Quote Originally Posted by NYCBlue View Post
He's won a League 2 title and a League 1 title the following season. With two different teams. In the last five years. He's not the best manager out there, but he was the best manager available to Cardiff City today. And the club apparently spoke to him first.
No, they apparently contacted Eddie Howe first, and he predictably declined.

And there is no way he’s the best manager available to us. I have no doubt one or more of Pulis, Hughes, Jokanovic or Pearson may have shown interest.

These are managers with proven CV’s for a club with Premier League aspirations, as opposed to some bloke who’s won lower league titles.

I’m hardly enthralled by McCarthy’s appointment, but his achievements are far greater than Cook’s.