Hughes and his status, from an "insider"

[moomba]

well if that's the case, these people should behave like adults then.

Yes, I agree. Hughes should be more mature in his dealings with his players.

Like I said, no problem with giving Elano a bollocking if he has misbehaved. But theres a right way and a wrong way to do it.

 

[scorer]

if you let them do that in trg they will do it in matches .

As we have already witnessed... hardly any of the players put anything in for Hughes on Saturday.

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

well if that's the case, these people should behave like adults then.

Yes, I agree. Hughes should be more mature in his dealings with his players.

Like I said, no problem with giving Elano a bollocking if he has misbehaved. But theres a right way and a wrong way to do it.

well said moomba

 

[Brucie Bonus]

Perhaps, but it's the degree of the offence and how long it's been going on, and we don't really know what, if anything, Hughes said to Ribena after his off-the-cuff interview (which I did see, twice). We also don't really know how long Elano was outside the headmasters study. I'll take the time with a pinch. More than that, what we have here (as with the phone call, and a few other things) is the old 5th column routine / blokes who claim to be on the inside who stab Hughes not in the back, but in the front whilst smiling. If I could track them down I would, and fire them on the spot: not because I love Hughes, but there's a chain of command and what goes on in Vegas stays in Vegas.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

well if that's the case, these people should behave like adults then.

Yes, I agree. Hughes should be more mature in his dealings with his players.

Like I said, no problem with giving Elano a bollocking if he has misbehaved. But theres a right way and a wrong way to do it.

it's not hughes who walk's straight down tunnells when he his brought off. sulks when he can't take a free kick or penalty is it.elano's a cocky twat.

 

[Kinkys Blue Socks]

Does anyone remember a rumour the day Elano signed that he'd spat his dummy out straight away because he wanted the number 11 shirt that was already Vassell's?

Didn't take much notice at the time but did hope we hadn't signed a disruptive influence. Then the next game it came out that Elano had been given the number 11 shirt.

Don't know how true it was at the time but his actions since would suggest he is a prima donna. He's a very talented player, but not nearly as good or influential as he thinks he is. It will be no great loss for him to go in January and would probably remove some of the atmosphere in dressing room as well.

 

[allblackcitizen]

Absolutely spot on, and he started it when he first arrived with McGrath and Whiteside - they were top players, but bad for the dressing room - gone. In an instant, players know they can't fuck with the guy.

That's my point in the post above though. Hughes hasn't done that. He's just antagonised the situation. If Elano IS being a dick, he should be swiftly removed from the first-team squad and sold ASAP, not bollocked in front of everyone and allowed to stick around with a festering dislike for the manager.

Hughes needs to deal with it or draw a line under it. It seems he's stuck himself in the middle.

Not really. With our midfield options paper thin and further reduced by injury to some key players, don't think Hughes could afford to just deep freeze Elano and he can't ship him out until Jan. His options with regard to the player are limited. Seems to me like he's given Elano a chance to re-establish his credentials, but, on the field at least, the player don't seem too interested. Come Jan, he's gone.

 

[Brucie Bonus]

Does anyone remember a rumour the day Elano signed that he'd spat his dummy out straight away because he wanted the number 11 shirt that was already Vassell's?

Didn't take much notice at the time but did hope we hadn't signed a disruptive influence. Then the next game it came out that Elano had been given the number 11 shirt.

Don't know how true it was at the time but his actions since would suggest he is a prima donna. He's a very talented player, but not nearly as good or influential as he thinks he is. It will be no great loss for him to go in January and would probably remove some of the atmosphere in dressing room as well.

He's got a rat-face, and a face I'd love to slap no matter how good he may be (he isn't anyway).

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Does anyone remember a rumour the day Elano signed that he'd spat his dummy out straight away because he wanted the number 11 shirt that was already Vassell's?

Didn't take much notice at the time but did hope we hadn't signed a disruptive influence. Then the next game it came out that Elano had been given the number 11 shirt.

Don't know how true it was at the time but his actions since would suggest he is a prima donna. He's a very talented player, but not nearly as good or influential as he thinks he is. It will be no great loss for him to go in January and would probably remove some of the atmosphere in dressing room as well.

He's got a rat-face, and a face I'd love to slap no matter how good he may be (he isn't anyway).

hahahahar he's got a rat-face

 

[moomba]

it's not hughes who walk's straight down tunnells when he his brought off. sulks when he can't take a free kick or penalty is it.elano's a cocky twat.

One of several hundred cocky twats in the premier league, and several thousand in top level football. If Hughes can't effectively manage that sort of person he has no future in the game.