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Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:13 am

Rebranding to red lost us more money than the season before the rebrand come about. How did the rebranding make more money like we was told it would because we turned red, can anyone explain because the year before was a couple of million more income yet the rebranding year it was much less. What happened to tans more viable speech on the tv that people really soaked in, when in reality it was master stroke of a madman on a whim like ive always said, FACTS DONT LIE and there for all to see in the accounts :laughing5: :laughing5: :laughing5:

Re: Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:25 am

Bluebird1977 wrote:Rebranding to red lost us more money than the season before the rebrand come about. How did the rebranding make more money like we was told it would because we turned red, can anyone explain because the year before was a couple of million more income yet the rebranding year it was much less. What happened to tans more viable speech on the tv that people really soaked in, when in reality it was master stroke of a madman on a whim like ive always said, FACTS DONT LIE and there for all to see in the accounts :laughing5: :laughing5: :laughing5:

Is there a line in the accounts for sales in the far east. Seem to remember many on here explaining how much that was going to make you. To be fair also remember the odd sane Cardiff fan on here who wasnt so easily duped.

Re: Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:28 am

jackf wrote:
Bluebird1977 wrote:Rebranding to red lost us more money than the season before the rebrand come about. How did the rebranding make more money like we was told it would because we turned red, can anyone explain because the year before was a couple of million more income yet the rebranding year it was much less. What happened to tans more viable speech on the tv that people really soaked in, when in reality it was master stroke of a madman on a whim like ive always said, FACTS DONT LIE and there for all to see in the accounts :laughing5: :laughing5: :laughing5:

Is there a line in the accounts for sales in the far east. Seem to remember many on here explaining how much that was going to make you. To be fair also remember the odd sane Cardiff fan on here who wasnt so easily duped.

Now your pulling my leg you know it wasnt about far east sales as we was never going to sell a red shirt in the championship over there its just some choose to ignore that at the time for a price yet bigged it up and soaked it in to the point of we was really going to sell millions of red shirts out there and make a killing, some didnt including me and a few others on here.

Re: Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:08 am

Bluebird1977 wrote:Rebranding to red lost us more money than the season before the rebrand come about. How did the rebranding make more money like we was told it would because we turned red, can anyone explain because the year before was a couple of million more income yet the rebranding year it was much less. What happened to tans more viable speech on the tv that people really soaked in, when in reality it was master stroke of a madman on a whim like ive always said, FACTS DONT LIE and there for all to see in the accounts :laughing5: :laughing5: :laughing5:


Changing to Red co-incided with a massive investment in the playing squad and training facilities as Tan said it would. That would account for the increase. There are many things we can beat Tan with but business acumen is not one of those things. His plan is long term.

Re: Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:29 am

FFS anyone who believes we rebranded to make money is a total idiot the rebrand was simply Tan wanting us to play in red was nothing to do with money, just one moronic egotistical billionaire who knows nothing about football wanting to get his own way.

Re: Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:20 am

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Really ?

Re: Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:29 am

So this season we wont make money being in the prem ? Remember we are only here cause of tans massive investment ,Malaysian government gave us 6 million this season alone

Re: Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:04 pm

phildavies wrote:FFS anyone who believes we rebranded to make money is a total idiot the rebrand was simply Tan wanting us to play in red was nothing to do with money, just one moronic egotistical billionaire who knows nothing about football wanting to get his own way.


you seriously need to look deeper and harder at this man, he dont do things half measures, or on a whim,
of course the rebrand is about marketing/money.

Re: Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:11 pm

It's probably because we got to a cup final in the last year we played in blue that we made more money.

I can't see us making millions in selling things out of that tiny club shop :lol:

Re: Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:38 pm

Bluebird1977 wrote:Rebranding to red lost us more money than the season before the rebrand come about. How did the rebranding make more money like we was told it would because we turned red, can anyone explain because the year before was a couple of million more income yet the rebranding year it was much less. What happened to tans more viable speech on the tv that people really soaked in, when in reality it was master stroke of a madman on a whim like ive always said, FACTS DONT LIE and there for all to see in the accounts :laughing5: :laughing5: :laughing5:



Rebranding a football club is nuts tbf.
No one will by merchandise plus you have to win things to get global support whether in Asia or anywhere. (Gambling that you stay in prem plus improve every year)

Tan should take his mcdonalds / supermarket head off -talk to fans and recognise that selling football is totally different. :ayatollah:

Re: Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 2:34 pm

phildavies wrote:FFS anyone who believes we rebranded to make money is a total idiot the rebrand was simply Tan wanting us to play in red was nothing to do with money, just one moronic egotistical billionaire who knows nothing about football wanting to get his own way.



Nail on head

Re: Rebranding to red lost us more - Really

Sat Jan 11, 2014 2:42 pm

wez1927 wrote:So this season we wont make money being in the prem ? Remember we are only here cause of tans massive investment ,Malaysian government gave us 6 million this season alone



Massive 'loan' which may be termed 'investment' in time but how has changing the clubs colours positively affected our business?
It appears to me that the merchandising element of the business must have nosedived in South Wales at least and there's no evidence that tens of thousands of red shirts are flying off the peg in the Far East .
I can only guess at how many home shirts WOULS HAVE been sold in this area had he not fiddled with the colours :?