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View VinceHilaire's Profile VinceHilaire Flag London 17 Apr 14 9.49pm Send a Private Message to VinceHilaire Add VinceHilaire as a friend

This makes a very interesting read...apologies if it has already been raised somewhere else..

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' Why Cardiff City are WRONG '
by Latest News » Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:01 pm

Why Cardiff City are WRONG to make official complaint to Premier League over Crystal Palace spy furore
Friday Apr 11, 2014.

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BY PAUL ABBANDONATO

Head of sport Paul Abbandonato says Cardiff City are in danger of being dubbed sore losers
Vincent Tan, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Mehmet Dalman.

There is only one thing worse than losing badly and that’s being a bad loser.

Cardiff City, unfortunately, are in danger of being tarred with each one of those unwanted tags as the fallout from last weekend continues.

The 0-3 horror show by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team against Crystal Palace was horrendous enough.

But just when we were hoping that was behind us, and energies were being devoted totally to righting the many wrongs in the game at Southampton, we learn officially that the Bluebirds have made a complaint to the Premier League about Palace boss Tony Pulis discovering Solskjaer’s team.

Football dressing rooms and environments have to be about loyalty, trust, integrity.

Whoever from Cardiff leaked the side to Palace deserves to be dismissed, in my opinion.

But there is a distinct difference between that course of action and moaning to the League hierarchy about so-called ‘unethical’ tactics supposedly deployed by Palace’s recruitment chief Iain Moody, dismissed himself earlier this season by Vincent Tan.

Deal with any breach of trust internally, yes. But keep it in house, rather than leave yourself open to accusations of being bad losers by complaining ... a course of action which ensured the Bluebirds merited yet more unwanted attention on the front pages of the London tabloids.

This must not be permitted to become a smokescreen and detract in any way whatsoever from the abject nature of the Bluebirds’ performance against Palace and the desperate need to restore pride, passion and make the fans proud again against Southampton.

The football grapevine began buzzing from as early as last Sunday afternoon - 24 hours after the Palace debacle - about Soslkajer supposedly changing his team because he learned the line-up had been leaked to Pulis.

Only Solskjaer will know the truth behind that, I guess.

But so what if Pulis knew Cardiff’s side? It’s not uncommon in football and, let’s be honest, whatever he learned, it didn’t affect the game-plan of the Palace boss one iota.

He lined up his side exactly as he has done in previous matches. Four at the back, two holding midfielders, Joe Ledley just behind lone striker Cameron Jerome, with Jason Puncheon and Yannick Bolaise occupying the wide berths.

It wouldn’t have mattered to Pulis if Solskjaer had played 4-3-3, 4-4-2, 5-3-2 or picked ten men up front. He had his settled system which made Palace resolute and organised and he was sticking with it.

I would have taken the view that Cardiff possessed better players. End of. So what if Pulis knew the line-up? With the correct team selection and tactics, Solskjaer’s men were more than good enough to impose themselves on the game and win it.

They didn’t because the team selection and tactics were flawed and, unforgivably, Palace clearly wanted it more.

Those were the reasons for Cardiff’s worst performance for four years, not the fact that Pulis was supposedly handed an edge by learning Solskjaer’s starting X1.

Correcting those fundamental flaws and putting the right team, tactics and commitment to the cause into play against Southampton are what have really mattered this week.

Not some daft spying saga which could have been dealt with in-house. Making it public has turned it into an unwanted distraction.

 

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View collier row eagle's Profile collier row eagle Flag romford essex via another galaxy 17 Apr 14 9.58pm Send a Private Message to collier row eagle Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add collier row eagle as a friend

Brilliant piece, save face tan and withdraw your complaint you muppet.

 

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View Harpo's Profile Harpo Flag Oxfordshire 17 Apr 14 10.02pm Send a Private Message to Harpo Add Harpo as a friend

Cardiff will be relegated within the next couple of matches.

Not because they are a bad team. Not because they have a bad manager. Not because of confidentiality issues.

But because they have a poisonous owner. He has single handedly drawn focus away from training, tactics and playing, with general meddling with the whole organisation which he professes to love.

We don't need Tans in football. Not in any league.

 

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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 17 Apr 14 10.10pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Quote Harpo at 17 Apr 2014 10.02pm

Cardiff will be relegated within the next couple of matches.

Not because they are a bad team. Not because they have a bad manager. Not because of confidentiality issues.

But because they have a poisonous owner. He has single handedly drawn focus away from training, tactics and playing, with general meddling with the whole organisation which he professes to love.

We don't need Tans in football. Not in any league.


The best tan in Wales belongs to Chris Coleman, and he's in football

Edited by Mapletree (17 Apr 2014 10.10pm)

 

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View rob1969's Profile rob1969 Flag Banstead Surrey 17 Apr 14 10.12pm Send a Private Message to rob1969 Add rob1969 as a friend

Well said - some common sense at last coming from Cardiff.

 

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View Alexi_the_Eagle's Profile Alexi_the_Eagle Flag Newton-le-Willows 17 Apr 14 10.27pm Send a Private Message to Alexi_the_Eagle Add Alexi_the_Eagle as a friend

A bit of common sense from Cardiff. Regardless of the crap the BBC are claiming (We could lose 3 points, which is bollocks anyway), this is reassuring.

 


"Look at that. Accident blackspot? These aren't accidents! They're throwing themselves into the road gladly! Throwing themselves into the road to escape all this hideousness!"

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View Y Ddraig Goch's Profile Y Ddraig Goch Flag In The Crowd 17 Apr 14 10.30pm Send a Private Message to Y Ddraig Goch Add Y Ddraig Goch as a friend

As Much as I dislike Cardiff, most of what I've seen on their boards think it's a farce.

Their fans have , for once been sensible about the whole thing.

 


the dignified don't even enter in the game

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View seeweedhater's Profile seeweedhater Flag London 17 Apr 14 10.32pm Send a Private Message to seeweedhater Add seeweedhater as a friend

How kin petty,they got rid of a decent manager replaced him with a nob.

Cardiff sold their soul,relegation awaits.

Tans a prick of the highest order,hate em!

 

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maxipalace Flag in a box 17 Apr 14 10.59pm

Palace have Cardiff connections with Pulis watching football their and Ledley and Jerome playing there.

If they want us to help them survive by beating Fulham, which will try to do - The Tan Should STFU

 

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View clickwizard's Profile clickwizard Flag Croydon 17 Apr 14 11.02pm Send a Private Message to clickwizard Add clickwizard as a friend

I Lived in Cardiff for many years and I know Cardiff Supporters Hate Tan.

He has changed the Cardiff colors from blue to Red.
He has never been respectful to the fans.Cardiff fans all want to get rid of him.

They Say Cardiff will not do anything until he leaves. They think he has single handily relegated the club.
The spy thing is to make Tan Look big and not to loose face and It will distract the players.My Friend told me he can understand Wilfred
wanting to go to Palace fans after the game after growing up in Croydon.

It would be really nice if we could help Cardiff supporter get rid of Tan. He is selfish and disrespectful
I found the Cardiff Fans always were respectful to me
as a Palace fan when I lived there.

I hope this silly spy episode comes to an end soon.

 

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View crvenaeagle's Profile crvenaeagle Flag 17 Apr 14 11.12pm Send a Private Message to crvenaeagle Add crvenaeagle as a friend

...Not sure what a jack is but the rest seem right.

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View cardiff eagle's Profile cardiff eagle Flag 17 Apr 14 11.16pm Send a Private Message to cardiff eagle Add cardiff eagle as a friend

Quote crvenaeagle at 17 Apr 2014 11.12pm

...Not sure what a jack is but the rest seem right.

Lol. A jack is what people from Swansea are called. From Cardiff usually in the form of "you Jack b******"

 

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