I always recall his attitude when the captaincy was taken from him and handed to Bruno.

He was the first to congratulate Bruno and he's always given Bruno his full backing.

This I think was a subtle move at the time because Bruno was really making a name for himself, and with the rumours of the cartel clubs wanting to poach him, and it would have been easy for his head to have been turned, no matter how loyal he appeared to be. Giving him the armband then would have gone a long way to really tying the knot to the club with him and I'm sure both Eddie and Tripps knew this.