This might ruffle a few feathers, for what its worth here's my take... I think Mark Hughes got the tactics right. If you look at the game as a whole, we had enough chances to win the game comfortably. This surely has to be down to Hughes tactics. He is getting the players to play in a certain way and they created enough chances to score.
I don't think anyone can argue that Adebayor, Tevez and Robinho are not top class players. Once Hughes has organised his team into a way of creating opportunities, it is out of his control. These top class players have to do what they are paid to do, Hughes has done his bit by setting the team up to present these chances to them. Lets face it, we could and should have won. The pen was a dodgy decision.
If we weren't creating opportunites and looking poor all over the pitch then yes, maybe I would agree with sacking Hughes. The fact of the matter is, is that we should be winning these games. We are being set up well enough to win them. What we are experiencing at the minute I would like to call 'teething problems' and if you weren't expecting any of these, then you are a fucking idiot. The people who want Hughes to stay are the people who are prepared to gradually improve. The people who want to get rid of him are people who have over inflated expectations for the season.
Don't bother giving any arguments like 'Hughes bought these players' or 'we've spent £200 million'. Firstly, anyone in the right mind was revelling in the fact that the players we have bought are quality. So that's the first argument out of the way. Secondly, yes we have spent £200 million but, Football is not directly linked to financial strength and expenditure, it can only provide a better opportunity for us to succeed, not guarantee it, and that is whether Hughes, Hiddink, Mourinho or anyone else is in charge.
Also, where the fuck has all the fun gone with being a City fan?? The ground is full of dicks, and so is this site. We're 6th in the Prem with a game in hand, Qtr Finals of the Carling Cup, In the hat for the 3rd Rnd of the F.A Cup and we've got a mint ground, fantastic owners and a team that will only get better... CHILL THE FUCK OUT!!