'Boro over the years. my partner's dad still likes the odd dig about the play-offs.

 

It is easy forget the ridiculous circumstances that Stuart had to work under in his last spell here. Let's just remind ourselves of the facts.

We finished in the play-offs in his first season and were only narrowly defeated 1-0 by Millwall in the play-off final.

Instead of keeping together as much of that side as possible, Rahic broke it up. Cullens loan spell was over so he was always going to leave, while Mark Marshall, who McCall had transformed from one destined for the scrapheap under Parky to a real fans fav, also wanted to leave to go back down south.

However, it was the proven League One players moving on that killed us. Rahic didn't want to pay the going rate for established, performing, League One players. McArdle was moved on because we wouldn't offer him a longer term deal on decent money. Rahic wanted to offer players incentivised deals weighted more on bonuses.

While we invested money in new signings, the controversial transfer committee was in charge of recruitment. Whether Edin refused to sign the top targets and picked names lower down the list created by the committee, or the list was a bad one in the first place, who knows. Clowns were running the club at the time. Stuart even admitted in one frustrated interview he had no idea on the progress of one of the transfers that was supposedly coming in.

Remember, we paid good fees for Reeves (150k?) and McCartan (200k) and neither justified them really. We also paid a fee for Dom Poleon. Stuart had to work with whatever was given to him, and the board also, controversially, trimmed his budget in that second season after the Millwall heartache.

The big gripe, though, was the lack of backing for Stuart in the transfer window. There was the now infamous story with Luke Hendrie, but I remember us getting whalloped good and proper at Rotherham around a time when the dilapidated squad, which had needed freshening up for weeks, was looking jaded. Remember that emotional interview Kilgallon gave on the radio, crying out for some support and asking what was going on. It was around the time McMahon was also sidelined with uncertainly over his future. There were rumours Edin wasn't paying players their bonuses too and the PFA had been contacted. Not sure if there was any truth in that or not. Even those brought it were substandard. Can we honestly say Stuart wanted Sattelmaier here? Bruenker, who was the eventual replacement when we supposedly missed out on (PR stunt from Rahic) Kieffer Moore, was another shambolic recruit.

Essentially, Stuart had us in the playoffs in that second season whilst working under an absolute buffoon, who was jealous of his popularity with the fans. No manager could have worked under those constraints. If anything he deserved a new contract, not the sack.

The players loved Stuart. Even after he left they were pictured with him at that meal out (Rahic then proceeded to move on all those players who were present that night!). He will make training fun for them again. They will feed off his passion.

Welcome back Stuart. Delighted to see Kenny with him too.

 

Well that's me and my kids renewing for next season.

Well done City and for the first time in about 3 months I'm actually looking forward to the game.

 

Ppl need to stop dreaming....hes not gonna get us promoted...hes failed twice

 

Did he come from the youth set up before? I wonder if there was room to incorporate him back in that or if he's just got the bullet.