New protest!

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Don’t shoot the messenger.
This is a copy & paste from the other forum ……


OK, the call and clamour for protest has now been voiced loud and clear by so many, , it can't be ignored.

The first march was a success in terms of numbers up to the ground, then dispersed at the vital time when we needed to show solidarity at the front entrance to the stadium. This time, the march and all those interested in protesting NEED TO GET TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE and make your voices heard.

If you dont protest now, you will NEVER protest. If you feel we should be supporting the team and the club, we will be, inside the ground. Lets make this clear, we are NOT against the team, we never have been, we are Cardiff City fans for goodness sake. We are against the theatrical running of the club, its non existent owners, the lack of leadership, the lack of knowledge and understanding shown by the board, and most of all the apathy shown in terms of understanding what success looks like, what the club mean to the fans, and our history. Not our colour change, but our history as being a club that no team fancied visiting, that no away fans fancied visiting. We can have an intimidating atmosphere but still behave and stay within the law.

You can only support the team but more importantly YOUR CLUB.... BY PROTESTING. Please do not show the apathy that is shown by the board. Please do not sink to their level.

What we ask? Your support, in numbers. How much do you want change? We need to make the Swansea march small by comparison. As I have said, if you dont march or protest now you never will. Banners, flares (Not to be taken into the ground), voices, passion, feeling and a definite mindset that the board should either go or adequately invest, change their ways, and employ football people in footballing positions within the set up.

I will add to this daily if I can. Work has been a nightmare for me, with the added pressure of redundancy rearing its ugly head. I cannot do this, and the group that put together the amazing Swansea march cannot do this on our own.

Bring your Tan Out Scarves, make your banners. Banners are incredibly cheap to make. Please buy your material at Hillside Fabrics in Beddau. Cheap as chips. Get them printed with whatever you want at Re-Inspire Printing Treforest Industrial Estate. (And No, I'm not on any commission)

Start? Admiral Cowbridge Rd East
Meeting time? 90 Minutes Prior to Kick off
March End Point? THE FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE CARDIFF CITY STADIUM.

We want our club back, we want our fans back, we want Cardiff City back. Yes, we want Riza gone, and yes, the board needs to go or invest and change dramatically.

I'll be updating this thread with a message from Dan tomorrow. I'll also show you messages that the Tan out Group have sent to the club requesting meetings which have been totally ignored. We have had promises, promises, promises from the club, but have heard nothing regarding airing our views and those of the fans.

I'd encourage the FAB and the Supporters Trust and the Supporters Club to get behind us. You are true fans like everyone else. Your support is vital. We extend a hand of friendship, and solidarity. It is an extraordinary situation for you within these organisations and not easy to have the courage of your convictions, yet you guys are pivotal to change.

Tan will take notice. Will he do anything ? Possibly not, but if we dont show where our own hearts lie, we are giving him the green light to continue his demolition and dismantling of our club.

Please, reply with a Yes or a No? Will you protest? Will you bring your banners, scarves, flares and voices?

Seems like a good guy, and good on him for finding the time and energy to organize something he believes in with the awful threat of redundancy hanging over him. I'm still not convinced that a blanket "TAN OUT" approach is that helpful though. Take away the guy who keeps us afloat and we owe money to and what happens then?

[Harry Paget Flashman]

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Idiotic post

Is that because they would suggest a former owner.

[JamesWales]

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I was all over the rebrand protests and marches etc. must have stuck 50 "Bluebirds Unite" stickers around the city and went to several meetings about it - mainly in pubs.

But I can't say I'm feeling this one. Tan is a knob but I'm not totally sure what we are protesting and what might replace him?

[TheBirchgrovePub]

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Seems like a good guy, and good on him for finding the time and energy to organize something he believes in with the awful threat of redundancy hanging over him. I'm still not convinced that a blanket "TAN OUT" approach is that helpful though. Take away the guy who keeps us afloat and we owe money to and what happens then?

Crazy it's 2025 and people still think like this

[Dave Blue]

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I’d be willing to join a Tan rethink your ridiculous managerial appointments protest but someone said we were the 7th highest payers and have wasted umpteen £M. Is that really saying he has under invested?

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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"What do we want?"
"Tan to keep investing significant amounts of money into the club as the alternative could be a worse owner and/or financial strife, but to take a back seat, sack Dalman and Choo and let someone with a proven track record of successfully running football clubs, making sensible managerial appointments and listening to fans run his club!"
"When do we want it?"
"Now!"

[TheBirchgrovePub]

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"What do we want?"
"Tan to keep investing significant amounts of money into the club as the alternative could be a worse owner and/or financial strife, but to take a back seat, sack Dalman and Choo and let someone with a proven track record of successfully running football clubs, making sensible managerial appointments and listening to fans run his club!"
"When do we want it?"
"Now!"

Posts like this just prove Tan picked the right club for his ego trip.

12 years on and people still think he is a saviour for paying off the mess he has created himself. Amazing

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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But I can't say I'm feeling this one. Tan is a knob but I'm not totally sure what we are protesting and what might replace him?

Tan, I'm fed up of waiting for you to change, please hire competent staff and leave the running of the football club to those with the required experience not car salesman isn't quite as snappy as Tan Out

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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"What do we want?"
"Tan to keep investing significant amounts of money into the club as the alternative could be a worse owner and/or financial strife, but to take a back seat, sack Dalman and Choo and let someone with a proven track record of successfully running football clubs, making sensible managerial appointments and listening to fans run his club!"
"When do we want it?"
"Now!"

What do we want?
Tan to have left the club 12 years ago

[PontBlue]

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Something needs to change but we all know who will be front and centre of any march and for that reason I won't be taking part.

[Vindec]

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We should get tennis balls on the pitch like many other clubs do. Disrupt the match, it's easy to ignore when it's outside

Another half brained idea. Disrupting a match when vital points are needed is NOT supporting the team. Sometimes I have to wonder if supporters want the team to do even more badly.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

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Posts like this just prove Tan picked the right club for his ego trip.

12 years on and people still think he is a saviour for paying off the mess he has created himself. Amazing

I'm not defending Tan by the way - just trying to reflect some of the mixed views on here and elsewhere.

[goats]

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Another half brained idea. Disrupting a match when vital points are needed is NOT supporting the team. Sometimes I have to wonder if supporters want the team to do even more badly.

Tennis balls at the Luton game would have been a great distraction

[Dorcus]

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Tennis balls at the Luton game would have been a great distraction

New balls please

[superfeathers]

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As others have said, I’m not sure what to write on the placards.
I really don’t think a little march up the ground will bother Tan who doesn’t go. It won’t get noticed in his circles.
The only thing that might (it did with the change back to blue), is nobody turning up at all. But that doesn’t help the team (or actually maybe it does given the atmosphere at the moment).