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Why we didn't get behind the anti-Edin vitriol
Our members who have been so over many years will understand that our relationship with the Club has had it's ups and downs to say the least, but our mandate has been to try and engage and show willing to work with the owners.

We understand and appreciate the anger against Edin Rahic as we are well aware that things were not good at the Club.

Our position was that we wanted to help the Club in any way we could. In truth, the Club has not always been reciprocal in its willingness to work with us, and this has been the situation for many years.

It is very easy to dismiss us as being 'up Edin's arse'. We have never been up anyone's 'arse' to see what it is like up there. One would suspect it is very smelly. But seriously, we found it difficult to be at the forefront of such a negative witchunt.

Furthermore, with respect of the allegations that Edin forced his way, imposing his model of running a football club upon staff, we could not oppose it by imposing the mood of supporters onto him because we would be accused of double standards - to put it simply, we couldn't ourselves promote anti-bullying in the workplace whilst conducting ourselves in a dictatorial manor could we?

We wanted to know and understand why Edin's motives in his decision-making, but this could never be be revealed in one sitting with him. It would've been impossible. We would've been there all night and all morning. If we were ever to have an understanding it would have to be based on several meetings with Edin and other senior representatives of the Club for us to allow us to assist with advise in putting things right and addressing our members and supporters at the same time.

At this point in time, we welcome Julian Rhodes coming back to the Club, however we do not know what his strategy is or what he thinks of the Trust. I'm sure he has an opinion because he has been at the Club for a long time and indeed we have had meetings with him many years ago. I wasn't active then.

In terms of a 'growing movement' we are growing and we can see that because members are joining. There is interest in our facebook groups and therefore we are aware that fans are debating about us.

We live in very uncertain times.. Not just as a result of the Club's situation but politically, economically and socially as well, and all those things come into play about how people think. And, it is about how we position ourselves with this backdrop. We cannot isolate the clubs' issues from society's ever changing drama as well. The Trust positions is key to leading a movement: - a campaign based on how to improve the way our football clubs should be run will be the key to our success and therefore history will judge us on our efforts in doing this. There will be plenty of opportunities to assist us in this.

Yours fraternally,

Manny Dominguez

BCST Chair

To this:-
The Trust's position in respect of Bradford City Co-Owner Edin Rahic perhaps needs to be clarified.

Over the years BCST has attempted to establish an effective relationship with the club, which has met with mixed success.

We acknowledge the feelings of mistrust and anger many supporters have in respect of Mr Rahic.

As an organisation we seek to support the Club, although this has not always been reciprocated.

We have attempted to build a relationship, which some supporters may feel is inappropriate.

As a Supporters organisation, it is not our role to try to interfere with the management style of the owner(s).

One meeting with Mr Rahic, is not sufficient to build a relationship. We had hoped to have further meetings and to have an open and frank exchange of views.

We welcome Julian Rhodes return to City and hope his experience will assist in building a constructive relationship.

The BCST is a dynamic and growing organisation.

We hope that our actions in an uncertain world, will help the club to reconnect with supporters, and that we can work together to improve the situation, both on and off the pitch.

All the best.

Not that difficult and I am sure it could be re-tweaked, but as a 10 minute exercise, I think it is far more credible and does not require a PhD in English to either compose it or read it.

 

I agree with you. Last season, STs went on sale at the early bird price on March 7th. This season, they went on sale a month earlier on Feb 6th. Closing date in early April is very similar.

Putting STs on sale a month earlier than last season has the sign of a business desperate for cash.

 

I actually wonder if it is a spoof! Something created by members of another City fans forum? I have been on the BCST website and there is no link to this item.
http://www.bcst.co.uk/home/4587479733

 

Is this really legit?

It's incomprensible with poor grammar, poor spelling, incorrect punctuation and even the use of the wrong words. It isn't clear who it is addressed to and there is no reference to it on the BCST website. It just doesn't have that ring of truth to me. I suspect it's somebody having some fun at Manny's expense!

If however it does originate from the BCST, they ought to feel ashamed that something like that would be find its way into the public domain. It serves no useful purpose and after their last public statement following their meeting with Rahic, they ought to have more sense than to write and publish something like this. However, I remain to be convinced that it really is legit. In which case, the BCST should be publicly distancing themselves from this nonsense otherwise the wider supporter base will have grounds for believing it really is their own statement.