Bellamy, Bothroyd and Burke Bring Bluebirds' Buzz Back....

At the end of a momentous week for all involved at Cardiff City Football Club, it felt good to once again be able to pull on the colours and get back to supporting the team at what it does best....playing football.

At times as with many other clubs I'm sure it can seem quite a soap opera following Cardiff City with financial dramas, player controversies and stories of dreams broken and fan heartache. This time however the media circus that is magnified ten fold in South Wales was almost impossibly at a higher level than ever before.

Ever since the story broke that Craig Bellamy was returning to his hometown for good and signing for his childhood sweetheart people everywhere seemed to have forgotten there was at least 17 other football players at the club and that more importantly there was a tough match to come on Saturday against the slightly unfashionable but undeniably good Doncaster Rovers.

The stadium was packed to the rafters (except for those pesky corporate seats) and the atmosphere tangible as Cardiff City and Doncaster Rovers played a game amidst showers of pouring rain and stifling heat. The game eventually was wrapped up by a fairytale thirty yard free-kick from the golden boy who left the pitch to a standing ovation, comfortable in the knowledge he hadn't let his legion of fans down today.

There's more than meets the eye to Cardiff City Football Club and this week has proved that beyond doubt. A club that has faced at least four winding up orders and recently left from under the cloud of a transfer embargo seemingly finds the finances to fund one of the biggest money earners in the business, i can understand why people are dubious about goings on at this club.

Whatever your opinion on the signing of Bellamy and the future of Cardiff City one thing is for certain, the dream of reaching "The Promised Land", the land of milk and honey has suddenly taken one giant step closer and i for one will be toasting the success of the board and the players should the hallowed land be reached next May.

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Bellamy brings Bluebirds back from the brink....

As the song says, what a difference a day makes....24 little hours. Just yesterday Bluebirds fans everywhere were crossing fingers, toes and anything else that can be crossed hoping and in some cases praying that the stories suggesting Craig Bellamy was signing on loan for Cardiff were true.

The story broke some time ago and was dismissed by many fans (including me) as pure speculation and although something for the future, not something to be taken seriously for this season. How wrong was i to be?

As those of you who will have read my previous blog have seen, i was a fully paid-up member of the doom and gloom crew post-Wembley and was convinced I'd seen the last of the likes of such players as Whittingham, Chopra and Bothroyd at Cardiff City, once again how wrong was i to be?

The signing of Craig Bellamy (although controversial to many and a sign of a poorly-run football club with regards to unpaid debts) is a lift of almost indescribable proportions for a club who have faced 4 winding up orders and were 90 minutes away from Premiership football only to bottle it at the last minute.

I for one although cautious about the club's long-term financial stability am extremely positive about the coming season and Cardiff City's promotion charge. I will be there on Saturday supporting the boys and making some noise and i hope you will be too.

Also, before i finish let us not forget that this Saturday will not just be about a future Cardiff City legend but mainly about a past City legend, Brian Clark who sadly passed away on the 10Th August. He is best remembered for "that" goal in our one-nil win over the great Real Madrid at Ninian Park in the 1970-71 season but he is remembered by others such as John Toshack as a great centre-forward and someone who helped nurture him and his skills.

Let us not forget those who have helped make Cardiff the club it is today and let's support the ones who will make it the club it will be tomorrow.

There has never been a better time....

I, like many other City fans were pretty despondant after Wembley. I clapped the boys off the pitch and watched Blackpool lift their trophy. For me i was convinced that this was the last time we'd seen the likes of Michael Chopra, Peter Whittingham and Jay Bothroyd playing for Cardiff.

How wrong was i to be? We lost two first team players in Joe Ledley and Mark Kennedy and kept the rest of the first team squad. This alone is testimony to the work backstage of the board, Dave Jones and his coaches. It would've been easy for Chopra, Whittingham and Bothroyd to request transfers and probably get ones to Premiership clubs but they didnt and full credit to them and all involved.

Not only have we kept a team that took us to Wembley (again) and within 90 minutes of Premiership football but we have kept the manager too and look at the results now.

I'm not talking about 4 points from a possible 6 i'm talking about the club as a whole. Cardiff have signalled their intent to push (as promised by TG post-wembley) for the automatic spots by signing some wonderful players with a mixture of youthful exuberance (Drinkwater,John) and Premiership experience and talent (Seyi,Koumas). Back that up with a solid second goalkeeper (Heaton) and with a few more new signings to be added in the next two weeks, as the title suggests....there has never been a better time.

Let us rise up and give Cardiff City Football Club the support it needs AND deserves. That team works their socks off literally for the cause week in, week out and we need to be there with our pick and shovels supporting the boys and making some noise.

For those of us who can be there, then be there.

For those of us who can't (live too far away, finances etc) then continue your wonderful distant support it's just as important.

This could be our year folks, the year of the Bluebird.

And i for one, cannot wait.

Bluebird for life