Relegation … Been there got the T-shirt

The face of relegation

Honestly, I am not shocked with relegation I always knew it was on the cards but I wish it wasn’t.

It’s tough on teams coming up from the Championship into the Premier League has records from previous seasons show most will find themselves rooted in the bottom half of the League table. Of the three teams promoted last season only Cardiff are returning to the Championship after going up as champions. Hull and Crystal Palace live to fight another season with the big boys but chances are they will be struggling along with todays promoted teams next season.

Cardiff City fans haven’t had to stomach the heartache of relegation since the 1999/2000 season. There was a few similarities with that season and this, two managers, Frank Burrows/Billy Ayre back then. In addition, there was a shocking inability to score goals back then with Jason Bowen, top scorer with 12-league goals while this season Jordon Mutch is leading the league goal tally with a meagre seven with a game to go.

We were just not good enough this time and it’s not worth throwing blame about its time to suck it up and think about next season. We will be red next season unless we get a new owner who can understand football, its fans, and history. The best protest is to wear blue and boycott the red merchandise letting Tan feel the pain in the balance book. Fans will be thinking what if, Malky stayed, if we beat them, got a point there, but that’s all history now the future is next season and what we need to concentrate on. Will Tan up sticks and leave us in a financial mess? Do I care! no really with or without in Cardiff will always live on.

Could be one of the more interesting in summers. We could see some major changes to the present squad as the wage bill could come into play with the club looking to reduce it.

We collect £26million in parachute payment but not a patch on the £60million+ in TV rights, the club collected this season. What kind of transfer fund will be made available to Solskjaer who is expected to be manager for the first game back in the Championship? With promotion, by no means guaranteed next season Cardiff are in for a tough campaign along with Fulham and Norwich likely to be third candidates.

The bookies and football pundits are likely to make the three favourites to go straight back up to the premiership but its not that easy.