So yesterdays game against Leicester was postponed because it was 'a bit cold', and the pitch at our state of the art new stadium was frozen. Add this debacle to recent others and your nothing short of a Carry On film (Carry On Cardiff City, if you like) with Ridsdale as Sid James, the biggest joker of the lot.We've already had the embarrassment with the 777 ball shirt sponsorship where seemingly no-one deemed it important enough to obtain a license.
Then came the brush with the tax man with the threat of a winding up order from the heavy handed HMRC that saw Ridsdale on the back foot yet again
Last week we had the enterprising scheme of fans becoming public benefactors effectively paying for new players in the January transfer window with the 'incentive' of watching free Premiership football 'if' promoted.
And now 'pitchgate'. The official line is that the final commissioning of the undersoil heating system was incomplete and not fully operational, but rumours abound that they can't afford to switch it on. I can't believe the club is so naive to go into the winter without the undersoil heating in place. I can imagine Ridsdale watching the weather forecast each night and praying for temperatures above freezing. I'm not having a pop at the groundstaff, but how difficult was it to get this game on. Newport County's game went ahead !!!
It all smacks of penny pinching, and just what exactly is going on with the Malaysians. Are they putting their hands in their pockets or not and why is the Cardiff City Marketing Department having to dream up elaborate ways to entice fans to buy new season tickets before Xmas. We'll all be tempted by another carrot in the new year.
So keep a close watch on the ground now as when the lights go out Ridsdale will be looking for some schmuck with 50p for the meter.
Unbelievable
