SAM HAMMAM 'A BLESSING IN DISGUISE'

Friday 18th October 2013

SAM HAMMAM ' A BLESSING IN DISGUISE '
by
Terry Phillips



Sam Hammam, Cardiff City’s former owner and now life president, has described the departure of recruitment chief Iain Moody as 'a mishap' and 'an accident' that could actually make the Bluebirds stronger.

Speaking to WalesOnline, Hammam refused to expand on his theory about Moody's exit, but said the club has learnt a valuable lesson from the controversy that has rocked the Welsh capital over the past fortnight.

He also heaped huge praise on manager Malky Mackay, while insisting Vincent Tan 'is not a baddie'.

“Moody (his departure) was an accident, that’s what I believe,” said Hammam.

“It was an accident which happened and, having learned from that, it will make us stronger.

“Sometimes when people have an illness the final outcome is that it can make the body stronger. In the same way I think this mishap might be a blessing in disguise.”

Hammam described boss Mackay as a ‘heavyweight’ and expressed his delight that the Scot continues to call the shots at the club.

The furore over the dismissal of head of recruitment Iain Moody led to question marks being placed against Mackay’s authority over footballing matters.

But for now the turbulence appears to have gone, and Hammam made it clear he is 100% behind the manager.

“Malky, beyond any doubt, is in control,” said Hammam, speaking to the Echo from his home in Lebanon.

“His dignity and power have been preserved.”

Hammam worried about the potential fall-out following Moody’s departure, believes City are now emerging from two weeks of uncertainty in good spirits.

“The manager, rightly, has the control he wants and deserves,” said Hammam. “Everybody who cares about our club should be grateful for the achievements of Malky Mackay.

“He is a good man in his own right which is clear from the way he behaves, the way he talks.

“Malky is a heavyweight who will go a long way in management. He’s a great man, an extremely good manager who will become a great manager,

“We are grateful to Malky and we should be grateful to owner Vincent Tan. Both men are committed to Cardiff City.”

Hammam is not a club director, but he does have a representative, Michael Filiou, on the board.

He watches City matches live on television at his Lebanon home but is planning a return to the UK next month when he hopes to fly in for the South Wales derby and other fixtures,

Hammam has had in-depth talks with Tan and believes he should still command admiration from everyone connected to the club, even though a poll on WalesOnline, showed support for the Malaysian money man has waned markedly.

“He has invested an awful lot personally, emotionally and financially. He cares for this club,” said Hammam.

Tan is reorganising the club with new committees covering football, finance, health and safety plus stadium expansion and Hammam says: “He has surrounded himself with highly competent, professional people. The club has a good owner, good manager and deputies in place.

“Vincent Tan is a winner and you want to be with winners.

“Contrary to what people may think, Vincent Tan does listen.

“He is a decision maker, but he does listen.”

The appointment of club chairman Mehmet Dalman has been significant and his developing rapport with Mackay is going to be a crucial factor as City make progress.

Hammam believes Dalman is among four key men in the boardroom who are playing key roles. The other three are Michael Isaac, Simon Lim and Michael Filiou.

“Mehmet is strong in his own right, an extremely able man,” said Hammam.

“He will be highly influential in the progress of our club over the coming few years. He is, without doubt, the right man for that job.

“Michael is a director I call the ‘Quiet Man’. He works a lot behind the scenes, gets things done.

“People often don’t see what he is doing, but Vincent Tan trusts him and that is why, while he is not buying Michael’s shares, he intends to keep Michael here for a long time.

“Simon, irrespective of whether people feel he is the best or worst administrator, has the most important ingredient of all. He is loyal to Vincent Tan and he is honest.”

While an admirer of Tan, Hammam believes the club’s identity does need addressing, saying, among other things, that final clarity is needed.

“The club colours and badge have changed, while I have heard the club name being talked about,” said Hammam. “The issue must be addressed. Knowing the leadership of Vincent Tan he will address it and bring it to a conclusion at some stage.

“We can’t be all things – blue and red, Bluebirds and Dragons.

“We have to settle on one thing. The Bluebird is on the badge, but it’s small alongside the red dragon.

“That is something I believe must be addressed. And he will address it. Somehow, the situation must be resolved.

“Vincent Tan is not a baddie. When he took the decision to change our kit he felt it was the right thing to do.

“Those opposing the change have carried themselves in the right way and behaved properly. There are no baddies.”

Hammam believes four factors will help Cardiff City move forward as they seek to become established in the Premier League.

“Our owner, Vincent Tan, is committed to Cardiff City and we have a great manager in Malky Mackay,” said Hammam.

“The fans are incredibly vociferous. When I watch matches live on television the noise they create comes across loud and clear.

“Their passion is something commentators talk about all the time.

“And, of course, there is our great club. Cardiff City can be as big as any club. If we can stay in the Premier League and develop then Cardiff City has the potential to develop and maybe in 20 years we can match the biggest clubs around.

“There is a lot of work to be done, but we have come through a couple of difficult weeks and if we stick together, as a family, we can make big progress.”

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at the end of the day its not the end of the world we can still bid for any player we want. and i cant recall any players saying the reason they come here was because of ian moody

“Malky, beyond any doubt, is in control,” said Hammam, speaking to the Echo from his home in Lebanon.

“His dignity and power have been preserved.”

Seeing that Interview earlier of Malkay does Sam or anyone ELSE REALLY BELIEVE that?

“Malky, beyond any doubt, is in control,” said Hammam, speaking to the Echo from his home in Lebanon.

“His dignity and power have been preserved.”

Seeing that Interview earlier of Malkay does Sam or anyone ELSE REALLY BELIEVE that?

I think it is rather clear that Sam is trying to unite everyone and try to help and smooth things over.

He is quite brave to come out and say it was a mishap, basically saying it shouldn't have happened but it has, also he brings up the colour issue and challenges Tan to sort it out.

Not many people in the club will say those things in fear of their job but Sam is not on the payroll and will not just sit there and keep quiet.

Yeah..we all need to move on to a degree...but how on earth can Malkay?

EVERY DAY at work he is faced with a NEW HEAD OF RECRUITEMENT..(that`s the title the club has given him)...
who is NOT MALKAYS CHOICE and has brought world wide Ridicule upon MALKAYS POSITION..it really must be like pouring salt on an open would every time he puts a shift in...Malkay seems like one of the good Guys TOO....

HONESTLY ..WOULD YOU CARL OR ANYONE GO INTO WORK UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCE? How long before someone from the media asks Malkay..."so son how are you getting on with the new guy?"...its beyond me and still unresolved IMO...

The same Sam that sold us down the river - the guy is a sewer rat

The sooner he gets out of the club the better

Here's what I have heard. This is of course is all 'alledgedly'! Within a number of transfers that have taken place, through Iain Moody, there has been an 'off the record' payment element. Let's say that there has been a creative accounting element to such deals, in order to make them work! There is nothing to suggest that Iain Moody has done anything other than try to get the best deals done for the club. VT is naive as to how football works and especially the sometimes murky world of transfers! This may well be the 'miss-understanding' that SH refers to. An over reaction by an owner who doesn't have the full facts and doesn't understand how things sometimes have to work in football. Iain Moody was undoubtedly an experienced and canny operator who knows how the football transfer system really works and unfortunately it seems that talent has been lost to the club.

The same Sam that sold us down the river - the guy is a sewer rat

The sooner he gets out of the club the better

Seconded! This to me smacks of trying to hit a hornet's nest with a large wooden instrument. Sam is poison and only in this for one person; Sam

An accident ???? Tan is the accident. He hires his mates by accident Simon Lim. Buck stops with Tan

One good thing from that is he saying the bluebird needs to be bigger on the badge and they need to address that by hopefully meaning it will be made bigger I Think hes meaning it like that anyway

“Malky, beyond any doubt, is in control,” said Hammam, speaking to the Echo from his home in Lebanon.

“His dignity and power have been preserved.”

Seeing that Interview earlier of Malkay does Sam or anyone ELSE REALLY BELIEVE that?

I think it is rather clear that Sam is trying to unite everyone and try to help and smooth things over.

He is quite brave to come out and say it was a mishap, basically saying it shouldn't have happened but it has, also he brings up the colour issue and challenges Tan to sort it out.

Not many people in the club will say those things in fear of their job but Sam is not on the payroll and will not just sit there and keep quiet.

The man who himself split the fans and hardly smoothed anything over himself since he turned up a few years ago

To be honest it sickens me when I read the crap that Sam comes out with, referring to "our great club".

This was the man who who "started the dream" but he is also the man who's mismanagement of the club has directly led, via the Ridsdale era, to where we are today. Without Sam, we would not be in the Premier League but, following things through, if Sam had never turned up, we wouldn't be in the financial position we are now in. We'd still be bumping along between Leagues 1 and 2 if lucky, but we'd probably be playing in blue which means such a lot to so many people.

This was also the man who took us to the brink of oblivion, sold players when he promised he wouldn't, demanded an extra payment of half a million pound for himself before agreeing to leave the club, took the club to court at a time when the club did not have a pot to piss in and now he has the nerve to talk about "our great club".

Make no mistake - Sam can continue to spout his usual bollocks about how much he loves the club but most of us are not taken in. Sam and Tan have one major thing in common - they are both far more interested in the contents of their wallets than they are in Cardiff City.

After all, what is Tan other than another Sam but at least with the money behind him that Sam pretended to have but never did?

As I mentione in another post it's just one egotisitical, dictatorial nutjob supporting another one.

People don't get sacked 'by accident.'

I can't believe the Echo would bother calling Scam and then print this sh!t. The only non football person with credibility out of the 4 Scam mentioned is Dalman, as he will be the one tasked with selling some or part of the club at some stage through his investment banking contacts and so has a reason to steady the good ship Bluebird and all who sail on her

"Blessing in Disguise" - Disappointed that the BBC are allowing this idiot and his comedic comments to be aired.

Accidental sackings FFS...

Typical middle-eastern double speak.A place where no means not today anyway but we might tommorow and yes means we might.

Why don't Sam f**k off and take his eye brows with him, absolute c**t

Why don't Sam f**k off and take his eye brows with him, absolute c**t

“Malky, beyond any doubt, is in control,” said Hammam, speaking to the Echo from his home in Lebanon.

“His dignity and power have been preserved.”

Seeing that Interview earlier of Malkay does Sam or anyone ELSE REALLY BELIEVE that?

I think it is rather clear that Sam is trying to unite everyone and try to help and smooth things over.

He is quite brave to come out and say it was a mishap, basically saying it shouldn't have happened but it has, also he brings up the colour issue and challenges Tan to sort it out.

Not many people in the club will say those things in fear of their job but Sam is not on the payroll and will not just sit there and keep quiet.

Is this the same man that asked supporters not to mention turning back to blue while he was in company
With tan,he got more faces than a town hall clock, and he kept stum about who Langston was.
So much for speaking up

Friday 18th October 2013

SAM HAMMAM ' A BLESSING IN DISGUISE '
by
Terry Phillips



Sam Hammam, Cardiff City’s former owner and now life president, has described the departure of recruitment chief Iain Moody as 'a mishap' and 'an accident' that could actually make the Bluebirds stronger.

Speaking to WalesOnline, Hammam refused to expand on his theory about Moody's exit, but said the club has learnt a valuable lesson from the controversy that has rocked the Welsh capital over the past fortnight.

He also heaped huge praise on manager Malky Mackay, while insisting Vincent Tan 'is not a baddie'.

“Moody (his departure) was an accident, that’s what I believe,” said Hammam.

“It was an accident which happened and, having learned from that, it will make us stronger.

“Sometimes when people have an illness the final outcome is that it can make the body stronger. In the same way I think this mishap might be a blessing in disguise.”

Hammam described boss Mackay as a ‘heavyweight’ and expressed his delight that the Scot continues to call the shots at the club.

The furore over the dismissal of head of recruitment Iain Moody led to question marks being placed against Mackay’s authority over footballing matters.

But for now the turbulence appears to have gone, and Hammam made it clear he is 100% behind the manager.

“Malky, beyond any doubt, is in control,” said Hammam, speaking to the Echo from his home in Lebanon.

“His dignity and power have been preserved.”

Hammam worried about the potential fall-out following Moody’s departure, believes City are now emerging from two weeks of uncertainty in good spirits.

“The manager, rightly, has the control he wants and deserves,” said Hammam. “Everybody who cares about our club should be grateful for the achievements of Malky Mackay.

“He is a good man in his own right which is clear from the way he behaves, the way he talks.

“Malky is a heavyweight who will go a long way in management. He’s a great man, an extremely good manager who will become a great manager,

“We are grateful to Malky and we should be grateful to owner Vincent Tan. Both men are committed to Cardiff City.”

Hammam is not a club director, but he does have a representative, Michael Filiou, on the board.

He watches City matches live on television at his Lebanon home but is planning a return to the UK next month when he hopes to fly in for the South Wales derby and other fixtures,

Hammam has had in-depth talks with Tan and believes he should still command admiration from everyone connected to the club, even though a poll on WalesOnline, showed support for the Malaysian money man has waned markedly.

“He has invested an awful lot personally, emotionally and financially. He cares for this club,” said Hammam.

Tan is reorganising the club with new committees covering football, finance, health and safety plus stadium expansion and Hammam says: “He has surrounded himself with highly competent, professional people. The club has a good owner, good manager and deputies in place.

“Vincent Tan is a winner and you want to be with winners.

“Contrary to what people may think, Vincent Tan does listen.

“He is a decision maker, but he does listen.”

The appointment of club chairman Mehmet Dalman has been significant and his developing rapport with Mackay is going to be a crucial factor as City make progress.

Hammam believes Dalman is among four key men in the boardroom who are playing key roles. The other three are Michael Isaac, Simon Lim and Michael Filiou.

“Mehmet is strong in his own right, an extremely able man,” said Hammam.

“He will be highly influential in the progress of our club over the coming few years. He is, without doubt, the right man for that job.

“Michael is a director I call the ‘Quiet Man’. He works a lot behind the scenes, gets things done.

“People often don’t see what he is doing, but Vincent Tan trusts him and that is why, while he is not buying Michael’s shares, he intends to keep Michael here for a long time.

“Simon, irrespective of whether people feel he is the best or worst administrator, has the most important ingredient of all. He is loyal to Vincent Tan and he is honest.”

While an admirer of Tan, Hammam believes the club’s identity does need addressing, saying, among other things, that final clarity is needed.

“The club colours and badge have changed, while I have heard the club name being talked about,” said Hammam. “The issue must be addressed. Knowing the leadership of Vincent Tan he will address it and bring it to a conclusion at some stage.

“We can’t be all things – blue and red, Bluebirds and Dragons.

“We have to settle on one thing. The Bluebird is on the badge, but it’s small alongside the red dragon.

“That is something I believe must be addressed. And he will address it. Somehow, the situation must be resolved.

“Vincent Tan is not a baddie. When he took the decision to change our kit he felt it was the right thing to do.

“Those opposing the change have carried themselves in the right way and behaved properly. There are no baddies.”

Hammam believes four factors will help Cardiff City move forward as they seek to become established in the Premier League.

“Our owner, Vincent Tan, is committed to Cardiff City and we have a great manager in Malky Mackay,” said Hammam.

“The fans are incredibly vociferous. When I watch matches live on television the noise they create comes across loud and clear.

“Their passion is something commentators talk about all the time.

“And, of course, there is our great club. Cardiff City can be as big as any club. If we can stay in the Premier League and develop then Cardiff City has the potential to develop and maybe in 20 years we can match the biggest clubs around.

“There is a lot of work to be done, but we have come through a couple of difficult weeks and if we stick together, as a family, we can make big progress.”

more like, A recipe for disaster 'in a suit'

FFs total bollocks shit reporting yet again

here we go again, Scam crap

perhaps he got a book coming out for xmas