Terry Nutkins
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Apologies for starting another thread on Hughes but I didn’t want this post to get lost in all the other posts.
I’ve been a city fan since I was in my dad’s sack, and one of the things I love about being a city fan, is the fans. What it means to be a fan and how as city fans we are used to constant under achievement, but in spite of that we follow City through thick and thin and always get behind our beloved team.
But recently it seems that has changed, it seems to me that a lot of so called “fans†believe that as we are now the richest club in the world we have some sort of divine right to be world beaters.
People don’t seem to believe that it will take time. You can use the example of old red nose at the swamp, but if you look more recently and take the example of O’Neil at Villa, in his first season in charge they were around the drop zone and struggling for much of the season and then in recent years they have built on from the initial platform that he put in place and now seem to be serious top 4 contenders.
Now with what I have read many people on here will no doubt strongly disagree with me but I personally feel that Hughes is the right man for the job.
Firstly look at the players he has brought in, SWP, Kompany, Zabaleta have all been superb. I don’t think he had much to do with Robbie or Jo, and although TBH looks dodgy overall I think that is a pretty good record so far.
Then I look at how the team were playing in the early part of the season. The football against Sunderland, West Ham, Arsenal, Stoke, Pompey and even the first half against Liverpool we looked superb, and although we have played shite in recent times the team has potential.
He also instills discipline in players, if elano sees his arse he should be dropped. No single player is bigger than the club and although I liked Eriksson I felt he was run by some of the bigger names where as Hughes doesn’t seem to be fazed by giving them a bollocking.
And finally who will replace him? I don’t think there is any one there at the moment better equipped to take our club forward.
So there it is rant over. All I ask is that you give Hughes time, be patient and look forward to the good times because having waiting 30 odd years since our last trophy win, I can certainly wait another 2/3 years for us to take over the world.
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I’ve been a city fan since I was in my dad’s sack, and one of the things I love about being a city fan, is the fans. What it means to be a fan and how as city fans we are used to constant under achievement, but in spite of that we follow City through thick and thin and always get behind our beloved team.
But recently it seems that has changed, it seems to me that a lot of so called “fans†believe that as we are now the richest club in the world we have some sort of divine right to be world beaters.
People don’t seem to believe that it will take time. You can use the example of old red nose at the swamp, but if you look more recently and take the example of O’Neil at Villa, in his first season in charge they were around the drop zone and struggling for much of the season and then in recent years they have built on from the initial platform that he put in place and now seem to be serious top 4 contenders.
Now with what I have read many people on here will no doubt strongly disagree with me but I personally feel that Hughes is the right man for the job.
Firstly look at the players he has brought in, SWP, Kompany, Zabaleta have all been superb. I don’t think he had much to do with Robbie or Jo, and although TBH looks dodgy overall I think that is a pretty good record so far.
Then I look at how the team were playing in the early part of the season. The football against Sunderland, West Ham, Arsenal, Stoke, Pompey and even the first half against Liverpool we looked superb, and although we have played shite in recent times the team has potential.
He also instills discipline in players, if elano sees his arse he should be dropped. No single player is bigger than the club and although I liked Eriksson I felt he was run by some of the bigger names where as Hughes doesn’t seem to be fazed by giving them a bollocking.
And finally who will replace him? I don’t think there is any one there at the moment better equipped to take our club forward.
So there it is rant over. All I ask is that you give Hughes time, be patient and look forward to the good times because having waiting 30 odd years since our last trophy win, I can certainly wait another 2/3 years for us to take over the world.
CTID