MrSpaM Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Absolute disgrace if you ask me http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11704/9308625/cardiff-city-malky-mackay-to-blame-insists-owner-vincent-tan Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan has laid into former manager Malky Mackay, who he still believes wasted money 'on the wrong people.' The Bluebirds propped up the Premier League table in 20th place, finishing seven points from safety after losing 2-1 to Chelsea on the final day of the season. They were just outside the relegation places when Mackay was sacked in late December, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appointed in his place just after the turn of the year. But it is Mackay who Tan holds responsible for City's slump at the top level after winning the Championship last season. Tan said in an interview with Wales Online: "Why wouldn't you blame him for relegation? He took this club to the Championship. "Stupid decisions. This is a manager who knows how to run a business? People ask why I am angry. Wouldn't you be if you hired somebody and this was the kind of performance" "If I had not invested, he couldn't have won promotion. Why didn't he earn promotion with Watford? "He was their manager for two years, finishing 14th and then maybe 16th. "When Dave Jones was here, he took us to the play-offs. Malky Mackay came here as a non-performer at Watford and I gave him £15m to spend. "I say the fans must be asked to use their heads and brains to think, not make decisions from the heart. "Sometimes, when you make decisions from the heart, you don't think straight." As for Mackay's purchases, Tan added: "I gave him a big budget and he spent it on the wrong people. "We were supposed to have a main striker and we signed a 20-year-old (Andreas Cornelius), paying him £45,000 a week. "We paid more than £10m. The reported £7.5m is not the right number. It was over £10m. And, guess what? He hardly started. "Why pay so much for a main striker, pay £45,000 a week, more than Craig Bellamy, and then don't start him? "Stupid decisions. This is a manager who knows how to run a business? People ask why I am angry. Wouldn't you be if you hired somebody and this was the kind of performance?"
AKCJ Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 To be fair, I don't get this Mackay love in. I wouldn't want him near us.
Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Given how much they spunked on bang average players, handing out contracts Sven would of been proud of, I wouldn't be happy either. Cornelius on a 5 year 45k a week deal?
Guest MattP Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 I can't wait until that inevitable day Tan puts himself in charge.
NewburyFox Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Is he aware they were outside of the relegation zone when he fired Malky? Cornelius was obviously a bad signing for that amount of money but it's not as if they were rock bottom having spent loads of money. 37 points would've kept them up, which he was perfectly capable of getting.
MrSpaM Posted 12 May 2014 Author Posted 12 May 2014 "When Dave Jones was here, he took us to the play-offs. Malky Mackay came here as a non-performer at Watford and I gave him £15m to spend." It's this part I really don't understand, why did he even bother appointing him in the first place?!?
Finnaldo Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 I can't wait until that inevitable day Tan puts himself in charge. That'll be next season when they're 5 points off the relegation places and Tan blames the concourse staff for the failure.
Leicesterpool Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Malky is overrated people forget he spent alot of cash to get Cardiff in the premier league but there's no way he deserved the sack! They sat 16th when he was relieved of his duties of his duties and look where they are now!? I think Cardiff we're trying to do a Southampton when they sacked Nigel Adkins!
Super_horns Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Did his coaching staff and Don Cowie under perform with us too? Only Cardiff seemed take keen to take those guys with Malky. Not sure there has been such a public falling out...
LcFc_Smiv Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Doesn't matter how overrated Mackay is, Tan only has himself to blame. Blasting Mackay for bad business sense yet he hired him in the first place and gave him the money to spend. As for Mackay being a "non-performer", he's replaced by Solskjaer, the bloke doesn't have a clue how to run a club, laughable he can blame anyone but himself.
TheUltimateWinner Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Cardiff have sold themselves out. Have no sympathy for anyone involved at that club, deserve all the turmoil they are in.
Soar Fox Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 I love Vincent Tan and what he's doing at Cardiff. Couldn't have happened to a nicer set of fans.
LanguedocFox Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 You look at prats like Tan (and Farwaz at Florist) and it really does make you realise how lucky we are with our owners.
Corky Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Some of Mackay's signings were awful, looking at the fees and wages paid, but the way Tan praises Dave Jones for getting in the play-offs and no credit for Mackay winning the division is rather odd.
One Legged Beaver Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Tan is an absolute nutter Saying that I wouldn't want Mackay here. I find his teams play tediously dull football, granted it was efficient in the Championship, and his signings have been disastrous this season.
Dan Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Couldn't be possibly down to his ridiculous self. Though I don't think Mackay is blameless.
Voll Blau Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Cardiff fans who still attend games deserve everything they get.
suffolk fox Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Mackay apologised to Tan. We don't know what for, but he did apologise. Glad it's all happening in Wales miles away from our club. Pleased too we did not sack Pearson for Ole Gunnar Solsker cos he ain't a good manager either.
J.Lisemore Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 Good. Fvck Cardiff, love whats going on to be honest. Keep it coming.
The Doctor Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 - He got you relegated despite you sacking him with half a season to go and while outside the relegation zone? That's like blaming Megson for our relegation in '08 (despite being mid-table alsorans when he jumped ship).
Kitchandro Posted 12 May 2014 Posted 12 May 2014 This guy is totally insane. He's banging on about how shit he was at Watford (where, incidentally, it was considered that he did quite a decent job) which was where he was before he hired him at Cardiff. Please somebody just shoot him.
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