Rssting players is essential if they need it. If there is one thing that Hughes is very, very bad at, it is not accepting advice/guidance about his training methods and 'fitness' regime. As a player, he always gave 100% in a physical sense and he has taken that philosophy into management. It annoyed me to read his comments about Robinho not having knocked on his door to say he was tired. Players are fucking scared of telling Mark Hughes they are tired!!
Forget this myth about his teams being stronger in the second half of the season. The bloke needs to wise up and accept that drive, effort and 'dynamism' as he calls it is not always the one and only way to go. There were at least 4 players on the pitch today who shouldn't have started and now two, and possibly three of them are injured. And that should not be happening!