8 Worst Premier League Manager Sackings From The Past 10 Years

4. Malky Mackay - Cardiff City

What a sickener for Malky Mackay. During his very successful, yet quite brief spell with Cardiff, he managed to take his Championship side to the League Cup Final, where they were only beaten in a penalty shoot-out with Liverpool, and then ultimately into the Premier League for the first time in the club's history, making it the first time there has been two Welsh teams in the English top-flight. Like Adkins, you would have thought that would be enough for him to keep his job for the foreseeable future - we all thought wrong. Vincent Tan, the clubs new owner, decided after a few games into their first top-flight season, that he did not like the way Mackay was operating. He questioned his style of play, his transfer budget, his signings and even the results (which weren't even that bad). Unlike what happened with Adkins, rumours that Malky would be sacked started to emerge days before as he had apparently been told to resign or be sacked, sparking a fan-campaign by the Cardiff faithful to prevent Tan from executing the deed. Unfortunately, Tan's dictator-like ownership and personality resulted in him going against his own fans to sack Malky Mackay. This decision sparked a huge cry from the Cardiff stands for Tan to leave the club. He did not really help matters when he appointed the fairly unproven Ole Gunner Solsjkaer, who's tenure up to now has seen their form dramatically dip, as well as their league standing. Malky's Cardiff were sitting in a respectable 15th position upon his sacking, now they sit in a bleak 19th position, 2 points from safety.