Mehmet Dalman " MALKY WILL BE FULLY BACKED BY OUR CLUB "

Monday 9th December 2013.

Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman insists the board will give Malky Mackay the support he needs to keep the club in the Premier League.

After a positive start to their first top-flight campaign for 51 years, the Welsh club have suffered a slump in form that has dragged them towards the wrong end of the table.

A 2-0 defeat at resurgent Crystal Palace on Saturday left Cardiff in 16th place, as they extended their unwanted record to five league games without a win.

With a tough run of fixtures coming up that will see them take on West Brom, Southampton and fellow strugglers Sunderland at home before the turn of the year, as well as a trip to in-form Liverpool, questions have been raised as to whether the club will need to strengthen in January to avoid being sucked into a relegation dogfight.

Yet Dalman has revealed that the board have always been fully united in their desire to give boss Mackay their backing, and that is not about to change.

"As a board, our responsibility is to support the club - the club is the focus," he told Perform.

"I think if Malky were stood here he would agree we've already given him quite a lot of support when we were in the Championship when he came in.

"The owner of the club, Vincent Tan, has pumped in quite a lot of money over the last year - I think we were the seventh-highest spenders in the transfer market (in the close-season), just above Manchester United.

"So from that perspective, we are fully committed to the amount of money we have available, and of course in the future we will see how things go.

"In any business you have to be prudent in any planning you do. At the end of the day, we're here to support the club, including the manager, and run it as successfully and profitably as we can."

Asked specifically what funds might be available to bolster the squad in the next transfer window, Dalman insisted that it would be down to Mackay to draw up his list of potential targets first.

"I hope (there will be money available)," he added. "We haven't had that discussion. It really is something the manager has to decide.

"It's his decision for him to tell us what he needs, then it's up to me to set the budgets that may be there, or may not be there as the case may be, and we will manage it going forward.

"We have a strong team; we're fully united and we're committed to getting everyone on the same page. He (Mackay) is always knocking on my door, but not necessarily for money."

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Thankfully the stories I was being told have not to come to fruition and Our Chairman(Tans Appointment) says they are fully backing Malky, I am chuffed but in Shock

Malky here till at least May 2014

Thankfully the stories I was being told have not to come to fruition and Our Chairman(Tans Appointment) says they are fully backing Malky, I am chuffed but in Shock

Malky here till at least May 2014

Annis you weren't the only one being told that Malky was getting the chop, I heard exactly the same but like you say thankfully it seems that Malky has got the backing and I am glad, we need to unite behind our manager and see this season through to its end with a common goal between us all, survival

Thankfully the stories I was being told have not to come to fruition and Our Chairman(Tans Appointment) says they are fully backing Malky, I am chuffed but in Shock

Malky here till at least May 2014

annis you need to lie down in a darkened room!

Thankfully the stories I was being told have not to come to fruition and Our Chairman(Tans Appointment) says they are fully backing Malky, I am chuffed but in Shock

Malky here till at least May 2014

tut tut annis

Not the dreaded vote of confidence? Malky in more trouble than I thought!

Seriously, let's ALL get behind Malky and the club!

Makes moody-gate even more intriguing.

Makes moody-gate even more intriguing.

moody was shit end of ,the new guy coming in will blow him out of the water

How many times has a chairman come out backing his manager,then only days later sack him

How many times has a chairman come out backing his manager,then only days later sack him

usually true! but i think its the wording of the statement that is different to a vote of confidence? hes expecting malky to be around for jan window ect ect

How many times has a chairman come out backing his manager,then only days later sack him

I was going to say the same

It's like the Mafia. Before they kill you they come smiling and patting you on the back then folks coup de grace.

I was going to say that many will say the backing is the prelude to the sacking. But i am too late

How many times has a chairman come out backing his manager,then only days later sack him

usually true! but i think its the wording of the statement that is different to a vote of confidence? hes expecting malky to be around for jan window ect ect

To be honest mehmet can say what he wants,it's tan that does the hiring and firing

I think the indicators are that Dalman is the main reason Malky is here now. And he clearly has a good opinion of him. It's all a game of who blinks first and in this case I think it was a lot of our fans.

How many times has a chairman come out backing his manager,then only days later sack him

usually true! but i think its the wording of the statement that is different to a vote of confidence? hes expecting malky to be around for jan window ect ect

To be honest mehmet can say what he wants,it's tan that does the hiring and firing

yes but dont think statement would be put out without tans knowledge of what was in it>? as he's suppose to be the great dictator??

good point, maybe Dalman will be sacked for that

Lets hope he sorts himself and the team out then.

Lets hope he sorts himself and the team out then.

AMEN to that!

How many times has a chairman come out backing his manager,then only days later sack him

usually true! but i think its the wording of the statement that is different to a vote of confidence? hes expecting malky to be around for jan window ect ect

To be honest mehmet can say what he wants,it's tan that does the hiring and firing

yes but dont think statement would be put out without tans knowledge of what was in it>? as he's suppose to be the great dictator??

Is that the same tan who sacked moody for supposedly over spending?

Pity, when Jan comes and Malky buys cover for LB and a youth striker we can all be proud we didn't get a manager who likes attacking football in.

How many times has a chairman come out backing his manager,then only days later sack him

usually true! but i think its the wording of the statement that is different to a vote of confidence? hes expecting malky to be around for jan window ect ect

To be honest mehmet can say what he wants,it's tan that does the hiring and firing

yes but dont think statement would be put out without tans knowledge of what was in it>? as he's suppose to be the great dictator??

Is that the same tan who sacked moody for supposedly over spending?

considering we underspent by 4mil (quote) moody! not sure how true that can be?

How many times has a chairman come out backing his manager,then only days later sack him

usually true! but i think its the wording of the statement that is different to a vote of confidence? hes expecting malky to be around for jan window ect ect

To be honest mehmet can say what he wants,it's tan that does the hiring and firing

yes but dont think statement would be put out without tans knowledge of what was in it>? as he's suppose to be the great dictator??

Is that the same tan who sacked moody for supposedly over spending?

considering we underspent by 4mil (quote) moody! not sure how true that can be?

Its supposedly the reason he was sacked if you believe many posters on here,but like you said everything goes through tan so basically a smoke screen,same as mehmets words,when tan wants malkys gone

How many times has a chairman come out backing his manager,then only days later sack him

usually true! but i think its the wording of the statement that is different to a vote of confidence? hes expecting malky to be around for jan window ect ect

To be honest mehmet can say what he wants,it's tan that does the hiring and firing

yes but dont think statement would be put out without tans knowledge of what was in it>? as he's suppose to be the great dictator??

Is that the same tan who sacked moody for supposedly over spending?

considering we underspent by 4mil (quote) moody! not sure how true that can be?

Its supposedly the reason he was sacked if you believe many posters on here,but like you said everything goes through tan so basically a smoke screen,same as mehmets words,when tan wants malkys gone

but thats not nothing any other owner would do? so cant blame tan in reality

yes if malky goes its tans choice no one elses! but way i see it, thats not going to happen unless we are bottom at xmas

How many times has a chairman come out backing his manager,then only days later sack him

usually true! but i think its the wording of the statement that is different to a vote of confidence? hes expecting malky to be around for jan window ect ect

To be honest mehmet can say what he wants,it's tan that does the hiring and firing

yes but dont think statement would be put out without tans knowledge of what was in it>? as he's suppose to be the great dictator??

Is that the same tan who sacked moody for supposedly over spending?

considering we underspent by 4mil (quote) moody! not sure how true that can be?

Its supposedly the reason he was sacked if you believe many posters on here,but like you said everything goes through tan so basically a smoke screen,same as mehmets words,when tan wants malkys gone

but thats not nothing any other owner would do? so cant blame tan in reality

yes if malky goes its tans choice no one elses! but way i see it, thats not going to happen unless we are bottom at xmas

Anything can happen in football,especially at cardiff city,for me malky deserves to stay,but time will tell

How many times has a chairman come out backing his manager,then only days later sack him

usually true! but i think its the wording of the statement that is different to a vote of confidence? hes expecting malky to be around for jan window ect ect

To be honest mehmet can say what he wants,it's tan that does the hiring and firing

yes but dont think statement would be put out without tans knowledge of what was in it>? as he's suppose to be the great dictator??

Is that the same tan who sacked moody for supposedly over spending?

considering we underspent by 4mil (quote) moody! not sure how true that can be?

Its supposedly the reason he was sacked if you believe many posters on here,but like you said everything goes through tan so basically a smoke screen,same as mehmets words,when tan wants malkys gone

but thats not nothing any other owner would do? so cant blame tan in reality

yes if malky goes its tans choice no one elses! but way i see it, thats not going to happen unless we are bottom at xmas

Anything can happen in football,especially at cardiff city,for me malky deserves to stay,but time will tell

yes hope he stays but hey your right time will tell

Thankfully the stories I was being told have not to come to fruition and Our Chairman(Tans Appointment) says they are fully backing Malky, I am chuffed but in Shock

Malky here till at least May 2014

Hate to say I told you so... but!!!! ; )

From an outsider point of view, it see,s some are reading the headline rather than the content. that doesnt seem like a backing of any sort of certainty.

The language os very much of "we have to do whats best for the club" and saying that they have "already backed him with money" recognising the club have spent the 7th highest amount in the premier league.. When drawn on the future he says "we will see how things go".





"As a board, our responsibility is to support the club - the club is the focus," he told Perform.

"I think if Malky were stood here he would agree we've already given him quite a lot of support when we were in the Championship when he came in.

"The owner of the club, Vincent Tan, has pumped in quite a lot of money over the last year - I think we were the seventh-highest spenders in the transfer market (in the close-season), just above Manchester United.

"So from that perspective, we are fully committed to the amount of money we have available, and of course in the future we will see how things go.

From an outsider point of view, it see,s some are reading the headline rather than the content. that doesnt seem like a backing of any sort of certainty.

The language os very much of "we have to do whats best for the club" and saying that they have "already backed him with money" recognising the club have spent the 7th highest amount in the premier league.. When drawn on the future he says "we will see how things go".





"As a board, our responsibility is to support the club - the club is the focus," he told Perform.

"I think if Malky were stood here he would agree we've already given him quite a lot of support when we were in the Championship when he came in.

"The owner of the club, Vincent Tan, has pumped in quite a lot of money over the last year - I think we were the seventh-highest spenders in the transfer market (in the close-season), just above Manchester United.

"So from that perspective, we are fully committed to the amount of money we have available, and of course in the future we will see how things go.

think its more you plucking statements out of context! tat way can sound completely different

Also heard he was a certainty for the chop within the next couple of weeks so very surprised at this announcement from the guy who only recently stated that Tan is very ambitious and doesn't just want to survive in the Premiership. I guess Dalman believes that Malkay can shine as long as he has a grey haired footballing maestro alongside him or its at least worth trying to avoid paying out compensation.

Hopefully the football will become more exciting once this aging footballing maestro is appointed as i'm afraid that whilst Malkay has many attributes we have come to love, there is no doubt, as shown this year and last year, he has his limitations when it comes to playing attacking football. It was dire last year with Cowie and Whitts in the Championship and yet they are now first choices in the Premiership despite it being obvious to most of us that both players are even less effective at this level.

It shouldn't be forgotten that the Kim, Gunnarsson and Mutch midfield that got us out of the Championship was forced upon Mackay and I can't help feeling that as in American Football, we need a forwards 'coach/director of football' to go along with what is a pretty good defensive coach/manager. Hopefully the blend of experience and inexperience will work if egos allow as I like Malkay and there are far too many managers whose reward for getting clubs to the promised land is to get sacked within a few months of being there!