" IN MY OPINION WHAT A LOAD OF GARBAGE BY THE ECHO "

Yes I totally agree that this current squad has well underachieved

But to say this season is one of the worst seasons in Cardiff Citys history? ? ?

What planet are they on?
Were these reporters around during the real bad old days in parts of the 80's and 90's, City spent 9 years in the dungeon league,with home crowds of 1,400 and away followings of 11 fans.
The football then was our lowest standard of all time.
You cant even compare todays football,to those days.

Also where were the Echo regarding the stripping of our identity by Tan, they originally backed him, they never backed us fans who stayed BLUE? When things went went wrong,they soon jumped ship.

I ALSO NOTICED THERE IS NO NAME TO THE REPORT? Hmmmmm

Today the Echo have written this open letter to Vincent Tan.

Friday 1st May 2015

Dear Vincent,

One of the worst seasons in the history of Cardiff City FC finishes after Saturday’s match at Nottingham Forest. For the club’s vast army of fans, so many of them disillusioned and disengaged, the end cannot come quickly enough.

Nine months ago, back on a sunny August day, the Bluebirds you spent a fortune in assembling were quite rightly ranked as overwhelming favourites to bounce straight back up into the Premier League.

David Marshall, Fabio, Bruno Manga, Sean Morrison, John Brayford, Anthony Pilington, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Mats Daehli, Ravel Morrison, Peter Whittingham, Kenwyne Jones, Adam Le Fondre, Federico Macheda, Javi Guerra. Lots more on top, too.

This group of players – dubbed ‘the best in Championship history’ – couldn’t fail, could they? The misery of relegation could be offset by an instant return to the top flight, a reward for the fresh financial outlay you had put in as Cardiff City’s owner and backer.


Instead, while Bournemouth and Watford have secured promotion on much smaller budgets, Cardiff today stand 13th in the Championship table.

That’s just one place ahead of the position the team occupied when you were bringing Russell Slade on board as manager. And that’s only because Sheffield Wednesday have a marginally worse goal difference.

I’m sure everyone can agree it’s not exactly significant progress.

The fans, your paying customers, are fed up and it’s time somebody spoke up on their behalf. Hence this open letter from WalesOnline and the South Wales Echo, historically a real champion of Cardiff City FC.

You only have to look at the messageboards or listen to the radio phone-ins to understand the supporters simply don’t trust in Slade, which of course has a knock-on effect.

Fans have voted with their feet, vast numbers choosing not to attend recent home matches at Cardiff City Stadium. Many of those who have turned up have left early, finding the fare on offer a switch-off.

Season ticket sales, as we’re sure you’re aware, are apparently at their lowest for many years.

Some older fans say the football they are watching is the worst seen since the dark days of Alan Durban back in the mid-1980s.

The malaise, misery, mid-table mediocrity can’t go on. The end of the season has to be seen as an opportunity, the chance for a new start.

The return to blue
You’ve already given the fans their blue back and for that they are grateful.

The 90 minutes against Fulham, the day the blue returned, saw an atmosphere, buzz and sense of excitement not witnessed at Cardiff City Stadium since the team were defeating Swansea 1-0 in the Premier League Welsh derby.

The fans have their club back. The next step is to reconnect them with their team.

There is too much apathy at present. The passion has gone. The fans have to be re-enthused and sadly we’re not alone in wondering if that can happen with Russell Slade in charge.

He is one of the nice guys in football, someone who deserves to succeed. But Slade would need to get off to an unfeasibly good start next season to have any hope of winning over the many doubters. Then he would have to keep it going, too.

If that can happen, brilliant. It’s win, win, win for everyone.

But the alternative is that he spends your money on yet more lower standard signings this summer, results continue to go wrong, the atmosphere becomes toxic amid a clamour for the manager’s head, a change is made in the autumn... and the cycle starts over again.


Another wasted season. With the new Premier League TV deal kicking-off in time for the 2016 top-flight campaign worth as much as £100m per club a year – and set to widen further the gulf between the elite and the others – Cardiff City cannot afford to wait.

Whilst Slade needs to be given a little slack because of understandable cost-cutting, he has been in charge for almost a season and yet today there are still more questions than answers.

Fans want entertainment or, failing that, winning football. They’ve been given neither.

They want belief, signs of progress and genuine hope for the future. They’re not getting that, either.

The football is often boring, dire to watch. Recent results away from home have been decent, but at Cardiff City Stadium - a traditional fortress – the Bluebirds have produced little better than relegation form.

The problems with Cardiff City stretch deeper than just the manager, but at least the arrival of a new man would be something of a quick-fix solution to galvanise the fans again and offer fresh hope.

That's Pathetic

The Echo are pathetic but it's only what everybody on here has been saying for the last 6months.......

What a load of crap which particular excuse for a journalist that they employ at the Echo wrote this?

Lazy lazy journalism

What a load of crap which particular excuse for a journalist that they employ at the Echo wrote this?

They've got a sinking readership.his is just a ploy to get more people to buy that failing rag.To say this is the worst season is a joke if you've been supporting the city for more than 10yrs as they well know.

The letter, for me, is pretty much spot on!

The letter, for me, is pretty much spot on!

WHAT ,ONE OF THE WORST EVER SEASONS THIS SEASON ??

The lowest we can finish is 14th in the championship. Thats division two, by another name. That's nowhere near to being one of our worst seasons.

Yes I totally agree that this current squad has well underachieved

But to say this season is one of the worst seasons in Cardiff Citys history? ? ?

What planet are they on?
Were these reporters around during the real bad old days in parts of the 80's and 90's, City spent 9 years in the dungeon league,with home crowds of 1,400 and away followings of 11 fans.
The football then was our lowest standard of all time.
You cant even compare todays football,to those days.

Also where were the Echo regarding the stripping of our identity by Tan, they originally backed him, they never backed us fans who stayed BLUE? When things went went wrong,they soon jumped ship.

I ALSO NOTICED THERE IS NO NAME TO THE REPORT? Hmmmmm
They were'nt at Gillingham in i think the end of the 98-99 season.And many many other seasons.Or when City had to apply for re election to the football league.These reporters arnt the best in their field.Dull as shit in fact.
Today the Echo have written this open letter to Vincent Tan.

Friday 1st May 2015

Dear Vincent,

One of the worst seasons in the history of Cardiff City FC finishes after Saturday’s match at Nottingham Forest. For the club’s vast army of fans, so many of them disillusioned and disengaged, the end cannot come quickly enough.

Nine months ago, back on a sunny August day, the Bluebirds you spent a fortune in assembling were quite rightly ranked as overwhelming favourites to bounce straight back up into the Premier League.

David Marshall, Fabio, Bruno Manga, Sean Morrison, John Brayford, Anthony Pilington, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Mats Daehli, Ravel Morrison, Peter Whittingham, Kenwyne Jones, Adam Le Fondre, Federico Macheda, Javi Guerra. Lots more on top, too.

This group of players – dubbed ‘the best in Championship history’ – couldn’t fail, could they? The misery of relegation could be offset by an instant return to the top flight, a reward for the fresh financial outlay you had put in as Cardiff City’s owner and backer.


Instead, while Bournemouth and Watford have secured promotion on much smaller budgets, Cardiff today stand 13th in the Championship table.

That’s just one place ahead of the position the team occupied when you were bringing Russell Slade on board as manager. And that’s only because Sheffield Wednesday have a marginally worse goal difference.

I’m sure everyone can agree it’s not exactly significant progress.

The fans, your paying customers, are fed up and it’s time somebody spoke up on their behalf. Hence this open letter from WalesOnline and the South Wales Echo, historically a real champion of Cardiff City FC.

You only have to look at the messageboards or listen to the radio phone-ins to understand the supporters simply don’t trust in Slade, which of course has a knock-on effect.

Fans have voted with their feet, vast numbers choosing not to attend recent home matches at Cardiff City Stadium. Many of those who have turned up have left early, finding the fare on offer a switch-off.

Season ticket sales, as we’re sure you’re aware, are apparently at their lowest for many years.

Some older fans say the football they are watching is the worst seen since the dark days of Alan Durban back in the mid-1980s.

The malaise, misery, mid-table mediocrity can’t go on. The end of the season has to be seen as an opportunity, the chance for a new start.

The return to blue
You’ve already given the fans their blue back and for that they are grateful.

The 90 minutes against Fulham, the day the blue returned, saw an atmosphere, buzz and sense of excitement not witnessed at Cardiff City Stadium since the team were defeating Swansea 1-0 in the Premier League Welsh derby.

The fans have their club back. The next step is to reconnect them with their team.

There is too much apathy at present. The passion has gone. The fans have to be re-enthused and sadly we’re not alone in wondering if that can happen with Russell Slade in charge.

He is one of the nice guys in football, someone who deserves to succeed. But Slade would need to get off to an unfeasibly good start next season to have any hope of winning over the many doubters. Then he would have to keep it going, too.

If that can happen, brilliant. It’s win, win, win for everyone.

But the alternative is that he spends your money on yet more lower standard signings this summer, results continue to go wrong, the atmosphere becomes toxic amid a clamour for the manager’s head, a change is made in the autumn... and the cycle starts over again.


Another wasted season. With the new Premier League TV deal kicking-off in time for the 2016 top-flight campaign worth as much as £100m per club a year – and set to widen further the gulf between the elite and the others – Cardiff City cannot afford to wait.

Whilst Slade needs to be given a little slack because of understandable cost-cutting, he has been in charge for almost a season and yet today there are still more questions than answers.

Fans want entertainment or, failing that, winning football. They’ve been given neither.

They want belief, signs of progress and genuine hope for the future. They’re not getting that, either.

The football is often boring, dire to watch. Recent results away from home have been decent, but at Cardiff City Stadium - a traditional fortress – the Bluebirds have produced little better than relegation form.

The problems with Cardiff City stretch deeper than just the manager, but at least the arrival of a new man would be something of a quick-fix solution to galvanise the fans again and offer fresh hope.

The letter, for me, is pretty much spot on!

WHAT ,ONE OF THE WORST EVER SEASONS THIS SEASON ??

All depends on the age of the poster doesn't it ?

The letter, for me, is pretty much spot on!

WHAT ,ONE OF THE WORST EVER SEASONS THIS SEASON ??

All depends on the age of the poster doesn't it ?

Definitely James the boy's worst season the lad must be gutted

Most people knew within a few months it was going to be a tough season, when we started selling players and danced with relegation everyone was fearing the worst. But we have come out of it quite well and now we have to look forward to next season and get behind the manager and players from day one.
I like the championship, always have, after years in shitters ditch its been a pleasure. Would like us to be among the sides challangeing at the top next season, but when you look at the league nobody has a divine right to be up there. As long as we have some ambition to be up there and the manager and players are giving all they have for the club im happy.

Ridiculous from the Echo.

Yeah it's been a poor season by our recent seasons' standards, not nothing compared to where we were not so many years ago.

They were before my time, but at least I'm not stupid enough to call this Cardiff City's worst season in our entire history.

Not sure they were talking about the football when they said one of the worse seasons. Taking everything into consideration, I tend to agree. We've had the fans split, more attention to our colours than the actual football being played, then the badge, the problems with stewarding at the ground, the poor atmosphere at the ground, and uninspiring football. I've seen us struggling at the foot of the league, but this season wasn't just about poor football, there were a lot of other things that made me look forward to the season ending for the first time ever. To rub salt in the wounds, there hasn't been any encouraging news for next season, and it looks like there won't be that many of us there cheering the team on anyway.

The letter, for me, is pretty much spot on!

WHAT ,ONE OF THE WORST EVER SEASONS THIS SEASON ??

All depends on the age of the poster doesn't it ?

Definitely James the boy's worst season the lad must be gutted

Doubt it, somehow. He's probably a lot older in real life. A sort of 'Bluebird since 1948' in reverse.

Most people knew within a few months it was going to be a tough season, when we started selling players and danced with relegation everyone was fearing the worst. But we have come out of it quite well and now we have to look forward to next season and get behind the manager and players from day one.
I like the championship, always have, after years in shitters ditch its been a pleasure. Would like us to be among the sides challangeing at the top next season, but when you look at the league nobody has a divine right to be up there. As long as we have some ambition to be up there and the manager and players are giving all they have for the club im happy.

Well said

The letter, for me, is pretty much spot on!

WHAT ,ONE OF THE WORST EVER SEASONS THIS SEASON ??

You have picked on one sentence in a very long letter. That one sentence is not factually correct - but the rest in my opinion is spot on!

The letter, for me, is pretty much spot on!

WHAT ,ONE OF THE WORST EVER SEASONS THIS SEASON ??

You have picked on one sentence in a very long letter. That one sentence is not factually correct - but the rest in my opinion is spot on!

Ive picked that out,because I was asked by them to do a column for them as who in my 44 years was our worst manager as I never said Slade,it was not put in the Echo? ?, so in my opinion there is an agenda against Slade. I dont rate Slade,but its not one of our worst seasons.

The letter, for me, is pretty much spot on!

WHAT ,ONE OF THE WORST EVER SEASONS THIS SEASON ??

You have picked on one sentence in a very long letter. That one sentence is not factually correct - but the rest in my opinion is spot on!

Ive picked that out,because I was asked by them to do a column for them as who in my 44 years was our worst manager as I never said Slade,it was not put in the Echo? ?, so in my opinion there is an agenda against Slade. I dont rate Slade,but its not one of our worst seasons.

I go back even further than you and agree that we have had worse Managers than Slade. However, apart from that one factually incorrect sentence, the rest of the echo article/letter is spot on - I am really glad the season finishes tomorrow and I can have a break from the dross we have served up under Slade. If I was a betting man, I reckon Slade will be sacked before Christmas - thank goodness!

The letter, for me, is pretty much spot on!

WHAT ,ONE OF THE WORST EVER SEASONS THIS SEASON ??

You have picked on one sentence in a very long letter. That one sentence is not factually correct - but the rest in my opinion is spot on!

Ive picked that out,because I was asked by them to do a column for them as who in my 44 years was our worst manager as I never said Slade,it was not put in the Echo? ?, so in my opinion there is an agenda against Slade. I dont rate Slade,but its not one of our worst seasons.

I go back even further than you and agree that we have had worse Managers than Slade. However, apart from that one factually incorrect sentence, the rest of the echo article/letter is spot on - I am really glad the season finishes tomorrow and I can have a break from the dross we have served up under Slade. If I was a betting man, I reckon Slade will be sacked before Christmas - thank goodness!

I know, but even though I am not a Slade fan,I like to be honest and I see an agenda against Slade? ? ?

its been the worst season for about 6-7 years, and given that many people have only been supporting us that long for them it is the worst season in their time supporting the club.

i would expect better from a newspaper publication, but then again maybe not. they are there to sell papers not tell the truth. thats why they supported the rebrand wholeheartedly before a U turn when they just changed their minds overnight.

its almost amateur in its reporting, too.

I see where they are coming from but they dont make it very clear.

To me they are saying with the calibre, ability, and potential of the squad we have, then it has been the worst ever.
And i would agree its been awful.

But if they dont, then i dont!!

Yes I totally agree that this current squad has well underachieved

But to say this season is one of the worst seasons in Cardiff Citys history? ? ?

What planet are they on?
Were these reporters around during the real bad old days in parts of the 80's and 90's, City spent 9 years in the dungeon league,with home crowds of 1,400 and away followings of 11 fans.
The football then was our lowest standard of all time.
You cant even compare todays football,to those days.

Also where were the Echo regarding the stripping of our identity by Tan, they originally backed him, they never backed us fans who stayed BLUE? When things went went wrong,they soon jumped ship.

I ALSO NOTICED THERE IS NO NAME TO THE REPORT? Hmmmmm

I think you may be missing the point. I agree that they are wrong about it being one of our worst ever seasons. Us golden oldies can remember far worse. But surely they are helping our cause in trying to highlight how we have greatly under achieved when you consider the value of the squad we had. Everyone on here moans about Slade but no one has really done much by the way of protests. At least Wales online is putting the case for a change of manager in logical and well balanced terms, unlike many of the people on here.

I see where they are coming from but they dont make it very clear.

To me they are saying with the calibre, ability, and potential of the squad we have, then it has been the worst ever.
And i would agree its been awful.

But if they dont, then i dont!!

I agree with the quality of the squad,we did not get the best out of them.

Yes I totally agree that this current squad has well underachieved

But to say this season is one of the worst seasons in Cardiff Citys history? ? ?

What planet are they on?
Were these reporters around during the real bad old days in parts of the 80's and 90's, City spent 9 years in the dungeon league,with home crowds of 1,400 and away followings of 11 fans.
The football then was our lowest standard of all time.
You cant even compare todays football,to those days.

Also where were the Echo regarding the stripping of our identity by Tan, they originally backed him, they never backed us fans who stayed BLUE? When things went went wrong,they soon jumped ship.

I ALSO NOTICED THERE IS NO NAME TO THE REPORT? Hmmmmm

I think you may be missing the point. I agree that they are wrong about it being one of our worst ever seasons. Us golden oldies can remember far worse. But surely they are helping our cause in trying to highlight how we have greatly under achieved when you consider the value of the squad we had. Everyone on here moans about Slade but no one has really done much by the way of protests. At least Wales online is putting the case for a change of manager in logical and well balanced terms, unlike many of the people on here.

I agree with the quality of the squad,we did not get the best out of them and I dont rate Slade,but without a doubt not one of our worst ever seasons, we have had at least a dozen worse in just my time.

Yes I totally agree that this current squad has well underachieved

But to say this season is one of the worst seasons in Cardiff Citys history? ? ?

What planet are they on?
Were these reporters around during the real bad old days in parts of the 80's and 90's, City spent 9 years in the dungeon league,with home crowds of 1,400 and away followings of 11 fans.
The football then was our lowest standard of all time.
You cant even compare todays football,to those days.

Also where were the Echo regarding the stripping of our identity by Tan, they originally backed him, they never backed us fans who stayed BLUE? When things went went wrong,they soon jumped ship.

I ALSO NOTICED THERE IS NO NAME TO THE REPORT? Hmmmmm

I think you may be missing the point. I agree that they are wrong about it being one of our worst ever seasons. Us golden oldies can remember far worse. But surely they are helping our cause in trying to highlight how we have greatly under achieved when you consider the value of the squad we had. Everyone on here moans about Slade but no one has really done much by the way of protests. At least Wales online is putting the case for a change of manager in logical and well balanced terms, unlike many of the people on here.

I agree with the quality of the squad,we did not get the best out of them and I dont rate Slade,but without a doubt not one of our worst ever seasons, we have had at least a dozen worse in just my time.

I suppose potentially losing so many season tickets holders in such a short space of time suggests one of the worst ever seasons. Supporters are voting with their feet. It's obviously not the worst ever but when life long fans are saying things like "it's not my club any more" or "I fallen out of love with My club" the situation appears all very serious to me!

Yes I totally agree that this current squad has well underachieved

But to say this season is one of the worst seasons in Cardiff Citys history? ? ?

What planet are they on?
Were these reporters around during the real bad old days in parts of the 80's and 90's, City spent 9 years in the dungeon league,with home crowds of 1,400 and away followings of 11 fans.
The football then was our lowest standard of all time.
You cant even compare todays football,to those days.

Also where were the Echo regarding the stripping of our identity by Tan, they originally backed him, they never backed us fans who stayed BLUE? When things went went wrong,they soon jumped ship.

I ALSO NOTICED THERE IS NO NAME TO THE REPORT? Hmmmmm

I think you may be missing the point. I agree that they are wrong about it being one of our worst ever seasons. Us golden oldies can remember far worse. But surely they are helping our cause in trying to highlight how we have greatly under achieved when you consider the value of the squad we had. Everyone on here moans about Slade but no one has really done much by the way of protests. At least Wales online is putting the case for a change of manager in logical and well balanced terms, unlike many of the people on here.

I agree with the quality of the squad,we did not get the best out of them and I dont rate Slade,but without a doubt not one of our worst ever seasons, we have had at least a dozen worse in just my time.

I suppose potentially losing so many season tickets holders in such a short space of time suggests one of the worst ever seasons. Supporters are voting with their feet. It's obviously not the worst ever but when life long fans are saying things like "it's not my club any more" or "I fallen out of love with My club" the situation appears all very serious to me!

You certainly have a point there

And the Club dont seem to care

Yes I totally agree that this current squad has well underachieved

But to say this season is one of the worst seasons in Cardiff Citys history? ? ?

What planet are they on?
Were these reporters around during the real bad old days in parts of the 80's and 90's, City spent 9 years in the dungeon league,with home crowds of 1,400 and away followings of 11 fans.
The football then was our lowest standard of all time.
You cant even compare todays football,to those days.

Also where were the Echo regarding the stripping of our identity by Tan, they originally backed him, they never backed us fans who stayed BLUE? When things went went wrong,they soon jumped ship.

I ALSO NOTICED THERE IS NO NAME TO THE REPORT? Hmmmmm

I think you may be missing the point. I agree that they are wrong about it being one of our worst ever seasons. Us golden oldies can remember far worse. But surely they are helping our cause in trying to highlight how we have greatly under achieved when you consider the value of the squad we had. Everyone on here moans about Slade but no one has really done much by the way of protests. At least Wales online is putting the case for a change of manager in logical and well balanced terms, unlike many of the people on here.

I agree with the quality of the squad,we did not get the best out of them and I dont rate Slade,but without a doubt not one of our worst ever seasons, we have had at least a dozen worse in just my time.

I suppose potentially losing so many season tickets holders in such a short space of time suggests one of the worst ever seasons. Supporters are voting with their feet. It's obviously not the worst ever but when life long fans are saying things like "it's not my club any more" or "I fallen out of love with My club" the situation appears all very serious to me!

You certainly have a point there

And the Club dont seem to care

It's quite heartbreaking really but we must see this through Annis! There will be better times ahead! We do have brilliant supporters! I would like to see some light at the end of the tunnel and I'm sure there will be soon! Keep the faith we are Cardiff City we've seen far worse than this!