WEDNESDAY MARCH 27th 2013 UPDATE

Edited

It lookslike Gaviar and Annis were right, Mark Hudson is out for the restof the season.




There has been plenty of work taking place at CCS recently and more work upcoming, a lot of this work will go unnoticed to the majority of people who visit the stadium though. Firstly Canton community police have taken temporary residence in the stadium whilst their station is undergoing a refurb, the force is paying rent to the club for use of part of the stadium, I suppose it makes a difference that we are taking in prisoners as opposed to normally taking them out

The stadium will host the 2014 UEFA Super cup and one of the conditions of staging the event is that both dressing rooms are to be exactly the same, for those who don't know our home dressing room was decked out similar to that of the changing rooms at Wembley and from next season the away dressing room will have the same design because of the Super cup being held there.

When Vincent Tan flies in to watch a home game he has in the past stayed at hotels in the City before heading back to Malaysia but that will not be the case any longer, the stadium will soon house an apartment for VT to stay in whilst he is in Cardiff.

The club has sought prices from suppliers in Germany and Australia for replacing the stadium seats and have been quoted a cost of £1.2m to replace them all, I think you can guess the reason for the change and what colour that has been requested, I do not know if the order has been placed or what time frames have been specified, only that a quote has been given.

The club had staff from the Premier League at the stadium today, don't shoot the messenger before anyone gets carried away, it is regarding issues like away allocation, ticketing prices etc, at present if a stadium capacity is less than 30,000 then you are expected to give 10% for the visiting support, if over 30,000 capacity then a minimum of 3000 must be allocated.

Our club is seeking to give the away supporters next season, should we be promoted, 2,400 tickets which will mean we won't have to move the segregation lines and also giving the maximum number of tickets to City fans, we probably won't find out a couple of weeks if our wish has been granted but if we get the go-ahead it is a positive move by the club to look after our fans.

On the footballing side, I read today that the club hope to extend the loan signing of Leon Barnett, but it is my understanding that we are in talks to sign Barnett permanently at the end of the season.

Frenchman Rudy Gestede scored for Benin last night in their defeat against Algeria, Rudy could have played for USA, through of one of his Grandparents but chose Benin after being called up to their squad earlier this month and was eligible through one of his parents.

Ben Turner is back in training and will be fit for Saturday's match with Peterborough but captain Mark Hudson is ruled out for the next 2-3 weeks with an ankle injury.

I got a few spaces left for Watford away due to some drop outs so contact ASAP if you wish to join the trip with us

My seat will never ever be red. I'll take a fekin can of blue spray paint and keep spraying it at every game if necessary. We're Cardiff City..............we'll ALWAYS BE BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Signing Barnett permanent is silly, he's not a PL defender, he's played one game for us, I'd give him till the end of the season but I'm not happy with that at all, we need to be aiming for better defenders. So much for a warchest according to the media!

Red seats, you could tell that was coming

red seats was inevitable, but that's going to be the main topic on here for months even if we do go up, as if it was a surprise..

No surprise at all.

But the Digs inside the stadium must be posh if Vinny sleeping there... Or is he sleeping in the police cells now?

There has been plenty of work taking place at CCS recently and more work upcoming, a lot of this work will go unnoticed to the majority of people who visit the stadium though. Firstly Canton community police have taken temporary residence in the stadium whilst their station is undergoing a refurb, the force is paying rent to the club for use of part of the stadium, I suppose it makes a difference that we are taking in prisoners as opposed to normally taking them out

The stadium will host the 2014 UEFA Super cup and one of the conditions of staging the event is that both dressing rooms are to be exactly the same, for those who don't know our home dressing room was decked out similar to that of the changing rooms at Wembley and from next season the away dressing room will have the same design because of the Super cup being held there.

When Vincent Tan flies in to watch a home game he has in the past stayed at hotels in the City before heading back to Malaysia but that will not be the case any longer, the stadium will soon house an apartment for VT to stay in whilst he is in Cardiff.

The club has sought prices from suppliers in Germany and Australia for replacing the stadium seats and have been quoted a cost of £1.2m to replace them all, I think you can guess the reason for the change and what colour that has been requested, I do not know if the order has been placed or what time frames have been specified, only that a quote has been given.

The club had staff from the Premier League at the stadium today, don't shoot the messenger before anyone gets carried away, it is regarding issues like away allocation, ticketing prices etc, at present if a stadium capacity is less than 30,000 then you are expected to give 10% for the visiting support, if over 30,000 capacity then a minimum of 3000 must be allocated.

Our club is seeking to give the away supporters next season, should we be promoted, 2,400 tickets which will mean we won't have to move the segregation lines and also giving the maximum number of tickets to City fans, we probably won't find out a couple of weeks if our wish has been granted but if we get the go-ahead it is a positive move by the club to look after our fans.

On the footballing side, I read today that the club hope to extend the loan signing of Leon Barnett, but it is my understanding that we are in talks to sign Barnett permanently at the end of the season.

Frenchman Rudy Gestede scored for Benin last night in their defeat against Algeria, Rudy could have played for USA, through of one of his Grandparents but chose Benin after being called up to their squad earlier this month and was eligible through one of his parents.

Ben Turner is back in training and will be fit for Saturday's match with Peterborough but captain Mark Hudson is ruled out for the next 2-3 weeks with an ankle injury.

I got a few spaces left for Watford away due to some drop outs so contact ASAP if you wish to join the trip with us

1.2 m that no doubt will be funded by more debt owing to vt . f*cking embarrassing and a move that really would be difficult to turn round .

If they change the seats to red then I think that would be it for me, I don't think I'd be able to get used to that and it would show that we are never going back to blue.

If they change the seats to red then I think that would be it for me, I don't think I'd be able to get used to that and it would show that we are never going back to blue.

Same here . An away membership would be the extent of my purchase ( if such a thing even exists anymore )

If they change the seats to red then I think that would be it for me, I don't think I'd be able to get used to that and it would show that we are never going back to blue.

If it happens it will just make the true City fans more determined to dress in Blue and sing Bluebirds songs. I WILL NEVER EVER WEAR ANYTHING FEKIN RED TO WATCH THE BLUEBIRDS.

Cheers Carl

I renewed today... should be bouncing for next season.. Am i?... Am I f**k! just f**k off Tan with all your red bollux.

If they change the seats to red then I think that would be it for me, I don't think I'd be able to get used to that and it would show that we are never going back to blue.

Same here . An away membership would be the extent of my purchase ( if such a thing even exists anymore )

True. I'd probably just stick to going to away games.

It was always going to happen, I already prepared myself for it. Safe standing would be a bonus tho.

If they change the seats to red then I think that would be it for me, I don't think I'd be able to get used to that and it would show that we are never going back to blue.

Breaking news - we're never going back to blue!

Who's going to foot the Council Tax bill for Vinnie's pad.

If they change the seats to red then I think that would be it for me, I don't think I'd be able to get used to that and it would show that we are never going back to blue.

Breaking news - we're never going back to blue!

I didn't realise you were Mystic Meg

Breaking news.. I will never wear or accept RED

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If they change the seats to red then I think that would be it for me, I don't think I'd be able to get used to that and it would show that we are never going back to blue.

Breaking news - we're never going back to blue!

No one, not even lord tan knows if that's the case.

I'm just waiting for Jeremy Beadle to turn up!!!

I know it sounds stupid but just bring a blue cushion for your seat if you don't want to sit on a red seat

Its funny how people are now saying " Red seats and thats it for me" what the hell did they expect pink ones with red shirts and red things in and around the stadium galore, most knew this ten months ago what was comming with the seats so QUE the red bluebird next before thats done away with

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Easy way to get over the red seats without getting done for vandalism. Simply take a blue carrier bag to every home game and slip it over your seat. If enough do it, they will get very pissed off at having to remove them after every match

Its funny how people are now saying " Red seats and thats it for me" what the hell did they expect pink ones with red shirts and red things in/our the stadium galore, ost knew this 10 months ago what was comming.

Yep, no surprise there.

Thanks Carl

Spray paint in a nice Bluebirds Blue.............really cheap. My seat will always be 100% BLUE.

Its funny how people are now saying " Red seats and thats it for me" what the hell did they expect pink ones with red shirts and red things in/our the stadium galore, most knew this 10 months ago what was comming with the seats and QUE the red bluebird next before thats done away with

Obviously it was coming but I'd rather wait until it happens before I decide to give up

Its funny how people are now saying " Red seats and thats it for me" what the hell did they expect pink ones with red shirts and red things in/our the stadium galore, most knew this 10 months ago what was comming with the seats and QUE the red bluebird next before thats done away with

Obviously it was coming but I'd rather wait until it happens before I decide to give up

So a colour change, badge change and more to follow your still watching but if the seat changes colour to suit the shirt your off then? didnt you know this was comming because 99% of people i know knew what was comming ten months ago.

How the hell is the colour of a seat the breaking point when the shirt and badge, surely the main issues, have been changed? Once the stadium is full you don't even see the seats. Bizarre.
And it doesn't mean we won't be back in blue one day, as believe or not the seats can be changed back.

Are people really going to spend the summer bitching and writing resignation speeches on this forum over the inevitable?

The stadium was always going to become red at some point - why would a team in red play in a blue stadium? Makes no sense from a brand point of view.

What about when the stadium is expanded? Did people expect blue seats to go in?

Anyway - as long as there's bums on those seats you won't see what colour they are.

Very disappointed and angry about the seats, but it wasn't unexpected.