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City fans have wanted answers to what went on behind the scenes, and the infamous Luke Hendrie Yeovil game and they got that. Everyone I spoke to thought it was one of the best City nights they'd been too. Stuart did 90% of the talking. He was funny, open and honest. That's why he's our City legend.

All staff at the club during Edin's era were forced to put forward a public front. Stuart, Greg and James were all in the same sinking boat. Stuart had worked miracles keeping the players on board despite Edin's antics.

They have careers and jobs. It's easy to be principled and self-righteous when you're not the one telling your partner you're leaving a salary behind and the family has bills that need paying. Greg had to suffer this torment during a life-threatening illness.

James if you recall, did walk of his own accord. It was his dream job. He had no job to go too. He was in tears when doing his final video. There are not many who would have the guts and moral courage to do that.

The only villain in this affair has no gone and thankfully we're now able to rebuild bridges, re-connect with the fans and start getting City back to where they belong.

CTID.

 

I disagree. He did fantastically well in his second stint working under that moron, and many believe - myself included - that his sacking was unjust.

If there was an opportunity down the line for Stuart to return and continue the good work he started in League One, then I would be all for it!

 

Totally agree. Stuart did a fantastic job that some managers fail to achieve even when they've the full backing of a sane and sensible owner.
The fact that Stuart got us as far as he did whilst constantly dealing with an egomaniac who was also a complete bufoon is testament to his abilities.

 

Lets not forget the role the Bingley Bantams played in what happened, albeit in a small way, with their ‘support the club no matter what’ mantra, and cosying up to Edin for personal gain. They were complicit, and now they’re putting on nights like this to find some answers about what what went on, like it came as a bit of a shock, okay..Maybe they should be answering a few questions themselves.

 

So the Rahic Collaborators in chief Bingley Bantams put on an event with Stuart McCall? Shame they didn’t back Stuart more when he was forced out by their bestie Edin. Would have been interested in attending but anything these turncoats put on its a no from me. Let’s remember they backed Rahic to the end & turned on fans who were protesting against the Rahic. If this pressure hadn’t come to bear, we may not have a club now. They supported Rahic trying to kill our club and that will never be forgotten.

 

Glad you enjoyed it. Took a hell of a lot of organising but we've had no negative feedback at all so we'll take that!

 

Mason also had a couple of crazy tidbits about Edin, they didn’t get on.

Infact, they both made it fairly clear that the reason they and Greg chose to stick around so long was because they knew what Edin was capable of if they weren’t there to try and temper him and his madcap ideas.

 

Then why did it reportedly take a letter to SR to prompt action? Could they not have done more, particularly James in a non playing position and heavily involved with the day to day of the club?

 

Can anyone fill us in on this bit? Still intrigued....

 

Shame those that knew as much, and posted to that effect, weren't listened to earlier. In fact, weren't the Bingley Bantams one of those groups who backed Edin to just about the bitter end...?

 

The point he's making is that if an ordinary fan can get a message to Stefan about the situation at the club then it's reasonable to assume that two integral staff members could have also spoken to him if they had wished.

 

If he had had a chairman with an iota of an idea of what he was doing McCall would have got us into the playoffs again. He has his failings as a manager, who doesn't, but it was a minor miracle he kept us as high as he did that season before his sacking.

 

This was a fantastic event. Great evening. Stuart was on top form.

The sheer number of crazy Edin stories was mad but not entirely surprising

 

What a ridiculous angle to approach the subject.

Man employed as mouth piece speaks positively about employer in public, what a scandal.

We can never know what was said behind closed doors, but I doubt it was all rainbows and sunshine. The fact you think presentation is reality is a concern.

 

Just to add, the fact Luke wasn’t even allowed back from Yeovil on our team coach and had to make his own way back is absolutely disgusting. The depths that Edin would sink had no limits.


He wouldn’t even allow Kenny Black into Stuart’s meetings with him!

 

And some didn't believe it was the Luke Hendrie stituation where our season turned and the rock set in.
The sad thing was Rupp fully backed Rahic's decisions, Rupp should have been more involved when Rahic wanted Stuart gone during the closed season after our Wembley apperance simply because Stuart was more popular than Rahic.

 

Great post @Glenn Ackroyd.

 

Agreed.

I'd have had more sympathy for Abbott if he wasn't the most arrogant man I've ever met and someone who struggled to accept his faults.

The way he shot the fan down when he dared to question pre season and the squad building as a "shambles" was a disgrace.

The fan was bang on the money and everyone in the room knew it yet Abbott decided to embarrass the bloke instead of admitting errors had been made.

 

So John Dewhirsts opinion carried more weight with the club owner than Greg Abbott or James Mason while they were employed by the club?

Is that the angle you're really going with?

 

If you remember, they asked Jon to stop the flyby because we had Rahic & Rupp on the banner and they said it could be detrimental to the finances of the club after they had been contacted by someone in the know from the club. Less than a month later Rahic was gone, Julian in charge and Rupp backing the finances.

I too had my doubts up until Jon had spoken privately with them.