Peter Ridsdale - top of the Championship

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Some of our best recruitment came when he was our chairman.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Some of our best recruitment came when he was our chairman.

Think that was down to Dave Jones as much as anybody..

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Think that was down to Dave Jones as much as anybody..

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.

[DubaiDai]

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.

Craig Bellamy ?
Take a gamble

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Craig Bellamy ?
Take a gamble

Weren't there rumours that Vinny was paying his wages first time around?