Tan appreciation thread

It seems like we still have money available for players despite the circumstances surrounding football at the moment. Ironic that we are buying a player off Wigan (seemingly) when previous mis-management of our club caused us to lose our captain and best player to them for pennies. Not only is he subsidising the club when little to no income he’s actually spending.

Thank you Mr Tan.

It seems like we still have money available for players despite the circumstances surrounding football at the moment. Ironic that we are buying a player off Wigan (seemingly) when previous mis-management of our club causes us to lose our captain and best player for pennies. Not only is he subsidising the club when little to no income he’s actually spending.

Thank you Mr Tan.

I got the popcorn out for the haters

It seems like we still have money available for players despite the circumstances surrounding football at the moment. Ironic that we are buying a player off Wigan (seemingly) when previous mis-management of our club causes us to lose our captain and best player for pennies. Not only is he subsidising the club when little to no income he’s actually spending.

Thank you Mr Tan.

I got the popcorn out for the haters

We are back in blue. What’s to hate?

Well I thought we all had moved on from this but it seems a minority want to bring up the bad times. How very sad.

It seems like we still have money available for players despite the circumstances surrounding football at the moment. Ironic that we are buying a player off Wigan (seemingly) when previous mis-management of our club caused us to lose our captain and best player to them for pennies. Not only is he subsidising the club when little to no income he’s actually spending.

Thank you Mr Tan.

well done Tan...but lets be honest here Tan wouldnt even have heard of us had it not been for us being pushed for all mr mismanagement was worth...

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

Well I thought we all had moved on from this but it seems a minority want to bring up the bad times. How very sad.

On the contrary I’m absolutely not doing that. My very post is based on now and my response to Wez is also pushing the future and saying the past is the past.

I’m amazed we are spending money. Didn’t expect it.

It seems like we still have money available for players despite the circumstances surrounding football at the moment. Ironic that we are buying a player off Wigan (seemingly) when previous mis-management of our club caused us to lose our captain and best player to them for pennies. Not only is he subsidising the club when little to no income he’s actually spending.

Thank you Mr Tan.

well done Tan...but lets be honest here Tan wouldnt even have heard of us had it not been for us being pushed for all mr mismanagement was worth...

Absolutely agree.

Without Sam we would likely still be in the bottom two leagues. I couldn’t see how we would have got anywhere near where we are now.

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

But until he does he is an excellent custodian of this club.

It was the FA Cup final for me where the glory supporters started on us.

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

Tan was at the helm for our second promotion too mate - in blue. I wasn’t a red bird but I carried on with my support and was glad that we changed back to blue.
Could we get a better owner? Possibly but I’m not aware of any suitors at the moment.
Could we get anyone worse? Absolutely definitely. Just ask Hull City fans.
First match for me, 1976-77 season QPR league cup.

“Vincent Tan’s Barmy Army!”

He said when he arrived that he wanted us to be known on a global scale. The rebrand was all part of his master plan, objective achieved.

Seriously though, can’t fault the guy as even if I had his personal wealth, I wouldn’t be using it to finance and keep afloat a football club from another country.

“Vincent Tan’s Barmy Army!”

He said when he arrived that he wanted us to be known on a global scale. The rebrand was all part of his master plan, objective achieved.

Seriously though, can’t fault the guy as even if I had his personal wealth, I wouldn’t be using it to finance and keep afloat a football club from another country.

i dont think i would be financing a club thousands of miles away from my home either...

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

But until he does he is an excellent custodian of this club.

It was the FA Cup final for me where the glory supporters started on us.

Would you rather us be playing at home with 3k crowds again then? A fan base has to start somewhere. I'm glad of the 'extra' fans, means we can compete with clubs which also has large support, I bet many of them started off as 'glory' fans and got hooked as a result.

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

But until he does he is an excellent custodian of this club.

It was the FA Cup final for me where the glory supporters started on us.

Would you rather us be playing at home with 3k crowds again then? A fan base has to start somewhere. I'm glad of the 'extra' fans, means we can compete with clubs which also has large support, I bet many of them started off as 'glory' fans and got hooked as a result.

Not in the slightest. I was merely responding to another post. The ‘redbirds’ is bollocks. Fans came to us as we were successful. The season tickets took a huge hike when we got to the FA Cup Final. Ridsdale had the genius idea to sell season tickets based on Cup Final tickets. Sadly it meant a lot of tickets got into non fans’ hands but it is what it is.

Quite clearly it’s not kids ‘Redbirds’ who have jumped on. Our base crowd is now about 13k whereas it was 3k back in the Bury days. That is a positive of success.

Losing all this money as the press like to tell us "as hes thousands of miles"

I find that hard to believe

Hes making money off us somehow in my opinion, which we are all entitled to.

if anyone shouts stats at me from online sources dont bother

I'm sure I could find stats the loch ness monster really exists

After all if "he give a dam" as you' all seem to think why didnt he listen to true fans who obviously were against the red nonsense

If you believe his lovely little mum made him change his mind and see the error of his ways then that's your choice but

Im fully confident it was because season ticket sales were very low

As far Sam Hamman, whatever happened at the end

he started our success and personally I will always thank him for it

Plus I still want " Sam hamman walking round the pitch"

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

Tan was at the helm for our second promotion too mate - in blue. I wasn’t a red bird but I carried on with my support and was glad that we changed back to blue.
Could we get a better owner? Possibly but I’m not aware of any suitors at the moment.
Could we get anyone worse? Absolutely definitely. Just ask Hull City fans.
First match for me, 1976-77 season QPR league cup.

I agree we could have a lot more dodgy people in charge but

It may sound silly but like you and many others when I was travelling to shxt gounds in the dungeon division, division3
Top flight was my dream and I never thought it would happen

Sorry mate but for me he spoilt that and I'd rather be back in league 2 than see our club and its fans celebrating in red at that time

Losing all this money as the press like to tell us "as hes thousands of miles"

I find that hard to believe

Hes making money off us somehow in my opinion, which we are all entitled to.

if anyone shouts stats at me from online sources dont bother

I'm sure I could find stats the loch ness monster really exists

After all if "he give a dam" as you' all seem to think why didnt he listen to true fans who obviously were against the red nonsense

If you believe his lovely little mum made him change his mind and see the error of his ways then that's your choice but

Im fully confident it was because season ticket sales were very low

As far Sam Hamman, whatever happened at the end

he started our success and personally I will always thank him for it

Plus I still want " Sam hamman walking round the pitch"

I cant believe you think VT is making money out of us. The man wrote off £68M of debt and you say this. Where have you been the last few years

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

What the fck Is a red bird? You are insulting genuine fans who watch club in good bad times including being red! If dont like tan just say so but dont insult city fans with childish remarks like red bird.. a club is a club by name not colour of shirt other teams have changed permanently their shirt colours

Losing all this money as the press like to tell us "as hes thousands of miles"

I find that hard to believe

Hes making money off us somehow in my opinion, which we are all entitled to.

if anyone shouts stats at me from online sources dont bother

I'm sure I could find stats the loch ness monster really exists

After all if "he give a dam" as you' all seem to think why didnt he listen to true fans who obviously were against the red nonsense

If you believe his lovely little mum made him change his mind and see the error of his ways then that's your choice but

Im fully confident it was because season ticket sales were very low

As far Sam Hamman, whatever happened at the end

he started our success and personally I will always thank him for it

Plus I still want " Sam hamman walking round the pitch"

I cant believe you think VT is making money out of us. The man wrote off £68M of debt and you say this. Where have you been the last few years

And you really know that how ?

I dont fall for that nonsense you may have read or heard,

he made a packet from our 2 prem visits and parachute payments

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

What the fck Is a red bird? You are insulting genuine fans who watch club in good bad times including being red! If dont like tan just say so but dont insult city fans with childish remarks like red bird.. a club is a club by name not colour of shirt other teams have changed permanently their shirt colours

You are deluded and yes any so called Cardiff fan in red was a mug sold on success but not identity & culture, if you think a clubs culture including change of identity and colour is ok for success then more fool you., I dont and would forgo success, maybe I have pride in my club, its culture and identity not success and a change of everything like you redbirds

I'm sure you can work out red bird for yourself as your such an adult and I'm a little child

You and the red birds would probably sell your nan for success

Good times and bad times, I been in Halifax on a Friday night, barely 100 there, great promotions so yeah I know a out that

But atleast we were in blue with no stupid badge,

So I stand by any so called Cardiff fan in red that time has no soul, sense of pride & identity in there club.

I've only been old enough to know the who were who at Cardiff since the 06-07 season, but the best times for me have been under Tan. Excluding the red kit season he has done right by us.

I m glad he still wants us ,as warnock. used to say good on Vincent .
OK the red was a mistake, its been put right at moment without Tan we may not exist, look at the club we may buy a striker from this week Wigan

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

Tan was at the helm for our second promotion too mate - in blue. I wasn’t a red bird but I carried on with my support and was glad that we changed back to blue.
Could we get a better owner? Possibly but I’m not aware of any suitors at the moment.
Could we get anyone worse? Absolutely definitely. Just ask Hull City fans.
First match for me, 1976-77 season QPR league cup.

I agree we could have a lot more dodgy people in charge but

It may sound silly but like you and many others when I was travelling to shxt gounds in the dungeon division, division3
Top flight was my dream and I never thought it would happen

Sorry mate but for me he spoilt that and I'd rather be back in league 2 than see our club and its fans celebrating in red at that time

No problem mate. I do understand your points.

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

What the fck Is a red bird? You are insulting genuine fans who watch club in good bad times including being red! If dont like tan just say so but dont insult city fans with childish remarks like red bird.. a club is a club by name not colour of shirt other teams have changed permanently their shirt colours

You are deluded and yes any so called Cardiff fan in red was a mug sold on success but not identity & culture, if you think a clubs culture including change of identity and colour is ok for success then more fool you., I dont and would forgo success, maybe I have pride in my club, its culture and identity not success and a change of everything like you redbirds

I'm sure you can work out red bird for yourself as your such an adult and I'm a little child

You and the red birds would probably sell your nan for success

Good times and bad times, I been in Halifax on a Friday night, barely 100 there, great promotions so yeah I know a out that

But atleast we were in blue with no stupid badge,

So I stand by any so called Cardiff fan in red that time has no soul, sense of pride & identity in there club.

So you didnt watch city at all in red? I watched before 1970 and I've been games with less than 50 fans there and to call me a red bird is an insult however you dress it up... said was a childish remarks and it is! we are all city fans watching in red white or blue ? You obviously do not understand football fans and their connection to the club they support... does 50yrs following city mean because I watched them in red I am not a ccfc fan anymore than you are?

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

What were your thoughts when Sam changed the badge?

What if the fans who became fans when we were in red stayed around? Are they now real fans? I mean there was a lot of them. Our biggest crowds in a generation were when we played in red.


What the fck Is a red bird? You are insulting genuine fans who watch club in good bad times including being red! If dont like tan just say so but dont insult city fans with childish remarks like red bird.. a club is a club by name not colour of shirt other teams have changed permanently their shirt colours

You are deluded and yes any so called Cardiff fan in red was a mug sold on success but not identity & culture, if you think a clubs culture including change of identity and colour is ok for success then more fool you., I dont and would forgo success, maybe I have pride in my club, its culture and identity not success and a change of everything like you redbirds

I'm sure you can work out red bird for yourself as your such an adult and I'm a little child

You and the red birds would probably sell your nan for success

Good times and bad times, I been in Halifax on a Friday night, barely 100 there, great promotions so yeah I know a out that

But atleast we were in blue with no stupid badge,

So I stand by any so called Cardiff fan in red that time has no soul, sense of pride & identity in there club.

What were your thoughts when Sam changed the badge?

What if the fans who became fans when we were in red stayed around? Are they now real fans? I mean there was a lot of them. Our biggest crowds in a generation were when we played in red.

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

What the fck Is a red bird? You are insulting genuine fans who watch club in good bad times including being red! If dont like tan just say so but dont insult city fans with childish remarks like red bird.. a club is a club by name not colour of shirt other teams have changed permanently their shirt colours

You are deluded and yes any so called Cardiff fan in red was a mug sold on success but not identity & culture, if you think a clubs culture including change of identity and colour is ok for success then more fool you., I dont and would forgo success, maybe I have pride in my club, its culture and identity not success and a change of everything like you redbirds

I'm sure you can work out red bird for yourself as your such an adult and I'm a little child

You and the red birds would probably sell your nan for success

Good times and bad times, I been in Halifax on a Friday night, barely 100 there, great promotions so yeah I know a out that

But atleast we were in blue with no stupid badge,

So I stand by any so called Cardiff fan in red that time has no soul, sense of pride & identity in there club.

So you didnt watch city at all in red? I watched before 1970 and I've been games with less than 50 fans there and to call me a red bird is an insult however you dress it up... said was a childish remarks and it is! we are all city fans watching in red white or blue ? You obviously do not understand football fans and their connection to the club they support... does 50yrs following city mean because I watched them in red I am not a ccfc fan anymore than you are?

Correct. The only real Cardiff fans are those who opposed the red.

Just like the amount who watched Rochdale or Halifax away on the Friday night the number is in the thousands.

This wasn’t meant to bring up old shite it was meant to be a positive post about our future. A future that looks bright under our current owner despite the cloud surrounding a lot of clubs in the EFL.

This is why the red needs to stay dead and buried and not be brought up

We all have different takes on it, you can guess mine no doubt

Allan, I'm as big a fan as you and not more

just because our take on it is different doesnt make either of us more or less of a city fan, I didnt mean to cause offence 9r question your support.

and it the people who came when in red are still coming great then that's good

And for what it's worth I've moved on but that time was the worst following "our" club that's why I sound bitter

But Tan is still here and that says a lot

I miss the red days now... they were some of the happiest days of my life. It’s not the same now we’re back in blue.

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

Have to disagree mate on all being glory hunters,my dad had started to be unwell (dementja) and made me get him the red shit,sorry shirt I did with regret,but he said if they wore tu tu's and hobnail boots,if that's what my team wear!" He was getting forgetful around the same time,and a little confused,I even posted after one game (it has aluded me which) fuming that at the one game he actually wore the shirt,he was berated by a couple of "fans" for wearing the red shirt,while I never accused anyone of anything more,some dick decided I had "made it up!" Why the f@ck would I waste my time doing that?? Never had red in my head,but that's mine,not my dad's (rip)

Fxck Tan, hed sell us in a heartbeat

I started in 1980 and dreamt one day the blues were going up "to the top flight"

And when we did 30 odd years later it was ruined by glory hunting red Cardiff fans

Standing on the pitch after we drew with Charlton and secured promotion

Should have been my dream moment

But no, looking around at all the mugs in red celebrating was almost as bad
getting relegated in Bury years back

And I bet there was no red birds sorry glory hunters in Bury that day

Have to disagree mate on all being glory hunters,my dad had started to be unwell (dementja) and made me get him the red shit,sorry shirt I did with regret,but he said if they wore tu tu's and hobnail boots,if that's what my team wear!" He was getting forgetful around the same time,and a little confused,I even posted after one game (it has aluded me which) fuming that at the one game he actually wore the shirt,he was berated by a couple of "fans" for wearing the red shirt,while I never accused anyone of anything more,some dick decided I had "made it up!" Why the f@ck would I waste my time doing that?? Never had red in my head,but that's mine,not my dad's (rip)

As much as it was a bad time at the club and personally I struggled as did thousands. But I wouldn't dare tell anyone else what to
wear, people who have sat next to me for a few years took on the red. Didnt stop our friendship, he was like your dad and would wear a skirt if that's what we played in. what he does is his business, whether I or anyone agrees or not.

And if your dad had a red top on, that was his choice to no one elses.