Hughes at Stoke

[jay_mcfc]

I didn't want Hughes sacked by City. I wanted him to be given more time.

I was wrong.

His spell at Blackburn was his peak and since then its been all down hill.

he was right for us for where we were when he joined. after the money came in he was on very thin ice. all those draws and some rotten luck made his position untenable. it was a proper upgrade getting bob but we shit on hughes and made us seem crass. we didn't learn and repeated the same mistake with mancini sacking. again we have upgraded again to pelli, lets hope we show this guy a little more patience and respect. he certainly deserves it.

He was never right for us and we should never have got him.

 

[Bill]

I didn't want Hughes sacked by City. I wanted him to be given more time.

I was wrong.

His spell at Blackburn was his peak and since then its been all down hill.

he was right for us for where we were when he joined. after the money came in he was on very thin ice. all those draws and some rotten luck made his position untenable. it was a proper upgrade getting bob but we shit on hughes and made us seem crass. we didn't learn and repeated the same mistake with mancini sacking. again we have upgraded again to pelli, lets hope we show this guy a little more patience and respect. he certainly deserves it.

He was never right for us and we should never have got him.

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[jay_mcfc]

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Easy; he was crap ;)

I can't be bothered going on about Hughes now. It's bad enough Mancini is still talked about so regularly but clueless really isn't worth the bandwidth. Besides, I've tried to erase the moron and his time here from my memory and right now I'm too happy to go over all of that again.

 

[baldybouncer]

I didn't want Hughes sacked by City. I wanted him to be given more time.

I was wrong.

His spell at Blackburn was his peak and since then its been all down hill.

he was right for us for where we were when he joined. after the money came in he was on very thin ice. all those draws and some rotten luck made his position untenable. it was a proper upgrade getting bob but we shit on hughes and made us seem crass. we didn't learn and repeated the same mistake with mancini sacking. again we have upgraded again to pelli, lets hope we show this guy a little more patience and respect. he certainly deserves it.

How was he unlucky?

And please, don't trot out that old chestnut about us shitting on Hughes. He shit on himself because he had no idea how to change a game when it needed changing. For what it's worth I agree that we didn't do ourselves any favours over Bob's sacking.

 

[Ducado]

It's been said before, but it's definitely true: Hughes (and others of his ilk) always seem to come out smelling of roses, regardless of the chaos they leave in their wake. Stoke will go down and Clueless will be sacked - pocketing another windfall. Someone like Leceister will replace them, but after a couple of months of struggling with life in the Premiership, they'll sack Pearson, appoint Clueless and the merry-go-round will begin again.

It's a strange one isn't it

You would think with his CV he would not even get to the interview stage

I can only put it down to there being a very small pool of managers with any experience around

 

[Citizenhill]

Weren't we in the bottom 3 under Hughes at Christmas at one point, or am I imagining that? He was never right for the job, or any job, absolute con man.

 

[Ducado]

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Easy; he was crap ;)

I can't be bothered going on about Hughes now. It's bad enough Mancini is still talked about so regularly but clueless really isn't worth the bandwidth. Besides, I've tried to erase the moron and his time here from my memory and right now I'm too happy to go over all of that again.

Ha, Ha I remember your Anti Hughes rants, to be fair DD & BS were mere amateurs in comparison to you, never have I seen a person so obsessed with hatred for one person

Like Bill said he was the right man at the time but events overtook him

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

People were always bound to draw comparisons with Pulis, unfavourable or otherwise, but I think this weekend he will show a bit more consistency with his predecessor's MO by getting his team to collectively bend over for united.

 

[AustinBlue]

Whether Hughes were capable or not is irrelevant. He didn't have City's best interests at heart. Far too close to the agents bringing in overpriced players. Far too close to Kia. Too many of the players he demanded were from agents in his inner circle - looked very suspiciously like collusion. He played a game against the rest of the City leadership, and they called his bluff.

Having said his capability was irrelevant, Hughes demonstrated very suspect tactics and man management. With the money he was spending on the team, performances like the one against Spurs exposed City for being very easy to take apart, and no plan B once the team went behind.

 

[Bill]

I didn't want Hughes sacked by City. I wanted him to be given more time.

I was wrong.

His spell at Blackburn was his peak and since then its been all down hill.

he was right for us for where we were when he joined. after the money came in he was on very thin ice. all those draws and some rotten luck made his position untenable. it was a proper upgrade getting bob but we shit on hughes and made us seem crass. we didn't learn and repeated the same mistake with mancini sacking. again we have upgraded again to pelli, lets hope we show this guy a little more patience and respect. he certainly deserves it.

How was he unlucky?

And please, don't trot out that old chestnut about us shitting on Hughes. He shit on himself because he had no idea how to change a game when it needed changing. For what it's worth I agree that we didn't do ourselves any favours over Bob's sacking.

on the field of play, what could go wrong did go wrong, rebounds, offsides the lot. that was the best bit about mancini, he was a lucky manager.