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