Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
the thing is .... cardiff have not honoured their debts. They still owe sam a fortune
Cardiff City RedBlueDragonBirds 2012-2013 season
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the thing is .... cardiff have not honoured their debts. They still owe sam a fortune
Spoiler : Cardiff lose in the playoff semi-final
Never gets old
Never gets old
Gromit
International Man of Misery
But those debts haven't been written off by administration. Sam will get some money eventually. How much and when remains to be seen but it will be more than 1p in the pound.
spacemonkey
I Love Noodles
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hiraethified
co-op
But....but cLoWnFiSh....
I miss Cardiff City.
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Frankly it feels like it's borderline pointless now at just about all clubs. Local identity, local pride, local culture and history in an age of neo-liberalism is all just so much cultural capital to be strip-mined, have the value wrung out of it for some shareholders living in Surrey and then slung in the bin when the next a more efficient use of the capital emerges.
But I really sympathise for your loss. And respect if you stick up two fingers to the whole farce. I only really go and watch non-league and amateur football now and practise serious non-attachment to Palace.
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hiraethified
Important reading for the Cardiff fans who think that sacrificing our tradition at the whim of a billionaire is the only option:
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
There was never any suggestion that they werent going to be called cardiff, ffs.
This red kit is proving incredibly good luck! unbeaten in red so far. No wins in any other colour.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Isnt it? The red kept the owners happy, happy owners spend money, money = good squad, good squad = results.
So indirectly red has something to do with it.
Blue would have meant the owners binning the club and god knows what state we'd be in.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Maybe they have a sports psychologost who has instilled in them that red is lucky, blue didnt work very often in 100yrs did it?
Christ we should obviously have changed to red years ago, all those years at falling in the play-offs could have been avoided just by a color change!
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
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hiraethified
So definitely nothing whatsoever to do with "lucky" red then.
PS I would have preferred the latter option. We wouldn't have gone bust.
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
Placid Casual27
Gorau Chwarae Cyd Chwarae
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Blue would have meant the owners binning the club and god knows what state we'd be in.[/quote]
Grom no disrespect but there is literally no evidence for this (them binning us if we stayed in blue) is there?
Whiteley (now ousted / finished as CEO) admitted as much in the summer as it got more and more fractious, he said the owners had never said they would walk away
I think it was in his infamous "How do I know? I'm not Asian" meeting
ETA sorry I see Clint has made this point too. If you have fallen for the spin fair enough but you can't say something which even our own spin machine has admitted is not true
Blue would have meant the owners binning the club and god knows what state we'd be in.[/quote]
Grom no disrespect but there is literally no evidence for this (them binning us if we stayed in blue) is there?
Whiteley (now ousted / finished as CEO) admitted as much in the summer as it got more and more fractious, he said the owners had never said they would walk away
I think it was in his infamous "How do I know? I'm not Asian" meeting
ETA sorry I see Clint has made this point too. If you have fallen for the spin fair enough but you can't say something which even our own spin machine has admitted is not true
Placid Casual27
Gorau Chwarae Cyd Chwarae
"A little bit out of the blue"
Touche
Touche
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hiraethified
For the first season since I started urban75 (1994), there's no Cardiff City match reports:
http://www.urban75.org/cardiff/reports.html
http://www.urban75.org/cardiff/reports.html
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
How can you be so sure?
We were effectively insolvent when they turned up and we are losing money hand over fist, how would we not have gone bust?
editor
hiraethified
How many big teams have actually gone bust in the last 10 years?
We were pulling in crowds of over 20,000. With that kind of cashflow there's always an alternative to 'going bust.'
Gromit
International Man of Misery
So you won't be asking us if we've got any spares when we get through to the FA Cup final this year then.
Obviously not going to ask for the playoff final as they don't have one when you win the league.
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hiraethified
I honestly don't know. And it hurts like fuck to feel this way.
Clint Iguana
not an undercover cop
I know what you mean. Bluebirds flying high and i am overwhelmed with indifference. Sad.
Gromit
International Man of Misery
I don't understand the indifference as I don't feel it myself.
But I know you are not alone. My friend who has been supporting city for donkey years through thick and thin now displays huge indifference despite attending matches.
He now leaves early. Sometimes as much as 30 minutes early.
He doesn't stand to greet the team.
He doesn't stand to cheer goals.
He doesn't applaud the team at the end.
I guess he only still attends to stay connected with us his mates and because the ticket is bought and paid for. He otherwise seems to want us lose as if to spite the owners for changing the colours. I really don't understand spite towards a thing you've always wanted to succeed.
But I know you are not alone. My friend who has been supporting city for donkey years through thick and thin now displays huge indifference despite attending matches.
He now leaves early. Sometimes as much as 30 minutes early.
He doesn't stand to greet the team.
He doesn't stand to cheer goals.
He doesn't applaud the team at the end.
I guess he only still attends to stay connected with us his mates and because the ticket is bought and paid for. He otherwise seems to want us lose as if to spite the owners for changing the colours. I really don't understand spite towards a thing you've always wanted to succeed.
