I was a Hughes outer at the weekend. After a few days to reflect, i'm still leaning towards what i was thinking at the weekdend.
However i like the way he presents himself and i like the way he represents the club. Generally speaking he comes across very well and he sticks up for his team (for want of a better phrase) a lot (unlike Pearce imo).
Maybe the problem is down to the coaching set-ups right throughout the club. I've said this before, but Barcelona are so good because they have exactly the same coaching set-up and philosophy right from the Junior teams right up to the first team. The way the play is beautiful. I'd love something like that to be done at City, but with Hughes in charge i really can't see any of that changing.
We look a bad side. Somehow we've become hard to beat whilst looking unbelievably vulnerable. Defensively we are an accident waiting to happen. In midfield we don't seem to know how to put our foot on the ball and dictate and dominate, depsite on paper having an excellent team. We lack creativity despite the fact we have flair, pace and good technique in the final third. I'd go as far as saying, if it wasn't for Given, we'd be about 6 or 7 points worse off - and at that point, the pressure would really be on Hughes.
Like most i suppose i'm still undecided. I like him and i want him to succeed, but as the weeks have gone by, my optimism has turned to pessimism. Having said that, a win at Anfield and i'll be starting the official Mark Hughes fanclub.
