Promotion? Sod it!

When I became a member of CardiffCityForum, I introduced myself in the right thread for it. This is what I wrote:

All right Lads,

Goodday to you all.

My name is Jordy and I'm from the Netherlands.

I'm 18 years old, and have been a Cardiff supporter all my life. I might sound a little bit strange to you lads, so let me explain.
I've always loved football, I only played it for a couple of years myself as a wee kid, then I switched to Thaiboxing as I grew.

Because every little kid grew fond of a club I developed a preference too. Some became Ajax supporter, others went to see PSV and another group of kids grew fond of Feyenoord. I liked Dutch Eredivisie football, but I didn't really felt any passion for a club. But then one of my older cousins showed me a Premier League game on the telly. I believe it was a Chelsea game. Before the game he told me English football was the best there was. Best supporters, nicest stadiums, greatest teams. All this nonsense.
I watched the game with him, and it was nothing like he said. The football was awful, the atmosphere seemed shite and it disappointed me so much that I didn't want to see any English football ever again. A few weeks later I saw another game on the television. I believe it was some special broadcast, just like the Chelsea game, because usually we'd never get any British football down here. Anyhow, it was a Cardiff game against (I'm not for sure, so please don't blame me if I'm wrong) Derby County in the First Division as it was called back then.
The difference with the Chelsea game was huge. I was just a small boy behind a TV-screen, but I could feel the intense atmosphere, I saw the supporters and the stadium and I loved it right away. That was the moment when I decided, that's my football club.
I've been a Cardiff supporter ever since. Because I'm only 18 years old, I've only been to the UK once. We went to London with the family, but I insisted we'd stay a couple of days longer in Britain to visit Cardiff and Ninian Park. We couldn't enter the stadium, but I was there. I was near the stadium of my football club.

It's always been my dream to visit a Cardiff game. Ofcourse the derby against the Jacks would be awesome, but I just want to visit one game of Europe's most beautiful football club.

Excuse me if my English is rubbish.

Cheers,

Jordy

This is what I wrote back then. Since that time, a couple of things have happened:

- The owner of our club has changed the club colours.
- Despite the promise not to change the crest, he changed it.
- Despite the promise not to change the name of the club, there are plans to change it.
- All of what's being done to our club is based on false arguments, lies and distortions of the thruth.
- Yet, there're still people stupid enough to defend the ludicrous notion that this 'owner' has the interest of our club at heart.


The apologists for and supporters of VT have seen all their little worthless arguments fall into pieces. Their hero has stripped Cardiff City of its colour's, its symbols, its soul and identity and will soon practically abolish the club by renaming it. Yet, his supporters have still one thing they can cling on to: The succes on the pitch.

If there's Premier League football for us next year, then VT will see it as the right moment to crush the last remaining bit of soul of our great club. And his supporters will use the succes on the pitch as a justification for it.

That's my main reason for not wanting Premier League football in Cardiff. I can fully understand people who'll be thrilled about the succes.

But could you please understand us who prefer Cardiff City FC to some Malaysian PL franchise?

When I became a member of CardiffCityForum, I introduced myself in the right thread for it. This is what I wrote:

All right Lads,

Goodday to you all.

My name is Jordy and I'm from the Netherlands.

I'm 18 years old, and have been a Cardiff supporter all my life. I might sound a little bit strange to you lads, so let me explain.
I've always loved football, I only played it for a couple of years myself as a wee kid, then I switched to Thaiboxing as I grew.

Because every little kid grew fond of a club I developed a preference too. Some became Ajax supporter, others went to see PSV and another group of kids grew fond of Feyenoord. I liked Dutch Eredivisie football, but I didn't really felt any passion for a club. But then one of my older cousins showed me a Premier League game on the telly. I believe it was a Chelsea game. Before the game he told me English football was the best there was. Best supporters, nicest stadiums, greatest teams. All this nonsense.
I watched the game with him, and it was nothing like he said. The football was awful, the atmosphere seemed shite and it disappointed me so much that I didn't want to see any English football ever again. A few weeks later I saw another game on the television. I believe it was some special broadcast, just like the Chelsea game, because usually we'd never get any British football down here. Anyhow, it was a Cardiff game against (I'm not for sure, so please don't blame me if I'm wrong) Derby County in the First Division as it was called back then.
The difference with the Chelsea game was huge. I was just a small boy behind a TV-screen, but I could feel the intense atmosphere, I saw the supporters and the stadium and I loved it right away. That was the moment when I decided, that's my football club.
I've been a Cardiff supporter ever since. Because I'm only 18 years old, I've only been to the UK once. We went to London with the family, but I insisted we'd stay a couple of days longer in Britain to visit Cardiff and Ninian Park. We couldn't enter the stadium, but I was there. I was near the stadium of my football club.

It's always been my dream to visit a Cardiff game. Ofcourse the derby against the Jacks would be awesome, but I just want to visit one game of Europe's most beautiful football club.

Excuse me if my English is rubbish.

Cheers,

Jordy

This is what I wrote back then. Since that time, a couple of things have happened:

- The owner of our club has changed the club colours.
- Despite the promise not to change the crest, he changed it.
- Despite the promise not to change the name of the club, there are plans to change it.
- All of what's being done to our club is based on false arguments, lies and distortions of the thruth.
- Yet, there're still people stupid enough to defend the ludicrous notion that this 'owner' has the interest of our club at heart.


The apologists for and supporters of VT have seen all their little worthless arguments fall into pieces. Their hero has stripped Cardiff City of its colour's, its symbols, its soul and identity and will soon practically abolish the club by renaming it. Yet, his supporters have still one thing they can cling on to: The succes on the pitch.

If there's Premier League football for us next year, then VT will see it as the right moment to crush the last remaining bit of soul of our great club. And his supporters will use the succes on the pitch as a justification for it.

That's my main reason for not wanting Premier League football in Cardiff. I can fully understand people who'll be thrilled about the succes.

But could you please understand us who prefer Cardiff City FC to some Malaysian PL franchise?

Must have missed that..

Perhaps if you really had suffered fifty years of suffering lower league football you may feel differently...it's easy having the high morale ground but unless you can tell us exactly how we are meant to survive and at least compete with other clubs, then your opinion is just idealistic fantasy

I'm sorry but you say you wanted to see us in the PL against the Jacks now you're against us playing in the PL? I really don't get it. A lot of people say they don't like the PL and that it's not made out to be what it says on the tin but even when we were blue, we were all striving for the promised land.

Perhaps if you really had suffered fifty years of suffering lower league football you may feel differently...it's easy having the high morale ground but unless you can tell us exactly how we are meant to survive and at least compete with other clubs, then your opinion is just idealistic fantasy

I experienced lower league football and i don't feel differently.

We can survive by being like the 90 other football league clubs at the moment who are surviving, by living within our means. If that means not overspending to get Premier League football, and we have to spend more seasons in the Championship or lower, then so be it. At least we'd be doing it the right way.

too often failure in the premier league ends up in division 1 with crowds of 8000, hope the red shirts and the shit badge is worth it.