' Sam Hammam backs him '

Friday 27th June 2014.

Cardiff City: Sam Hammam backs 'level-headed' Solskjaer

Former Cardiff City chairman Sam Hammam has backed manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ahead of their Championship return.
Club life president Hammam also warned Cardiff face competition from "ambitious" rivals for promotion.

Norwegian Solskjaer succeeded sacked Malky Mackay in January, but could not prevent them being relegated after one season in the Premier League.

"He's [Solskjaer] level-headed and what is more he's organised," said Hammam, who left as chairman in October, 2006.
"He's not the type to come in and say 'give me money', then 'give me more money and give me more money and give me wages'.

Cardiff's first five league games
August:

8 Fri: Blackburn (a)

16 Sat: Huddersfield (h)

19 Tues: Wigan (h)

23 Sat: Wolves (a)

30 Sat: Fulham (a)

"I think the guy is level-headed and he's agreeing with the people who are running the club on a day-to-day basis."
In the wake of the Scotsman's departure, Hammam said Mackay had to shoulder most of the blame for the loss the club has made in the transfer market, which, it was alleged, cost the club millions.

In May Mackay apologised "without reservation" to club owner Vincent Tan over the issues that led to his December, 2013 sacking.
And while Hammam backed former Molde boss Solskjaer, he also said while the Bluebirds have a good chance of promotion at the end of the 2014-15 campaign, they will not be the only serious contenders.
"Let's face it we're not the only club with a [Premier League] parachute payment," the Lebanon-born businessman told BBC Radio Wales.
"I think there are nine clubs on different kinds of parachute payment, could be one or two less.
"But there are a lot of clubs with ambition, a lot of clubs with rich owners and a lot of clubs who would be spending money.
"In absolute terms we look at ourselves - yes I think we have a good chance of making it - it depends how many [players] stay, how many go and I do like some of the players that have come in.
"And I always liked Solskjaer. Don't forget Solskjaer came from Molde, which is the club which is owned by the Norwegian guy who bought Wimbledon from me [in 2000] and I've been to Molde 30 times.

"So I know Norwegian football and personally I have a lot of time for Solskjaer. And I wish him luck."

Cardiff's Championship campaign begins at Blackburn Rovers on Friday, 8 August.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Sounds like Sam is Stirring the Shit again.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Based on what? Why is he a yes man?

Sounds like Sam is Stirring the Shit again.

seconded!

What's all this "we" he talks about???

What's all this "we" he talks about???

It means Cardiff City. He's life president.

Do you question when Tan or Solskjaer says "we"?

Sounds like Sam is Stirring the Shit again.

seconded!

What's all this "we" he talks about???

What's he shit stirring then?

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

We all yes men when it comes to work baz to a certain degree

Ole aint no different I suppose

Sounds like Sam is Stirring the Shit again.

seconded!

What's all this "we" he talks about???

The other thing is that certain people seem to have quietened down on the anti-tan agenda the last few days and now this comes out. hhmmmmm

Sounds like Sam is Stirring the Shit again.

seconded!

What's all this "we" he talks about???

What's he shit stirring then?

I think it's a point of if Sam open's his mouth it means that controversy isn't far away.

Interesting that the guy who owns Molde is the same guy who bought Wimbledon from Sam. I wonder if Sam had a word in Tans ear on Ole and Tan knowing his name agreed.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Sounds like Sam is Stirring the Shit again.

seconded!

What's all this "we" he talks about???

What's he shit stirring then?

I think it's a point of if Sam open's his mouth it means that controversy isn't far away.

What's he said that's stirring shit?

He's just said he likes our manager and thinks malky has to take some blame for getting us relegated.

Sounds like Sam is Stirring the Shit again.

seconded!

What's all this "we" he talks about???

What's he shit stirring then?

I think it's a point of if Sam open's his mouth it means that controversy isn't far away.

What's he said that's stirring shit?

He's just said he likes our manager and thinks malky has to take some blame for getting us relegated.

You're right, there may be nothing to it and there maybe nothing outright in that article. Just seems strange that all of a sudden he's come out and said something, I think a few of us have our reservations based on past dealings

Well as most posters know, I am not so confident regarding Ole and I will be fully behind Ole next season and the team as usual, but I am very cautious regarding next season.

Plus I dont agree with Sam, Vincent Tan, Simon Lim and Malky Mackay all have to take the blame for our losses in the transfer market.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Plus, "in exchange for Tan making me life president, I must kiss his backside and slate Malky on his behalf".

Cornelius aside, we will make profits from pretty much every signing Malky has made I think, apart from Velikonja, perhaps Maynard and other players 30 plus obviously like Helguson and Smith. When you consider how our club gained financially from Premiership football, the players Malky brought in on frees who we can sell, plus gems like Mutch and Noone, Malky did very, very well in the transfer market for us. Gary Medel has shown what a quality player he is in the World Cup and I think we will get our money back from him. We should also get our money back from Caulker. Cornelius aside, Malky hasn't done much wrong at all in the market.

Obviously, I will support Ole and hope the players he's brought in will improve us and give us the attacking edge we lacked at times under Malky.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Plus, "in exchange for Tan making me life president, I must kiss his backside and slate Malky on his behalf".

Cornelius aside, we will make profits from pretty much every signing Malky has made I think, apart from Velikonja, perhaps Maynard and other players 30 plus obviously like Helguson and Smith. When you consider how our club gained financially from Premiership football, the players Malky brought in on frees who we can sell, plus gems like Mutch and Noone, Malky did very, very well in the transfer market for us. Gary Medel has shown what a quality player he is in the World Cup and I think we will get our money back from him. We should also get our money back from Caulker. Cornelius aside, Malky hasn't done much wrong at all in the market.

Obviously, I will support Ole and hope the players he's brought in will improve us and give us the attacking edge we lacked at times under Malky.

I have to agree with you on many things in your post there

Yeah he didn't waste 1.5 million on Brayford to replace him a few weeks later with KTC. He didn't sign odemwingie an use him as a lone striker.

None of that happend it was just cornelious.

An Mutch and Noone are stupidly over rated on this board. We won't make money on them.

Will Malky make a overall profit or loss on the players he bought or sold, time will tell on that one, so far it isnt looking good and I think we will struggle to lose a few as well. Lets not forget people like Smith who has been a constant strain on the club since we signed him.

Malky did good and bad, most of the good coming early and most the bad coming in the last year.

If Ole is a yes man though im not sure what that made Malky

Mmmmmmmm

Saw Errol in Asda in the week and he said this comment was coming out. Said there was a hidden meaning.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Plus, "in exchange for Tan making me life president, I must kiss his backside and slate Malky on his behalf".

Cornelius aside, we will make profits from pretty much every signing Malky has made I think, apart from Velikonja, perhaps Maynard and other players 30 plus obviously like Helguson and Smith. When you consider how our club gained financially from Premiership football, the players Malky brought in on frees who we can sell, plus gems like Mutch and Noone, Malky did very, very well in the transfer market for us. Gary Medel has shown what a quality player he is in the World Cup and I think we will get our money back from him. We should also get our money back from Caulker. Cornelius aside, Malky hasn't done much wrong at all in the market.

Obviously, I will support Ole and hope the players he's brought in will improve us and give us the attacking edge we lacked at times under Malky.

Very brave statement from TB.

As far as I am concerned we have had our monies worth from the likes of Helguson and Smith. We were unlucky with Maynard and Velikonja was just one of those signings with little loss.

As for last seasons signing time will tell ifwe get our money back on Caulker and Medel. With them two favourites to leave us if we do make a loss it is not going to me as much as others think, I'm confident of that.




I have to agree with you on many things in your post there

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Plus, "in exchange for Tan making me life president, I must kiss his backside and slate Malky on his behalf".

Cornelius aside, we will make profits from pretty much every signing Malky has made I think, apart from Velikonja, perhaps Maynard and other players 30 plus obviously like Helguson and Smith. When you consider how our club gained financially from Premiership football, the players Malky brought in on frees who we can sell, plus gems like Mutch and Noone, Malky did very, very well in the transfer market for us. Gary Medel has shown what a quality player he is in the World Cup and I think we will get our money back from him. We should also get our money back from Caulker. Cornelius aside, Malky hasn't done much wrong at all in the market.

Obviously, I will support Ole and hope the players he's brought in will improve us and give us the attacking edge we lacked at times under Malky.

Ah the infamous football pundit strikes again.

Apart from Cornelius oh and possibly Maynard and maybe a few others.

Kenny Miller too.

You talk shit.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Plus, "in exchange for Tan making me life president, I must kiss his backside and slate Malky on his behalf".

Cornelius aside, we will make profits from pretty much every signing Malky has made I think, apart from Velikonja, perhaps Maynard and other players 30 plus obviously like Helguson and Smith. When you consider how our club gained financially from Premiership football, the players Malky brought in on frees who we can sell, plus gems like Mutch and Noone, Malky did very, very well in the transfer market for us. Gary Medel has shown what a quality player he is in the World Cup and I think we will get our money back from him. We should also get our money back from Caulker. Cornelius aside, Malky hasn't done much wrong at all in the market.

Obviously, I will support Ole and hope the players he's brought in will improve us and give us the attacking edge we lacked at times under Malky.

Ah the infamous football pundit strikes again.

Apart from Cornelius oh and possibly Maynard and maybe a few others.

Kenny Miller too.

You talk shit.

We wouldn't have made the playoffs or Carling Cup final without Kenny Miller. As soon as the fans got the wish they were crying out for in having Joe Mason leading the line on his own instead, everyone could see how Mason struggled and what a tough job it is leading the line isolated on your own, dropping deep to link up the play, running the channels, doing all the off the ball donkey work running from one side of the pitch to the other. Campbell has just done that all season and people wonder why he hasn't scored many goals, or criticise him missing a couple of chances. Miller and Campbell run theirselves into the ground for us and everyone with a footballing brain could see how much the pair of them contributed to us!

I don't understand the Kenny Miller hate myself. Good player who did well for us the season he was here.

I don't understand the Kenny Miller hate myself. Good player who did well for us the season he was here.

Totally agree Chuckles. We would have been a lot worse off without him.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Plus, "in exchange for Tan making me life president, I must kiss his backside and slate Malky on his behalf".

Cornelius aside, we will make profits from pretty much every signing Malky has made I think, apart from Velikonja, perhaps Maynard and other players 30 plus obviously like Helguson and Smith. When you consider how our club gained financially from Premiership football, the players Malky brought in on frees who we can sell, plus gems like Mutch and Noone, Malky did very, very well in the transfer market for us. Gary Medel has shown what a quality player he is in the World Cup and I think we will get our money back from him. We should also get our money back from Caulker. Cornelius aside, Malky hasn't done much wrong at all in the market.

Obviously, I will support Ole and hope the players he's brought in will improve us and give us the attacking edge we lacked at times under Malky.

Ah the infamous football pundit strikes again.

Apart from Cornelius oh and possibly Maynard and maybe a few others.

Kenny Miller too.

You talk shit.

We wouldn't have made the playoffs or Carling Cup final without Kenny Miller. As soon as the fans got the wish they were crying out for in having Joe Mason leading the line on his own instead, everyone could see how Mason struggled and what a tough job it is leading the line isolated on your own, dropping deep to link up the play, running the channels, doing all the off the ball donkey work running from one side of the pitch to the other. Campbell has just done that all season and people wonder why he hasn't scored many goals, or criticise him missing a couple of chances. Miller and Campbell run theirselves into the ground for us and everyone with a footballing brain could see how much the pair of them contributed to us!

Your post said about profit made on players which we didn't make on Kenny Miller.

Personally I liked him and appreciated his effort however 750k and 25k a week was too much.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Plus, "in exchange for Tan making me life president, I must kiss his backside and slate Malky on his behalf".

Cornelius aside, we will make profits from pretty much every signing Malky has made I think, apart from Velikonja, perhaps Maynard and other players 30 plus obviously like Helguson and Smith. When you consider how our club gained financially from Premiership football, the players Malky brought in on frees who we can sell, plus gems like Mutch and Noone, Malky did very, very well in the transfer market for us. Gary Medel has shown what a quality player he is in the World Cup and I think we will get our money back from him. We should also get our money back from Caulker. Cornelius aside, Malky hasn't done much wrong at all in the market.

Obviously, I will support Ole and hope the players he's brought in will improve us and give us the attacking edge we lacked at times under Malky.

Ah the infamous football pundit strikes again.

Apart from Cornelius oh and possibly Maynard and maybe a few others.

Kenny Miller too.

You talk shit.

We wouldn't have made the playoffs or Carling Cup final without Kenny Miller. As soon as the fans got the wish they were crying out for in having Joe Mason leading the line on his own instead, everyone could see how Mason struggled and what a tough job it is leading the line isolated on your own, dropping deep to link up the play, running the channels, doing all the off the ball donkey work running from one side of the pitch to the other. Campbell has just done that all season and people wonder why he hasn't scored many goals, or criticise him missing a couple of chances. Miller and Campbell run theirselves into the ground for us and everyone with a footballing brain could see how much the pair of them contributed to us!

Your post said about profit made on players which we didn't make on Kenny Miller.

Personally I liked him and appreciated his effort however 750k and 25k a week was too much.

I clearly said in my post that we will struggle to make a profit from any player who's over 30, such as Helguson, Smith, or like you said, Kenny Miller. We still sold Miller for over 400k though didn't we, so it wasn't a drastic loss and I think Miller's contribution was decent value for what we paid in my opinion.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Plus, "in exchange for Tan making me life president, I must kiss his backside and slate Malky on his behalf".

Cornelius aside, we will make profits from pretty much every signing Malky has made I think, apart from Velikonja, perhaps Maynard and other players 30 plus obviously like Helguson and Smith. When you consider how our club gained financially from Premiership football, the players Malky brought in on frees who we can sell, plus gems like Mutch and Noone, Malky did very, very well in the transfer market for us. Gary Medel has shown what a quality player he is in the World Cup and I think we will get our money back from him. We should also get our money back from Caulker. Cornelius aside, Malky hasn't done much wrong at all in the market.

Obviously, I will support Ole and hope the players he's brought in will improve us and give us the attacking edge we lacked at times under Malky.

Ah the infamous football pundit strikes again.

Apart from Cornelius oh and possibly Maynard and maybe a few others.

Kenny Miller too.

You talk shit.

We wouldn't have made the playoffs or Carling Cup final without Kenny Miller. As soon as the fans got the wish they were crying out for in having Joe Mason leading the line on his own instead, everyone could see how Mason struggled and what a tough job it is leading the line isolated on your own, dropping deep to link up the play, running the channels, doing all the off the ball donkey work running from one side of the pitch to the other. Campbell has just done that all season and people wonder why he hasn't scored many goals, or criticise him missing a couple of chances. Miller and Campbell run theirselves into the ground for us and everyone with a footballing brain could see how much the pair of them contributed to us!

Your post said about profit made on players which we didn't make on Kenny Miller.

Personally I liked him and appreciated his effort however 750k and 25k a week was too much.

I clearly said in my post that we will struggle to make a profit from any player who's over 30, such as Helguson, Smith, or like you said, Kenny Miller. We still sold Miller for over 400k though didn't we, so it wasn't a drastic loss and I think Miller's contribution was decent value for what we paid in my opinion.

You have no credibility with your statement that Malky did very well in the transfer market for us.

I will go as far as to say less than three of Malky's signings will make a profit.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Plus, "in exchange for Tan making me life president, I must kiss his backside and slate Malky on his behalf".

Cornelius aside, we will make profits from pretty much every signing Malky has made I think, apart from Velikonja, perhaps Maynard and other players 30 plus obviously like Helguson and Smith. When you consider how our club gained financially from Premiership football, the players Malky brought in on frees who we can sell, plus gems like Mutch and Noone, Malky did very, very well in the transfer market for us. Gary Medel has shown what a quality player he is in the World Cup and I think we will get our money back from him. We should also get our money back from Caulker. Cornelius aside, Malky hasn't done much wrong at all in the market.

Obviously, I will support Ole and hope the players he's brought in will improve us and give us the attacking edge we lacked at times under Malky.

Ah the infamous football pundit strikes again.

Apart from Cornelius oh and possibly Maynard and maybe a few others.

Kenny Miller too.

You talk shit.

We wouldn't have made the playoffs or Carling Cup final without Kenny Miller. As soon as the fans got the wish they were crying out for in having Joe Mason leading the line on his own instead, everyone could see how Mason struggled and what a tough job it is leading the line isolated on your own, dropping deep to link up the play, running the channels, doing all the off the ball donkey work running from one side of the pitch to the other. Campbell has just done that all season and people wonder why he hasn't scored many goals, or criticise him missing a couple of chances. Miller and Campbell run theirselves into the ground for us and everyone with a footballing brain could see how much the pair of them contributed to us!

Your post said about profit made on players which we didn't make on Kenny Miller.

Personally I liked him and appreciated his effort however 750k and 25k a week was too much.

I clearly said in my post that we will struggle to make a profit from any player who's over 30, such as Helguson, Smith, or like you said, Kenny Miller. We still sold Miller for over 400k though didn't we, so it wasn't a drastic loss and I think Miller's contribution was decent value for what we paid in my opinion.

You have no credibility with your statement that Malky did very well in the transfer market for us.

I will go as far as to say less than three of Malky's signings will make a profit.

If Malky didn't do very well in the transfer market, we wouldn't have gone from an initial squad of 10 professionals when he took over to getting to the playoffs, Carling Cup final and winning the Championship by 8 points.

Could of just said "ole is a yes man" end of article

Plus, "in exchange for Tan making me life president, I must kiss his backside and slate Malky on his behalf".

Cornelius aside, we will make profits from pretty much every signing Malky has made I think, apart from Velikonja, perhaps Maynard and other players 30 plus obviously like Helguson and Smith. When you consider how our club gained financially from Premiership football, the players Malky brought in on frees who we can sell, plus gems like Mutch and Noone, Malky did very, very well in the transfer market for us. Gary Medel has shown what a quality player he is in the World Cup and I think we will get our money back from him. We should also get our money back from Caulker. Cornelius aside, Malky hasn't done much wrong at all in the market.

Obviously, I will support Ole and hope the players he's brought in will improve us and give us the attacking edge we lacked at times under Malky.

Ah the infamous football pundit strikes again.

Apart from Cornelius oh and possibly Maynard and maybe a few others.

Kenny Miller too.

You talk shit.

We wouldn't have made the playoffs or Carling Cup final without Kenny Miller. As soon as the fans got the wish they were crying out for in having Joe Mason leading the line on his own instead, everyone could see how Mason struggled and what a tough job it is leading the line isolated on your own, dropping deep to link up the play, running the channels, doing all the off the ball donkey work running from one side of the pitch to the other. Campbell has just done that all season and people wonder why he hasn't scored many goals, or criticise him missing a couple of chances. Miller and Campbell run theirselves into the ground for us and everyone with a footballing brain could see how much the pair of them contributed to us!

Your post said about profit made on players which we didn't make on Kenny Miller.

Personally I liked him and appreciated his effort however 750k and 25k a week was too much.

I clearly said in my post that we will struggle to make a profit from any player who's over 30, such as Helguson, Smith, or like you said, Kenny Miller. We still sold Miller for over 400k though didn't we, so it wasn't a drastic loss and I think Miller's contribution was decent value for what we paid in my opinion.

You have no credibility with your statement that Malky did very well in the transfer market for us.

I will go as far as to say less than three of Malky's signings will make a profit.

If Malky didn't do very well in the transfer market, we wouldn't have gone from an initial squad of 10 professionals when he took over to getting to the playoffs, Carling Cup final and winning the Championship by 8 points.

Best players were jones signings, left us without a real quality striker, lacking in options around the field. Over paid players with a lot of money wasted.

He was crap in the transfer market. He had a big budget first season and a huge budget second season. Then had the 7th highest money to spend and bought over priced crap.