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do vex me somewhat, here's another one. There's the usual condescending stuff in there, but I will say that I think he makes a good point about the European market. Also, I can see the "novelty of the Premier League" soon wearing off for me even if we manage to stay up.
http://backpagefootball.com/cardiff-...kicked/119709/
Clearly, fans should only support successful teams.
Not a lot wrong with it to be fair, from the outside looking in that's exactly how it looks.
I think we were/are just hoping the team spirit from last season would carry into this. Be tough to beat and have an outside chance of staying up.
Not happened yet.
It's lost it's charm very, very quickly for me. You can kiss goodbye to 12 games vs the top 6, the atmosphere at away grounds is so sterile and we're given either pat on the heads or not mentioned at all. Also, and it may be me being biased but I certainly get the impression the big clubs get the rub of the green in terms of decision making. It's not the big calls, it's the 50:50s that always seem to go in their favour although some of that is because our players don't go down when they get a minor shove etc, when the Prem opposition do.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
There are some good points in the article, but it is still very early days. A couple of Improbable wins and the season suddenly looks very different
I have to agree with all of that.
Saw this last time we were in the Prem, that's why I was (and still am) very ambivalent when it comes to us in the prem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
Apart from the line about attempting to draw every game 0-0, I think that article is bang on.
'There seems to be very few winners from the situation Cardiff find themselves in.'
What about the £66.4m debt to equity conversion following promotion?
For all the negativity expressed around the premier league I wonder what fans reaction would be if we were actually competitive.
See Wolves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Gillis
How are we ever going to get players of the calibre Wolves have attracted?Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Get a dodgy agent connection, obviously.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
Probably completely different. 'don't like it here' etc, etc. Look at Bournemouth, beating the likes of Liverpool etc. I'm sure their fans quite like the Premiership..Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Gillis
It's a league like any other. We could get relagated from the championship next season, who knows ? It has happened to others. And I'd prefer life in the premier league to life in league one, personally speaking.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish
Whatever the case, the club has decided not to push the boat out......for whatever reason. Nobody actually knows exactly what's going on anyway.
If it transpires that we have started the season with both eyes firmly on playing in the championship next year, it might have been done with good intentions, but it doesn't make it any less farcical.
Kind of agree with most of that. I wonder whether our budget was geared towards low risk, sign players who at least you will be able to recoup 75% of what you bought them for as are proven in the championship.
Or if Neil was being stringent himself
Its funny looking in at the PL you think how bad some of the teams are but once you get there it almost feels like there are no bad teams.
Likewise the championship looks so strong this year but when we are in it feel like it's quite weak
Huddersfield and Newcastle weren't great. Lets see what Burnley are like with a win under their belts. It feels like this is a huge game for us.Quote:
Originally Posted by mazadona10
My interest would soon wane in a league where the extent of your ambitions at the start of each season is to avoid relegation - I had nearly a decade of that from 1972 and that's enough for me.
I would be somewhat satisfied if we actually had a genuine ambition to avoid relegation.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
So, you think we want to go down?Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Just think, a win tomorrow and we’re out of the relegation zone and on equal points with a team that’s spent £100m+ this summer.
Apart from the Man City game, we have been competitive in every game and there have been enjoyable games with good football from both sides involved. But then how could we expect you to know any of that, seeing as how you never actually go to watch and seem to enjoy slagging off everything the team and manager does ?.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
It would be nice if the manager sent out some signals that would indicate were going to give it a right go instead of the passive narrative he’s been spouting all season.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson