Andyb1 Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/8448330.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 I'm going over there tomorrow as Saints is off to watch them play Blackpool - maybe witnessing their last game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 I wonder if there is a common theme emerging. Peter Risdale Leeds, Barnsley nearly, Cardiff. They'll be fine for a while they still have some good academy players left to be pillaged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWD Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Really sad, this is happening to too many clubs now, its about time the FA stepped in and did something drastic or football is going to fade away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxstone Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Ridsdale's acumen for running a football club would fit very nicely into the Poopey boardroom don't you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INFLUENCED.COM Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 I wonder if there is a common theme emerging. Peter Risdale Coincidence DP you old cynic, Risdale guilty of over trading ? never !! Its only a matter of time before him and Redcrap work together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 ....and a nice new ground all coloured blue. The new Fratton Park maybe? Our fishy friends will snap it up with their newfound wealth. :^o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Surely they can hold out until at least the end of the season? They could very well be promoted then they'd be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Surely they can hold out until at least the end of the season? They could very well be promoted then they'd be fine. They will, they have a nipper interesting Arsenal/Liverpool etc in the 4mil price range, was an article last week about it but darned if I can remember where Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Things like this are the reason why I am so desperate for Saints to be run as a sustainable business that trades in the black, and does not have to rely on external funds. As grateful as I am to ML, ensuring that the club could run if he left tomorrow is far more important in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Things like this are the reason why I am so desperate for Saints to be run as a sustainable business that trades in the black, and does not have to rely on external funds. As grateful as I am to ML, ensuring that the club could run if he left tomorrow is far more important in the long run. Although, to be fair, the ONLY reason ML can really do this is because the cost of the stadium build has now been taken away from us. Cardiff have this problem due in part to the stadium. Perhaps they could have ground shared with the egg chasers but chose not to. Does Cardiff REALLY need 3 stadiums? Moving your local club into the 21st Century is as dangerous as being Portsmouth. Neoither model is sustainable while all the money in football goes to players and agents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalshotSpit Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Most of their supporters are scum so they deserve everything they get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Lets go for Ledley then, and isn't chopra on fire for them ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martel Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Really sad, this is happening to too many clubs now, its about time the FA stepped in and did something drastic or football is going to fade away I have to agree, when you look at the whole picture then football at this level of cost is not sustainable; ther are millions and millions pouring in, but most of it falls through the floor in players wages and transfer fees. Just look at the level of debt in the premiership alone, then of course as their costs go up so does the lower leagues below who have much lower revenues of course. I was watching Sky Sports News the other week and their was a piece on Chelski, it showed Terry arriving for training in a Bently; come on this is really taking the Pxxs if you ask me, sure there life as a pro footballer is short, but does it really justify the current level of wages? Frankly I think you are right when you suggest the F.A. has to step in, in addition it needs FIFA as well so as to come to some sort of deal on wage capping. The reason I say that is that it would of course be unfair if the rest of the footballing world did not come on board, for the simple reason just about every player in the premiership would slap in transfer requests to mobve to clubs that offered the big money; it has to happen at some point, therefore they might as well get on and do it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so22saint Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Really sad, this is happening to too many clubs now, its about time the FA stepped in and did something drastic or football is going to fade away I think the FA are going to step in thus: * Create a 2 tier European Super League with the top 5 of the EPL, top 5 of Spain, top 4 in Germany, top 4 in France, top 5 in Italy, top 2 in Netherlands, Rangers, Celtic etc. * Have some weird playoff system to do 4 up for down from the 2nd tier by getting the winners of all respective national leagues to play a mini-league in June with the top 4 then getting promoted * Basically cut the lower tiers of the national leagues adrift to go to the wall. England will probably support 30-40 clubs at this level, the others will all die or become non-league I don't *want* it to happen, I just think it will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbay Saint Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 Although, to be fair, the ONLY reason ML can really do this is because the cost of the stadium build has now been taken away from us. Cardiff have this problem due in part to the stadium. Perhaps they could have ground shared with the egg chasers but chose not to. Does Cardiff REALLY need 3 stadiums? Moving your local club into the 21st Century is as dangerous as being Portsmouth. Neoither model is sustainable while all the money in football goes to players and agents They do share with the Blues!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toomer Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 I blame Jimmy Hill and his mates when they broke the min wage all those years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dellboypete Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 I wonder if there is a common theme emerging. Peter Risdale Leeds, Barnsley nearly, Cardiff. They'll be fine for a while they still have some good academy players left to be pillaged Now Risdale & Redknapp would have made an outstanding team - they would have caused carnage together:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 The new stadium jinx strikes another club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted 8 January, 2010 Share Posted 8 January, 2010 They do share with the Blues!!! And there are only two stadiums of any size. The MS and City of Cardiff. Ninian Park is being demolished and Cardiff Arms Park is a very small ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 9 January, 2010 Share Posted 9 January, 2010 Although I don't really wish any club folds completely, not even Pompey, I would make an exception for Cardiff (Swansea and MK Dons too) as it would get them out of OUR league set up. They are Welsh and should play in the Welsh League, end of. Our teams are having a tough enough time of it without hemorrhaging money over the border. They would do alright for themse;ves as they'd regualarly play in the preliminary European tournaments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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