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WalesOnline - Welcome to WalesOnline’s live webchat with Cardiff City chairman Peter Ridsdale.

Peter will be online shortly to answer your questions on the Bluebirds and football in general.

This is your chance to put your questions to the man in the Ninian Park know.
What does he think of the criticism of Dave Jones? What are the plans for next season? Which players will be leaving...and coming in?

We are expecting a high number of questions so please stick with us. Any questions we don’t have time to deal with will be put to Peter after the live webchat and his answers will feature in tomorrow’s South Wales Echo.

Please try not to repeat questions Peter has already answered.

Usual rules apply: Any posts containing swearing or abusive content will not appear and the poster will be banned from the webchat.

Stay online after 2pm for a live forum with fellow Cardiff City fans on what Peter had to say.

Enjoy the webchat!

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Peter Ridsdale - Hi,
Peter here. Ready for your questions.

12:58

[Comment From benj]
hi peter. can you confirm that we're in talks with anymore new players?

12:59

Peter Ridsdale - Hi Ben,
We will need at least eight new players to have a squad capable of challenging next season.

12:59

[Comment From Alex Wilson]
What plans do this current board have on driving this club forward? I think it's clear that whilst this team is a credible one it needs strengthening somewhat.

12:59

Peter Ridsdale - Hi Alex,
I agree the team needs strengthening. Tried to make sure it has been stronger each season and we will work to do the same again.

12:59

[Comment From Michael Littlewood]
Can you please have a meeting with Dave Jones and discuss his professionalism towards player relationships as I and many others believe that Dave Jones personal issues with certain players at the club has significantly effected the team, such as the transfers of Neil Alexander and Darren Purse. This aspect of Dave Jones management MUST be sorted out. In the real working world people have to work with people that they dislike.

1:00	Peter Ridsdale - Hi Michael, I am clearly not prepared to talk about the relationship with individual players, but everybody at the club including Dave recognises the strength of good team spirit.

1:00	[Comment From tracey] peter i think u r doing a fantastic job and i want to say thank u. do u think we can go up next season?

1:01	Peter Ridsdale - Thanks Tracey, Thank you for that. However, I won't feel satisfied with the job that we are all doing until we reach the Premier League and establish ourselves there.

1:01	[Comment From ThamesValleyBluebird] Why was there no apology for the collapse in the last four games. A lot of fans feel very let down by the team and management and there was no public "sorry".

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Peter Ridsdale - Hi Thames Valley,
If we have not apologised publicly and I thought we had on behalf of everybody at the club I will take the opportunity to apologise now.
Whilst we all thought that we would make the play-offs it was premature and the last four game collapse was wholly unnacceptable and I unequivocably apolgise.

1:02	[Comment From Paul] Are there plans for a proper opening ceremony at the new stadium? The end of an era "was dissapointing and fans were very unhappy.

1:04	Peter Ridsdale - Hello Paul We totally accept that the end of an era was mismanagedand that is why we are having a party in the park on Saturday. We will be having 'an all singing, all dancing' opening ceremony on 22nd July followed by the match against Celtic.

1:04	[Comment From Redmond TB] How many season tickets have currently been sold for next season?

1:04	Peter Ridsdale - Aproximately 14,000 have already been sold and we are hopeful of getting closer to 18,0 by the time the season starts.

1:04	[Comment From James] Are the figures published in last years accounts of concern to you and the board?

1:05

Peter Ridsdale - Hello James,
I am very pleased with the figures in last years accounts. When I arrived at the club we were losing aproximately £9m per annum and last year we achieved an operating surplus of aproximately £1m with a loss of approximately £1m after taking provision for repayment of Langston and stadium funding debt.

1:06	[Comment From Dave Sugarman] Hello Peter. Can you please confirm how the naming rights aspect of the Langston agreement works please?

1:07	Peter Ridsdale - Dave, I know I owe you a full response your e-mail earlier this week which I will send you. Simplistically everything up to £9m goes to Langston, everything over £9m goes to the club. If we get less than £9m then the whole £9m is written off the Langston debt.

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