I agree with ccfcrt0p on this, we've had a red kit before so keep it as an away kit, but with the bluebird badge and red dragons on the sleeves or collar. That way we still retain the bluebird emblem and nickname.
We lost about 12 million last season, and are looking at about the same amount this season. It has been the owners who have covered the shortfall. I may be proved wrong, but that is my understanding. FFP will not allow owners to do this basically from 2014/2015. I think 6 million will be the maximum. So at some point we need to generate more income!! The debt is meant to be at 40 to 55 million based on a deal being struck with Langston. I am not sure where that figure comes from. Again I may be wrong, but I believe the owners were covering losses, and not giving anything towards the debt believing a solution would be found. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-17241648
It seems mad that after all the work (and good work at that) that has been done so far we still lost the amount you mention. After all our current crop off players must be on far less and with it being a smaller squad you would have thought that would have helped. Plus the recent success we have had again on the pitch with decent gates. I am shocked!
I don't get this season either....estimated losses of 1.2 million a month!!! Actually the 40 million I spoke about is to be settled in one year. MARCH 3rd In his directors’ report, Cardiff City chief executive Alan Whiteley goes on to say the Malaysians will “provide additional finance in order that (the club) can settle its liabilities”. please log in to view this image The document shows the club has almost £70m in debt on its books – an increase of £6m on the previous year – £40m of which is “due within one year”. Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...irectors-report-91466-30452465/#ixzz1uTaK9qZA
All debt has to be financed with interest payments. If the debt is £70m the interest @ 7% would be £4.9m per year If the Malaysians get their way as I understand it all debt will be transfered to stock/shares So we start anew with £0 debt.
Sorry to bother but wasn't there an opportunity to pay off the Langston debt recently by paying a mere 10 to 12 million or have I got that one wrong ?
Breezey - that was about a year ago but if not settled then it ratcheted up to the original £16m ish for payment 2016. The Malaysians have had their people doing due diligence on the terms and I guess they will want to negotiate down from the full figure. I assume the time/deal wasn't right a year ago. They would have wanted all their ducks in a line and are now close to that psoition.
Langston is not the only debt, there were large loans taken out by the riddler to finance the stadium etc plus all the old underlying debt. A small part of those were put into stocks/shares but if the Malaysians take 51% they have to offer to buy all other stockholder out. Up to know I think they own 49%
Steve Borley has twittered more - Sad reading How bad is it Steve ? sb- difficult to say but if your not used to that tone who can say Quote:sb - my message has been engage, the vitriol has done immense damage and it can be seen from Tg letter they are genuine people... Quote:Cant VT and TG see that its only a hardcore minority? The recent msg board outbursts dont represent the majority. sb- sometimes the majority need to be heard wether for or against after the commitment they have already made after some of the comments and campaigns I am not sure of a together with some of the messages sent out
He has just added that their were many racially abusive messages, personal threats, and threats to burn flags, which VT apparently thought was disgusting. Steve suggested it came from "you know whos board".
Well done to all, for once when we look at where it went wrong for this club, we need look no further than the "fans". Shall we start AFC Cardiff now or wait for the lights to be switched off at the CCS?
Well if thats the case then I wont be surprised if they dump us at the 1st oppotunity. Wish these ****ing morons would piss off and support a team more in keeping with their views of the world, like Swansea.
Quote: "Your son ever come here for a try out we will break both his ****ing legs" "Take your Malaysian ****e back to the 3rd world" This makes me sick.
We could have been moving forward, but because of these a*******s we will be moving backwards! Who cares what colour we play in if they were going to invest in the club and pay off the debts.
They don't care tho, in their eyes it'll be back to the glory days of L2 and the 80's/90's, 4k attendance, battling on and off the field against teams like Luton and such. These ****ing dinosaurs have potentially ruined my club due to nothing more than nostalgia for a past that has long gone.
The day a group of abusive supporters turned down a 100 million investment over a shirt. Threats, burnings....Not the lovely family club they thought when we were happy to take 20 million from them. In 20 years time the kids will be looking at us as right losers while they go and support clubs from outside Cardiff. Yeah...Victory is ours! I have to say...I may need a break from the board for a couple of days. I feel like I have lost the FA Cup Final, The League Cup Final, and the Playoff Final all in one hour. The difference than was that i was proud to be Cardiff. Now, I feel embarrassed. And right now it doesn't feel like overreacting.
