Cardiff City /Cardiff Dragons/ RedBlueDragonBirds 2013-2014, Bluebirds Unite and related chat

[editor]

More info on the march on the 22nd March:

http://www.urban75.org/blog/keep-ca...their-heritage-and-tradition-march-22nd-2014/

 

[bendeus]

This is the way to do it. AFC Wimbledon CEO explains:

Giving a shit about your fans, legacy and history??

Asking people to join you on a journey and gauging what they would be willing to give in order to get you there??

It'll never work; where's the money in that?

 

[Ungrateful]

Great to see the "lucky red" producing such magnificent dividends for the club.

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The switch from Blue to Red doesn't seem to be lucky for that David Moyes fella either.

 

[agricola]

Meanwhile, a bloke with a lot of disposable income.

 

[editor]

Update:

Cardiff City: Between three and five thousand people expected to protest before Liverpool game

Cardiff City fans could number as many as 5,000 at a demonstration to be held before Saturday's match with Liverpool, it has been estimated.

Fans from 15 supporter groups - including the Cardiff City Supporters Club, Supporters Trust, Cardiff City Forum, Cardiff City Message Board and campaign group Bluebirds Unite - have come together to organise the peaceful protest against the club's rebrand from blue to red.

From 2pm supporters will march from the Admiral Napier pub on Cowbridge Road East in the Canton area of the city before arriving at the main entrance of the Cardiff City Stadium by 2.30pm.

Supporters have been encouraged to wear blue scarves and shirts as part of the protest.

It follows a poll conducted by the Supporters’ Trust which showed 85 per cent of Bluebirds are vehemently opposed to the red rebranding and change of the club crest to a dragon.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cardiff-city-between-three-five-6861102

 

[ddraig]

 

[ddraig]

report and pics
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...diff-city-protest-thousands-bluebirds-6864864

 

[ddraig]

the display at 19:27

 

[editor]

If only ALL the supporters had done this in the first place.

This is a great statement from the 1927 Club.

The 1927 Club backs protest march and Bluebirds Unite

In June 2012, as a result of Vincent Tan's insulting and extreme rebrand, the 1927 Club, the London and South East Supporters Club withdrew its support of Cardiff City Football Club until it returned to its historical identity.

We remain proud that we were the only supporters organisation to officially oppose and condemn the rebrand from the start.

The 1927 Club has remained in existence and its members have followed the efforts of those who chose to oppose the rebrand while feeling they can continue to support the football club with interest.

The march on Saturday 22nd March 2014 before the home game against Liverpool when for the first time, a wide range of supporters groups will join together in a call for the club to return to blue is an encouraging development.

We wish all those marching on Saturday demanding the return of the club's identity good luck and as a sign of support have today made a cash donation to Bluebirds Unite.

Sometimes marginalised, Bluebirds Unite have been the most vocal and consistent in their opposition to the vandalism of the club's identity and they deserve credit for their persistence and hard work.

 

[editor]

Such a fucking great decision to sack Mackay and get Solskjaer in.

 

[ddraig]

 

[editor]

What a fantastic manager Solskjær is turning out to be. City were 15th when MacKay was sacked. And now they're 19th.

Thanks for the vision, Tan!

 

[ddraig]

from ONER signs
http://www.onersigns.co.uk/canvas/p/331/desc/ccfc-keep-the-faith-canvas/

 

[Gromit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26991749

I like the bit where he calls us the Bluebirds with no messing around. He knows our name even if this thread and some other journos pretend not to.

 

[ddraig]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26991749

I like the bit where he calls us the Bluebirds with no messing around. He knows our name even if this thread and some other journos pretend not to.

where has this thread said he doesn't know the name of "bluebirds"?

 

[Gromit]

where has this thread said he doesn't know the name of "bluebirds"?

The title:

/Cardiff Dragons/ RedBlueDragonBirds

It mentions Bluebirds Unite but not the Bluebirds.

 

[editor]

 

[ddraig]

The title:

/Cardiff Dragons/ RedBlueDragonBirds

It mentions Bluebirds Unite but not the Bluebirds.

that is tenuous and poor! even for you

 

[hammerntongues]

I am not too sure how much truth there is to it and i am pretty sure it would have been pointed out at some stage by now if it were totally true but I was in Malaysia recently and was discussing the name change with some locals and they told me that the literal translation of Blue Birds into the dialect of Mr Tan is " male testicles " but in a rude manner .

It obviously does n`t excuse him on any level but it may be part of the reason ? I know these people well , they were not bullshitting me and appologised to the females present when they were explaining it to me , so maybe some element of truth .

 

[editor]

I don't give as fuck how the name sounds in Malaysian. Cardiff have turned into a total embarrassment - they've become the benchmark for what fans should never be prepared to accept in the name of success.

 

[Epico]

This protest over the Crystal Palace score sounds like one of the most desparate things in while.

m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27062091

 

[editor]

This protest over the Crystal Palace score sounds like one of the most desparate things in while.

m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27062091

Just when you thought it couldn't get any more embarrassing.

 

[Gromit]

Thats the way clubs are these days. I'm not at all surprised. When you are in trouble any unfairness elsewhere seems especially unfair.

The only thing that surprised me was that there were no calls for points deduction from that club fielding an illegible player.

 

[editor]

Thats the way clubs are these days. I'm not at all surprised. When you are in trouble any unfairness elsewhere seems especially unfair.

So do you condemn Cardiff's attempt to get the game nullified?

 

[Gromit]

So do you condemn Cardiff's attempt to get the game nullified?

Well the sporting thing is to admit to yourselves that if you can't beat a club with your best 11 does it matter if they already knew who your best 11 were.

The other part of me still thinks Wales would have made it to a major competition if instead of being sporting (Mark Hughes agreed to delay a game because the other country was in a civil war) we should have played the regulations and insisted it was forfeited because the hosts couldn't keep to the agreed timetable.

 

[editor]

Well the sporting thing is to admit to yourselves that if you can't beat a club with your best 11 does it matter if they already knew who your best 11 were.

So, do you condemn them or not?

 

[Gromit]

So, do you condemn them or not?

I don't blame em for trying / clutching at straws.

 

[editor]

 

[tommers]

Looks like palace will be well clear of the relegation zone, otherwise that could get tricky. If you start asking for the 3 pts to be given to you then it could yet I suppose.

Take it from somebody who knows. It's a shit process.

 

[1927]

If Palace infringed the rules I don't blame the club for doing something about it! To condemn the club just because you might disagree with Tan is frankly ridiculous.