' CARDIFF CITY SET FOR RE-SHUFFLE & EXODUS OF PLAYERS '

Cardiff City set for major January re-shuffle with strike duo set for exit and more players to follow


Thursday 7th January 2016

by: Michael Hasan

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The exodus of strikers at Cardiff appears to be continuing as it has emerged that misfiring duo Alex Revell and Federico Macheda will both be offloaded in this January transfer window, just days after Kenwyne Jones was loaned out to Abu Dhabi side Al Jazira.


Eoin Doyle is another Cardiff striker who has been sent out on loan to Preston, leaving options for Cardiff in the striker department sparse.

They do have Charlton striker Tony Watt in on loan along with fellow strikers Idrissa Saadi, Joe Mason, Alex Revell and Federico Macheda, but Cardiff manager Russell Slade is looking to streamline his squad to free up funds so he can spend in January.


Revell has been disappointing since his move from Rotherham, with just two goals in 28 appearances and Slade is keen to get a loan deal for the 32-year-old striker, as he prepares to do business in January with a new striker the top priority.

Another player being cleared out is former Manchester United starlet Federico Macheda, best known for his phenomenal goal for United on his senior debut against Aston Villa.

The striker has struggled this season for Cardiff, making only two appearances from the bench after having surgery on his back.

The 24 year old who has represented Italy at U21 level looks to have run out of time at Cardiff, with the club keen on finding him a permanent deal away.

He has eight goals in 28 appearances for the Bluebirds but has struggled with injury since arriving.

All these strikers leaving point to Slade being keen on January business, as he looks to build a squad capable of pushing for the play-offs, with them currently well placed in mid-table.

Stupidity at its finest. Now Jones gone, and then one of the biggest talents at the club is being shuffled out. No way in hell Slade will be able to replace the danger Jones and Macheda CAN pose. What's next? Fabs and Manga loaned out to reduce the wage bill? Please stop talking about play off and promotion.

Stupidity at its finest. Now Jones gone, and then one of the biggest talents at the club is being shuffled out. No way in hell Slade will be able to replace the danger Jones and Macheda CAN pose. What's next? Fabs and Manga loaned out to reduce the wage bill? Please stop talking about play off and promotion.

Cheer up you miserable sod lol

Stupidity at its finest. Now Jones gone, and then one of the biggest talents at the club is being shuffled out. No way in hell Slade will be able to replace the danger Jones and Macheda CAN pose. What's next? Fabs and Manga loaned out to reduce the wage bill? Please stop talking about play off and promotion.

Cheer up you miserable sod lol

Ha exactly

Macheda is the furthest down pecking order for a reason.

watt, kj, mason, Saadi, velikonjia, let fondre, Doyle, revell, Healy, macheda is my order.

So with kj, velikonjia, fondre, Doyle, revell out and Healy injured, macheda is still fourth choice

Fourth choice to a watt, mason and injured Saadi doesn't get my mouth watering. We need better.
Macheda hasn't shown that here.

In fairness though, the evidence currently smacks of sell sell sell and we will buy a player not considered good enough for Gillinghams first team, Tan is asset stripping, thankfully we should be safe from relegation for 16 months at least.

Carl you should read tony oneil Man Uniteds top lad .his version of events that day in his book he reckons they had never been to a place like cardiff that day to his credit he says they had a nightmare time at our place that day .the violence that day went down in football folklore they still talk about it today

In fairness though, the evidence currently smacks of sell sell sell and we will buy a player not considered good enough for Gillinghams first team, Tan is asset stripping, thankfully we should be safe from relegation for 16 months at least.

I have to agree with you Huw, thats exactly how I see it.

But Thankfully we won't go down

It's pretty much confirms Slade is not getting a penny out of Tan sell sell to make the dough.

Wait and see it's obvious that we got too much dead wood picking up big wages most are from our premiership and ole days ,need to clear the decks

In fairness though, the evidence currently smacks of sell sell sell and we will buy a player not considered good enough for Gillinghams first team, Tan is asset stripping, thankfully we should be safe from relegation for 16 months at least.

I have to agree with you Huw, thats exactly how I see it.

But Thankfully we won't go down

True

Fans ain't blind and have thought f**k it. If you don't give a f**k, we won't line your pocket

Stupidity at its finest. Now Jones gone, and then one of the biggest talents at the club is being shuffled out. No way in hell Slade will be able to replace the danger Jones and Macheda CAN pose. What's next? Fabs and Manga loaned out to reduce the wage bill? Please stop talking about play off and promotion.

Cheer up you miserable sod lol

Ha exactly

Hahaha

Stupidity at its finest. Now Jones gone, and then one of the biggest talents at the club is being shuffled out. No way in hell Slade will be able to replace the danger Jones and Macheda CAN pose. What's next? Fabs and Manga loaned out to reduce the wage bill? Please stop talking about play off and promotion.

Cheer up you miserable sod lol

Lol

In fairness though, the evidence currently smacks of sell sell sell and we will buy a player not considered good enough for Gillinghams first team, Tan is asset stripping, thankfully we should be safe from relegation for 16 months at least.

Apart from buying a million pound striker.

So full of shit some people.

I 100% support Slade with this, he's trying to offload the correct players and I look forward to seeing who he can bring in to replace them.

Same old with some fans on here

The same ones screaming about tans poor running of the club and we spend to much etc are then the ones moaning players that are on high wages that are being offloaded should stay at the club and we should be signing multi million pound stars again this window, these same figures also want tan out couldn't make it up!!!

How about we balance the books get the club not living off tan first then think about putting together a squad on wages that are sustainable that can maintain a promotion challenge?

The way I see it the club only looks saleable if we are in the premiership that way tan could convert debt to equity and sell us for what he's put in roughly and we move on as a debt free club

I do not see us being bought for anywhere near on £200m in the championship with a P&all which has shown massive losses season upon season for the past 10 years unless someone else extremely rich decided to buy the club for £1 and then inherit the debt owed To tan (this could happen but it would just be jumping from one ship that's sinking to another that's going to sink)

For me it's a case of doing what we are trying to do continue cost cutting make ourselves sustainable whilst utilising youth and players who are on average championship wages and challenging for promotion each season

Throwing further money and owing more to vinny isn't going to see him leave any time soon

Macheda is the furthest down pecking order for a reason.

watt, kj, mason, Saadi, velikonjia, let fondre, Doyle, revell, Healy, macheda is my order.

So with kj, velikonjia, fondre, Doyle, revell out and Healy injured, macheda is still fourth choice

Fourth choice to a watt, mason and injured Saadi doesn't get my mouth watering. We need better.
Macheda hasn't shown that here.

I agree with this. Macheda has not really shown enough. Its a sad state of affairs when an injured Saadi (although I do think he will be decent) is before a former man u 'starlet' in the pecking order.

What is sad about all this is that, Saadi aside, we are letting go of a few strikers brought in my slade not so long ago in Revell and Doyle. An admittance of failure.

Same old with some fans on here

The same ones screaming about tans poor running of the club and we spend to much etc are then the ones moaning players that are on high wages that are being offloaded should stay at the club and we should be signing multi million pound stars again this window, these same figures also want tan out couldn't make it up!!!

How about we balance the books get the club not living off tan first then think about putting together a squad on wages that are sustainable that can maintain a promotion challenge?

The way I see it the club only looks saleable if we are in the premiership that way tan could convert debt to equity and sell us for what he's put in roughly and we move on as a debt free club

I do not see us being bought for anywhere near on £200m in the championship with a P&all which has shown massive losses season upon season for the past 10 years unless someone else extremely rich decided to buy the club for £1 and then inherit the debt owed To tan (this could happen but it would just be jumping from one ship that's sinking to another that's going to sink)

For me it's a case of doing what we are trying to do continue cost cutting make ourselves sustainable whilst utilising youth and players who are on average championship wages and challenging for promotion each season

Throwing further money and owing more to vinny isn't going to see him leave any time soon

This.

Same old with some fans on here

The same ones screaming about tans poor running of the club and we spend to much etc are then the ones moaning players that are on high wages that are being offloaded should stay at the club and we should be signing multi million pound stars again this window, these same figures also want tan out couldn't make it up!!!

How about we balance the books get the club not living off tan first then think about putting together a squad on wages that are sustainable that can maintain a promotion challenge?

The way I see it the club only looks saleable if we are in the premiership that way tan could convert debt to equity and sell us for what he's put in roughly and we move on as a debt free club

I do not see us being bought for anywhere near on £200m in the championship with a P&all which has shown massive losses season upon season for the past 10 years unless someone else extremely rich decided to buy the club for £1 and then inherit the debt owed To tan (this could happen but it would just be jumping from one ship that's sinking to another that's going to sink)

For me it's a case of doing what we are trying to do continue cost cutting make ourselves sustainable whilst utilising youth and players who are on average championship wages and challenging for promotion each season

Throwing further money and owing more to vinny isn't going to see him leave any time soon

I want Tan to reduce the debt,for the good of our club,rem he made most of the debt in the first place.
But the club is still being run like a circus instead of a football club.
Tan promised over 3 years ago to make our club debt free.
Plus all Tan is doing is getting his money back and virtually running it down at the same time.

When do you ever see any of our youth players or even younger players called up to play?

Yes I agree balance the books,but you've still got to keep a good team, but thanks to Tans circus the club continues to lose money as fans are voting with their feet,they are totally fed up. Lowest crowds for 10 years

If I am wrong where are the thousands upon thousands of City fans?

Same old with some fans on here

The same ones screaming about tans poor running of the club and we spend to much etc are then the ones moaning players that are on high wages that are being offloaded should stay at the club and we should be signing multi million pound stars again this window, these same figures also want tan out couldn't make it up!!!

How about we balance the books get the club not living off tan first then think about putting together a squad on wages that are sustainable that can maintain a promotion challenge?

The way I see it the club only looks saleable if we are in the premiership that way tan could convert debt to equity and sell us for what he's put in roughly and we move on as a debt free club

I do not see us being bought for anywhere near on £200m in the championship with a P&all which has shown massive losses season upon season for the past 10 years unless someone else extremely rich decided to buy the club for £1 and then inherit the debt owed To tan (this could happen but it would just be jumping from one ship that's sinking to another that's going to sink)

For me it's a case of doing what we are trying to do continue cost cutting make ourselves sustainable whilst utilising youth and players who are on average championship wages and challenging for promotion each season

Throwing further money and owing more to vinny isn't going to see him leave any time soon

Same old with some fans on here

The same ones screaming about tans poor running of the club and we spend to much etc are then the ones moaning players that are on high wages that are being offloaded should stay at the club and we should be signing multi million pound stars again this window, these same figures also want tan out couldn't make it up!!!

How about we balance the books get the club not living off tan first then think about putting together a squad on wages that are sustainable that can maintain a promotion challenge?

The way I see it the club only looks saleable if we are in the premiership that way tan could convert debt to equity and sell us for what he's put in roughly and we move on as a debt free club

I do not see us being bought for anywhere near on £200m in the championship with a P&all which has shown massive losses season upon season for the past 10 years unless someone else extremely rich decided to buy the club for £1 and then inherit the debt owed To tan (this could happen but it would just be jumping from one ship that's sinking to another that's going to sink)

For me it's a case of doing what we are trying to do continue cost cutting make ourselves sustainable whilst utilising youth and players who are on average championship wages and challenging for promotion each season

Throwing further money and owing more to vinny isn't going to see him leave any time soon

I want Tan to reduce the debt,for the good of our club,rem he made most of the debt in the first place.
But the club is still being run like a circus instead of a football club.
Tan promised over 3 years ago to make our club debt free.
Plus all Tan is doing is getting his money back and virtually running it down at the same time.

When do you ever see any of our youth players or even younger players called up to play?

Yes I agree balance the books,but you've still got to keep a good team, but thanks to Tans circus the club continues to lose money as fans are voting with their feet,they are totally fed up. Lowest crowds for 10 years

Tan gets his money back on the Sky payments and sales of players.

If I am wrong where are the thousands upon thousands of City fans?

If I am wrong where are the thousands upon thousands of City fans?

Annis surely if Tan/Slade are taking steps to cut the wage bill that is a step in the right direction as it would be pointless Tan wiping the debt only to run it up again because the club was losing money week by week.

Also as the club is still losing money so how is Tan getting his money back?

I agree Tan is not perfect and has made loads of mistakes but blaming him for a fickle fan base is pushing things too far. For the first 30 odd years of your support the Bluebirds played in front of half of what we are getting now so low crowds are hardly a new phenomenon.

There is plenty of blame to spread around including Malky who made some monumental mistakes

Same old with some fans on here

The same ones screaming about tans poor running of the club and we spend to much etc are then the ones moaning players that are on high wages that are being offloaded should stay at the club and we should be signing multi million pound stars again this window, these same figures also want tan out couldn't make it up!!!

How about we balance the books get the club not living off tan first then think about putting together a squad on wages that are sustainable that can maintain a promotion challenge?

The way I see it the club only looks saleable if we are in the premiership that way tan could convert debt to equity and sell us for what he's put in roughly and we move on as a debt free club

I do not see us being bought for anywhere near on £200m in the championship with a P&all which has shown massive losses season upon season for the past 10 years unless someone else extremely rich decided to buy the club for £1 and then inherit the debt owed To tan (this could happen but it would just be jumping from one ship that's sinking to another that's going to sink)

For me it's a case of doing what we are trying to do continue cost cutting make ourselves sustainable whilst utilising youth and players who are on average championship wages and challenging for promotion each season

Throwing further money and owing more to vinny isn't going to see him leave any time soon

I want Tan to reduce the debt,for the good of our club,rem he made most of the debt in the first place.
But the club is still being run like a circus instead of a football club.
Tan promised over 3 years ago to make our club debt free.
Plus all Tan is doing is getting his money back and virtually running it down at the same time.

When do you ever see any of our youth players or even younger players called up to play?

Yes I agree balance the books,but you've still got to keep a good team, but thanks to Tans circus the club continues to lose money as fans are voting with their feet,they are totally fed up. Lowest crowds for 10 years

Tan gets his money back on the Sky payments and sales of players.

If I am wrong where are the thousands upon thousands of City fans?

If I am wrong where are the thousands upon thousands of City fans?

Annis surely if Tan/Slade are taking steps to cut the wage bill that is a step in the right direction as it would be pointless Tan wiping the debt only to run it up again because the club was losing money week by week.

Also as the club is still losing money so how is Tan getting his money back?

I agree Tan is not perfect and has made loads of mistakes but blaming him for a fickle fan base is pushing things too far. For the first 30 odd years of your support the Bluebirds played in front of half of what we are getting now so low crowds are hardly a new phenomenon.

There is plenty of blame to spread around including Malky who made some monumental mistakes

Tony, You all keep blaming Malky

Yet Malky brought you success and delivered what was asked of him and its the Sky payments we are now getting that are keeping us a float.
The finances are down to the owner and Tans 6 CEO'S, he's had at our club.

Have you forgot Tan then employed Ole.

Same old with some fans on here

The same ones screaming about tans poor running of the club and we spend to much etc are then the ones moaning players that are on high wages that are being offloaded should stay at the club and we should be signing multi million pound stars again this window, these same figures also want tan out couldn't make it up!!!

How about we balance the books get the club not living off tan first then think about putting together a squad on wages that are sustainable that can maintain a promotion challenge?

The way I see it the club only looks saleable if we are in the premiership that way tan could convert debt to equity and sell us for what he's put in roughly and we move on as a debt free club

I do not see us being bought for anywhere near on £200m in the championship with a P&all which has shown massive losses season upon season for the past 10 years unless someone else extremely rich decided to buy the club for £1 and then inherit the debt owed To tan (this could happen but it would just be jumping from one ship that's sinking to another that's going to sink)

For me it's a case of doing what we are trying to do continue cost cutting make ourselves sustainable whilst utilising youth and players who are on average championship wages and challenging for promotion each season

Throwing further money and owing more to vinny isn't going to see him leave any time soon

I want Tan to reduce the debt,for the good of our club,rem he made most of the debt in the first place.
But the club is still being run like a circus instead of a football club.
Tan promised over 3 years ago to make our club debt free.
Plus all Tan is doing is getting his money back and virtually running it down at the same time.

When do you ever see any of our youth players or even younger players called up to play?

Yes I agree balance the books,but you've still got to keep a good team, but thanks to Tans circus the club continues to lose money as fans are voting with their feet,they are totally fed up. Lowest crowds for 10 years

Tan gets his money back on the Sky payments and sales of players.

If I am wrong where are the thousands upon thousands of City fans?

If I am wrong where are the thousands upon thousands of City fans?

Annis surely if Tan/Slade are taking steps to cut the wage bill that is a step in the right direction as it would be pointless Tan wiping the debt only to run it up again because the club was losing money week by week.

Also as the club is still losing money so how is Tan getting his money back?

I agree Tan is not perfect and has made loads of mistakes but blaming him for a fickle fan base is pushing things too far. For the first 30 odd years of your support the Bluebirds played in front of half of what we are getting now so low crowds are hardly a new phenomenon.

There is plenty of blame to spread around including Malky who made some monumental mistakes

Tony, You all keep blaming Malky

Yet Malky brought you success and delivered what was asked of him and its the Sky payments we are now getting that are keeping us a float.
The finances are down to the owner and Tans 6 CEO'S, he's had at our club.

Have you forgot Tan then employed Ole.

Tan was the owner who got us the Sky payments as well as Malky the manager.

Stupidity at its finest. Now Jones gone, and then one of the biggest talents at the club is being shuffled out. No way in hell Slade will be able to replace the danger Jones and Macheda CAN pose. What's next? Fabs and Manga loaned out to reduce the wage bill? Please stop talking about play off and promotion.

Cheer up you miserable sod lol

Ha exactly

Hahaha

Not that funny when Mason and Sadii the are only strikers left.. It's not like city look to get the best out of players anyway. But sending Macheda out the door now is beyond stupidity. Plenty of bumps can rock the Watt transfer still.. When was the last time Sadii played a whole game? Naive..

Same old with some fans on here

The same ones screaming about tans poor running of the club and we spend to much etc are then the ones moaning players that are on high wages that are being offloaded should stay at the club and we should be signing multi million pound stars again this window, these same figures also want tan out couldn't make it up!!!

How about we balance the books get the club not living off tan first then think about putting together a squad on wages that are sustainable that can maintain a promotion challenge?

The way I see it the club only looks saleable if we are in the premiership that way tan could convert debt to equity and sell us for what he's put in roughly and we move on as a debt free club

I do not see us being bought for anywhere near on £200m in the championship with a P&all which has shown massive losses season upon season for the past 10 years unless someone else extremely rich decided to buy the club for £1 and then inherit the debt owed To tan (this could happen but it would just be jumping from one ship that's sinking to another that's going to sink)

For me it's a case of doing what we are trying to do continue cost cutting make ourselves sustainable whilst utilising youth and players who are on average championship wages and challenging for promotion each season

Throwing further money and owing more to vinny isn't going to see him leave any time soon

I want Tan to reduce the debt,for the good of our club,rem he made most of the debt in the first place.
But the club is still being run like a circus instead of a football club.
Tan promised over 3 years ago to make our club debt free.
Plus all Tan is doing is getting his money back and virtually running it down at the same time.

When do you ever see any of our youth players or even younger players called up to play?

Yes I agree balance the books,but you've still got to keep a good team, but thanks to Tans circus the club continues to lose money as fans are voting with their feet,they are totally fed up. Lowest crowds for 10 years

Tan gets his money back on the Sky payments and sales of players.

If I am wrong where are the thousands upon thousands of City fans?

If I am wrong where are the thousands upon thousands of City fans?

Annis surely if Tan/Slade are taking steps to cut the wage bill that is a step in the right direction as it would be pointless Tan wiping the debt only to run it up again because the club was losing money week by week.

Also as the club is still losing money so how is Tan getting his money back?

I agree Tan is not perfect and has made loads of mistakes but blaming him for a fickle fan base is pushing things too far. For the first 30 odd years of your support the Bluebirds played in front of half of what we are getting now so low crowds are hardly a new phenomenon.

There is plenty of blame to spread around including Malky who made some monumental mistakes

Tony, You all keep blaming Malky

Yet Malky brought you success and delivered what was asked of him and its the Sky payments we are now getting that are keeping us a float.
The finances are down to the owner and Tans 6 CEO'S, he's had at our club.

Have you forgot Tan then employed Ole.

We don't we blame people equally. Tan, Malky (plus Moody) and Ole. You however blame Tan only.

Although Macheda can be a great finisher on his day, I wouldn't be too disappointed if he left. Just a poorer version of Joe Mason if you ask me

Same old with some fans on here

The same ones screaming about tans poor running of the club and we spend to much etc are then the ones moaning players that are on high wages that are being offloaded should stay at the club and we should be signing multi million pound stars again this window, these same figures also want tan out couldn't make it up!!!

How about we balance the books get the club not living off tan first then think about putting together a squad on wages that are sustainable that can maintain a promotion challenge?

The way I see it the club only looks saleable if we are in the premiership that way tan could convert debt to equity and sell us for what he's put in roughly and we move on as a debt free club

I do not see us being bought for anywhere near on £200m in the championship with a P&all which has shown massive losses season upon season for the past 10 years unless someone else extremely rich decided to buy the club for £1 and then inherit the debt owed To tan (this could happen but it would just be jumping from one ship that's sinking to another that's going to sink)

For me it's a case of doing what we are trying to do continue cost cutting make ourselves sustainable whilst utilising youth and players who are on average championship wages and challenging for promotion each season

Throwing further money and owing more to vinny isn't going to see him leave any time soon

I want Tan to reduce the debt,for the good of our club,rem he made most of the debt in the first place.
But the club is still being run like a circus instead of a football club.
Tan promised over 3 years ago to make our club debt free.
Plus all Tan is doing is getting his money back and virtually running it down at the same time.

When do you ever see any of our youth players or even younger players called up to play?

Yes I agree balance the books,but you've still got to keep a good team, but thanks to Tans circus the club continues to lose money as fans are voting with their feet,they are totally fed up. Lowest crowds for 10 years

If I am wrong where are the thousands upon thousands of City fans?[/quote

Wasn't it proven that this years average crowd is the same as it was before any of the golden tickets scams, rebrand and the premiership season so are fans voting with their feet? Or have we just returned to our core base now cheap football and glory hunting has disappeared?

Also you mention all tan is doing is getting his money back? Show me any profit and loss of the club that's shows Vincent tan has taken one cent back of what is owed to him by the club? If you are going to say the accounts due soon I'm almost certain you are mistaken as we expect to make another hefty loss this year despite last seasons cost cutting and parachute payments!!
This just goes to show how much more work must be done to get the books in order to stop tan having to prop us up further once parachute payments expire

Yes I put that post on with average crowds.

Good post. Tan has never taken a pound out of our club.