I am willing to give Hughes an extra season at least.

I fluctuate hugely in my opinions of Hughes.

Didn't want him originally, then slowly warmed to him, then decided enough was enough after Fulham. After the Hamburg home game I think we should give him another year. I'm tired and bored of constrantly changing manager - United, Arsenal, and Liverpool point towards stability. If we underachieve next year again then he has to go.
 
Ric said:
I fluctuate hugely in my opinions of Hughes.

Didn't want him originally, then slowly warmed to him, then decided enough was enough after Fulham. After the Hamburg home game I think we should give him another year. I'm tired and bored of constrantly changing manager - United, Arsenal, and Liverpool point towards stability. If we underachieve next year again then he has to go.
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Agree with this. Except I supported his appointment originally.
 
Out.

It's got nothing to do with who he played for previously or if he has the right 'mentality' or whatever things he is attempting to put into place behind the scenes... or what I think about him personally (and the guy has my sympathy for some of the stuff that he's put up with from certain City supporters).

I am simply not sure he has it with regards to what he can get the team to produce on the field, for one reason or another. I worry about which players we may see departing in the summer, and what ideas Hughes has about the kind of football and players he sees us playing with.

My contention is that we could do a lot better. That's as simple as it gets. No ifs, no buts, no speculation, just an assessment of what we've seen so far this year, and what he's done with the resources at his disposal. It's just been pretty poor.
 
Hughes is trying to turn an oil tanker in a puddle and I think his heart and soul is in it all the way because I think deep down he wants to be better than Fergie. I think he is the man for the job and I do believe he can take us to the highest levels, but we must be patient. My only problem is, can Mark Hughes attract the kind of player we need with no Euro cup and a mid table finish without the high profile......I think he will struggle on that one. Still, who needs these over paid pre Maddonna super stars who simply can't be bothered half the time...Know what I mean?????
 
jimharri said:
I've held that belief all along. Changing managers hand over fist, each time thinking "this is the one", has been proven not to work. Fact. Check out our record this past thirty-odd years. Unfortunately, I do believe that the Hughes Out section of our support will get their way in the summer. Despite the noises supposedly coming from ADUG about Hughes getting another year, I imagine that the Sheik won't be impressed by a mid-table finish. Hope I'm wrong.
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This is a situation we've never been in before though, now we have the possibility to attract the most famous and most accomplished managers in the world.

I don't know though...I'm still on the fence about him. I disagree with you though - I do think he will be given another year and I'm just hoping he'll really come good, it'll be the best thing for everyone. And it will shut the "I told you so" attitude of the pundits up as well...loads of more bad press about us ruining football if he is sacked I imagine. Though if he does well next season it will never shut up the "I told you so's" coming from the firm MH supporters on here...sometimes I wonder if you all realize we're on the same team?
 
I'm in - I liked the pinball football we played in or on the edge of the box on Thursday. I haven't seen city play that before.

We can play some fantastic football and when we get rid of the chaff, or get players to compete for places, we'll come good.
 
Im in also.

It has done City as a club no good sacking manager after manager, year after year.

People have been moaning about his coaching ability, anybody thought it might just be the players not implementing out on the pitch.

I cant believe he cant take training and specifically set piece training, when Blackburn where one of the best in the league at it when he was in charge. That leads me to the conclussion that the players just havnt grasped what has been taught in the week.
 
Spindash said:
Ric said:
I fluctuate hugely in my opinions of Hughes.

Didn't want him originally, then slowly warmed to him, then decided enough was enough after Fulham. After the Hamburg home game I think we should give him another year. I'm tired and bored of constrantly changing manager - United, Arsenal, and Liverpool point towards stability. If we underachieve next year again then he has to go.
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Agree with this. Except I supported his appointment originally.
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I agree also, give him another season to build HIS team, if he fails then he cant complain he hasnt been given a chance.

Personally I think he is putting together a reasonable squad in the time he has had, we have had a vast amount of injuries and feel if all were fit at anyone time we would have a good set up, but at present our bench players say alot about how short on quality we actually are.

We have seen the likes of Evans and Etuhu used which unfortunately I do not feel (yes I know they are young!) will ever cut it in the Premiership.

Support the players and Manager and be positive !
 
We must give him time. If we sack Hughes there would be a queue of premier league clubs wanting him. Hughes is a good manager with the potential to be a great manager, let's get behind him and give the man some support.
 
I've changed my mind. Im willing to give him another season.

If he gets rid of all the dead wood and bring in 3 or 4 class signings, i can see us performing much better next season. We've effectively done most of the season without a decent striker ffs.
 
I have been on the fence regarding mark hughes for a while now (although i have fallen off once or twice on the anti-side in anger at times ! ) as for where i stand now,for me if the owners are happy to keep him in place for another season,then i can do nothing but get behind him and give him full support.I will try at all times not to post any anti or indeed pro' hughes posts at all,no matter what,and make a judgement at the end of next season, by then i think we will have had a better indication of where we are going.
 
If he is allowed to stay, why not give him an overseas coach (like the Portugese geezer who went to OT) to assist with handling the volatile South American contingent. Zico would be my choice. He would make a fine Assistant Coach and would jump at the chance to join our project. If MH fails to perform, we would have an ideal caretaker in place.
 
Isn't it strange... last week after the Fulham game all the same posters were lining up to demand his head... now a win and it's kneejerk reaction time again!

And so it's all the posters lining up to demand Hughes gets another season!

If we lose on Sunday I fully expect all the same posters, AGAIN, all lining up to demand Hughes head!!!

It would be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.
 
What a load of shite. I'm sick to death of this reward for failure bullshit.

With or without Hughes the team would have played like that on Thursday with it being a quarter final and having the kind of backing we gave them. The fact Elano and Robinho played so well together further emphasises Hughes has had it wrong for an entire season. Elano is far too good a player and far too capable of winning games in a second for him to be on our subs bench. Instead Hughes dropped him early on despite him playing well, he was made the scapegoat for our poor form at different stages of the season and the fans turned on him. Unforgiveable management and yet another reason why Hughes should be nowhere near our club.

Or else we could just give him another season, make another hundred excuses for failure and reward him again? Absolute bullshit.
 
jay_mcfc said:
What a load of shite. I'm sick to death of this reward for failure bullshit.

With or without Hughes the team would have played like that on Thursday with it being a quarter final and having the kind of backing we gave them. The fact Elano and Robinho played so well together further emphasises Hughes has had it wrong for an entire season. Elano is far too good a player and far too capable of winning games in a second for him to be on our subs bench. Instead Hughes dropped him early on despite him playing well, he was made the scapegoat for our poor form at different stages of the season and the fans turned on him. Unforgiveable management and yet another reason why Hughes should be nowhere near our club.

Or else we could just give him another season, make another hundred excuses for failure and reward him again? Absolute bullshit.
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Agree with what you say, but lets not forget how he Picked Kompany,Zabs and Swp up in the summer. Ireland has come on leaps and bounds with Hughes aswell and all 4 of them have been our best players. Without Hughes we would probley not have them 4 players. He has his gains aswell as his faults.
 
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