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" CARDIFF CITY ISSUE STATEMENT FOLLOWING RELEGATION "

Tue Apr 29, 2025 10:45 am

The Club and its Board of Directors acknowledge the recent communication from Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust and the overwhelming feeling of supporter sadness and frustration that accompanies us leaving the Championship for the 2025/26 season.

We hear you.

This will be the first time in 22 years that Cardiff City Football Club has not been a Premier League or Championship club and it’s a reality that we are determined to address and correct at the earliest opportunity.

To have the best chance of achieving this, there will be a thorough period of review across several structures and practices. This review has begun and involves the Owner, Board, Executive Management and stakeholders. It will culminate in the appointment and announcement of a new permanent manager and management team that can sculpt and coach a competitive squad through pre-season and into the 2025/26 campaign.

This message has been internally communicated to Club staff as the first point of a developing strategy. We commit to communicating further strategy points with you as the summer progresses; as appointments are made; as our revamped playing squad takes shape; and as we rebuild.

Thank you for your support.

Re: " CARDIFF CITY ISSUE STATEMENT FOLLOWING RELEGATION "

Tue Apr 29, 2025 10:51 am

Just seems like empty words.

We've heard it all before and won't really believe it until something actually changes.

Not much hope of that happening unfortunately.

Re: " CARDIFF CITY ISSUE STATEMENT FOLLOWING RELEGATION "

Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:03 am

How many more times do we have to read the same old shite

Every year they say something similar and nothing ever changes

I have no confidence whatsoever that anything will get better under these 3 losers

Re: " CARDIFF CITY ISSUE STATEMENT FOLLOWING RELEGATION "

Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:55 am

Jesus Christ, some c**t has just wrote that down on the back of a napkin while eating their cornflakes.

Re: " CARDIFF CITY ISSUE STATEMENT FOLLOWING RELEGATION "

Tue Apr 29, 2025 1:31 pm

Very much like tans statement non discript? So it's a case of wait and see .... I'm sure the one thing this review will say and thats "NO"
cheap option like purse?? Whilst tan was an idiot with riza I cannot believe that he or the board will do same again under any circumstances...

Re: " CARDIFF CITY ISSUE STATEMENT FOLLOWING RELEGATION "

Tue Apr 29, 2025 4:04 pm

I am not entirely sure what fans are expecting really. The club have acknowledged the failure and Tan has apologised too. Job done. What is way more important is actions rather than words. If there is not a structural change at director level and an experienced manager installed soon then they can expect boycotting and protests. My view is Tan is an egotistical eccentric rather a dictator. I don't think he deliberately wants to harm the club or lose millions of his own money he simply doesn't know what he's doing and can't let go of control. He has to now or it will only get worse.

Re: " CARDIFF CITY ISSUE STATEMENT FOLLOWING RELEGATION "

Tue Apr 29, 2025 4:46 pm

EastleighBlue wrote:I am not entirely sure what fans are expecting really. The club have acknowledged the failure and Tan has apologised too. Job done. What is way more important is actions rather than words. If there is not a structural change at director level and an experienced manager installed soon then they can expect boycotting and protests. My view is Tan is an egotistical eccentric rather a dictator. I don't think he deliberately wants to harm the club or lose millions of his own money he simply doesn't know what he's doing and can't let go of control. He has to now or it will only get worse.


You might have a point. I just think that supporters on this forum are so ground down with 3 to 4 years of managed decline / neglect/ clueless decision making etc, that they look at these statements and understandably, can't see the wood from the trees.

There's a lot of hurt and anger, it's going to take a massive sea change to repair the damage done and trust eroded.

Re: " CARDIFF CITY ISSUE STATEMENT FOLLOWING RELEGATION "

Tue Apr 29, 2025 4:53 pm

The "club" is Vincent Tan. What's the point of this?

Re: " CARDIFF CITY ISSUdemade E STATEMENT FOLLOWING RELEGATI

Tue Apr 29, 2025 6:06 pm

It seems like the sort of memo or internal company letter to the company employees that nobody understands. He doesn't really say what changes they will make. Let's hope he has taken notice of what Ramsey said regarding Dof or similar, otherwise we will see much the same again, of Tan this, Tan that and basically more mistakes that HE has ma