The Football Pools companies have released a report of who are the biggest over-achievers and under-achievers in the football leagues and declared Cardiff City as 81st out of the 92 clubs and 20th out of the 24 in the Championship.
Effectively, despite being at the top end of the Championship currently and in the F.A. Cup Final this year, we're declared as under-achievers.
The report can be seen here.
http://www.footballpools.com/football-fever/FootballFeverRep ort4.pdf
Each club has its own summary and Cardiff's makes for interesting reading;"When you compare 1992 with 2008, it's easy to assume that Cardiff City have over-achieved. In 1992 they finished 9th in the Fourth Division and had average gates of around 6,200. In 2008 the Bluebirds finished 12th in the Championship and reached the FA Cup Final. Average crowds were close to 14,000.But when you look at how much has been invested in the club in the past eight years, and the players they've signed (Hasselbaink and Robbie Fowler being just two), it's hard to avoid the conclusion that Cardiff City have, in fact, been among football's biggest under-achievers in recent times. The fans should probably expect more."
Each club has its own summary and Cardiff's makes for interesting reading;"When you compare 1992 with 2008, it's easy to assume that Cardiff City have over-achieved. In 1992 they finished 9th in the Fourth Division and had average gates of around 6,200. In 2008 the Bluebirds finished 12th in the Championship and reached the FA Cup Final. Average crowds were close to 14,000.But when you look at how much has been invested in the club in the past eight years, and the players they've signed (Hasselbaink and Robbie Fowler being just two), it's hard to avoid the conclusion that Cardiff City have, in fact, been among football's biggest under-achievers in recent times. The fans should probably expect more."
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At least those who accuse the fans of sometimes being over-realistic and that "we've never had it so good" - a regular defence mechanism from within the club when under fire - can see that this report verifies that's not the case at all.However it's a strange message to talk about "all the investment" when, for most of us I'm sure, we feel as if the club have significantly under-invested in the team in recent times.
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