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Post by harlan on May 24, 2014 14:58:24 GMT
The Devils problems from last season seem to be coming more and more to light and this thread from their forum by their supporters club seems to suggest that the Devils are in serious financial trouble. www.the-inferno.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8198. I would have huge concerns if I was a Devils fan now. I am not so sure I would be dipping my hand into my pockets to pay players when that should surely be the owners obligation and with fans doing this it appears to absolve him from these obligations. Also if Regan is looking to sell the Devils it doesn't help his cause with wages owed still hanging over him
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Post by Dirkster23 on May 24, 2014 15:37:45 GMT
Retweeted by EIHL Magazine Cardiff Devils @cardiffdevils 37m
An official club statement will be issued on Tuesday regarding information released by @devils_redarmy until then no comment will be made Expand
Be interesting to see what the club have to say.
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Post by bevster on May 24, 2014 18:47:58 GMT
Yup, we might moan about Jack n Tam but when you read about the goings on at Cardiff and Hull, thank f@#k its them weve got!
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Post by sparkymark75 on May 24, 2014 21:01:12 GMT
Their average crowd was way lower than ours, and I imagine their squad was probably more expensive than ours. Sure, they maybe had better sponsorship but I did wonder whether they were running at a massive loss.
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Post by harlan on May 27, 2014 11:26:58 GMT
Following on from CDRAs, Cardiff Devils Red Army, statement about the financial running of the club on Saturday the Devils released this statement today. www.cardiffdevils.com/news/devils-news/official-club-statement1/It sounds like it is going to get nasty and we are only going to get one side of the story, that of the supporters organisation
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spudeeelad
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Post by spudeeelad on May 29, 2014 20:00:35 GMT
Their average crowd was way lower than ours, and I imagine their squad was probably more expensive than ours. Sure, they maybe had better sponsorship but I did wonder whether they were running at a massive loss. A club Cardiff's current size can and will run up debt far faster than you can even imagine - something I have always said about EIHL - people just do not realise how expensive it really is. We were only in it for 3 years and we ran up debts of nearly £1million. When you think about it, that's DEBTS of £1million, how much did we spend when you put income on top of that?! We were/are basically the same as Cardiff rink and crowd size wise.
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Post by swarfiga on Jun 9, 2014 18:12:14 GMT
Another scathing player interview, this time from ex cardiff goalie Dan Lacosta saying he's still owed 3 and a half grand from them.
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Post by harlan on Jun 9, 2014 19:00:38 GMT
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Post by fifetilecentre50 on Jun 9, 2014 20:17:23 GMT
Wow great read,bad news for the devils owners Maybe we should give Flyers directors a bit less stick on how they run the club,their not perfect but seem to come across as real honest and genuine guys.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Jun 10, 2014 7:17:22 GMT
like i said to someone yesterday after i saw this, we had 2 guys in season 1 of elite that ended not playing because they had suffered the same thing has anyone heard them having a go because they were not paid. so yes think we should give our owners a slack as we are probarbly the most stable club in the league or one of very few in the league
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Post by mavor1987 on Jun 10, 2014 10:32:44 GMT
Its not looking good for cardiff at all. Lacosta is due 3 and a half grand... who knows what other players are due. This whole thing could spiral out of control very quickly. We may bump our gums at times about our directors but its times like this you sit back and go well we've got 2 sensible directors who have the clubs best interests at heart. We all know season 1 was a shambles but year on year things are getting better on and off the ice.
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Post by jon on Jun 10, 2014 16:59:42 GMT
This thread should probably be bookmarked for the inevitable "lack of ambition" posts that will undoubtedly appear after we get beat at some point next season.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Jun 11, 2014 7:09:13 GMT
This thread should probably be bookmarked for the inevitable "lack of ambition" posts that will undoubtedly appear after we get beat at some point next season. you know the old saying jon, you can't win them all, but as long as we are competitive and have a chance to win every night no one can complain.
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Post by Billkmc on Jun 11, 2014 9:09:43 GMT
Could be more bad publicity for Cardiff tonight as another player is due to release a statement at 5pm about his time at Cardiff. I could be wrong though and it could be someone telling how great it was and that Paul Ragan is an awesome bloke.
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Post by greyhound on Jun 11, 2014 15:33:16 GMT
I sincerely hope there is not more to come on this. This saga along with Hull's, and the obvious problems putting a good team together in Edinburgh, are really concerning for the whole league. I can't see decent players jumping at the chance to play for these 3 unless they can show things have changed, and the league cannot afford to have uncompetitive teams in a league of only 10!
There really needs to be some independant governance, wage cap, and probably a few other things like import numbers sorted and not just in the favour of the big 3. Maybe this study of the whole game by Ice Hockey UK is it? will bring some of this to the fore. The formula we have at the moment is quite obviously not working whether that is through bad team management or other factors.
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