Cardiff City RedBlueDragonBirds 2012-2013 season
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1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Why wouldnt it be? Thats the colour we play in.
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
Yes.. smacks of desperation to me. I think it is a sign that red has not yet been fully embraced on 'the terraces', when you have to bribe people to wear red.
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hiraethified
I thought we were called 'The Bluebirds' playing in a stadium full of blue seats and with over a century long tradition of playing in blue?
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
But they play in red now.
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hiraethified
At the current whim of the owners yes, but that doesn't mean true fans have to abandon a lifetime of supporting a team that plays in blue just because some billionaire foreigner tells us to.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Anyone who doesn't want a red scarf is free to buy their own.
Anyone who wants to win the draw is free to follow the terms and conditions of those stumping up the prize.
It's not like they are banning blue scarves. Neither should have to pay for free blue ones if they don't want to.
Fans like to think that they own the club somehow. Like to think that somehow because they pay (occasionally/regularly) for some entertainment it gives them rights.
Do the same fans think that they own their local cinema? Do they protest when they decide to change the carpet colour?
Anyone who wants to win the draw is free to follow the terms and conditions of those stumping up the prize.
It's not like they are banning blue scarves. Neither should have to pay for free blue ones if they don't want to.
Fans like to think that they own the club somehow. Like to think that somehow because they pay (occasionally/regularly) for some entertainment it gives them rights.
Do the same fans think that they own their local cinema? Do they protest when they decide to change the carpet colour?
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Who are the true fans?the ones that have walked away and not put a penny into the club this season to try and secure our place in the prem, or the ones who are still upporting the club and pushing the team towards the championship?
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hiraethified
It's just a little bit sad that you think that the lifelong Cardiff fans who have refused to go along with the newly-arrived billionaire's heritage-trashing whims should be compared to people who would object to a carpet being changed.
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hiraethified
Without the fans who had supported the club through the bad times, there would be no promotion-challenging team.
PS We're already in the Championship.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Yes I know but we havent won the championship which is what i meant!
You have gone along with it tho, I seem to remember you went over Christmas.
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hiraethified
I didn't 'go along with it' just because I attended the match.
Don't you hate the way the owner's inexplicable whims have turned fan against fan or aren't you bothered about lifelong fans becoming disenfranchised in the name of SUCCESS at any price?
Gromit
International Man of Misery
A lifelong fan of music:
Things change. Nostalgia for the good old days is understandable. Refusal to accept that things change isn't.
Music wears different colours to the old days. Corporates like Sony control the top. Doesn't stop me liking my favourite acts if they keep banging out results.
Things change. Nostalgia for the good old days is understandable. Refusal to accept that things change isn't.
Music wears different colours to the old days. Corporates like Sony control the top. Doesn't stop me liking my favourite acts if they keep banging out results.
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hiraethified
It's not 'nostalgia' ffs. What a stupid thing to say.A lifelong fan of music:
Things change. Nostalgia for the good old days is understandable. Refusal to accept that things change isn't.
Music wears different colours to the old days. Corporates like Sony control the top. Doesn't stop me liking my favourite acts if they keep banging out results.
"Inexplicable whims" is it?
The way I look at it is: you can't argue with results.
Immediately after changing our home strip to red, we embarked on the longest unbeaten stretch of home results in our history.
So obviously Mr. Tan isn't as daft as he looks is he?
I wish we'd had a few more Chairmen with that kind of "inexplicable whim" over the years...
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hiraethified
Yes, it's all down to the mystical powers of the colour red and nothing to do with the effects of his investment.
And that's why all teams who play in red are all doing remarkably well too. Red is a lucky colour! Its amazing! Every team in red wins!
Oh, hang on...
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hiraethified
That's because you know fuck all about football.
Yes, it's all down to the mystical powers of the colour red and nothing to do with the effects of his investment.
And that's why all teams who play in red are all doing remarkably well too. Red is a lucky colour! Its amazing! Every team in red wins!
Oh, hang on...
You miss the point.
Obviously Tan was planning to exploit the well-known psychological boost that human beings associate with a radical change in appearance or "makeover."
He'd observed us trying for promotion year after year, and failing at the last hurdle every time.
He knew that only a dramatic change of self-image could ever jolt the team out of this endless cycle of repetition.
A change so dramatic that, he knew, it would inevitably seem impossible to many.
Of course there was no shortage of skeptics, naysayers or denialists. People who simply refused to believe that a simple change of shirt color could have such a transformative impact overnight.
Those people have gone pretty quiet these days. Tan must be chuckling now.
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hiraethified
Troll = fail.
Nope.
You're just refusing to admit that you were wrong.
Tan had a hunch. It seemed like a wild idea to some. Many said it couldn't possibly work. He ignored them. He tried it anyway. And it worked brilliantly.
After four decades of watching CCFC trying stupid idea after stupid idea, all of them failing, I must say I'm quite impressed to find someone whose idea actually worked for a change. I hope he has a million such ideas.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Dwyer is absolutely bang on the money wth this one and it must piss people off. cardiff have come close so mnay times in recent years and failed.the monkey on our back was dragging us back, the change in colour got that monkey off our back to a degree. the players have even voted to play in red when they could theoretically play in blue away from home, its obvious that they prefer the red kit, the monkey free red kit.its not luck, but psychologically it obviously has an effect.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
So any comment you dont agree with must be a troll? grow up.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
who are you to be the arbiter of people's footballing knowledge?
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Yes, it's all down to the mystical powers of the colour red and nothing to do with the effects of his investment.
And that's why all teams who play in red are all doing remarkably well too. Red is a lucky colour! Its amazing! Every team in red wins!
Oh, hang on...
I dont see any reference to luck in the post you quoted!
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
I dint have a problem with any fan, although I do think that those who have disenfranchised THEMSELVES are being very silly.
