Hughes going RUMOURS! [Merged]

[Marvin]

Re: goat the legend - Hughes going soon.... [Merged]

Just for the clueless among us (me) WTF is going on?!

Someone on mancitynet, who is "ITK" has been told Hughes is on his way.

One of these days they will get it right

 

[biffa]

Re: goat the legend - Hughes going soon.... [Merged]

yep thats slightly worrying too

though I would have 100% confidence in the special one sorting it out

That is my biggest concern. They went on strike last season because they were mad at Frank (over Sven, and Frank's opinion of them leaked to the press, and his investigations of them), and they've done it again because they don't like Hughes. Everyone of the players, no matter who they are, and no matter the degree of remorse they may now show publicly, all of them involved in this go-slow need removing. Love Hughes or cannot stand him, it should not make a difference what you think.

I wonder if all those who were involved have actually been identified, are known? Dunne's name was mentioned as being in it, then he comes out with a statement backing Hughes. What is the truth about him? His performance this season has been beyond belief. Is his confidence shot? Has he been adversely affected by what is going on? Once the crap leaves, will he bounce back? Or is he in it? I have no idea. Whether it's Dunne, or Richards or Hart or Sweep or anyone, my trust in the players has taken a hammering. It's one thing to be pissed off at a manager, it's another thing to engage in sedition and wrecking. The club has got to get rid of whoever is responsible and make it clear that none remain who are guilty. It isn't just about the next manager, it's also about the players coming in, and those who, regardless of their opinion about Hughes know there is a chain of command, that certain things are above their pay-grade, and they know where the line is.

Stop believing that crap you read in the press

 

[Bluemoon115]

Re: goat the legend - Hughes going soon.... [Merged]

Just for the clueless among us (me) WTF is going on?!

Someone on mancitynet, who is "ITK" has been told Hughes is on his way.

One of these days they will get it right

Funny, I thought this site had all the BS rumours.

 

[svennis pennis]

Re: goat the legend - Hughes going soon.... [Merged]

theres the latest from mancityfans. Sorry if i caused any confusion.

Ok here is my pledge, I have provided the information in faith and to the best of my knowledge without damaging my sources. I fully believe Hughes is going to get sacked and if he doesn't I'm prepared to keep my snippets to myself in the futre to stop any frenzy's like this, if people want to request it by PM thats fine.

 

[TFC]

Re: goat the legend - Hughes going soon.... [Merged]

Just for the clueless among us (me) WTF is going on?!

Someone on mancitynet, who is "ITK" has been told Hughes is on his way.

One of these days they will get it right

Cheers Marvin, heard too much ITK crap over the last few days to get sucked in!

If an ADUG rep did fly in, my first thought is that its for crisis talks with Hughes, and that they may well back the fella up with the official announcement of the 'troublemakers' going on the transfer list....something has to give with regards to that situation.

Not what some blues want to hear of course ;)

 

[LEE BRADBURY]

HUGHES TO BE SACKED

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rumours gathering pace all over the internet

 

[Bluemoon115]

Re: HUGHES TO BE SACKED

http://newsoftheblues.blogspot.com/2009/01/hughes-sacking-rumours-hit-betting.html

rumours gathering pace all over the internet

Stick to the main thread

 

[Halfpenny]

Re: goat the legend - Hughes going soon.... [Merged]

Someone on mancitynet, who is "ITK" has been told Hughes is on his way.

One of these days they will get it right

Cheers Marvin, heard too much ITK crap over the last few days to get sucked in!

If an ADUG rep did fly in, my first thought is that its for crisis talks with Hughes, and that they may well back the fella up with the official announcement of the 'troublemakers' going on the transfer list....something has to give with regards to that situation.

Not what some blues want to hear of course ;)

If said list included TBH, Ball, Hamann, Vassell, Benjani and Elano, I'd be more than happy for now.

 

[rastus]

Re: goat the legend - Hughes going soon.... [Merged]

Not before time. The deafening sound of silence is too much for me to take anyway so hopefully this going to come to a resolution very soon. I have had enough of his rubbish comments after the match and definately sick of him blaming the players. The criminal bit for me is bailing out the FA Cup even more tamely than at Brighton which was already inexcusable. Playing one up front against a woeful Forest team , short on confidence and expecting a hammering, deserves the boot. When will all City fans realise that he is actually; clueless, 'blameless', inept, divisive and a poor judge of backroom support. He had the chance to start from scratch but brings his failed cronies from Blackburn with him. Stop me if i'm wrong but they've won precisely....nothing as a management team.

That appears to be the biggest difference from last year. Our 'star' players have little or no confidence in either his team's coaching methods or leadership. He has nearly £200million of talent yet wants a new team? It's a bad worker who blames his tools and is exactly the way to get a very negative respponse from most of the squad

I've no time for sentiment though and if our players are slacking then some of them can go as well. At the moment though I see the biggest problem as being the management. Hughes came into the club with a clear mandate to instill discipline and keep us in the top half of the league. So far he's failed on both counts. On top of that we are now in a different stratosphere in terms of wealth and expectation. Square peg in a round hole. Should he have more time? For me, no. Unless the Special One is already lined up and waiting till May to take over, but even then that might be contingent on being in the Premiership which is in peril right now. The real trouble though is the fallout; with the fans divided, the players underperforming or worse, future players looking only at success, confidence rapidly disappearing and the press having a field day at our expense. In short, Hughes is now our biggest liability and for that alone he should go.

Being a poor manager, being clueless, having the interpersonal skills of a dung beetle is beside the point; players low on confidence, annoyed, frustrated, underperforming or what-have-you is likewise irrelevant. The whole matter is exactly what you meant when you said, "or worse". I don't agree with you though about our star players having no confidence in him. The only players I have heard mention that have no confidence in him are not on my star players list, but it's all about opinion about who is a star player I suppose. Even if star players (or any player) have no confidence in him, that is no justification for what I called "sedition and wrecking (sabotage)", though it might explain lack of confidence and so forth. They are free to put in a transfer request and take it from there. I am sure Hughes has the same attitude as Tony Adams about players who do not want to "be here". The fact is the Arabs have (so far) endorsed Mark Hughes. It is the Arabs prerogative, not the players, to hire and fire any manager. How can any fan get behind the team or any player, if that fan thinks poor play is being caused by deliberate indifference "or worse" the conscious object is the screw things up? Can you explain Didi's throw against Forrest? Tal Ben Haim's backpass?

I'm going through my mental library of all the clear fuck ups this season, as well as all the offsides, miss-placed passes, missed tackles, reckless running into midfield, failing to track back, to cover, pointless hoofs upfield, failing to organize and defend corners, rotten corners, woeful free kicks, all the things that have not gone right, and many things are (I believe) independent of poor tactics, weird formations, substitutions and so on, and I don't like what I'm thinking.

We all know about game-fixing. We all know about referees being investigated for the same thing. It doesn't take a lot to mess things up, opportunities abound in any game for a player inclined to commit sins of commission, or omission...and it is the sins of omission which are the hardest to spot, as they tend to be the same kind of thing that can be explained by lack of match fitness, poor concentration, being unlucky, off-the-field issues, moments of madness etc.

Games are often won and lost at the margins. If City are currently a marginal team, it makes it even harder to spot behaviour which is indifferent, reckless, "or worse". We have lost (or failed to gain) points this season (I guesstimate 12-15, I suppose we could all come up with a number) that I think are attributable to specific errors. Whether these errors were the result of malice, or the natural working out of lady luck, Dame Fortune, low-confidence and stress (stemming from interaction with Hughes or not) I do not know. I'm actually fucking stunned by all this tbh. I don't really want to believe that any player would actually try to screw things up.

Well the players havent fucked it up....by themselves, they have a good helping hand from Mr Hughes, Bowen etc all those NVQ level1 personell that we should be cheering for.
Stunned is correct because its Management v Players

 

[LEE BRADBURY]

Re: HUGHES TO BE SACKED

sorry can you merge this thread :-)