It is crunch time for Vincent Tan as he faces big Cardiff C
Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:37 am
It is crunch time for Vincent Tan as he faces big Cardiff City decisions if he is to realise Premier League dream again
The Bluebirds owner wants another crack at the top flight but the Bluebirds find themselves languishing at the bottom of the Championship for a second season running
Cardiff have considerably slashed their playing budget every season and have spent barely anything in the transfer market over the last three seasons. There are five notable exceptions in Kieffer Moore, Max Watters, Perry Ng, Kion Etete and Callum Robinson, each of whom cost between £200,000 and £1.7m, but it's hardly the big bucks of yesteryear.
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By Glen Williams Cardiff City correspondent
Tuesday 13th December 2022
Last month, Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan staunchly denied any rumour he wants to sell up and move on from the Bluebirds.
VINCENT TAN:
"A large part of my wealth has gone to Cardiff, all my family members want me to sell ASAP. What do I tell them in response? That when when the time is right we will, but the time is not right, yet. I believe we can make this work, that I can get some of that money back," he said.
"[I want] to take this club back into the Premier League - and stay there for 10 years. Yes, I genuinely believe we can do that. I'm an optimistic person."
His ambition is commendable. Indeed, it's what every Cardiff City fan wants. But, for the third season running, the Bluebirds are languishing near the foot of the table, staring down the barrel of another relegation battle.
They sit 20th in the league table and, if results don't go their way this weekend, could be in the relegation zone when they start carving the Christmas turkey. The bright lights of the Premier League look some way off.
Cardiff have been in steady decline for a few of years now. Year on year, they have finished in a lower league position since the 2018/19 Premier League season. They do, though, sit three points ahead of where they were last season, so that trend may be bucked this time around, although it's a close-run thing.
The perennial slide down the ladder has coincided with Vincent Tan implementing a strategy of austerity within the club, having been burnt by mega-money transfers over the preceding decade he had been at the helm among other factors.
For that, perhaps you cannot blame him. He has spent a large portion of his wealth, as he himself alludes to at the top of this article, on Cardiff with little, really, to show for it at the minute. For him to still have such a passion and commitment to the club is heartening in some respects.
But it's difficult to marry up his ambition of wanting to achieve promotion to the Premier League and the comparatively tight budget he now expects Cardiff to operate within. All the best clubs in this division, the ones who invariably get promoted, are the ones who pump money into their squads, window after window, and cherry pick the top managers.
Yes, there are exceptions, Cardiff in fact being one of them the last time they went up thanks to the tour-de-force manager, Neil Warnock, a one-of-a-kind at this level. But, as Steve Morison even said himself, the general rule is: Investment = promotion. Like it or lump it.
Cardiff have considerably slashed their playing budget every season and have spent barely anything in the transfer market over the last three seasons. There are five notable exceptions in Kieffer Moore, Max Watters, Perry Ng, Kion Etete and Callum Robinson, each of whom cost between £200,000 and £1.7m, but it's hardly the big bucks of yesteryear.
Generally, Cardiff have been rewarded for their spending in the last couple of years.
Kiether Moore was a major hit. He scored goals and Cardiff sold him for a profit which has covered all their recent signings. Ng is one of the first names on the team sheet and an extremely capable Championship player. Robinson is a top operator at this level and is starting to prove his worth already, with four goals and four assists in 11 appearances so far. Etete looks promising on recent evidence, although it is probably too early to tell. Watters has been a rare miss.
It pays to pay, unfortunately.
Current Championship Table Tuesday 13th December 2022
The Bluebirds owner wants another crack at the top flight but the Bluebirds find themselves languishing at the bottom of the Championship for a second season running
Cardiff have considerably slashed their playing budget every season and have spent barely anything in the transfer market over the last three seasons. There are five notable exceptions in Kieffer Moore, Max Watters, Perry Ng, Kion Etete and Callum Robinson, each of whom cost between £200,000 and £1.7m, but it's hardly the big bucks of yesteryear.
SPORT
By Glen Williams Cardiff City correspondent
Tuesday 13th December 2022
Last month, Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan staunchly denied any rumour he wants to sell up and move on from the Bluebirds.
VINCENT TAN:
"A large part of my wealth has gone to Cardiff, all my family members want me to sell ASAP. What do I tell them in response? That when when the time is right we will, but the time is not right, yet. I believe we can make this work, that I can get some of that money back," he said.
"[I want] to take this club back into the Premier League - and stay there for 10 years. Yes, I genuinely believe we can do that. I'm an optimistic person."
His ambition is commendable. Indeed, it's what every Cardiff City fan wants. But, for the third season running, the Bluebirds are languishing near the foot of the table, staring down the barrel of another relegation battle.
They sit 20th in the league table and, if results don't go their way this weekend, could be in the relegation zone when they start carving the Christmas turkey. The bright lights of the Premier League look some way off.
Cardiff have been in steady decline for a few of years now. Year on year, they have finished in a lower league position since the 2018/19 Premier League season. They do, though, sit three points ahead of where they were last season, so that trend may be bucked this time around, although it's a close-run thing.
The perennial slide down the ladder has coincided with Vincent Tan implementing a strategy of austerity within the club, having been burnt by mega-money transfers over the preceding decade he had been at the helm among other factors.
For that, perhaps you cannot blame him. He has spent a large portion of his wealth, as he himself alludes to at the top of this article, on Cardiff with little, really, to show for it at the minute. For him to still have such a passion and commitment to the club is heartening in some respects.
But it's difficult to marry up his ambition of wanting to achieve promotion to the Premier League and the comparatively tight budget he now expects Cardiff to operate within. All the best clubs in this division, the ones who invariably get promoted, are the ones who pump money into their squads, window after window, and cherry pick the top managers.
Yes, there are exceptions, Cardiff in fact being one of them the last time they went up thanks to the tour-de-force manager, Neil Warnock, a one-of-a-kind at this level. But, as Steve Morison even said himself, the general rule is: Investment = promotion. Like it or lump it.
Cardiff have considerably slashed their playing budget every season and have spent barely anything in the transfer market over the last three seasons. There are five notable exceptions in Kieffer Moore, Max Watters, Perry Ng, Kion Etete and Callum Robinson, each of whom cost between £200,000 and £1.7m, but it's hardly the big bucks of yesteryear.
Generally, Cardiff have been rewarded for their spending in the last couple of years.
Kiether Moore was a major hit. He scored goals and Cardiff sold him for a profit which has covered all their recent signings. Ng is one of the first names on the team sheet and an extremely capable Championship player. Robinson is a top operator at this level and is starting to prove his worth already, with four goals and four assists in 11 appearances so far. Etete looks promising on recent evidence, although it is probably too early to tell. Watters has been a rare miss.
It pays to pay, unfortunately.
Current Championship Table Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Re: It is crunch time for Vincent Tan as he faces big Cardif
Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:48 am
Very commendable ambition but unfortunately football doesn't work same at every club? Hes watched other clubs get promoted in doing what hes doing but by same token clubs get relegated doing it! Only way it could work is by having good experience manager? But that doesn't look likely anytime soon so it's a case of pot luck if stay up or get relegated this season... he should take families advice and sell up before the unavoidable happens "relegation " simply time to go 
Re: It is crunch time for Vincent Tan as he faces big Cardif
Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:55 am
I don't believe that even Tan believes we can get promoted spending next to nothing. If we were serious about getting promoted then we'd have built a team around a 20 goal a season forward like Moore, rather than rely on Watters and or Harris. (Laughable isn't it)
As in all our lives actions speak louder than words. The league table over the last few seasons shows the reality of this policy.
As in all our lives actions speak louder than words. The league table over the last few seasons shows the reality of this policy.
Re: It is crunch time for Vincent Tan as he faces big Cardif
Tue Dec 13, 2022 2:47 pm
How much did Warnock spend when we were promoted or Malky for that matter ?
That will be his yardstick when it comes to budget.
Promotion under Hudson is looking unlikely but you never know - I wont be putting on us goig up anytime soon with what we have.
That will be his yardstick when it comes to budget.
Promotion under Hudson is looking unlikely but you never know - I wont be putting on us goig up anytime soon with what we have.
Re: It is crunch time for Vincent Tan as he faces big Cardif
Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:18 pm
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Re: It is crunch time for Vincent Tan as he faces big Cardif
Wed Dec 14, 2022 1:23 pm
Think it would take about 40 million spend in january and top manager to do what tan wants
to get promoted and another60/70 million every season to stay in the prem for 10 years
The likes of fulham villa forrest spent near or over 100 million
Tan lives in a dream.
No spend for the last few seasons everthing cut to the bone and paying the basics if he has this ambition exspect a big spend in january/ not.
to get promoted and another60/70 million every season to stay in the prem for 10 years
The likes of fulham villa forrest spent near or over 100 million
Tan lives in a dream.
No spend for the last few seasons everthing cut to the bone and paying the basics if he has this ambition exspect a big spend in january/ not.