You mentioned the amount he had spent, you mentioned the amount he had spent compared to his rivals and you claimed he didn't deserve to keep his job without a single mention of Tan. How is that anything other than blaming Mackay?
Do you even read the nonsense you write?
Do you?
I posted blaming Mackay, because I think he's mostly to blame, it's that simple. Your post was implying things I didn't say, while seemingly suggesting that either it's not Mackay's fault at all or mostly not his fault or at least a significant amount of blame rests with Tan. I don't agree with that. My first and second post don't disagree with each other, my stance hasn't changed, I simply didn't say what you stated I was saying.
I mentioned the amount Tan spent because 50mil is god damned immense for a club of Cardiff's stature, it's immense for a club like Everton or Spurs, let alone Cardiff. You discount this so easily like Mackay had zero support from day one. 50mil is a monumental statement of support.
I think Mackay got more backing than anyone basically in the bottom half of the table, he got the players he wanted, spent more than the owner wanted by all accounts, and the only reason they aren't in the bottom three is Jol, Di Canio and Holloway were even worse. All three were fired, deservedly, Mackay is hugely responsible for who he bought, the team he has, the position they are in, the results they've gotten.
I didn't say firing Moody was a good thing, I didn't say it was a bad thing. He is likely quite responsible as well Mackay, together they got together, spent 50mil and don't have an awful lot to show for it and not the performances required of that team.
Cardiff were the biggest spenders in the championship and got promotion without a top goal scorer, they spent 50mil and still don't have a top goal scorer, and are heading towards relegation.........
I think Mackay holds the most responsibility, the head of recruitment has a decent share for spending 50mil and getting one unproven striker for a at the time club record fee when better strikers were available on loans, cheaper, or more proven.
The team isn't working, it's mostly their fault, the guy who gave them the bankroll and questioned his position 5 months after a crap campaign only made to look half decent by Di Canio/Holloway/Jol/Alladyce being utterly incompetent.... yeah, I don't think Tan holds much responsibility.
Dozen's of managers have pretty much shown, bankrolled through a season or two getting promotion is pretty easy, building the right team and staying up is harder. Mackay did something many many others have done, and failed to look good where many many others have also failed.
