The Swansea/Cardiff divide in 2014.

4 Responses to The Swansea/Cardiff divide in 2014.

1. Rob Watkins says:

   November 12, 2014 at 2:12 pm

   First off I must confess, if that’s the right word, to being a Swansea season ticket holder since 1965.
   I do however also support Welsh club football and nothing would give me greater pleasure than seeing both Swansea and Cardiff in the Premier League and come to think of it, Newport as well. Don’t you just miss those derbies?

   I believe there is a considerable difference both on and off the pitch between the two clubs, but chasm is perhaps a step too far. Also those differences can narrow in a short space of time if everyone pulls together with a common purpose.

   And now to a controversial point but one that is not in any way meant to antagonise. I don’t think it would do Cardiff any good to get promoted this season. Best to consolidate this year, establish a coherent policy, both on and off the pitch, and really go for it next season.
2. Mike says:

   November 13, 2014 at 9:11 am

   Thanks for a great, thought provoking article, and may I say a useful tour of recent history of our club. Must admit I have a huge respect for the Jacks and the way the club is run on and off the field. It seems as though the fairly frequent changes in Manager has resulted in ‘no change’ in the way the club moves forward. The only ‘dodgy choice’ they made, I believe was the appointment of Michael Laudrup, but swift action ensured the club remained strong. Whats the secret, well a good man at the top must be a major plus!

   Now my beloved Bluebirds…..my heart bleeds, I feel so disillusioned and I sense a huge void of passion in the stadium. Although I must admit the Leeds game felt more like ‘old times’. I just hope that there is some good news ‘around the corner. I’m usually a passionate (albeit cautious) fan but I don’t feel good at the moment, shame on me but there we are!!
3. The other Bob Wilson says:

   November 14, 2014 at 10:09 am

   Thank you Mike. I don’t think there’s any shame in not feeling good if you are a Cardiff fan – what has there been recently to feel good about?

   You are right to say the atmosphere was better at the Leeds game, but I think that’s down to many City fans seeing Leeds as rivals of ours since the Scott Young match in 2002 – I’d expect things to be back to normal for the Reading game next week.

   Truth is that, although I quite enjoyed the game at West Brom, the two best matches I’ve attended in 2014 in terms of quality of football and passion shown by the team I was supporting are the two Wales games last month (the football was good against Iceland in March as well), while the atmosphere at both games was far better than anything I’ve encountered at Cardiff City Stadium for City games.
4. The other Bob Wilson says:

   November 17, 2014 at 4:55 pm

   Hello Rob, good to hear from you – apologies for the late reply, for some reason your message didn’t end up where such things normally do in the blog software!

   I wouldn’t have a problem at all with us not going up this season if it meant that the club sorted itself out and had the common purpose you speak of. However, I fear that under the current ownership and without the football knowledge currently lacking on the business management and finance side, there is very little chance of that happening – the only ways I see us getting our debt down and therefore getting things sorted out, off the field at least, are;-

   1. We get promoted and spend the sort of time Swansea have in the Premier League, but we made such a mess of it last time (despite what Vincent Tan would like to have everyone believe, it was far from being solely down to Malky Mackay) that I’d have virtually no confidence in us staying up if we did manage another promotion.
   2. Vincent Tan leaves and we successfully come out the other side of an Administration process.
   3. Tan keeps his promise of turning debt into equity, but that’s looking more unlikely by the day.

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