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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macjay
Aye, ok then
Let’s all believe what the msm tells us, dearie me, what else can they say ffs.
Shout away.
HH
Exiled Tim,
Not being smart mate.Who are you on about?
Saville or Jimmy Savile?
TCR
Sorry my spelling is no the may west, the latter, added an extra L.
HH
THE EXILED TIM-Free the Dam 5
00:24 on
29 December, 2013
macjay
Aye, ok then
Let’s all believe what the msm tells us, dearie me, what else can they say ffs.
Shout away.
Didn`t shout.
Copied and pasted.
Exiled Tim,
I’m no arguing wae ye buddy,I’m always on your side hahaha.
The fella who was convicted of killing Mountbatten was Tommy McMahon from Carrickmacross,Co Monaghan.My mammy God rest her,came from there too.She knew his family well.It’s no secret mate.The IRA’s intelligence was the best in the world,they needed no help.Certainly not from America.
ryecatcher
00:22 on
29 December, 2013
Palacio….
Why would we sign Ronald McDonald?
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Cause he is better than some of the clowns we’ve got…… Boom Boom
HH
So anyway , my buddies time back home is over. Just bid adieu to my best bud Teuchter who has been back home for Christmas with his mammy and leaves early doors tomorrow for Canadia.
A heavy few days , need to dry out tomorrow.
Stories were magic.
Hail Hail bro and safe journey
So Dougie Dougie is back working as an Advisor for the SFA?!
MWD
http://twitpic.com/dqcdjw
MWD
MWD-You joking?
Hamilton Tim,
Seriously,quietest Christmas I ever had.Was working just prior too Christmas Day,then yesterday.Back on Monday then working tae nine on Hogmanay.Back again on the 2nd.
Havin a nice wee swally tonight.
bada check the twitpic link!
MWD
macjay
I know you did, what else can they say without your shouty bit, they get arrested, tis no rocket science.
You just keep believing, fine by me.
I remember no that long ago they told us we were all paranoid, the huns never cheated, the sfa were as straight as a die….and now they tell us….what do they tell us ???
HH
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TCR
Deals were done, the politics of the time, far too many went to jail for things they didn’t do mi amigo.
Deffo need to retire now.
Take care and god bless.
HH
KTF
Moonbeams,
How are ye buddy?
Well,well.
Dougie back again.
Exiled Tim,
Ok mate take care.God Bless.
Not too bad Tric. And yourself? How is Derry keeping you?
Dougie Dougie eh! Only surprised it took so long.
MWD
Burghbhoy,
Teuchter ar la…Tiochfaidh ar la…we’ll get that pint yet.
Safe journey if you are looking in.
Burghbhoy
It was my pleasure mate.
Did you survive the bold O’Hara tonight?
Look forward to your visit in the summer – You have a Celtic bar to officially open.
God bless you and the family. And of course the ole operator.
Hail Hail
Teuchter ar la
Wonder what happened to Steven Craven? Oh wait. That’s right! Silly me.
MWD
TCR
When you talk of the devil…..Eh! :-)
Evening All,
In t’pub tonight and a couple were in celebrating their 45 Wedding Anniversary….
And, his missus sent him up to sing a song called ‘Dumbarton Rock’….
Never heard it before but, sounded excellent, so, all you DUMBERS -:)
Put a link up for the rest of us to enjoy, apparently you were all educated… somewhere_:)))
Moonbeams,
Aye same old mucks.ye know that old bed,feed and bevvy here for ye anytime.
I mean anytime.Noo,has oor Peter not got anything to say about this farce?
MWD-Scandalous
TAL,
Hahaha.
Where do you hail from again?
Oor Peter – doesn’t have much to say unless it’s about thd clubs own fans now-a-days!
MWD
Haven’t scrolled back so don’t know in what context ye are discussing possible collusion between American Intelligence and the Provos.. The Authorities in the Maze went to huge lengths to destabilise the inmates, changing blocks, blindfolding them when they were leaving blocks and painting the entire place in a light brown shitey colour which in time affected the prisoners capacity to assess distances. However ’twas all in vain as the boys were in possession of the most detailed of maps provided by the American Space Programme and accordingly knew every inch of the prison. I suspect the info came from sympathisers rather than official Government sources. A few of the posters here were on the blanket protest in the Maze, I’d be interested in hearing their opinion.
Caltontongs,
Does it start wae,on the 12th day of July to old Dumbarton town,?
Dougie Dougie, deary me, how predictably bent of the SFA!
The headline that caught my eye though was wee Supper Sally saying ” we have to stop ten in a row” Has he not got a diddy team to run instead of worrying instead of worrying what the Giants Of Scottish Football are doing!!
Silly Billy..someone throw him a pie!
Corkcelt,
I know about three lurkers,all ex prisoners a wee bit sheepish to come on.hahaha.
Macanbheatha will be on no doubt.
TCR
Wee village in West Lothian- Winchburgh bud.
And a great wee club…….You don’t even have to learn Gaelic :-)
God bless and thanks for the good wishes.
HH
Teuchter ar la
Tricoloured Ribbon
00:54 on
29 December, 2013
Caltontongs,
Does it start wae,on the 12th day of July to old Dumbarton town,?
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I was out having a smoke when he went up to sing and missed the beginning but, caught the rest. It was different from the usual and very good.
The sweary words were excellent.
Kind of OLD JUNGLE….
And here i was gonna post this afternoon that Dallas jnr was just the start of the plan
to get back at us.
need to feck that crystal ball oot the window.
Yep Tri, himself and Big Bones had a bit of a chat about their stay in HM 5 Star Hotel one night.
Teuchter,
For some reason I thought you were a Glaswegian.
This is a spooky scenario mate.I know people from Winchburgh…
Tomorrows Scotsman (Link from TSFM)
More fat Sally nonsense
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/numbers-don-t-add-up-for-rangers-boss-ally-mccoist-1-3249510
TCR
It’s a small world mate.If they are locals I’ll know them.
If they have been there less than 20 years then I know someone that will.
First and foremost….
MWD – Thoughts, prayers and positive outcomes being sent to you and your family. Another of those strange propinquities of life… as I scroll by to log on – your post sticks out – I hope all are safe albeit wounded.
I haven’t posted since getting back from Barcelona.
WDH – thank you for that experience – truly amazing.
Pablo’s family – OUTSTANDING
CQN – OUTSTANDING
and a few posts (again through fate, synchronicity or propinquity) I found myself stumbling across whilst skimming…. Travellerbhoy – Never underestimate the power of this blog or the positive energy that it brings…. Your circumstances are akin to mine… and here was me bemoaning the fact I never saw them wake on Christmas day! Yours is a story to be told my Celtic friend KTF. Some of the nightshift posts after you posted brought a tear to my eye.
BJMAC – COMPLETE and UTTER RESPECT – what a guy
Back to football – 6 points lost before Christmas and a Champs league experience to boot….. and after Victor comes VVD – play on the positives….. and the resurgence of Emilio…. well what else can I say other that – I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you all(even hun lurkers and churnalists) A very happy and prosperous 2014
And a wee tune to leave ya all with – SoT & DBBIA will probably appreciate this more than most – LOVE & respect to you all – MWD – Thoughts with ya bro…. I haven’t read back so can only hope all is well x
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_BTq8e6M-k
Wel terusten CQN
Teuchtar ar la
Are you originally from Fife?
TT