http://www.football365.com/mediawatch/9434304/Mediawatch
'The LMA does not condone in any way any potential breach of equal opportunities laws but would also point out that out of over 10,000 text messages and 70,000 documents produced over a long period of time it may not be a complete surprise that some inappropriate comments can sometimes be made by employees, like Malky.'
Mediawatch is reminded of Will Ferrell's character Cam Brady in the film The Campaign saying: "In my lifetime, I have made over 100,000 phone calls and maybe 1,000 of them were obscene. That's a very small percentage."
Not Condoning It, But
Said Harry Redknapp: "What I would say is that Malky Mackay has made a big mistake.
"Malky is a great lad, a family man and a real football man, he has made mistakes and people make mistakes in life.
"Suddenly everyone is an angel, he made a big mistake the lad but it shouldn't finish his life. He is a good manager and I feel bad for what he has done but I bet no one is feeling as bad as him or his family today.
"I'm not condoning what he has done but show me someone who has ever made a mistake and I will show you a liar. He hasn't murdered anyone, he hasn't raped anyone and he is not a paedophile."
Two things, Harry:
1) Being racist is not a 'mistake'.
2) Not being a murderer, rapist or paedophile is not an excuse.
Anyway, we didn't know Mackay was 'racist' five minutes ago.
Not Condoning It, But, Part II
"I am not just saying this but he is one of the most genuine, honest people I have ever come across," said Mackay's former Norwich teammate Iwan Roberts.
"Yes, he has made a bad judgement in error and will be the first to admit that. He has a son, young daughter, lovely wife."
Newsflash: Family men cannot possibly be racist.
This is the best excuse since the father of UKIP election candidate James Elgar denied his son was racist because: "Last night he came home at 10.30pm with a curry."
Not Condoning It, But, Part III
After former Cardiff youngster Ibrahim Farah accused Mackay of making racist remarks during his time at the club, Mackay's ex-assistant David Kerslake said: "He was a young player and we just didn't think he was good enough. Because he was released, he's maybe trying to take advantage of the situation."
That's it, take the side of the man who's admitted sending racist texts. 'No comment' would probably have sufficed.
Not Condoning It, But, Part IV
Said Mackay's former coach at Cardiff, Joe McBride: "The texts are not Malky Mackay."
This is the best one yet. It wasn't Malky Mackay sending those texts, it was his alter ego 'Racist Malky'
