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Cardiff City 2009-2010 season

WoW, it's nots so much that Swansea can't score goals, its the fact that they dont even try. If our goals had been on the half way line on saturday they would have struggled to have another shot.
 
1927 said:
WoW, it's nots so much that Swansea can't score goals, its the fact that they dont even try. If our goals had been on the half way line on saturday they would have struggled to have another shot.
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Mostly true but don't forget how very close Kuqi came, just before Chopra's winner ....
 
TG meeting with Supporters Trust http://www.ccfctrust.org/

Cardiff City Supporters' Trust Chairman Tim Hartley and board member Anthony Wedlake have met potential Cardiff City Football Club investor Dato' Chan Tien Ghee (TG).

The meeting areas covered were potential future investment in the club, potential future strategies and TG's affinity and commitment to Cardiff City Football Club.

A summary of key points discussed during the meeting were:

Investment

Any investment is NOT conditional on CCFC reaching the Premiership this season.

The final pieces of the 'jigsaw' are still to be finalised. Discussions are progressing with all key stakeholders (by stakeholders, we believe, that they would include PMG, key directors and other important creditors).

It should be seen as extremely positive that prominent directors have put their own money into the club to cover immediate expenses (e.g. the players' wages) that have fallen due. The payments were unlikely to have been made without progress being made as part of the wider efforts to increase investment.

Future Financial Strategy

TG believes that there are major costs that the club has incurred in previous financial years that need not be repeated in future financial years.

He also believes that the club is not fulfilling its current potential for additional revenue streams (e.g. conferencing).

Having a major Malaysian investor in the club opens up key parts of the football mad Far East to revenue generating opportunities that are currently only available to the top English Premiership clubs that's not to say we'd raise the same amount of revenue as these clubs, but we'd be able to leverage the potential.

'TG' the City Fan

He is definitely a businessman first and a football fan second. If the deal is not there, he won't make emotional decisions that are contrary to any positive business case. He also has corporate governance in place within his own organisation that will challenge any deal that doesn't stack up.

However, he is definitely a fan. Sunday's game between Cardiff City and Swansea City reinforced his commitment. Given the relatively short period of time he has been involved with the club, he is remarkably well informed.
TG revealed there were issues about the way the deal was being handled before Christmas but decided not to walk away because of his affinity to the club and the potential to make a deal.

He is not the type of potential investor we've seen previously who is keen to hog the limelight. If he has something to say, he'll say it, if not he'll say nothing a good example is from the game against Swansea. He was asked by the press to comment on the win, he refused on the basis that it was Dave Jones' day and the team's day and not his. He was genuinely pleased that he could find no reference to him in any of the many Sunday papers in front of him that reported on the Swansea game. Another example is that until the Trust issued a press release, there were significant elements of the South Wales press that did not know he was returning to South Wales at Easter.

Conclusion

It is clear that a deal to secure the financial future of the club is not yet in place.

We believe, having met the man and entered into several e-mail exchanges, that TG has the will and financial acumen to help take the club forward. We believe him to be credible. We have agreed to stay close over the coming weeks.

Tim Hartley has made clear the support of the Trust as a 'critical friend' in the weeks ahead. The Trust will not, however, give unquestioning support.

Tim Hartley, Chairman of Cardiff City Supporters' Trust, said: "We were delighted that TG took time out of his very busy schedule to talk to the Trust.

"He appreciated that the Trust was a democratically elected set up to speak on behalf of the fans while it gave the Trust an insight into TG and his interest in Cardiff City. It is clear that a deal to secure the financial future of the club is not yet in place although we remain very hopeful that agreement can be reached.

"We did agree to remain in contact with TG over the coming crucial weeks in the future of Cardiff City."
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Here's hoping it's not Church raining on the Cardiff parade. That kid is going to be good for Wales. I think he should marry Charlotte so they can have the same surname.
 
Infidel Castro said:
They do that. Good spot. But for the sake of all the nuptuals, paper-signing and all that jazz, they can still make a show of changing Charlotte's surname from Church to Church. That'd be a great event.
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If she's already a church and was to mbecome a church twice over would she become a cathedral?
 
Originally posted on BBC website ...... they face a Reading side that could yet land a top-six place themselves after a stunning turnaround since manager Brian McDermott inherited a team that were struggling near the bottom of the table.
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I know it is mathematically possible, but i really think this is fantasy land at this stage of the season :facepalm:

(*famous last words?:hmm:)
 
Well.... that was a bit of a battle. I may have doubts about Reading's ability to reach the play offs but they were undoubtedly a good team, certainly better than Swansea.

Unfortunately our strikers seemed to be having a bit of an off day, the good news though is that our defence has finally woken up. Darcy Blake played a blinder, nothing was getting past him.

Etuhu has got into his stride and is now worrying defences but is not yet quite fit enough to last 90 minutes... but that was not a problem cos Burke was ready to step in when the time came.

a nerve wracking few weeks awaits us.
 
I thought MoM yesterday was Gerard by a country mile. Sponsors gave it to Ledley, but I think a few awards this season have gone the way of the person that the sponsors would most like to have their photo taken with. I think this is why Whitts hasn't to my knowledge won an MoM, cos who wants a pic of Pob stuck on their office wall for the rest of time?
 
Clint Iguana said:
a nerve wracking few weeks awaits us.
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Its at times like this that I oft recall the quote from John Cleese in Clockwise

"It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand".

Thats should be City's motto.
 
It's certainly my moto when it comes to Cardiff.

Two very good form sides canceled each other out yesterday.

Reading wanted it more than Cardiff tbh. You could see we were content to get a draw.

However if it wasn't for a great save by their keeper we'd have taken that match.

I can't pick one MoM.

Gerard was great. I thought Bothroyd played well, even when hurt. Whitts nutmegged four players and put in some good runs. MacNaughton was solid defensily. I think his orders were not to push forward as he's not fit enough to track back yet.

Did Ledley play? I didn't see him.
 
Gromit said:
It's certainly my moto when it comes to Cardiff.

Two very good form sides canceled each other out yesterday.

Reading wanted it more than Cardiff tbh. You could see we were content to get a draw.

Did Ledley play? I didn't see him.
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I think if Reading had been playing like this all season they might be in the mix now.

We seemed to have moments when there were great crosses with no-one on the end - and moments with strikers in great positions but with crap delivery.

On the odd occasion it all came together at the same time their goal keeper did the business. There is a lot of talk about swansea's defence, well Reading's is streets ahead of them at the moment.

I thought chops was doing well and was surprised by his substitution, but it is a good sign that we are in a position to do that at the moment.

As for Ledley, i have never been a big fan but i thought the boy done good yesterday.
 
I wonder about City fans sometimes. We are approaching what could be the most momentous time in our history, for good or bad, and no one wants to talk about it.

I have decided that should I win the lottrey this week I will pay the tax bill, with a proviso that should we make it out of the championship I can invest more and keep the Malaysians out.

Think about it, they are funding us at the moment because they know for a very small investment they can buy a club, which if we go up receives in excess of £30M next season and they could then, theoretically, take all their money and fuck off.

Anyone got £2m they can lend me?:D
 
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