" MY MALKY SPEECH AT TRAVEL CLUB MEETING "

This is the speech I read out for Malky in the travel group meeting, I'd like to think that most of us feel the same, I was really surprised and honored when Nashy asked me to come along and prepare something,just hope I did it justice, there was so much more I wanted to say, but knowing when to shut up is as important as having the balls to make a speech.lol



I’d like to think I speak for all of us here when I say a massive thank you for what you have brought to us.
We have waited so long for someone to bring some focus and stability here and to harness the energy that is here in abundance.
You have given us that, and much, much more, and I don’t mean a cup final or a top three place, I mean a sense of togetherness and belonging that we have been crying out for.
We now have a stable base with youngsters being developed and brought through for the future; it no longer feels like a short term panic situation, I am sure our long term future is in the best hands.
We didn’t want to hear that someone was here just to do a job, or that it’s just another game. We want to know that it means as much if not more to our manager and players, we want to know that we are all in the same fight and on the same side.
We want to see our manager showing the same emotion as us, when we are happy, we want to see him smiling and punching the air.
When we are hurting we want to share the hurt, and we know that Malky and the team are as hurt as us, this is family and families share things.

When I look at this team on the pitch now, I don’t see eleven players doing a job, I see eleven players representing and fighting for all of us, none of them look to me as if it’s just a job, and how long have we been crying out for that.
People are saying, and rightly so,“even if we win nothing this year, it’s the best season I can remember and the most enjoyment I have had, we finally have a team on and off the pitch, that want it as badly as us”
A team of triers that doesn’t know when they are beat, and we are loving it.
The Champagne Charlie’s have been flushed out and we have a team we can identify with, full of players we can feel proud of rather than embarrassed when we hear of another night on the lash type of story we got sick of reading about.

Most of us down here are simple honest people, we want to see people giving their all and trying their best, that is all we can ask of individuals, some of my favourite players over the years have been the Phill Dwyers, Jason Perrys, Scott Youngs etc, possibly not the most gifted but all 100 Per centers and proper war horses.
We now have a team full of them and boy does it feel good.
This hasn’t come about by luck, it’s come about through good leadership and we now have that in bucket loads.
Most of these fans here today are leaders of sorts, they organise, look after and take responsibility for thousands of fans between them, yet they will all willingly fall in behind you and gladly follow your lead in any direction you choose.

There is a saying that goes along the lines of
A flock of sheep led by a lion will outwit a pride of lions led by a sheep.
Well we are far from sheep, but we definitely have a lion leading us.
We now have our own version of William Wallace, it is obvious the players will run through brick walls for you, and as fans we feel the same.
If you want to invade England, let us know and we’ll get the guns.
You tell us there is a God and we’ll come to church with you on Sunday.
Your parents must be some of the proudest people on this earth, you are the man I wish I was and I’d love my sons to turn into. You handle yourself with such dignity and are an example to all of us. I know that any young player coming through the ranks down here will be all the better for being under your guidance.

You are the real deal and we can see that, we see through fakes down here and we can tell when someone is reading from a prepared script just to tell people what they want to hear, but we also know when someone says it from the heart and we know which version we are getting from you.
I am 56 and thought I’d seen it all and days of excitement were long gone, but I’m like a ten year old, I get to the ground early and at away games even if it’s a five hour trip home, I will hang around until you come out and give your wave to the fans.
It can’t be a coincidence that the atmosphere as gone up ten notches since Malky has come here, the club had previously been appealing to the fans to get behind the team, yet at the time we had a manager who would spend the match leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets looking like he wanted to be somewhere else.
Well we know where Malky wants to be, and it’s on the pitch kicking centre forwards and we love watching as you kick and head every ball from the touchline. You show the passion and enthusiasm that we as fans share and it means the world to us.
When you are interviewed you handle yourself with such dignity and are an example to all of us, previous regimes have been run on a blame culture that pointed the finger at everyone and everything rather than deal with it in a dignified manner as you tend to do.
Humble in victory and gracious in defeat, it’s the new way forward.

I hope you and the players know how much that means to us, no matter if the result has gone against us as long as people have given their best, win lose or draw we are all in it together.
You are destined for greater things, and I just hope you take us with you.
There is no doubt an Arsenal or Man United will come calling for you one day and rightly so, but I know deep down nothing would give you more pleasure than creating your own Man United or Arsenal from scratch, and you can do that here, it is all falling into place and history is being written.
We have had some hard times at this club, we fans have earned our stripes, we have been more than patient, but I genuinely believe our patience is now being rewarded.
Malky, on behalf of all of us at the club, I want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

nice one gwyn ! Top Man

This is the speech I read out for Malky in the travel group meeting, I'd like to think that most of us feel the same, I was really surprised and honored when Nashy asked me to come along and prepare something,just hope I did it justice, there was so much more I wanted to say, but knowing when to shut up is as important as having the balls to make a speech.lol



I’d like to think I speak for all of us here when I say a massive thank you for what you have brought to us.
We have waited so long for someone to bring some focus and stability here and to harness the energy that is here in abundance.
You have given us that, and much, much more, and I don’t mean a cup final or a top three place, I mean a sense of togetherness and belonging that we have been crying out for.
We now have a stable base with youngsters being developed and brought through for the future; it no longer feels like a short term panic situation, I am sure our long term future is in the best hands.
We didn’t want to hear that someone was here just to do a job, or that it’s just another game. We want to know that it means as much if not more to our manager and players, we want to know that we are all in the same fight and on the same side.
We want to see our manager showing the same emotion as us, when we are happy, we want to see him smiling and punching the air.
When we are hurting we want to share the hurt, and we know that Malky and the team are as hurt as us, this is family and families share things.

When I look at this team on the pitch now, I don’t see eleven players doing a job, I see eleven players representing and fighting for all of us, none of them look to me as if it’s just a job, and how long have we been crying out for that.
People are saying, and rightly so,“even if we win nothing this year, it’s the best season I can remember and the most enjoyment I have had, we finally have a team on and off the pitch, that want it as badly as us”
A team of triers that doesn’t know when they are beat, and we are loving it.
The Champagne Charlie’s have been flushed out and we have a team we can identify with, full of players we can feel proud of rather than embarrassed when we hear of another night on the lash type of story we got sick of reading about.

Most of us down here are simple honest people, we want to see people giving their all and trying their best, that is all we can ask of individuals, some of my favourite players over the years have been the Phill Dwyers, Jason Perrys, Scott Youngs etc, possibly not the most gifted but all 100 Per centers and proper war horses.
We now have a team full of them and boy does it feel good.
This hasn’t come about by luck, it’s come about through good leadership and we now have that in bucket loads.
Most of these fans here today are leaders of sorts, they organise, look after and take responsibility for thousands of fans between them, yet they will all willingly fall in behind you and gladly follow your lead in any direction you choose.

There is a saying that goes along the lines of
A flock of sheep led by a lion will outwit a pride of lions led by a sheep.
Well we are far from sheep, but we definitely have a lion leading us.
We now have our own version of William Wallace, it is obvious the players will run through brick walls for you, and as fans we feel the same.
If you want to invade England, let us know and we’ll get the guns.
You tell us there is a God and we’ll come to church with you on Sunday.
Your parents must be some of the proudest people on this earth, you are the man I wish I was and I’d love my sons to turn into. You handle yourself with such dignity and are an example to all of us. I know that any young player coming through the ranks down here will be all the better for being under your guidance.

You are the real deal and we can see that, we see through fakes down here and we can tell when someone is reading from a prepared script just to tell people what they want to hear, but we also know when someone says it from the heart and we know which version we are getting from you.
I am 56 and thought I’d seen it all and days of excitement were long gone, but I’m like a ten year old, I get to the ground early and at away games even if it’s a five hour trip home, I will hang around until you come out and give your wave to the fans.
It can’t be a coincidence that the atmosphere as gone up ten notches since Malky has come here, the club had previously been appealing to the fans to get behind the team, yet at the time we had a manager who would spend the match leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets looking like he wanted to be somewhere else.
Well we know where Malky wants to be, and it’s on the pitch kicking centre forwards and we love watching as you kick and head every ball from the touchline. You show the passion and enthusiasm that we as fans share and it means the world to us.
When you are interviewed you handle yourself with such dignity and are an example to all of us, previous regimes have been run on a blame culture that pointed the finger at everyone and everything rather than deal with it in a dignified manner as you tend to do.
Humble in victory and gracious in defeat, it’s the new way forward.

I hope you and the players know how much that means to us, no matter if the result has gone against us as long as people have given their best, win lose or draw we are all in it together.
You are destined for greater things, and I just hope you take us with you.
There is no doubt an Arsenal or Man United will come calling for you one day and rightly so, but I know deep down nothing would give you more pleasure than creating your own Man United or Arsenal from scratch, and you can do that here, it is all falling into place and history is being written.
We have had some hard times at this club, we fans have earned our stripes, we have been more than patient, but I genuinely believe our patience is now being rewarded.
Malky, on behalf of all of us at the club, I want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Amen to that Gwyn. Something the minority of newer fans who moan about everything and
everything will never understand.

Cardiff City to me has been Like a sick old Nainie... You love her, you know she's never going
to get any better, but you spend hours at her bedside anyway, feeding off the odd smile she
gives you, the occasional moments of clarity when she's as she was at her best. Because those
moments make it all worthwhile. Your there because you want to be and if she pisses her pants
or coughs up blood, you dont shout or complain. Because your a part of her and you love her!!!

Then Malky Mackay walks in with one of those gadgets like Doctor McCoy used to have in Star Trek.

Suddenly she's up, like Robert De Niro in 'Awakenings'

Just as she was when you remembered her at her best. No, better. She can dance, sing, she
is back in the kitchen baking Bara Brith and drinking a cup of whisky with a splash of tea in it

CCFC - ONE LOVE <3

Very good speech gwyn, what was malky's response

For god's sake Gwyn, I have known you for many years and I would never have thought that you would come out with so much condescending crap.

For god's sake Gwyn, I have known you for many years and I would never have thought that you would come out with so much condescending crap.

Obviously you didn't really know me then, you just thought you did.

i can imagine richard burton talking those words to the team before wembley and them being played out over the loudspeakers

classic gwym classic

That's quality gwyn,agree with all of that.would of loved to been there when u read that to him.

Well done Gwyn.

Well said Gwyn

Superb Gwyn! Love it

Sums it all up perfectly

I think I just shed a tear Gwyn! In fact, that speech should have been given with the following background music...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ryJDVuZ6k

Good stuff though Gwyn. I think it is important for Malky to be aware of the positive impact he is having. We all know that he is bound for greater things with us or without us but I hope that so long as he stays with us he knows that he has brought much more than a great performing side. Like you said, he has united this club and installed a togetherness between the players, staff and fans that we haven't witnessed in years.

very nice words,you know malky is doing good,no one has asked him for a fight

Great Speech Gwyn.

Great speech. I'd imagine this encapsulates what most Cardiff fans are feeling and why there is such a feel good factor at the club.

Nice speech, really want to know Malky's reaction

Well done Gwyn, very good speech.

Top speech Gwyn
these are happy days to be a bluebird

I have known Gwyn for many years and he is used to doing stuff like this in very awkward circumstances sometimes but this was the most nervous I have seen him

It went down very well though with Malky, football club and the reps in attendance, not many people realise the personal battle and heartache that the Big fella is living through at the moment and he did a great job on behalf of the travel club and hopefuly City fans in general, in relating our thoughts on the progress the new manager has made

We all know that in three years time he may be a manager at a top 4 club or on the other hand a manager we all want sacked lol.....but at this time he is proving to be an excellent appointment and a fans'favourite.

Gwyn


THANK YOU

i think that sums up what many thousands of fans would have said to Malky if they were given the chance

ok it may go more ................ "cheers butt you've saved our arses like"! lol

well done and the "sheep" quote was a good one

Great post mate !!

Bloody hell Gwyn, i had a lump in my throat reading that ...... Brilliant post

For god's sake Gwyn, I have known you for many years and I would never have thought that you would come out with so much condescending crap.

It's the sheep and lions that got me......

ah no! Well done Gwyn
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Do'nt give up the day job

change the names Gywn and thats how i feel about Hughton at birmingham.fair play to you.by the way i gave your book to a lad who is setting up a supporters trust at blues or at least involved in it.the self policing bit struck a massive cord.good speach

Bloody great .................

Good speech Gwyn!

He gets the practice from his groom speeches at all his weddings!