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oh for fucks sake
it is tribal
school hates nearest other school
town hates nearest other town, same for city etc
just way it is

then obviously with football it is more obvious to all and grows with incidents along the way entrenching attitudes
 
editor said:
He's taken away our heritage, our tradition, our colours, our badge and our nickname, and now he's trying to take away age-old rivalries.

And still some sheep go along with his bullshit and try to justify his meddling. It's embarrassing.
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He's laying on food and drink for the visiting suits by the sounds of it :rolleyes:
 
It's like he's trying to strip off everything that made Cardiff City special and turn us into a homogeneous nothing team.
 
"we should give them as warm a welcome as we can. Just like when we go there."
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Last time i went down there, we had rockets launched at our bus*.


(* distress flares, rather than actual cruise missiles)
 
Favelado said:
It would be pretty fucking illogical playing in the English league at all in that case.
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What's all this 'English league' nonsense?

There is the Barclays Premier league (consisting mainly of foreigners) and The Football League.

In Britain only the scots have a league worthy of appending a single country to the title.

The league of Wales doesn't count as its rubbish.
 
Gromit said:
What's all this 'English league' nonsense?

There is the Barclays Premier league (consisting mainly of foreigners) and The Football League.

In Britain only the scots have a league worthy of appending a single country to the title.

The league of Wales doesn't count as its rubbish.
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According to FIFA, UEFA and everyone else on the planet except you, it's the English league. We have an anomalous situation where some Welsh clubs play in the English league system, but the English system it is.
 
Lots of rumours on Twitter than Malky Mackay has quit. Still it doesn't matter if he has - we can just get another friend of Tan's son to take charge!
 
Farcical is the only way to describe it...

From the change of shirt colour to indulging his son and his friends, Cardiff City now epitomise the term 'a rich man's plaything'.


Edit: What about the 'fit and proper person' test? Not that it's made any difference before, but these eejits are making Cardiff a laughing stock.
 
Gromit's 'if this were a normal corporate entity.....' metaphor is looking more and more threadbare.

If this was a normal corporate entity rather than a plutocrat madman's wank sock this wouldn't be happening, would it?
 
It gets worse

Vincent Tan's level of interference in his role as Cardiff City's owner has extended to signing a player without the prior approval of Malky Mackay or any of the manager's recruitment and scouting staff. Etien Velikonja, a Slovenian forward who cost €2m (£1.7m), arrived at Cardiff unannounced last year and via a deal that involved Jorge Mendes, one of the world's most high-profile football agents.

Velikonja signed a four-year contract when he joined from NK Maribor in July 2012 but has played only 73 minutes of league football in 15 months and completed only one game, when he was named in the starting XI for the 2-1 FA Cup defeat at Macclesfield in January. The 24-year-old, who earns a five-figure weekly salary, has not made the substitutes' bench once this season and, based on his transfer fee alone, has so far cost Cardiff £10,000 for every minute that he has played.
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It's never been boring being a Cardiff fan. Cardiff owners are a special breed.

The difference now is that the national news is interested is our crap not just the western mail and echo.
 
Gromit said:
It's never been boring being a Cardiff fan. Cardiff owners are a special breed.

The difference now is that the national news is interested is our crap not just the western mail and echo.
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were they right to replace Moody with this young man?
is it good that more people can read about and see what is going on then?
 
It was always meant to be a temporary measure (if they are to be believed but innocent until proven guilty). Little did they know how temporary :D Was he the right temporary appointment? From a PR angle no. From a performance angle? We'll never know now if he'd have performed or not.

Is it good? Well editor keeps muttering about national embarrassment. If you care about such things then no. Info is useful to fans (even though what the press provides can hardly be considered info in the truest sense). Is useful to rival fans other than entertainment and ammo to bait us with?

We already had a local source of info. Has the national press really added to that in a good way with their tabloid sports reporting?
 
Gromit said:
It's never been boring being a Cardiff fan. Cardiff owners are a special breed.

The difference now is that the national news is interested is our crap not just the western mail and echo.
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Did you not read the article above? He's buying players WITHOUT ASKING THE MANAGER. And look how much that useless player has cost the club already. Does that not concern you in the slightest?
 
Never been so ambivilant about a derby game against the Jacks. I feel totally disengaed. Been more excited about watching City play Plymouth Argyle. Damn you Tan.
 
Clint Iguana said:
Never been so ambivilant about a derby game against the Jacks. I feel totally disengaed. Been more excited about watching City play Plymouth Argyle. Damn you Tan.
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Conversely, I have never given a toss about a South Wales derby before, but will be tuning in for my latest fix of Cardiff gossip without fail tomorrow.
 
editor said:
Did you not read the article above? He's buying players WITHOUT ASKING THE MANAGER. And look how much that useless player has cost the club already. Does that not concern you in the slightest?
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Its always a concern. Like when Sam Hamman bought a load of ex-Wimbledon players without consulting Lennie Lawrence. I felt sorry for Gareth Ainsworth who was disliked by the manager through no fault of his own and could have made more of a difference for us if he'd been given a fair chance.

That's life as a city supporter for you. Past and present.
 
Watching this. Who are Cardiff's star players? Bellamy? I've always had sneaking admiration for his abrasive nature, if not the whole hitting team-mates with a golf club thing.

Who else?
 
Caulker and Turner are good centre backs. Medel is a proper scrapper in midfield, Odemwingie is fast and scores a few but is very inconsistent. Whittingham strikes a mean dead ball - scored loads in the Championship from midfield but not so far in the prem.
 
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