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Bellamy to Cardiff...



Comedy Steve

We're f'ing brilliant
Oct 20, 2003
1,485
BN6
Will enjoy giving him some banter when they come down to us

He's one of those players who absolutely feeds off that - seems to play better the more opposing fans get on his back. Certainly was the case at the Amex last September.
 






Arthur

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
8,762
Buxted Harbour
The fans will start to forget about the red shirts now they have signed him. £30k a week in the Championship though - eek

Just goes to show no one really knows how much players get paid. I read somewhere today he was taking a £30k a week pay cut to be on £60k a week.

Either way it's a shit ton of money to be playing second division football.
 




leigull

New member
Sep 26, 2010
3,810
Just goes to show no one really knows how much players get paid. I read somewhere today he was taking a £30k a week pay cut to be on £60k a week.

Either way it's a shit ton of money to be playing second division football.


I think it's that he turned down a possible £60k a week deal at QPR to sign for Cardiff on £30k
 




Johnnyboy

Member
Sep 25, 2010
522
North Hampshire
Probably wanted another two year contract what with his Sierra Leone charity. Know someone acquainted with him and he wants to play as long as possible to keep supporting it. Much maligned individual, some of which he brings upon himself (Riise and golf club) but very committed and apparently a decent chap. Bloody hates Alan Shearer...

Not all bad then... :)
 








greyseagull

New member
Jul 1, 2012
2,023
West Worthing
Bellamy: "I wanted wake up every day with my kids in the same house as me. There's more to life than football."

Say what you like about the bloke but he's got his head screwed on right (in most respects) and does a lot for charity too.

But like others said, he spent a year on loan there the season before last and what happened? Not a lot.
 










Sam-

New member
Feb 20, 2012
772
Genuinely is part of the switch from Blue to Red.

Malaysian owner promised to put money into the club if they switched colours. Due to colour change he is hoping to market them in Malaysia and some other parts of Asia.

Sold their soul for Craig Bellamy.
 


JCL666

absurdism
Sep 23, 2011
2,190
I like Craig Bellamy.

If had managed to stay at one (of his many) clubs for long enough they would probably have built a statue and named a road after him.

Plus attacking Riise with a golf club over a KAROKE incident... That's just brilliant.

"The dispute involving Bellamy and Riise seemingly started with a karaoke competition in the early hours of Friday morning, when Bellamy took offence at the Norwegian left-back's refusal to sing.

Increasingly irritated by the Welshman's jibes, Riise reportedly became incandescent and, surrounded by fellow players, the pair squared up to each other, trading expletives. Although things calmed down as the group dispersed and headed for their rooms, Bellamy apparently felt he had lost face in front of his team-mates and, having armed himself with a golf club, tracked down Riise before allegedly swinging it at his legs.

Benítez, who had spent the earlier part of the evening at the nearby resort of Vilamoura, was contacted and he separated the clearly inebriated pair.
 






Sussex Nomad

Well-known member
Aug 26, 2010
18,185
EP
Quality player, top catch for Cardiff and definitely one of the best signings outside the Prem. I actually find it quite funny the way he whines at anything that moves. Passionate guy regarding footy. Good luck to him and Cardiff, so long as it isn't at our expense.
 


GoldWithFalmer

Seaweed! Seaweed!
Apr 24, 2011
12,687
SouthCoast
Genuinely is part of the switch from Blue to Red.

Malaysian owner promised to put money into the club if they switched colours. Due to colour change he is hoping to market them in Malaysia and some other parts of Asia.

Sold their soul for Craig Bellamy.

Still Red is a Welsh colour?? nope i'm with you-soul sold
 


severnside gull

Well-known member
May 16, 2007
24,827
By the seaside in West Somerset
Don't like the guy - for a start he is Welsh and he has always been a bit of an arse in my view - but you have to feel for the guy

Bellamy struggling without Speed - Footymad


That said, people so under-rate mental health issues and for a celebrity to be publicly suffering as he clearly is may do a small amount of good in the long term
 






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