So do we think Tan backed BBM ?

Interested to know peoples thoughts

Just posed the same question on one of the other threads!

Maybe the board have given bbm a budget for the whole season and he needed to choose if he should blow it all now, or just add a few bits of quality and save the majority of the budget for January when we may need to invest a bit more for a final promotion push

That's my line of thinking anyway I'm probably way off lol

Depends on what money we payed out on the loans but overall he's been backed if believe bbm....
January maybe a better indicator if bbm needs players to get us over the line

14 or 15 out was it? 3 in. It’s debatable whether he’s been backed or not. Don’t know what kind of wages the new guys are on though. Can’t imagine we will be paying a high percentage of Kellymans wages either.

It depends what you mean by backed.

In terms of transfer fees, we obviously only spent money on Osho - and I don't think it was a huge fee.

I don't know if we paid a loan fee for Trott and Kellyman.



But on the other hand, I think we're paying Osho good money. Not sure about the wage contributions for the loan players.

The board have also not forced out the likes of Salech, Robertson, Robinson and Rubin - they could have got money for those if they wanted to.



I think, possibly barring a back up LB, BBM has got pretty much what he wanted from this window. He has said from day one that he wanted a small squad and that he'd add a few bits of quality - that's what's happened.



Whether that means he's been backed or not backed, I don't know.

I personally dont know what to think , we dont know

1 How much we saved shedding those 15 16 players
2 How much we spent on Osho and 2 loans
3 Were there any deals lined up that Tan wouldnt sanction

So the keeper he wanted
An at least championship centre half he wanted
A Chelsea "superkid," he wanted

No one left.

Yes he was backed.

We paid more out in transfer fees than we recieved.

1.5m reported for Osho
No idea on the loan fee/wages paid for the other 2
300k for Odowda


We signed a quality goalkeeper in Trott and Osho and Kellyman have the potential to be great signings too.

I'm pleased to see we haven't gone out and taken a risk on injury prone players who are passed their best like we normally do.

Where did you get 5m i only saw 1.5

No.

He wasn't backed, but he knew that when he took the job on

No, our manager hasn't been backed and a golden opportunity at promotion has been thrown away by our horrendous owner and idiotic hierarchy.

We are a minimum of 3 players too short. We have a very small squad lacking depth and it's just a matter of time until a few more injuries catch up with us and we plummet down the table.

NO


[/b]Of course he Never.[/b]

We got rid of about 17 players

We are going to receive about £2mill for mark Mcguiness

Sold O’Dowda )350,00

The wage bill is incredible low now.

We never really bought anyone.


Ryotaro Tsunoda
Cardiff City player sold without playing a single minute in 18 months
£1.5mill Sold

BBM and his assistant Deserve full praise on doing this virtually with Zero Budget

I dont know as much as you know Annis, but we must have saved a shed load on wages with those 15 or 16 out and the majority of those youngsters on low wages.
I really do wonder if Tan pulled the plug in some deals to keep costs down

“ TRANSFERS IN / OUT 2025-26 “



“ 17 PLAYERS GONE SO FAR / 3 IN SO FAR “ 21St AUGUST 2025



Cardiff Received £2.5mill from Luton’s Sale of Mark McGuinness to Sheffield United (25%)

Cardiff Received £350,000 from Sale of O’Dowda


Ryotaro Tsunoda
Cardiff City player sold without playing a single minute in 18 months
£1.5mill Sold






1st September 2025


Cardiff City duo Morgan Wigley aged 21 to Barry United and Isaac Jefferies aged 20 has gone on loan TNS.
They're both on loan until January




31 Aug 2025

Cardiff City FC are delighted to welcome Omari Kellyman
The 19-year-old joins on loan from Chelsea for the 2025/26 campaign





29th Aug 2025

Cardiff City have confirmed the signing of Gabriel Osho on a four-year deal.
Signed from Auxerre.

Auxerre received a small fee as they were prepared to let him go as City took over his wages and gave Osho a Signing on Fee and a 4 year contract in total over 4 years worth approx just over £1mill.





22nd August 2025

Sheffield Wednesday have signed American goalkeeper Ethan Horvath on loan till 2nd Jan 2026.



6th August 2025


Cardiff City FC are delighted to welcome goalkeeper Nathan Trott to the Club.
The 26-year-old joins on loan from Copenhagen for the 2025/26 season.






5th August 2025


Ryotaro Tsunoda has completed a permanent transfer to Japanese side Yokohama F. Marinos for an undisclosed fee.
The defender joined the Bluebirds in January 2024 and experienced two loan spells in Belgium with K.V. Kortrijk.
Cardiff paid £1.5mill.
Cardiff City player sold without playing a single minute in 18 months







1st August 2025

Centre forward Kion Etete has joined Rotherham United on loan for the 2025/26 season.





16TH JUNE 2025:

Tan Sri Vincent Tan said: “I’d like to welcome Brian to Cardiff City Football Club. We are delighted that he has agreed to become Head Coach / Manager.

A 3 year contract
“He's got a proven track record in youth development having coached some of the brightest young prospects in the UK, many of whom are now playing at the very top of the game.



JULY 2025:

Callum O'Dowda has completed a permanent transfer to Hungarian side Ferencváros TC for a Fee off £300,00.


JUNE 2025 :



Cardiff City striker Roko Simic has left the club on loan to join German side Karlsruher SC for 2025-26.

Striker Michael Reindorf has joined Newport County on loan.

Club captain Joe Ralls released and Andy Rinomhota released.

Aaron Ramsey Released.

Jamilu Collins, Raheem Conte, Anwar El Ghazi, Kieron Evans, Dimitrios Goutas and Yakou Méïté all released.

I dont know as much as you know Annis, but we must have saved a shed load on wages with those 15 or 16 out and the majority of those youngsters on low wages.
I really do wonder if Tan pulled the plug in some deals to keep costs down

Players like Ralls were on £12,500 a week ( Use to be in £25,000 a week )

Ramsey Basic was £25,000 a week

Etc etc

Many of the current players that have come through Our Accademy are on £900-£1,200 a week

It’s incredible Savings / Beyind Belief

Yes BBM has worked incredibly hard as Tan has limited him in who he can sign.

BBM will thank the Board for their Backing as All Managers publicly do.

Do we still have any of the free agents on trial?

No I personally don’t think they’ve backed him,the clubs cut the wage bill letting like 17 players go and bringing in 2 outfield players,but I just hope injuries don’t catch up with us with the fixtures we’ve got piling up in September, and people can say the likes of Turnbull and Robertson to come back but they were injury prone last season,I feel like we’re a left back and maybe another striker short,Salech for me is good in the box but doesn’t like the physical side of the game,and Robinson and isak always seem to pick up injuries it’s not me being negative just my take it on it,I’m loving the job BBM doing especially with the younger players in our squad but I just hope we don’t look back and say we should have had more depth to our squad

No I personally don’t think they’ve backed him,the clubs cut the wage bill letting like 17 players go and bringing in 2 outfield players,but I just hope injuries don’t catch up with us with the fixtures we’ve got piling up in September, and people can say the likes of Turnbull and Robertson to come back but they were injury prone last season,I feel like we’re a left back and maybe another striker short,Salech for me is good in the box but doesn’t like the physical side of the game,and Robinson and isak always seem to pick up injuries it’s not me being negative just my take it on it,I’m loving the job BBM doing especially with the younger players in our squad but I just hope we don’t look back and say we should have had more depth to our squad

Murphy wanted a small squad so do we blame him for saying so ?,his take was a small squad he did' nt want players not getting game time sitting on the bench forever and it was no good for cohesion .

Worst case scenario allowing for giving up on FA Cup, the FLT and international breaks is we have 16 games to go with this squad until Wycombe on NYD. I think we are ok.

I keep on hearing 17 players, in reality, it was two, Callum O'Dowda and Goutas (who wanted to go home)

Rambo can't complete 60 mins, Ralls was getting the same
Meite and ElGarzi gone at any level
Rinomhota could run, but basic ball control wasn't his strength

Collins,Tsounda and Simic can't be counted as there is some weird stuff there
Reindorf, Evans, Conte and Etete are not L1 or probably L2

Alves, Daland & Harvath and Mannswerk barely matched their pre signing reputations

So thats 3 in and 2 useful ones out

I keep on hearing 17 players, in reality, it was two, Callum O'Dowda and Goutas (who wanted to go home)

Rambo can't complete 60 mins, Ralls was getting the same
Meite and ElGarzi gone at any level
Rinomhota could run, but basic ball control wasn't his strength

Collins,Tsounda and Simic can't be counted as there is some weird stuff there
Reindorf, Evans, Conte and Etete are not L1 or probably L2

Alves, Daland & Harvath and Mannswerk barely matched their pre signing reputations

So thats 3 in and 2 useful ones out

Don' t be rediclious ffs

Well tan didn't get rid of high value players for the money instead we got rid of players most agree needed to go.....so guess that can be classed as backing bbm? But it's Al about people's perspective but as we know that varies massively depending on subject.

From day one, the message has been clear: Salech, our most valuable asset, is not for sale. That alone shows the manager has been properly backed.

It could so easily have been a different story. We might have been looking at replacing Fish, Robertson, Colwill and Salech all in one go. When clubs go down, the vultures from the Championship are always circling, desperate to swoop in and pluck away any talent.

Like everyone I was one of the board’s biggest critics last season apart from the move to a younger squad with Robertson, Fish and Salech. For me, they were solely responsible for our relegation: appointing one manager who was tactically limited and another completely out of his depth.

But credit where it’s due so far this season, with BBM’s support, they’ve got a lot of things right.

No I personally don’t think they’ve backed him,the clubs cut the wage bill letting like 17 players go and bringing in 2 outfield players,but I just hope injuries don’t catch up with us with the fixtures we’ve got piling up in September, and people can say the likes of Turnbull and Robertson to come back but they were injury prone last season,I feel like we’re a left back and maybe another striker short,Salech for me is good in the box but doesn’t like the physical side of the game,and Robinson and isak always seem to pick up injuries it’s not me being negative just my take it on it,I’m loving the job BBM doing especially with the younger players in our squad but I just hope we don’t look back and say we should have had more depth to our squad

Murphy wanted a small squad so do we blame him for saying so ?,his take was a small squad he did' nt want players not getting game time sitting on the bench forever and it was no good for cohesion .

Ye I get what you mean mate just thinking I thought he might have wanted one or 2 more especially with the busy schedule coming up and throughout the season

I can’t get my head around some of the comments about replacing the 16 players who left.

We’ve brought in hungry, homegrown talent and we’re all loving watching them play.

BBM has played an absolute blinder. He knew he had to rip up our old style of play and build something completely new. And who’s best suited to that? The young players coming through... adaptable, open-minded, and eager to prove themselves. Not the senior pros who were overpaid and just going through the motions.

That’s why the turnaround has been so quick. BBM isn’t carrying the baggage of previous years, and these young lads are like sponges, desperate to learn.

All I will say is So far Well Done BBM with Virtually No budget.

We are seeing attractive, exciting football from Our players including many local players which means so much more

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All I will say is So far Well Done BBM with Virtually No budget.

We are seeing attractive, exciting football from Our players including many local players which means so much more

Virtually no budget. OK, so which clubs in League One have a higher budget and wage bill than Cardiff then?

I can’t get my head around some of the comments about replacing the 16 players who left.

We’ve brought in hungry, homegrown talent and we’re all loving watching them play.

BBM has played an absolute blinder. He knew he had to rip up our old style of play and build something completely new. And who’s best suited to that? The young players coming through... adaptable, open-minded, and eager to prove themselves. Not the senior pros who were overpaid and just going through the motions.

That’s why the turnaround has been so quick. BBM isn’t carrying the baggage of previous years, and these young lads are like sponges, desperate to learn.

I don’t think people expected 16 players out and 16 players in,but I think people just think we maybe short in areas that’s all