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Steve the Tea TM (c) wrote:Re: FAW and Bothroyd tackle ...
Regardless what the Jacks, Leeds, Sky or the FA want the only salient point was that the ref said that he saw the incident. At that moment FAW were impotent to do anything. Though clearly a bad challenge the orchestrated media campaign was even worse. By far the worst challenge in a City game this season was the disgraceful studs up challenge in the Doncaster game on Chopra that should have resulted in a penalty and a red card. This received no concerted media coverage for retribution and neither did City employ all and sundry in their quest for justice. Chopra was out of action for 2 months whilst Becchio, to his credit, got up, played on and finished the game.
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Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:05 pm
carlccfc wrote:Danny Drinkwater is likely to be on the bench for tomorrows game after the few days training he has had, he has shown no ill effects to the thigh injury he has suffered with and City are confident that Danny can make an impact from the bench if needed.
Craig Bellamy has been true to form since joining City and I hear that the six games he has played at half time the players have had the hairdryer treatment and it has become more vocal and the language more colourful each time, this man is a born leader and he is demanding nothing but 100% from each player for every minute they are out on the pitch wearing the blue of Cardiff City.
During the recent meetings between Langston and the Malaysians I know that there were proposals of settling the debt by other means than the club paying Langston the £10 million themselves, there were offers made by the club which Sam Hammam turned down but proposals were put to the Malaysians as to how the debt could be settled in other ways also. Talks are set to continue at the end of November. The talks have been amicable and both sides are confident they can reach an agreement.
I said recently that Vincent Tan will eventually become Chairman of this club and I again had it confirmed to me that this is the long term plan and strategy and also that TG is not being tossed aside but he is happy to step aside when VT wishes. Also with regards to U-Jiun Tan again I was told that there is plans for him to take a prominent position in the club and that the role will be Chief Executive.
The 3 board members who will join the board of directors are all part of Vincent Tan's own company the Berjaya group and that none of these new directors will bring extra funding or big investment with them if anyone thought otherwise.
Club officials recently spent time in Los Angeles understanding how the football teams out there marketed their product and how they got their fans to enjoy the matchday experience more. The club feel that they learned a lot from this trip and will look to implement some of the strategies at CCS.The officials City sent out were guests of Mike Young creator of Superted, popular childrens programme in the eighties. Mike is a Cardiff born gent now living in the states and a massive City fan. The biggest thing they noticed was that food was one of their biggest sales and City hope they can take advantage of what they learned. This was also an exercise to try and sell Cardiff City to the americans.
Will there be money made available for DJ in January, I see that the local paper has now changed it's back page story and are now reporting the same as I said a couple of weeks ago, there will be money for DJ and he has already highlighted the players he wants to bring in. It goes without saying that when the players names become apparent there is only one place to hear it first and that is here at http://www.cardiffcityforum.co.uk
Whilst I am happy that we are building a first team capable of taking this division by storm, there are still concerns over the academy and certainly the lack of funding it is receiving. It has been neglected for the past 3 years under Ridsdale but unfortunatley it still is being. Staff are still not receivng their expenses and also there are still bills outstanding I believe. Hopefully this will be sorted soon and rectified as we have seen the huge benefits to the club of the quality that has come through the academy and we obviously want it to continue.
The FAW have received an unprecedented amount of complaints over the decision not to charge Jay Bothroyd regarding his tackle on Becchio on Monday night. For the record the FA and even Sky have put them under immense pressure to charge him. If the club had been under review by the English FA then it is almost certain that Jay would have received a 3 match ban by their interpretation of the rules. Is this a reason that we as a club stay under the umbrella of the FAW ?
The FAW were bombarded with complaints from our little welsh cousins down west, a fellow Welsh club but unfortunately that is the way that many of them and their attitudes are.
On the subject of the Jacks, as it is a sell out I want to remind everyone that if you know a Premier club member then that member is able to purchase a ticket in the Premier seats for you, so you don't have to miss this game and it could very well be another one of those that in years to come you can say " I Was There ".
It is looking very likely that we wil see 2 home sell outs for tomorrow and the derby match so lets get behind the team and be more vocal and show the Malaysians how passionate we City fans can be.
Fri Oct 29, 2010 7:41 pm
carlccfc wrote:............none of these new directors will bring extra funding or big investment with them if anyone thought otherwise..........
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carlccfc wrote:Club officials recently spent time in Los Angeles understanding how the football teams out there marketed their product and how they got their fans to enjoy the matchday experience more. The club feel that they learned a lot from this trip and will look to implement some of the strategies at CCS.The officials City sent out were guests of Mike Young creator of Superted, popular childrens programme in the eighties. Mike is a Cardiff born gent now living in the states and a massive City fan. The biggest thing they noticed was that food was one of their biggest sales and City hope they can take advantage of what they learned. This was also an exercise to try and sell Cardiff City to the americans.
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carlccfc wrote: Sky have put them under immense pressure to charge him.
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Alex wrote:carlccfc wrote:Club officials recently spent time in Los Angeles understanding how the football teams out there marketed their product and how they got their fans to enjoy the matchday experience more. The club feel that they learned a lot from this trip and will look to implement some of the strategies at CCS.The officials City sent out were guests of Mike Young creator of Superted, popular childrens programme in the eighties. Mike is a Cardiff born gent now living in the states and a massive City fan. The biggest thing they noticed was that food was one of their biggest sales and City hope they can take advantage of what they learned. This was also an exercise to try and sell Cardiff City to the americans.
Briefly reading between the lines here, this is ridiculous. Compare your average American family to that of a Welsh one.
Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:01 pm