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Ramsey warned against Cardiff job EFL pundit and former str

Tue May 13, 2025 3:27 pm

Ramsey warned against Cardiff job

EFL pundit and former striker Don Goodman has warned Aaron Ramsey against taking the Cardiff manager job, if it was presented to him.

Speaking to BoyleSports, former West Brom, Sunderland and Wolves forward Goodman said:


"If ever the term 'basket case' was applicable to a club, it would be Cardiff City. It's an absolute mess. You've got to ask yourself, 'What manager would want to take the job in League One working under an ownership who have a track record of making very questionable decisions very often?'

Ramsey has already stated he’s concentrating on his football playing career for now.



"The question, for me, is whether Aaron Ramsey is ready and whether he can manage a League One team. I think the answer would probably be no if he wasn't a Cardiff City supporter and a Cardiff boy.

"It's his club, and he'll want to try and return them to the division they've just dropped out of. It might be hard for him to turn it down.

"If Aaron Ramsey is an option for Cardiff, I'd be advising them to take it. On the contrary, though, if I were Aaron Ramsey, I'd advise him to think twice about taking on such a role. It's one of those situations.

"Cardiff reminds me a bit like Watford in a way where managers will be looking at that club and the history of the ownership, knowing that there is no stability, and until it changes, you will not get a pick of the best candidates available."

Re: Ramsey warned against Cardiff job EFL pundit and former

Tue May 13, 2025 3:54 pm

Just proves that how anyone that knows anything about football thinks of our club and ownership currently.

Whether you like Don Goodman or not, he has more knowledge of how a club should be run than Tan, Dalman and Choo has put together.

So if he thinks that and is prepared to go public with it, what are the rest of the footballing world saying.

Imagine you are a capable manager out of work currently and you look at all the vacancies that are out there right now, I wonder where Cardiff would be on your list of clubs you would want to go too ?

Re: Ramsey warned against Cardiff job EFL pundit and former

Tue May 13, 2025 4:45 pm

He has got a fair point tbh :bluebird:

Re: Ramsey warned against Cardiff job EFL pundit and former

Tue May 13, 2025 4:52 pm

I think he's spot on.

The fact that he calls the club "a mess" should be a wake up call to the board.

Proof that it's not only what they'd call "moaning fans" saying it.

Re: Ramsey warned against Cardiff job EFL pundit and former

Tue May 13, 2025 6:03 pm

Nothing he has said there is wrong, we all know the club is a mess. Or I presume we all know it.

Re: Ramsey warned against Cardiff job EFL pundit and former

Fri May 16, 2025 10:50 am

Forever Blue wrote:Ramsey warned against Cardiff job

EFL pundit and former striker Don Goodman has warned Aaron Ramsey against taking the Cardiff manager job, if it was presented to him.

Speaking to BoyleSports, former West Brom, Sunderland and Wolves forward Goodman said:


"If ever the term 'basket case' was applicable to a club, it would be Cardiff City. It's an absolute mess. You've got to ask yourself, 'What manager would want to take the job in League One working under an ownership who have a track record of making very questionable decisions very often?'

Ramsey has already stated he’s concentrating on his football playing career for now.



"The question, for me, is whether Aaron Ramsey is ready and whether he can manage a League One team. I think the answer would probably be no if he wasn't a Cardiff City supporter and a Cardiff boy.

"It's his club, and he'll want to try and return them to the division they've just dropped out of. It might be hard for him to turn it down.

"If Aaron Ramsey is an option for Cardiff, I'd be advising them to take it. On the contrary, though, if I were Aaron Ramsey, I'd advise him to think twice about taking on such a role. It's one of those situations.

"Cardiff reminds me a bit like Watford in a way where managers will be looking at that club and the history of the ownership, knowing that there is no stability, and until it changes, you will not get a pick of the best candidates available."

Hard to argue agains Don on any of that.