Cardiff City RedBlueDragonBirds 2012-2013 season

[editor]

Some good reader comments after that article too:

Tan asked if he looked stupid at the players dinner, cue laughter! Well, not only do you look stupid, the colour change and badge were way beyond stupid. You ruined my club just to satisfy your stupid Chinese superstitions. You culture trampled over ours. Go back to the proper colour and badge and put someone in charge that understands football, Cardiff and Wales. BLUEBIRDS, not Chinese redbirds.

Cardiff City supporters have always chanted Blues & Bluebirds, even at away games when the home teams been Blue.
The confusion doesn't belong to the Cardiff City supporters it belongs to Vincent Tan!
The solution is simple & logical, if Mr Tan believes Red to be lucky, then reinstate the Blue home kit & make red the 2nd kit - Luck away from home in the premier it will be in valuable

Blue forever. We are Cardiff City, we'll always be blue! The rebrand is a joke that has soured the season. It doesn't stop Chelsea, Inter Milan, Man City, Italy, FC Porto, Paris St Germain, Lazio et al from being successful..it's a ridiculous situation.

Give us our colours back and the confusion is over Mr Tan!

I'll tell you what you should do - put the kit back to blue. It wasn't 'lucky red' that got us promotion, it was your financial backing, coupled with Malky's astute use of that money. Also, what a load of nonsense re the Bluebirds symbol being bullied by other symbols...completely bonkers.

 

[Ras Malai Bait]

good comments…..I particularly like the first two….

 

[editor]

More financial stuff....

Former Cardiff City manager Dave Jones issues writ against club

Former Cardiff City manager Dave Jones is suing the club for almost £540,000 in unpaid bonuses.

Jones has taken the club to the High Court in London for money he says he is owed for guiding them to an FA Cup final and three Championship play-offs.
The writ claims that then club chairman Peter Ridsdale "verbally agreed" to pay Jones £150,000 on cup final day.

The club said: "It would be inappropriate to discuss specifics or any disputed figures."
Jones, 56, managed the club to its highest league finish for 38 years in 2009 and the play-off final in 2010, before being replaced by Malky Mackay in June 2011.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22359471

 

[big eejit]

One final effort please Cardiff. Just don't lose to Hull today and Gianfranco's Yellow Army will do the rest. They better or my wife is gonna be miserable all weekend.

 

[Ras Malai Bait]

One final effort please Cardiff. Just don't lose to Hull today and Gianfranco's Yellow Army will do the rest. They better or my wife is gonna be miserable all weekend.

 

[Clint Iguana]

 

[tommers]

Nice red and black tie there Malky.

 

[shambler]

annoyed I couldn't get home for the bus 'cause of exams, looks like a pretty good turnout. Hope you lot enjoyed it in the sun

 

[ddraig]

there was soooo much blue
fav bits were "you jack bastards, you jack bastards, we're coming you"
and "maggies dead who gives a fuck, we're Cardiff City and we're going up"

horse dismounted the copper on its back at one point on St Mary st!
great atmosphere and great crowds all the way
wanted to get a shot of all the blue fans against red merch stall but camera shite
ticker tape on st mary st too and someone was asking where the blue was

massive event and fair play to all involved
big up Cardiff

 

[Gromit]

Nice red and black tie there Malky.

He's worn it in the dugout all season. It's the club suit.

 

[ddraig]

In pictures: Bluebirds' celebration

 

[ddraig]

the best of my shit phone pics

 

[pauld]

Red shirts
Red scarves
Red ties
Red bus
And to top it off, of course, the red fucking fireworks just to rub our noses in it.
So glad I didn't go to this...

Newport County for me next year for some proper glory-hunting League 2 action. C'mon Cewnty!

 

[ddraig]

Leah Keenan ‏@LeahKeenan

4h​

@CardiffCityFC pic.twitter.com/UMvhmtj5NI

 

[Limerick Red]

Was in Cardiff for the weekend, parade was good craic, some of me pics below.

 

[ddraig]

not one arrest! not even naked people arrested!!
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/cardiff-city-fans-praised-police-3414789
short vid of top of St Mary st and a few pics

 

[ddraig]

Ninian Park nostalgia
pics
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/ninian-park-nostalgia-look-back-3573992

 

[editor]

Good to see the Cardiff City Supporters Trust survey making it clear what the real fans think of the bullshit rebrand:

Trust congratulate Bluebirds but make plea to Vincent Tan in wake of fans’ survey​

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The Trust today issued the following statement which follows on the recent fans’ survey. It says:
The Trust would like to congratulate manager Malky Mackay and all Cardiff City players on their success in winning promotion to the Premier League and clinching the Championship title. It is a fantastic achievement.
The financial support of Tan Sri Vincent Tan, our Malaysian owner, has also been absolutely crucial in the club achieving a dream many of us thought that we would never see.

We believe it is important at this time to ensure that everyone is pulling in the same direction and that there is a strong sense of unity after such a momentous period in the club’s history.

Our recent fans’ survey showed a clear majority did not want to see any further branding changes such as removing the Bluebird from the club crest or changing the name of the club in any way.

We are very pleased that Mr Tan has given a very clear commitment to the media that there will no further rebranding, including no change to the name of the club with the Bluebird also remaining on the club’s crest. This is excellent news as we believe any further major rebranding would be unnecessary and create further disharmony among supporters.

The Trust believes it is important that there is a period of stability as we enter very exciting times for the club and its supporters.

The fans’ survey also showed strong support for a return to the traditional blue kit when we play at the Cardiff City Stadium.

History and tradition are very important to many Bluebirds supporters while appreciating the club has to move forward.

We urge Mr Tan to seriously consider returning the first team home kit to blue at the earliest opportunity with red becoming the away kit. We are sure if that were to happen it would be warmly welcomed by an overwhelming* majority of supporters.

Once again, congratulations to Cardiff City on their promotion.
*The results of the fans’ survey carried out in March can be viewed at http://www.ccfctrust.org/?p=2919

 

[editor]

More:

Tim Hartley, chair of Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust, said: “The results show clearly that ordinary fans want a proper dialogue with the club. Shareholders in the club, which include the Trust, have also not been consulted.
“As the only democratic voice of fans we are disappointed that our last meeting with the then club chairman was two-and-a-half years ago. We have written to the chief executive requesting a meeting with supporters, but have been told this will not happen until the season is over.
“The results of the survey, as it relates to rebranding, indicates continuing disquiet to the changes, although a sizeable number of fans have reluctantly accepted it.”

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cardiff-city-supporters-trust-urge-3617237

 

[editor]

Looks like Malky could be on his way. Everton expected to make a move for Cardiff City's Malky Mackay as successor to David Moyes at Goodison Park

 

[Gromit]

Looks like Malky could be on his way. Everton expected to make a move for Cardiff City's Malky Mackay as successor to David Moyes at Goodison Park

G'luck t him. He's done faff all for Cardiff. Malky out!

 

[ddraig]

Tan considering floating club on Malaysian exchange
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/finance-experts-question-vincent-tans-4010788

The speculation comes just weeks after the Bluebirds clinched promotion to the Premier League and would follow Manchester United’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange last year, which raised £154.4m.
According to Reuters, the initial plan is to list on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange – renamed Bursa Malaysian in 2004.
The IPO – which would see a certain number of shares sold rather than the entire club – is in its early stages, the report adds, with details on the “timing, size and listing venue subject to change”.
Premier League football is expected to quadruple Cardiff City’s revenue to about £80m next season, thanks largely to the bumper television broadcast rights deal.

 

[editor]

Fuck. Modern. Football.

 

[Clint Iguana]

Not so much a protest, just loads of people getting together to celebrate blue this afternoon

Flikr

 

[editor]

I like this very much indeed. Real fans.

 

[spacemonkey]

Tan considering floating club on Malaysian exchange
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/finance-experts-question-vincent-tans-4010788

Worrying. What are the implications of this?

 

[Gromit]

I like this very much indeed. Real fans.

 

[Gromit]

Worrying. What are the implications of this?

1. It alows us to wipe the debts (via the prem fee) and Invest in the stadium and squad with the IPO money.
2. If we get relegated and the share value dips below the saleable value of our assets it leaves us vulnerable to being sold into extinction.

Note the stadium would not be one of the assets. I think the deal the council did with the club excludes it from future resale. Although I could be wrong and someone will find a legal way to void that.

The fact that the saleable assets might not include the stadium should affect the initial share value so we'd probably not raise massive amounts from an IPO imo.

 

[ddraig]

don't know really but thought this bit interesting and looks like prob wouldn't work

Keith Morgan, a Cardiff City supporter and director at international accountancy firm Mazars, said an IPO would be one way of Mr Tan getting a “big return” on the money he has loaned the club, which he believes to be about £60m-£70m.
“But the benefit for the club is that in order for Vincent Tan to make money that way he will have to write-off the loans and convert them into shares,” Mr Morgan said.“That would make Cardiff City much more attractive to potential investors, especially as a Premier League club. “The problem with football clubs is there is no guaranteed income stream. Football is a very volatile income stream. In the Championship, Cardiff City’s total income was £20m. In the Premier League that income goes up to £80m.
“If you get relegated, yes you do get parachute payments, but your income falls of the a cliff, say from £80m to £40m.
Normally the stock exchange investors are in it for the long-haul. “If you invested in Manchester United there is very little risk of them getting relegated and therefore losing a high proportion of their income. Whereas Cardiff City, or Swansea City, there is a very real risk.”He questioned the likelihood of the IPO’s success given Manchester United withdrew from a £640m listing on the much bigger Singapore Stock Exchange last July.
“The question is how much money are they going to raise when Manchester United could not do it? The counter-argument is that Vincent Tan has contacts in business and politics out there that might help it to be a success,” Mr Morgan said.

 

[ddraig]

charming!