If there isn't a problem why have football intelligence officers ?
Surely a complete waste of money ?
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If there isn't a problem why have football intelligence officers ?
Surely a complete waste of money ?
That’s not the point I was making but hey-ho.
I was replying to a poster more or less saying he didn’t mind Swansea doing well.
Also, he’s not the first poster on here to allude to the fact he wants all Welsh clubs to do well and that’s the part I don’t understand. Unless you’re a Cardiff fan from Newport and you want your home town club to do well, it’s club football not international football.
To me, as a Cardiff City fan, The Cardiff v Swansea rivalry is every bit as big as any of the derbies I mentioned anyway.
Erm, no I wasn’t.
My point was I don’t understand why we should want Newport or Swansea to do well just because geographically they are our neighbours and fellow Welsh clubs.
Besides, the rivalry with Newport is far more to do with what happened off the pitch than on it so league position is irrelevant really.
- How much of an advantage is Rodney Parade to County? In terms of growing the club, would that be nearer the top of your list to improve things or does it provide such a unique experience in the modern game that you would place it nearer the bottom? If looking to build a new stadium what capacity do you think should be chosen?
- If County don't get promoted this year will they be able to keep hold of Flynn? Should we be looking at him now to come in after Warnock? What sort of tactics do County play and would they work here?
- Are County the best example of why a side should actually try in cup competitions even if there is short term negative impact on your promotion chances? Would we have gone up under DJ if not making it to the FA Cup final? Would wurzels have gone up if not progressing to face Man City in the cup that recent season?
There are more interesting things to talk about than whether Jimmy down the pub, County fan, really hates Cardiff or not. You may say it's none of the points raised above
If you weren't attempting to make a comparison, then I don't know why you mentioned those rivalries, which are all huge and have a major historical basis in terms of the competition between the clubs involved.
Better examples would have been Manchester City and Bury, or Manchester United and Oldham, or Arsenal and Barnet, or Liverpool and Tranmere.
You are wandering off again. I thought this thread was about rivalries? To me, playing a Bristol club, will always be a bigger rivalry than playing the Jacks. Last few times we’ve played the Swans, it felt like the atmosphere had to be manufactured or forced out. Where as, I don’t think you need to try too hard to dislike the carrot crunching bumpkins from the West Country.
Anyway back to my OP , as a footy fan of many years , I'm really happy for them , they have been to hell and back , its a great against the odds football story.
I worked for years in Newport and they gave me hell as a Cardiff born fan , but we still got pissed together.
When we do eventually play them, Cardiff hopefully will thrash them .
I can put my hatred to better use than the County .
It’s gone off on a tangent, as threads do, and evolved into other rivalry’s. The post I made, which you seem to want to pick apart for some reason, was in response to someone saying they would much rather Newport and SWANSEA to do well rather than either of the Bristol clubs.
Three times you’ve been told i was referring to the Jacks.
There won’t be a fourth so please have the last word you so enjoy.
I dint think the hedge fund are happy about it, it’s not for bragging, morelike they’d love it to be half that so they dint have to borrow another 29 million from the bank to cover the short fall. They are a small club W gulch us why they relied so heavily on the sky money, some 90% of their income in the P L days.
...if we play them in the FA Cup this season they'll beat us...fact
Whoever we play in the Third Round of the FA Cup will beat us! if we drew Newport and both teams went into the match with their normal cup attitudes, the giant killing act would be us beating them - I just hope we get an away draw because, sucker that I am, I'll be there if we play at Cardiff City Stadium.
Good luck to Newport. I really don't see them as a rival, but really no reason they couldn't sustain a league one/championship team and become a legitimate one. Add a bit of interest to the league.
I don't think if they grew their crowds it would be at our expense much either, as there are lots of plastics in Newport and not many city fans afaik
Really? The atmosphere after Chopra scored that last second winner beat even that of getting to the league cup final on penalties.
Crowds:
2008/09 (Ninian Park)
vs Bristol City - 19,312
vs Swansea City - 20,156
2009/10 (CCS)
vs Bristol City - 20,853
vs Swansea City - 25,130
2010/11
vs Bristol City - 22,444
vs Swansea City - 26,049
There has yet to be an occasion this millennium where the Bristol City home game has been our biggest attendance of the season.
Our biggest derby and rival is Swansea. There is no doubt about it.