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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N ,further..Mair
Baith.. Efe.. at times..n.. Virgil..at Mair Times
Are the Only Two blokes.. at present in the Team.
Who Behave..in the Kinda way..that Kojo. Yearns.. tae see… oor Mid Fielders behave.
And that is A Perfect Way. tae break doon a Stuffy Ten Man Defensive set Up.
and Virgil sure Showed Wan of they “TIMES”..in Spades..in Yesterday’s Game!
Ah hiv never seen.. Ledley.. dae Sucha Magnificent n Courageous Thingmy.. as Virgil Did.
n ,Ah am Sure. that Ah Nevah ..Wull.
Broonie, sometimes diz.. but, he is inclined tae hit the ba’ TOO FAR in front of Himself..and therefore,his Runs intae Enemy Territory.. usually.. come tae Naught.. as he Loses Possession of the Football,at the critical time..
Yes..Folks..
Believe it or No..
A Mid Fieldeer..should be able taae Tak oan a Man.and Beat him…
At least Noo n Again..
Ah don’t believe that Ah hiv seen Ledley perform that Feat.. Wance!
Mebbe,he hiz.. but, Ah musta hiv bin going tae Re-Fill Ma Glass.. at the Time
Kojo
Still. Laughin.
Professor Green. As a player I can take or leave Joe but there are many much more knowledgable people in football matters than me who rate him very highly.The monetary figures I have given are from an insider on the football circuit. I can see know reason why he would make the figures higher than they are but I do not ask you to believe me I merely pass on the figures I have been told and as I said earlier we will see what transpires.H.H.
the spirit of arthur lee
21:07 on 28 December, 2013
Lol✊
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Weefra….
Fat Marty Pellow is indeed an odious git but facts are facts.
The chubby Hun bassa scores more for Killie than our combined strike force do for us.
“McGrory of Arsenal just never sounded as good as McGrory of Celtic,”
Jimmy McGrory CSC
The Spirit of Arthur Lee
Hiya,Pal.. Nice tae chat,awhile..
Yes.. Commons is quite Prolific..
But..
He is Not ..Kojo’s Idea ..of A Mid Fielder..
Commons ,is More in the Lines of an Old Fashioned.. Inside Left..
He is a good Wan of Them..’
But wiz talking aboot whit Ah expect fae a Mid fielder..
besides,a few ither things..
‘
Ah Expect a
Celtic Middy tae be .. first n Foremost a PROVIDER of Fodder fur oor Strike Force..
Commons, diz that.. but.. only oan Occasion
Na.. Ah want a Mid Fielder.. a Guy wi Guile.. who
Maks oor Mid Field… West Cloack.. Tick over.. like a Patek Philippe!
fk
Mulgrew is a better footballer than Ledley,and IMO more valuable to Celtic.
Gerald766
In which case what is the point of a football blog
And ….what does it have to do with an individuals intellectual capacity
I found your inappropriate use of capitals and your tone condescending …overall not conducive to civilised debate
Not sure I care for a reply
!!Bada Bing!!
Even injured?
Love
joe filippis haircut
Fair Play, if that’s your information. Hard to believe that’s all. Hail hail
bournesouprecipe
20:48 on 28 December, 2013
can I have raspberry
Balde following in Bonnes footprints
Let’s hope not,
Kojo are you not being a wee bit premature this week?
It is usually an hour before the match that you appear with your “positioning” post denouncing the line-up, Neil Lennon’s inability to see the world in the way you see it, and foretelling doom for the Celts. I could write tomorrow’s for you but you already have a couple of made up amanuenses to do your self-praise for you.
17 SPL matches so far and all bar one, I seem to recall, was greeted in this way. 17 times you have been wrong but you still post the bombast and expect to be taken seriously.
Is it no time, at your age, that you dropped the wind-up schtick and spoke a little more honestly. This blog does not need Walter Mitty. The Daily Record can supply that need better than this.
You don’t believe what you say. I don’t believe what you say. It’s just empty La-La noises. Does Airdrie not have a public library or cinema? Do you have nothing to say honestly to us that you will not contradict, with equal bluster, two minutes later?
It is tiresome and dispiriting. It is bringing the place down.
Try a New Year’s resolution to be more honest.
!!bada bing!!
21:23 on 28 December, 2013
Mulgrew is a better footballer than Ledley,and IMO more valuable to Celtic.
And both are as slow as a week in the jail.
Gotta Scamper.. Hit the Slopes… afore is gets too Mushy
Kojo
Still, Laughin
Kojo
Is heading for a night oooot in Stand
Enjoy
If ole Joe Ledley gets paid £60,000 a week, he’ll need to have his name changed to Dick Turpin.
BlackBess CSC
Has anything been seen or heard from auld mad Leggo since the Orc AGM?
Has he drowned in a sea of whisky scented pash from his trouser legs?
Has he been pushed off a cliff in a burning bus?
setting free the bears supports res. 12 & oscar knox
21:27 on 28 December, 2013
Airdrie still has a Public Library but alas no Cinema…sorry couldn’t resist…
bournesouprecipe
At least he wore a mask!
…
BSR
He’d be a difficult man to catch …going by his invisible man routine ..
http://news.sky.com/story/1187957/fa-to-probe-anelka-gesture
nobody would have noticed if it was against the Irish
Lennybhoy 21-37
Perfect sense
Setting Free the Bears
Still. At it..?
Denouning Poor Old Kojo??
Well. Keep at it pal..it gie ye something tae write aboot..
Which.You Find ..Awfy Hard tae Come By.. at least , according tae the dreary
submissions which ye offer this Forum..which ye submit fae time tae time
Nae Oomph..in yer writing Pal.
It’s .. well.. Torpid n Lacklustre..
And
If ye Believe that Kojo comes fae Airdrie..
well..
Here is a wee Propositon tae you frum Kojo…
Send an E Mail.. tae Sir Paul
And Ask him. . jist wher diz Kojo comes fae..
and he wull confirm . that Kojo..
Resides.. Maistly..in Las Vegas..
although..
No Always..
Like Noo.. Ah am in … Idaho..
Nevertheless…
Ye wull no send an e mail tae Sir Paul
fur..ye don’t wanta really Know where Kojo Comes fae.. dae ye???
Ye wid rather..
Mak up Tall stories oaf Where ye HOPES that Kojo comes fae
Yes.. Ah come fae Las Vegas.
and.
You Don’t.
Kojo..
Stil Laughin’
the spirit of arthur lee
21:24 on 28 December, 2013!!Bada Bing!!Even injured?Love
Which one :)
It’s getting icy outside…………
………..think I’ll go out for a slide……………..
WeeMan CSC
‘amanuenses’
CQN word of the day
*opens new tab for online dictionary*
….pfayr supports weeoscar
21:38 on 28 December, 2013
Most sense I have posted here…I blame the iPad…
Prof Green
ha CSC
PF
Peter Brady with a beard?
Is Plains now Idaho?
Torpidbuthonest csc
Charles K
I saw that story, reckon Anelka’s in soapy.
Lennybhoy
You could always just be stupid cause you don’t think Ledley is a great player :-)))
bournesouprecipe
21:45 on 28 December, 2013
can’t see him talking himself out of this one – soapy indeed
The trouble with denigrating ‘contract rebels’ *copyright MSM* is that they might pull on the ole Hoops again.
Then you have to say you were only kiddin – great player, mon the Hoops.
BRS
Like Vic Davidson
Nice One
….pfayr supports weeoscar
21:46 on 28 December, 2013:
I am stupid then…:)
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
bournesouprecipe
21:41 on
28 December, 2013
‘amanuenses’
CQN word of the day
*opens new tab for online dictionary*
Did exactly the same myself – everyday a school day on cqn…
Tsoal
If that Brown stat is correct, it backs up my view that he’s well overrated.