OSG Prem: Cardiff City Disintegrating

And everyone is pointing their collective fingers at owner Vincent Tan and his lack of understanding what it means to be a successful franchise in the Premier League...

First, Tan decided that the Bluebirds would change their colors to red...
Which angered the fans no end... and a lot of them still wear blue at home games...

Then, Tan let Iain Moody go as (what Americans would call) Director of Player Personnel... inserting a friend of the family who was in his mid-20's and didn't have his proper paperwork to even be qualified in the job...

Here's manager Malky Mackay talking about that at the time of the rearrangement...


Then, with Cardiff City being in the middle of the table and Mackay looking to make additions in the January signing period, Tan went off on his manager who, he feels, is asking for too much:

From Cardiff Chief Executive Simon Lim:

"Tan Sri Vincent Tan was extremely upset to read quotes from the manager concerning the possibility of new recruits, before he had been informed whether funds would be made available."

"He believes that doing so unfairly raises supporter expectations, placing unnecessary pressure on the club.

"His view is that due to the funds already committed, including the originally authorised summer transfer budget of £35m that rose to £50m in total, including add-ons, the manager has been fully supported.

"The overspending of £15m has upset Tan Sri greatly, resulting in the removal on Iain Moody as head of recruitment. As such, he has stated that not a single penny will be made available in January.

"Having been the highest-spending promoted club and the seventh-highest spender in the Premier League last summer, the owner believes that the manager has been given the best possible chance of retaining our Premier League status."

With all of this angst going on in the headlines, the question was asked whether or not Mackay would be sticking around or if he thought that Tan was going to fire him, too...

Watch the end...


Mackay was interviewed on BBC Radio Wales: "I will not resign from my post. I was surprised obviously, but at the same time my job doesn't change.

"It's a job only three-quarters done as far as I'm concerned - making Cardiff a sustainable Premier League team.

"I have a great group of players who are competing at this level and enjoying this level. The fans are enjoying being at this level and my duty is to make sure we continue to do that.

"It would be wrong of me to walk away from a job because the owner doesn't want to give me more money in January."

So, odds are that Tan will execute another short-fuse act after another illogical loss- and Mackay will end up on another sideline very soon...