Pretty cutting piece on Malky from the Guardian

[Louth]

Seems pretty much spot on to me. The only thing not mentioned was the massive bungs he took on the Cornelius deal.

best comment I've heard on him.given £25m budget and wastes a good chunk of it on a nobody

[LordKenwyne]

best comment I've heard on him.given £25m budget and wastes a good chunk of it on a nobody

Just because 1 deal didn't work out it doesn't mean he was taking bungs.

And Cornelius wasn't a nobody. He is playing in the champions league now even after a terrible injury, what are we doing?

He was bought for 7m. The amount of hysteria on cardiff forums over the deal was ridiculous

[ccfc_is_my_life]

Just because 1 deal didn't work out it doesn't mean he was taking bungs.

And Cornelius wasn't a nobody. He is playing in the champions league now even after a terrible injury, what are we doing?

He was bought for 7m. The amount of hysteria on cardiff forums over the deal was ridiculous

Good grief.

So because Cornelius seems to be playing ok now means he was a great deal at the time?

Cornelius was a nobody really AT THE TIME WE BOUGHT HIM.

Cornelius was handed the number 9 shirt - yes, numbers aren't as relevant as in the past but that was a clear indicator he was bought for the first team.

Mackay bigged him up; only to then claim he was a "project". He knew he'd bought a pup. If it had been a £1m signing then sure, keep him as a project. Billing him as the main man? C'mon, it was a bad buy.

Even now, every game this season for Atalanta he's either been brought off the bench or has been substituted during the game. He's failed to play the full 90 minutes in a single game for them this season.

He's not some prodigy we missed out on. He's somebody bought for a large fee ( not his fault ), who was lauded by the manager ( not his fault ) and turned out to not be good enough ( again, not his fault due to the fee and being bigged up ). He's someone we couldn't afford to carry on a reported 45k a week hoping he'd come good.