Hammam "No need to panic"
The are no actual quotes from Sam in the article but they did question Lennie who naturally refused to comment on matters off the field.
It again suggested that Sam was paying the wages from his own pocket but later stories in the Echo reveal that's not right. Also inconsistent is the W. Mail's claim that the PFA had been notified. Later in the day that was not confirmed.
The front page of the Echo carried a huge headline "TOSSED AWAY LIKE RUBBISH" then on page two a story (below) covering shocked staff at Ninian Park who's futures are now uncertain.
City workers face jobs wait
On the back pages all attention was focused on director Michael Isaac. Mr Isaac it was revealed is the man who's been paying the wages and not Sam Hammam. Michael Isaac featured in three story's two of which pictured him with a City scarf above his head. No word in any of these stories from Sam with Isaac saying all is well between the two men calling them "brothers in arms".
The articles insist there is no rift in the boardroom.
"We won't be the next Leeds" says Mr Isaac, insisting there is no danger of administration.
"We won't let the club down" - Isaac as he explains the current goings on.
Isaac rejects rumours of a rift with Hammam this story also includes many fans comments as well.
What to make of it?
Well I feel for the staff who are in a state of confusion for their jobs. The emergence of Michael Isaac and the suggestion that he and the other directors will have more of say in how things are run suggests maybe not a rift in the boardroom but certainly some uncomfort. Sam has always been the leader and has made no secret of that. How is he going to react to others having a greater role?
We now have Mr Isaac's word that things will progress, that the stadium will come, that we will not go into administration and that we will be a better and stronger club.
The PFA told the Echo this afternoon that they were unaware of a problem with non payment of players wages.
Aas far as I am aware we have not had any contact with or from Cardiff City on this matter," said John Bramhall of the PFA.
Should a player not be paid for 14 days then he can become a free agent because of breach of contract.
The management and players are now in full preparation for Saturdays home game with Sheffield Utd.
"So much seems to have happened since that game at the Stadium of Light seven days ago, that events overtake you," Lenie Lawrence told the official website www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk
"But now we have to make sure that we put everything behind us over the course of the ninety minutes out there - not easy for the players who go out there not having been paid their monthly salaries, and not just the players - all the staff are involved including myself.
"But we have all got to pull for Cardiff City and overcome the present adversity."