Palace chairman was on radio 5 earlier talking about Palace investing £20 million to build facilities for their academy
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Former Cardiff City chairman Peter Ridsdale's back on top of the Championship following Preston's victory over Charlton today. Apparently, he works very closely with North End manager Alex Neil on all football matters including player recruitment in his role as adviser to the owner.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...ootball-league
Preston's starting line-up today contained five players aged 25 or under. Charlton's contained six, including teenager Connor Gallagher. Birmingham's starting eleven yesterday contained six players aged 25 or under, including 16 year-old Jude Bellingham. Meanwhile, City's starting line-up didn't feature any players aged 25 or under. The youngest starters were Joe Ralls and Curtis Nelson, who are both 26.
Palace chairman was on radio 5 earlier talking about Palace investing £20 million to build facilities for their academy
He lied to our fans about what would be done with season ticket money if we bought them early.
By the time Ridsdale was basically forced out of Leeds they were £103 million in debt and had severe financial problems for years after.
He very nearly put Barnsley in to liquidation when he was their owner.
I wouldn"t trust him.
Some of our best recruitment came when he was our chairman.
I think every team gets a go at being top this season.its so bunched up at the moment
Riddler or Vinnie Oh if only Scam would come back
lets be honest here, Vinnie is now trying to do right by the club, yes we still have a few who hold a grudge, but the club is moving in the right direction
I disagree up to a point. Take the cup final season when we signed Fowler, Hasselbaink and Sinclair. That was mainly Ridsdale's plan to bring in some star names on big wages rather than spend lots on transfer fees. It's also wide knowledge that Ridsdale signed Loovens despite Jones being against the move. Ridsdale certainly had his contacts.
I think it's also telling that Jones, when he went to Sheffield Wednesday, spent half of his time recruiting former Cardiff players. That didn't work well.
In terms of bringing in talented players, Hammam and Ridsdale seemed to know a few things, even if both did much damage to the club. The same cannot be said of the current board, yet they've been far more careful and prudent financially. Now if we could get a board that looks after the pennies and has lots of footballing contacts to bring in some undiscovered gems, we'd be one hell of a club.
It's a simple question. It wasn't an attempt to draw comparisons or look back to the past. But hey, that's the way football fans like it, isn't it? Heroes and villains, good guys and bad guys. Never mind the way things are now, look at how they were then. Etc, etc.
I find it inconceivable that anyone would be daft enough to trust the current regime, but each to their own. And good luck with it.
We beat Preston two weeks ago. They were dreadful and spent the entire game time wasting and looking for a draw.
They really are very ordinary.