Does Mark Hughes deserve the best managers job in Europe?

[allblackcitizen]

Call me a traditionalist, but I'd say the jobs at Barcelona, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are still more prestiguous jobs than Manchester bloody City.

I was waiting for someone to throw the rags managerial position at me. Coming from you Ric makes it all the more abhorrent, and plain hurtful. I feel asthough God has slept with my girlfriend and then slapped me across the face with the sodden condom.

:(

Does that happen to you often?

Why is everyone going to bed? I know it's dark but it's only half 4.

Wakey Wakey everyone. Ric's right, there's any number of managerial jobs across Europe that would appeal before City. We're a project, being built from quite low foundations. It will take time, hard work, unpopular decisions, maybe a couple of false starts before we can seriously hope to rival the traditionally successful clubs. City's only appeal at present is being cash rich, having the best academy around and a loyal, if hard to please, fan base.

 

[*singingtheblues*]

I cannot for the life of me understand why no one will answer the question, I am genuinely interested, why has everyone avoided the question?

 

[bizzbo]

this is a much harder job than you seem to think, there is a tonne of work to do to get us even into the top 6, loads of uncertainties and problems. yep, the funding is good, but the expectation is beyond massive, and there is nothing substantial (apart from the dosh) to build upon

 

[Dogs Knob]

I cannot for the life of me understand why no one will answer the question, I am genuinely interested, why has everyone avoided the question?

What makes you think the City job is attractive? Aside from the money, the jobs almost as bad as Newcastle's.

Seriously how can you claim your club is an attractive one to manage when people's heads are being called for because of the near impossible targets that have been set.

 

[*singingtheblues*]

I cannot for the life of me understand why no one will answer the question, I am genuinely interested, why has everyone avoided the question?

What makes you think the City job is attractive? Aside from the money, the jobs almost as bad as Newcastle's.

Seriously how can you claim your club is an attractive one to manage when people's heads are being called for because of the near impossible targets that have been set.

I'm sorry, but did you just say "your club"?

School boy error...




RAG

 

[Challenger1978]

this is a much harder job than you seem to think, there is a tonne of work to do to get us even into the top 6, loads of uncertainties and problems. yep, the funding is good, but the expectation is beyond massive, and there is nothing substantial (apart from the dosh) to build upon

What being away from the relegation zone.

Hand on heart i think most of us would be happy with mid table obscurrity, but being joint 3rd from fucking bottom is a joke.

 

[moomba]

I think the City job is one of the most attractive going around.

It won't be overnight glory, but a manager will have everything he needs to achieve success, for me success, and surely taking a club like ours to great heights will be seen as a greater achievement than maintaining the heights at a "bigger" club.

All a manager would need to do is look into the future a bit, and it is potentially the best job there is. Same for players as well.

 

[oldhamblue]

I spoke to Joe Royle about managing City once and he gave this analogy which I think is quite useful, but protracted so bear with me.

He said MCFC is like a big ocean liner. When a new manager comes in, it's invariably drifting in the wrong direction. The fans expect a new manager to literally turn it around. It doesn't work. You need to slow down the backward drift until it stops. Then slowly turn it round, then get it moving forward very slowly. Once it gains momentum it's ready for full steam ahead.

Now, under Sven last year we were drifting backwards. I believe Hughes has stopped the drift and is still in the process of turning it around. When he does get us moving forward, the financial backing suggests we should be able to reach full steam ahead quite quickly, more likely the start of next season.

Apologies for the nautical theme but I think Big Joe is right. This club requires a lot of turning round before it can move forward with any momentum. It will be a slower process than most of us hope, but I'm prepared to see how Hughes progresses as captain of the City ship until the end of the season. if he gets us through the imminent muddy waters, I believe it will be full steam ahead next year.

Ship ahoy!

In answer to the OP's question; Yes ... for now

 

[Dogs Knob]

What makes you think the City job is attractive? Aside from the money, the jobs almost as bad as Newcastle's.

Seriously how can you claim your club is an attractive one to manage when people's heads are being called for because of the near impossible targets that have been set.

I'm sorry, but did you just say "your club"?

School boy error...




RAG

Schoolboy error? I'm not pretending to be a city fan and slipped up sherlock, read all my posts.

 

[Dogs Knob]

I think the City job is one of the most attractive going around.

It won't be overnight glory, but a manager will have everything he needs to achieve success, for me success, and surely taking a club like ours to great heights will be seen as a greater achievement than maintaining the heights at a "bigger" club.

All a manager would need to do is look into the future a bit, and it is potentially the best job there is. Same for players as well.

Seriously?

Managers generally dont tend to like to have a black mark in the form of a sacking on their record, ask Sven, I think its a bit of a poisoned chalice similar to that of Newcastle - whatever a new manager does isn't going to be good enough now the mentality of your club has changed, with the large investment.

Its not a bad job, dont get me wrong as there is money in the pot, but its hardly that attractive at the moment - a few years down the line who knows, but currently, not very appealing.