Peter Ridsdale - top of the Championship

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

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

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.

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He was slippery, although i'd say that he was a 'Football Man'

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.

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Originally Posted by headlight

I wouldn"t trust him.

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Out of interest, do you trust those involved in the current set-up?

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

Out of interest, do you trust those involved in the current set-up?

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I'll go a little bit further with those sentiments and say in all the years I've watched or had an interest in City the club (in the main) has been owned and run by a collection of absolute c###s.

I'm obviously a bit jaded and cynical from the experience.:biggrin:

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

Out of interest, do you trust those involved in the current set-up?

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As far as I know the present board don"t have a track record of financially ruining football clubs nor have we had to face 4 (iirc) HMRC winding up orders as we did under Ridsdale"s tenure.

I think every team gets a go at being top this season.its so bunched up at the moment

Riddler or Vinnie :hehe::hehe::hehe: 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

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Originally Posted by headlight

As far as I know the present board don"t have a track record of financially ruining football clubs nor have we had to face 4 (iirc) HMRC winding up orders as we did under Ridsdale"s tenure.

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:hehe:

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Originally Posted by headlight

As far as I know the present board don"t have a track record of financially ruining football clubs nor have we had to face 4 (iirc) HMRC winding up orders as we did under Ridsdale"s tenure.

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:thumbup:

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

Out of interest, do you trust those involved in the current set-up?

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Definitely, Ridsdale & Scam Hammam almost ruined the Club, and you ask that.

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Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef

Definitely, Ridsdale & Scam Hammam almost ruined the Club, and you ask that.

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To be fair to the Riddler, he had a tough job here, he had no money to spend and that is not how he works

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Originally Posted by blue matt

To be fair to the Riddler, he had a tough job here, he had no money to spend and that is not how he works

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I reckon that recruitment would be alot better if he was involved, as for everything else, god knows.

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Originally Posted by blue matt

To be fair to the Riddler, he had a tough job here, he had no money to spend and that is not how he works

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So he spent money we didn"t have which is how he works.

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

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

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

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Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by headlight

As far as I know the present board don"t have a track record of financially ruining football clubs nor have we had to face 4 (iirc) HMRC winding up orders as we did under Ridsdale"s tenure.

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Is that a yes?

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Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef

Definitely, Ridsdale & Scam Hammam almost ruined the Club, and you ask that.

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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.

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Originally Posted by blue matt

Riddler or Vinnie :hehe::hehe::hehe: 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

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I'd trust Vinny before the Riddler and that awful Sam not the Man.

However the Riddler done okay for us and now Preston and fecked up Leeds so he must have something going for him, in particular his ruination of the Weeds

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.

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Originally Posted by blue matt

To be fair to the Riddler, he had a tough job here, he had no money to spend and that is not how he works

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He's had no money to spend at Preston either. You'd know that if you read the article I linked. Give him money and you've got a problem, he works much better without it.

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

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.

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Not as ordinary as Reading according to the league table.

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Originally Posted by life on mars

I'd trust Vinny before the Riddler and that awful Sam not the Man.

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I wouldn't trust any of them.

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

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.

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Craig Bellamy ?
Take a gamble

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

Not as ordinary as Reading according to the league table.

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Shrugs shoulders. The season is very young. I can’t see them staying at the top.

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Originally Posted by DubaiDai

Craig Bellamy ?
Take a gamble

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

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Originally Posted by blue matt

Riddler or Vinnie :hehe::hehe::hehe: 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

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:hehe:

Season before last - Promoted
Last season - Premier League
This season - Over before Christmas (Championship).

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Originally Posted by CCFCC3PO

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Season before last - Promoted
Last season - Premier League
This season - Over before Christmas (Championship).

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Very hard to keep on that upward trajectory year on year, was probably more of a general comment.

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Originally Posted by Pearcey3

Shrugs shoulders. The season is very young. I can’t see them staying at the top.

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Nor me. It would be a genuine miracle if they could considering their budget and how little they've spent in transfer fees. However, they're currently top of the table and the division's top scorers, which isn't very ordinary.

To put their achievements so far into perspective, City paid more than double in transfer fees for Robert Glatzel than Preston paid for their entire squad.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

Nor me. It would be a genuine miracle if they could considering their budget and how little they've spent in transfer fees. However, they're currently top of the table and the division's top scorers, which isn't very ordinary.

To put their achievements so far into perspective, City paid more than double in transfer fees for Robert Glatzel than Preston paid for their entire squad.

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They have done very well on a limited budget but I was baffled by their performance at our place. It was the most negative performance I have seen from an away team in years.
I don’t see any stand out teams in the Championship this season. I thought Fulham might be but they seem very hit and miss. Maybe West Brom.Possibly Leeds but they also fade towards the end of the season.

I love it. How often do you see Championship teams hammering others in the division? It’s incredibly competitive and especially so this season.

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Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman

Nor me. It would be a genuine miracle if they could considering their budget and how little they've spent in transfer fees. However, they're currently top of the table and the division's top scorers, which isn't very ordinary.

To put their achievements so far into perspective, City paid more than double in transfer fees for Robert Glatzel than Preston paid for their entire squad.

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Glatzel is crap. Who scouted and signed him up?
Was it Warnock or the board?

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Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

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

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Ridsdale signed Loovens against the wishes of Jones. Didn’t work out too badly...

Our transfer policy couldn’t get any worse, we are one of the worst buyers in the world. We get taken for a ride on a regular basis.

Ridsdale also got the stadium built and had to get the club back on its feet after the disastrous financial decisions of the Scam years.

Sure he spent a load of money we didn't have at the end but that's pretty much how he rolls. The trick is to get him in for a few years as a trouble shooter and get rid before he goes mad and chucks all your money down the khazi.

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Originally Posted by Trigger

Very hard to keep on that upward trajectory year on year, was probably more of a general comment.

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Leicester, Bournemouth and Wolves seem to be doing OK with it.

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Originally Posted by Cardiff Ultra

Ridsdale also got the stadium built and had to get the club back on its feet after the disastrous financial decisions of the Scam years.

Sure he spent a load of money we didn't have at the end but that's pretty much how he rolls. The trick is to get him in for a few years as a trouble shooter and get rid before he goes mad and chucks all your money down the khazi.

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Well said. This is Ridsdale in a nutshell. He knows his stuff, but can get easily carried away.