' CRAIG BELLAMY '

Normally I'm a big advocate of having an experienced manager with a good mix of experience and youth in the team to go for promotion. But there is just something about Craig Bellamy that makes me think he would be worth the gamble. If he does become manager though, the fans will have get fully behind him and give him support and time. I feel that, unlike Slade, the fans would afford him a bit more slack. I've nothing against Russell Slade, he seem like a decent bloke, but I have to be honest I am quite excited at the prospect of Bellars getting the job.

How did you think we got us promoted when he played, his passion and commitment was second to none and will demanand 100% of the players to perform and I bet the players would love to have Bellamy as their manager, will give them a kick up the ass they need!

Less experience than Slade and this worries me. He would want to use Cardiff to go on to bigger and better things. A no from me im afraid

Less experience than Slade and this worries me. He would want to use Cardiff to go on to bigger and better things. A no from me im afraid

Slades experience has brought us shocking football and not promotion chasing RESULTS

Less experience than Slade and this worries me. He would want to use Cardiff to go on to bigger and better things. A no from me im afraid

Slades experience has brought us shocking football and not promotion chasing RESULTS

exactly and Bellers has less experience than Slade. We need a decent experienced manager in next not a rookie

Used to love Bellers, but then after his second spell I lost all respect for him with his endorsement of the red and his actions of giving the wankers sign to City fans, was in my mind City suicide. He could of been a Cardiff legend but can we even place him with the likes of Earnie, Dwyer, Kav, Phyco etc ? no we cant.
But gut instinct tells me he will be a good manager, maybe his bad boy antics he had he will now put that to good use. So yes I would love to see him manager here but at the moment I can't see him as he is his own man working with a crackpot owner who always interferes.
I just can't see it working unless Tan backs off 100% or Bellers becomes his Bitch like Slade had.
Watch this space I suppose.

Cant see any decent manager wanting to work for a dictatorial crackpot like we have im afraid

How did you think we got us promoted when he played, his passion and commitment was second to none and will demanand 100% of the players to perform and I bet the players would love to have Bellamy as their manager, will give them a kick up the ass they need!

Theres alot in what you say there.Malky got all the plaudits for taking us up but I wonder just how much of it was down to Craig.

Not the right time for him or anyone with little experience.

Fans would only want him for the passion and that doesn't really work in management until you have proved yourself.

At best I would bring him in as a coach or a number two like Giggs is at Man U.

As for his contacts? Are they any good. His volatility is more well known than his ability. Will he put more people off than he would attract?

Put it this way, if it was Bellamy or Nigel Pearson' I'd go Pearson all day long and that goes for any manager who has proved himself in this league and got a team in the Prem.

I don't think CB lack of managerial experience is anything to worry about because as a player he had pedigree, at both club and international level, and there are many examples of great players becoming great managers without any actual experience. Kenny Dalglish is a good example.

We all know CB has flaws, he freely admits this, but I like flawed people because they tend to have a restless drive to succeed and CB has buckets full of drive and commitment.

If nothing else CB being appointed manager would provoke discussion with both fans and media and the basis of that discussion would be FOOTBALL , leaving behind ALL the off field nonsense from SH, LANGSTON and VT mistakes. That will be a massive step forward.

The question is I suppose will things be worse with CB as manager? the answer is of course none of us know so Why Not and Why Not Now.

People were upset to have a Lower league manager and constantly slated him before he even came here...

And yet having a manager with little to Zero experience if managing AT ALL rather than even just "at this level" would be wonderful because he's a Liverpool supporter who played for us for a bit...

That sounds about right.

Im at a loss sometimes when the same posters who say Slade Out! because he has no experience at this level want CB in who has no managerial experience at all!

As the rumours get stronger and as we all know Tan asked Bellamy to be Cardiff's manager before and Bells said No at the time.
But since then a lot has gone on and Bellamy has sorted his life out and taken some of his coaching badges,wants to stay in Cardiff for family reasons etc.

I was told last week Bellamy would take the job now.

Whats your Opinions?

Do you want Craig Bellamy as Cardiff manager?

Will he ignite the fans?

Not enough experience?



He certainly won't be a yes man?

Knows a lot of people in the game/plenty of contacts?

If VT were to ask Craig then it's pretty obvious that he would want to run things his way and to have a good enough budget to get us back in the PL.

Therefore as long as VT knows that and accepts it then once again I see no problem.

All I would say, is that Craig will need an experienced number 2 alongside him.

I would keep Trollope as he is in the Welsh set up and we need to go down the Welsh side a little bit to bring back our identity.

As long as the right people are in the right places doing the right thing I see no problem with Craig being the Manager

Bellers and Dutch Ray be the dream team to kick us into the play offs I reckon !

I don't think CB lack of managerial experience is anything to worry about because as a player he had pedigree, at both club and international level, and there are many examples of great players becoming great managers without any actual experience. Kenny Dalglish is a good example.

We all know CB has flaws, he freely admits this, but I like flawed people because they tend to have a restless drive to succeed and CB has buckets full of drive and commitment.

If nothing else CB being appointed manager would provoke discussion with both fans and media and the basis of that discussion would be FOOTBALL , leaving behind ALL the off field nonsense from SH, LANGSTON and VT mistakes. That will be a massive step forward.

The question is I suppose will things be worse with CB as manager? the answer is of course none of us know so Why Not and Why Not Now.

Well said, sir!

The "will he/won't he?" debate will rage until Craig Bellamy is given a chance and it might as well be at our club!

Craig, as we know, is a driven person who gives his all and will demand the same in return from his players, his bosses (i.e Tan et al) and also us fans!

What's the worse that can happen?

Either way (and personally I think he would bring success (perhaps even utilising our talented youngsters) at least we would know once and for all!

Not for me,be on a similar front of when Shearer took over at Newcastle.
I would like someone who has experience,especially in this division eg Pearson.

If slade was to go now let's say to Rotherham who I'm sure would take him in a heart beat
And Bellamy was to take over
With the brilliant ( so say our leaders on here )squad he would inherit,if he didn't get us to the play offs he would have failed
And our idiotic fans would probably call for him to go as he isn't experienced enough they would say
IMO I don't care who is our manager our fans don't do patience and long term ,or mediocracy ,it's win or nothing

He was correct in saying it wasn't the same club he knew it aint now change is a priority get the fans back and atmosphere back then we are on the right track and he's the man to do it shall I get the debate going and say bellers with dave jones who knows

He was correct in saying it wasn't the same club he knew it aint now change is a priority get the fans back and atmosphere back then we are on the right track and he's the man to do it shall I get the debate going and say bellers with dave jones who knows

Is that the word from the tavvy dai

Bellamy would be great, spoke to Scotland's #1 and he thought he would be great at club as so full of knowledge and got the players buzzing.

Not for me I'll support whoever comes here whether that means slade stays on another season or Bellamy or someone else comes in

However Bellamy would be a massive gamble a risk we don't need right now, slade has whether people like it or not steadied what was a club on the downward spiral, we've rid ourselves of useless high earners with more to follow that will give us even clearer decks and a chance to have another building session in the summer id actually give slade another season to finish the job off, there's still some players that need to be moved on before we decide on a new manager and philopshy for the club as that's what we need a club philopshy and not a manager philopshy

We need a solid foundation, every team from youth up having the same style of play coaches and managers adopting that same style and our mamma her picked to adopt that in the first team, players bought on the way the play that fits the club style and not a new manager every year adding players the next manager won't want, I'd love this club to follow the Southampton route managers don't pick Southampton Southampton pick the manager

100 % yes get him in, will he fix some of the issues? Who knows but he will bring the passion back to the club. This will divide opinion, no experience etc and I totally get that. I just feel it's a gamble worth taking, even if it were not to work out in the long term you would trust his judgement in the transfer market, he would demand nothing more than total commitment and hand it out when needed.

His football knowledge as a young forward thinking modern manager is clear to see, he has done his badges and taken time out. And remember we are CArdiff City not Valencia. Yes ideally learn at a lower division but I feel it's one of only a few appointments we could make which would give genuine enthusiasm.

He's def not a yes man but this is good not bad, get him in

Couldn't have put it better myself! It can't do much harm! What's the worst that can happen, we stay in the Championship? I can't see us getting relegated under Bellamy.

Also, I'm hoping this 'exciting news' in March is Bellamy to become Cardiff City manager at the start of the 2016/2017 season. As Bellamy himself has stated on MNF, "manage somewhere like Cardiff, like Wales, and I'm pretty confident I can do something about it".

Doubt this will be the news. But would be ideal. Give Bellamy a go!

Him alongside Dutch Ray ? Maybe
But on his own? Doubtful
Kinda like the Sheareh and Toon alliance, managerial wise that didn't work out did it.

Dutch Ray is a FITNESS coach, not a tactician.

I would hope Bellamy would be wise enough to bring in an old head alongside him, most likely someone we don't know that he has worked with in the past, someone he trusts and listens to

Over Slade, yes.
However, give me Pearson any day of the week.
Experience. No nonsense. No bullshit. Always seems to talk sense.

worth the risk why not? look at gary monk. loved his gesture to the crowd who had cheered when whitts had been subbed

Its a yes from me especially over Slade.

Ive been told that him and Tan have been getting on well to which is good news.

100% yes from me.

Saw him in the driving rain last autumn on a Sunday morning visit to hartridge school in Newport, playing and tutoring the kids. His body language oozed a love of the game and a passion for the grass roots. I think we will see that desire for a successful transition from academy to first team and I think he could tempt former team mates to join him at city, players like Ledley, Collins, Hennessy, Jonny Williams, Jordan Mutch etc, players and fans feel motivated by him, one of the the most driven motivated player I have seen in a city shirt. And fiercely Welsh too, will link up with Coleman and bring a little of that euphoria surrounding our national team to the table. Can he transfer these qualities to the dugout? Yes I think he could, and listening to his analysis as a pundit there is a definite tactical awareness there, most of all a leader and character that we on the terraces can relate to, thus butting bums on seats and a rise in season ticket sales.

However, despite getting my thumbs up, I think this will be another tony pulis like close call appointment that never was, and I think it may come back to haunt us, I am that convinced he will eventually be a successful manager

On the back of todays news then this is absolutely the next move Tan should be making.

Its a big yes from me, & along side a good number two and a good coaching team/set up then why not? Every good manager started somewhere, why not here???