Mackay gets Wigan Job + Ched Evans

Wonder if Figgy will fancy working under him?

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/19/malky-mackay-appointed-wigan-manager

Malky Mackay has been appointed the manager of Wigan Athletic.

The former Cardiff City manager has been out of work since being sacked by Vincent Tan a year ago and has found it hard to get back into football following revelations made by his former employer.

A Premier League job at Crystal Palace fell through in August on publication of a series of private text messages in a dossier compiled by Cardiff, some of which were sexist, racist and homophobic.

However the Wigan owner, Dave Whelan, has ignored calls not to employ Mackay and has offered the Scot a route back into the game.

Whelan told the club wesbite: “He is the man to lead us back into the Premier League. He has led a team out of the Championship before and he knows this league inside out having played and managed in it.

“His achievements at Cardiff City were magnificent and we need a strong leader who will command the respect of a very experienced and talented dressing room – and he is the man to do it. I am delighted we have secured the services of someone who has so much to give to the game.”

Wigan are in the Championship’s bottom three just 18 months on from their famous FA Cup win, and sacked Uwe Rösler last Thursday.

Mackay was immediately installed as the favourite to take the reins having been out of the sport since he was dismissed by Cardiff in December 2013.

Last week, news of Mackay’s potential employment prompted the Wigan MP Lisa Nandy to write a letter to Whelan which expressed her concerns over the Scot’s link to the position.


In that open letter, which she subsequently uploaded to her Twitter account, the Labour MP said: “I have been contacted by a number of constituents and Wigan Athletic supporters who have asked me to voice their concern in response to press reports suggesting the potential appointment of Malky Mackay as manager of Wigan Athletic.

“A number of constituents have pointed out that a football manager has a crucial position in the community and is a role model, especially for young people. Having worked with Wigan Athletic and your excellent Community Trust over the last four years, I am certain you share my view that respect for the diversity and tolerance that characterises Wigan is one of the finest features of the club.

“Whoever is appointed will be an ambassador for this town and based on the work your club has done to tackle discrimination over the years, I am confident you would seek to ensure that they share these values.”

Confronting the issue, Whelan said: “I know that this appointment will draw criticism in some quarters but we go into it with our eyes open and we have nothing to hide on this subject.

“Malky made a mistake, he knows that, we know that and we have discussed this issue at length face to face. He apologised publicly for what happened at the time and has paid for what he did in terms of the bad publicity he has received since and will no doubt continue to suffer in the future.

“But I believe that it is now time to move on. Contrary to the way he has been portrayed in recent months, the Malky Mackay I met this week, and who has been vouched for by the many different people from whom we have sought advice before making this appointment, is an honourable man.

“He is a committed family man with decent values and is a professional who has worked and thrived for over 20 years in the multicultural world of modern football. There is nothing more to say about this subject, and as far as I am concerned we draw a line under it from today.”

The FA confirmed in August it was investigating the dossier of messages involving Mackay and Cardiff’s former head of recruitment Iain Moody, but there have yet to be any sanctions brought against either man.

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/19/malky-mackay-kick-it-out-wigan

Kick it out not happy.

 

Kick it Out are never happy.

 

Oi don't be kicking me ya fookers.

Good for Whelan, proper football owner and knows what he's doing.

Good fit there.

 

Pretty dodgy spying on somebodies text messages even if that person is a bit unpleasant

 

Your employer can do the same to your works mobile and emails.

 

I thought Whelan sounded a bit doddery on the radio tonight. "He's put his cards on the table and been totally honest with me." Mackay is a slimeball, and anyone who takes him at his word is a fool. Look at what he was saying about his previous boss behind his back. Fookin chinky? I wish them every failure.

 

I find this part of Kick it Out's statement to be hypocritical when asking that Mackay be excluded from any role within his chosen field. You could in-fact suggest their stance is both discriminatory & prejudiced.

“We need to see leadership from club owners and a respect for the processes in place to demonstrate how seriously they are tackling issues of exclusion, prejudice and discrimination.”

 

What are the odds that after his first Wigan training session, Malky says: "Anyone fancy a chinky?"

 

The politically-correct brigade interfere once again with there screams of hysteria.

If Kick-It-Out have nothing better to do then castigate Mackay for sending a few childish texts then they should look at their role in football in the UK.

Perhaps they should expand their horizons and open an office in Moscow or Belgrade for example.

 

Nobody complains about Diane Abbott being a Member of Parliament, and this is a woman who reckons 'West Indian mothers are superior' and that 'blue-eyed Finnish girls make poor nurses because they've never seen a black person'. Whose 'prejudices' are more damaging to British society? Surely not the black woman? I mean, she gets quadruple diversity points and ****.

 

Wigan have just lost shirt sponsor. They wont be the last either.

But if FA charge MM then Wigan can sack him due to a clause in the contract.

Ball now with the FA.

 

But if the FA do charge him then Whelan has made a shocking decision. The old man is past it, I'm afraid. I'm sure we would never see our sprightly chairman plumb the same depths.

 

I really wonder whether this is going to be the wrong move for MM. If he gets hounded out, which with public opinion being against him at present, then that could well end his career. IMO he should have waited for the FA inquest to be finalised, then come back in at a later date.

 

Whelan is free to do what he likes. He pays the bills.

 

Spot on John. But Dave Whelan is desperate and has taken a gamble. A big gamble.

 

The FA decision doesn't matter now - Mackey has been tried and found guilty by social media.

edit: soz this should have been in response to another post a bit further down