Malky was an Idiot...... A.A. Won't like this

[Wales-Bales]

Vinnie has a point though. I remember Cornelius picked up an injury soon after he arrived which seemed to drag on forever. Now we know why, Malky must have realised that he had signed a plonker and was just trying to delay the inevitable.

[chepstow]

Best manager weve ever had i wont slag him off.

[Nick]

His career has hardly flourished since though has it?

[chepstow]

His career has hardly flourished since though has it?

Hasnt helped himself has he? But his best days may still be ahead of him?

[Mr Soul '68]

Best manager weve ever had i wont slag him off.

Football, like life in general, is all about opinions.

In my lifetime, and in my point of view, Scoular, Dave Jones, and Eddie May* were all better than Malky.

In Malky's defense though, I do think he would have kept us in the premier league if he hadn't been underminded by Tan

*I wish Eddie had been given the chance to manage at what is now Championship level for a few seasons to test this theory out

[Bobby Dandruff]

Best manager weve ever had i wont slag him off.

Er, what?

[Llanedeyrnblue]

Vinnie has a point though. I remember Cornelius picked up an injury soon after he arrived which seemed to drag on forever. Now we know why, Malky must have realised that he had signed a plonker and was just trying to delay the inevitable.

I wonder if in the future any of the city players of that time will spill the beans on Cornelius's stay at the club

[ccfc_is_my_life]

I wonder if in the future any of the city players of that time will spill the beans on Cornelius's stay at the club

I'd doubt they'd necessarily say it to the media, who really cares after all but possibly in any speaking engagements they do as an anecdote. Had heard rumours he was woeful in training, but those are still just rumours.

The reality is, regardless of how he develops in the future, Mackay and Moody dropped the ball big time. I'd imagine Tan is still furious because it seemed Mackay failed to accept that, instead making excuses. £10m deal, £45k per week, giving the guy the number 9 shirt tends to indicate he was expected to play an integral part of keeping us up. For Mackay to then claim that Acorn was a "project for the future"... can see that would rub Tan up the wrong way, having bigged the player up to get the funds then downplaying him almost immediately.

Caulker was a poor signing imo - shone at Swansea next to Williams. Expecting him to lead our defence? Eh... was caught out of position plenty of times, but seemed immune to criticism. Medel looked decent early on, but second half of the season was fairly anonymous. I'd suggest both signings would have been close to Acorn type failures if we'd not been able to recoup the money spent on them.

Seems to me Tan has been guilty of backing managers almost too much! Trusted Mackay and Moody, trusted Ole, trusted Trollope, gave each of them the funds. Warnock seems to be someone Tan can actually trust without worrying about being burnt on bad deals.

[Cleve van Leef]

I'd doubt they'd necessarily say it to the media, who really cares after all but possibly in any speaking engagements they do as an anecdote. Had heard rumours he was woeful in training, but those are still just rumours.

The reality is, regardless of how he develops in the future, Mackay and Moody dropped the ball big time. I'd imagine Tan is still furious because it seemed Mackay failed to accept that, instead making excuses. £10m deal, £45k per week, giving the guy the number 9 shirt tends to indicate he was expected to play an integral part of keeping us up. For Mackay to then claim that Acorn was a "project for the future"... can see that would rub Tan up the wrong way, having bigged the player up to get the funds then downplaying him almost immediately.

Caulker was a poor signing imo - shone at Swansea next to Williams. Expecting him to lead our defence? Eh... was caught out of position plenty of times, but seemed immune to criticism. Medel looked decent early on, but second half of the season was fairly anonymous. I'd suggest both signings would have been close to Acorn type failures if we'd not been able to recoup the money spent on them.

Seems to me Tan has been guilty of backing managers almost too much! Trusted Mackay and Moody, trusted Ole, trusted Trollope, gave each of them the funds. Warnock seems to be someone Tan can actually trust without worrying about being burnt on bad deals.

Well said.