By all accounts Malky MacKay is a good guy. He is certainly a good motivator and tactician, and an excellent communicator, unburdened by the airs and graces normally associated by managers in the self-appointed Greatest Show on Earth. None of this saved him from the sack, though, accused of running riot with the cheque book in the summer.
Cardiff City certainly ran riot, spending in the region of £50m to help prepare for top flight football. If, as owner Vincent Tan alleges, the spend was unauthorised, Cardiff have a management control problem, not a problem with the manager, who is within his rights to spend whatever money made available to him.
‘Bluebirds’ fans are united on Malky’s side, they are equally united against owner Tan, who appears wholly unsuitable to control a football club. Changing their strips from blue to red, as red is the colour most associated with Wales, tells you all you need to know about Tan and where he will ultimately take the club, but the extravagance of the summer has already set Cardiff off on the road to rapid decline.
Every club should anticipating making mistakes in the transfer market, it is part of the territory, but they need to be able to afford those mistakes. Cardiff’s summer signings allowed for no mistakes. The totem was Andreas Cornelius, recruited from from Copenhagen for an outrageous £10m. The player received a five year contract worth more than the transfer fee. He’s only 20. Cornelius also earns more than seven times his salary at Copenhagen, no one will be able to afford to take him from Cardiff, his 18 career goals, all in Denmark, suggest he’s simply not worth anything like money he’s on.
If you’re Cardiff City, here’s the problem when you try to recruit for top flight football: after 50 years in the wilderness, you’re favourites for the drop. Players with other top flight options will take them, you’ll have to pay over the odds to convince players to sign on. You’re also shopping in a market you have absolutely no experience of – making mistakes more likely.
Spending £10m on a striker was possibly a sensible idea for Cardiff (I can imagine how popular it was, any sane voices would have been whistling against the wind) but what striker, genuinely worth £10m, would go there without being ‘bribed’ with copious amounts of cash? I’m aware of the parallels with Celtic, which £10m striker would come to Scotland?
They could have received 50 knock-backs before doing a deal in Copenhagen. This pattern was replicated across the rest of their summer spend. They should have invested their Premier League windfall on long-term development, irrespective of the short-term consequences.
For the sake of the club’s fans I hope they survive but inadequate controls at board level, with an owner seemingly intent on self-destruction, a rapid decline through the leagues seems inevitable, sooner or later.
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On a happier note Bhoys and Ghirls….
Sevco lost £38,000 today and will do so again tomorrow,and the next day,and the next day……………………………………………..
WellgottarundrysometimeCSC
I’ve concocted a wee Celtic quiz for CQN.
CRC used to do a regular quiz on a Friday and it seemed quite popular.
Anyone interested in me resurrecting this ?
Rye/Tri
Was that cos the media said they did ?
It’s complicated, I concede they accepted responsibility,but they didn’t carry it out, there was deals done, the politics at the time, if the real culprits are to be found, I would look a lot closer to home.
Have a read at stuff Paul Donovan [a tangled web of intrigue] has written on the subject, opened my eyes.
A story broke again in the past day or so that is linked to his death.
Night all. Night wee Oscar my hero!! God bless x
TSOAL,
Martin Doco Doherty’s bravery saved the lives of scores of people.
An absolute hero
ST yet another allegation from you regarding PL without any evidence to back it up.You weaken your case with your unsubstansiated allegatios when in fact they are your opinions, which you are rightly entitled to hold. Huge difference between the two. Hail Hail Hebcelt allegations-typo
Tet….
Will look closer to home but know of no republican activity in South Staffordshire,mate,apart from when I have a few too many and blast out the Wolfetones.
Seriously mate……will google some stuff on Paul Donovan….thanks for the info.
http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2008/aug/28/3
ryecatcher
The only good thing about that weekend was the huns got beat with the Arabs
Watching MOTD and thinking …if we had kept Hooper , big Vic and Ki, and signed Snodgrass, McCarthy and Steven Fletcher, we would have some team
#dreamsandsongstosing
Big Cup Winners….
Is it true that the Brazen Head is getting so rough these days that the first question the Quizmaster asks is…..’Who the Feck are yeez looking at’?
Tricoloured Ribbon
I have made a few visits to his graveyard
Love
http://www.padraigmor.net/martindoherty.htm
TSOAL,
I was in Dublin then as well for my 40th. Atmosphere changed after it.
Love
TSOAL,
I know a couple of his friends well
bognorbhoy oscar in my thoughts/ support the dam 5
22:21 on 28 December, 2013
modern day canal canoeing is for softies
aw naw its no.
remember playing golf in Ruchill around 1980 ish when two guys in canoes where going past the sixth/seventh hole, well you can imaging. four ball on tee.
you would have thought they had engines on the canoes.
still piss my self till this day.
Hail Hail
http://youtu.be/xid-DPU0BKw
For the SOAL.
Tricoloured Ribbon
We got an escort to Dundalk then to Belfast then back home fae that shit
Love
Goood night all
Virgil 7/1 to score anytime in 90mins tomorrow.
ryecatcher@2113
Sorry buddy for the late reply, the ole ipad was on charge. I was referring to that odious creature boyd. If it insulted any other hun, I am delighted. Lol :)) Bed time beckoning. Night Night Timland, this is a wonderful place when we are all in cinque.
Weefra HH supporting Wee Oscar.
Just on and only just read this page.
TET
The 2 guys who were responsible for Narrow Water are well known. Both were members of the PIRA.
Ps gave my ticket for tomorrow away as I’m down seeing my mammy. What channel is the game on?
TSOAL,
No doubt there was absolute collusion between the Brits and The UVF to carry that out.
Not a chance they would have had the balls to go to Pearse St. without back up.
No chance.
When the media tell a story, I tend to believe them 95% of the time.
It’s the 5 % that bothers me.
Things like…….and this is only a few things that I question.
The Moon Landings
The Oklahoma Bombings
911
Princess Di.
Warrenpoint
Lee Rigby
The Boston Bombings
That is enough to be getting on with >}
Sleep well Timland, things to do and no enough time to do them.
HH
Tet…
You do know that Mountbatten was alleged to be a regular visitor to the Kincora Boys home where all those poor children were abused?
Hamilton Tim,
Ssshh,hope ye had a good Christmas mate
HT-BT Sport
HT
Believe what you will.
I suppose Enoch was a liar as well then >}
Politics mi amigo, tis a dirty game is the politics.
http://aangirfan.blogspot.com.es/2009/10/americans-murdered-mountbatten-and.html
HH
Rye
Yes,that is why I said the story broke again.
HH
No wonder it was called The Dirty War.
Warmonger that he was,no way do I believe Mountbatten was involved in the scandal at Kincora.Preposterous.
A guy at the top of the British Aristocracy in East Belfast at a boys home.FFS. Come on.
Tri R
Brilliant time mate so have come down to keep the auld yin company over the next few days. Hope you and yours are well.
TET
Not talking about Mountbatten mate but Narrow Water was definitely PIRA.
Bada
Shite!! But cheers not sure if I’ll get to see it now! :-(
Tottenham in for Shane Long apparently in a deal of 4 million plus Jermaine Defoe.
Don’t think we stand a hope of getting him.
The Exiled Tim,
Powell was insane in my opinion.
The IRA and INLA were able to carry out the most sophisticated war operations in the world at that time.Why would they have needed assistance from America?
Brit propaganda as usual.
TRC
He was also linked with Saville, go figure.
HH
Ryecatcher,
This board have no intentions of getting involved in deals in those sort of financial terms.
AANGIRFAN
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Had a sneaky peak at the Daily Ranker in McDonalds tonight. Interesting to see that Snodgrass knocked us back when he was younger but stated he thought he would get another chance to play for us.
If Ledley leaves should we put a cheeky bid in for him.?
HH
TRC
Never said they needed help, but they got it.
See when Phil the Greek pops it, the stories will flood out, and when queenie goes, it will be all hands to the pumps to stop the leaks.
HH
Palacio….
Why would we sign Ronald McDonald?