How Cardiff City became the EFL's latest crisis club
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How Cardiff City became the EFL's latest crisis club
"While players and coaching staff mourned Cardiff City's relegation to League One at the end of last season, the fans voiced their dissatisfaction, with loud chants of Vincent Tan, get out of our club reverberating around the stadium. The Bluebirds' Malaysian owner may have arrived in the Welsh capital in 2010 with big and occasionally controversial plans to establish Cardiff as a Premier League club, but those ambitions have looked fanciful for several years."
"Since they came out of the Premier League [in 2019], they've finished in a lower league position every season bar one and have gone through eight managers, if we include the interims. They just seem to be always sticking their fingers in the hole to stop the water coming out. It's about stopping the immediate problem with no sort of foresight."
"After finishing rock bottom of the Championship, City are now experiencing life in the third tier for the first time in 22 years. Relegation was the latest big dip in Tan's 15-year ownership, which has resembled a rollercoaster ride laced with tragedy, dissension and glimpses of success. You may like Former Cardiff City boss Erol Bulut (Image credit: Getty Images) The warning signs have been there for a while, says WalesOnline reporter Glen Williams."
Cardiff City were relegated to League One after finishing rock bottom of the Championship, marking the club's first season in the third tier in 22 years. Fans loudly chanted 'Vincent Tan, get out of our club' after the final whistle. Vincent Tan arrived in 2010 with ambitious and sometimes controversial plans to reach the Premier League, but those ambitions have appeared fanciful for several years. Tan's 15-year ownership has been a rollercoaster of tragedy, dissension and occasional success. Since 2019 the club has largely declined: one lower league finish each season except one, eight managers including interims, and only 41 league wins across three full campaigns.
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