Cardiff City fan finds sanctuary in lower leagues

Id give up Gavin, nobody is listening to you or reading anythjng as they all think this is your opinion.

Sorry, but can't see the guys logic...to me, you are either a Cardiff City fan or you are not

I didn't choose it; it chose me

I am a Cardiff boy and my first pro-game was in the old Enclosure (formerly under the Grandstand) when I needed a box to see over the wall and the players/pitch all seemed to be well above me at that time

I have followed the club through thick (mainly) and thin and I have seen some great players, lots of average players, and some absolute dross in my time. But it didn't matter; for a club and supporters with limited real ambition other than to float between the middle divisions and cause the odd (well, more than that TBH ) upset in the cup, it sort of didn't matter

It was a comfortable position, where the small but very vocal band of supporters were there because they HAD to be; it was (still is to me) an obsession and somewhere in our sub-conciences we dared to dream (of a place at the top table)

That we are there now is, for many, a disappointment; some blame the owner, some blame the colour change, some blame the Premier League 'circus' itself

Truth is, it is probably a mixture of several things that have left this historic season feeling a little 'flat' and I include the fans themselves in that, because (IMHO) far too many have gone 'looking' for issues that should really be away from the football itself and which have filtered down to the masses, leaving a feeling of numbness about the club's wonderful achievement of getting to the Premier League in the first place

I can't speak for anyone else, but I look at it this way: CARDIFF CITY FC ITSELF IS THE ONLY CONSISTENT IN ALL OF THIS CURRENT UPHEAVAL and will remain so well after ALL OF US have expired; you, me, Vincent Tan, current players et al

Cardiff City FC (sentimentally) is MY club and will always be so, so I will enjoy the ride for as long as it lasts and the thought of 'abandoning' it for another club (even from the lower leagues) is simply abhorrent

Each to their own, but I'll be there and (should the ultimate worse happen) choose fight rather than flight IF Tan (or anyone else) ever tries to change MY club's name!

Sven I would like to think that we will all stick together and fight Tan if he changed our name but the reality is that we will roll over again and the same arguments will persist about who cares about a couple of fans leaving and we cant upset the owner otherwise we will end up in administration. The magic has dissapeared for me this season and its down just as much to the lack of fight in my fellow fan as well as the Tan circus but I hope when he finally leaves our club then maybe things might improve to the extent it might be worth investing time and money in something worth supporting again.

Id give up Gavin, nobody is listening to you or reading anythjng as they all think this is your opinion.

I think you will find that many fans feel the same as Gavin for the reasons which he has highlighted.

I think we have done our season in the premier, that was important for a lot of fans especially with the Jack being there.

The lure of the premier was like crack cocaine to most of our fans.... The problem is the premier league is only important to the finance guys. For a game attending Cardiff City fan the experience has not lived up to the billing.

I don't care about the quality of the opposition, I am not neutral. I have seen Rooney, Ramsey but wanted them to play shit

I think we will kick off if tan wants to do anything else.

We are dying on our arse so we better prepare for life in League 1

Id give up Gavin, nobody is listening to you or reading anythjng as they all think this is your opinion.

I think you will find that many fans feel the same as Gavin for the reasons which he has highlighted.

It's not Gavin's post, he's printed something by the ex writer of the excellent Bluebird Jones fanzine.