Banners protesting against Vincent Tan and Dr Allam were passed around the Cardiff City stadium (Picture: Reuters)

It’s days like these that you wonder why you support the club you do.

Most Cardiff fans went to yesterday’s game full of hope and optimism. Hull were there for the taking. Cardiff’s bad run had to end soon.

And just when you think things might get better, they don’t. Dreams are dashed as quickly as they were formulated. The Premier League nightmare is all but over.

I’m an optimistic person. I want to believe that things will improve for Cardiff City but it’s hard to see how.


The players looked as if they had accepted their fate as they succumbed to a 4-0 loss to Hull. Replying to chants of ‘Ole, sort it out’, our manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer just waved his hand in an apologetic manner. He’s out of his depth.



We all are.

It’s hard to believe the Premier League dream can turn so sour. #YouAreFootball scream Barclays marketing speak.

Are we? No. We are a by-product of a global money making organisation. We know this. It’s just we are in denial about it.

Look around the Cardiff City Stadium – none of it is for us.

The players wear a colour and a badge forced upon us by our Malaysian owner. Visit Wales and Malaysia banners adorn the walls.

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Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan (Picture: Getty Images)

Adverts fly around the pitch for Kenny Rogers Roasters, a restaurant that doesn’t exist outside of Asia, and mobile phone applications based in Korea and Indonesia.

Gone are the days when local businesses could sponsor the shirt for a hundred grand. Football isn’t about the community spirit anymore.

Hell, Vincent Tan tore ours in two with a lick of paint on a blue shirt.

#YouAreFootball. We aren’t anywhere near it. Barclays are selling a dream that turned sour long ago.

Richard Scudamore, our Premier League chief, has said he won’t be handing back club ownership to the local communities. I wonder why.

We can talk but money talks so talk more bucks. Dr Allam and Vincent Tan have both Hull and Cardiff by the proverbials.

But there is hope. Yesterday saw Hull and Cardiff fans join in on anti-rebrand chants. Flags and scarves were swapped. Fans held a small protest after the game.

I hope this is the beginning of a tide being turned. I hope this is our own little community.

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