If not Hughes who next?

[Petetheblu]

Theres only one man for the roll

Hahaha!!! The fear of Hayley washing her cock in the showers should be enough to motivate our lads.

 

[Blue2112]

And let's be realistic. Mourinho won't come, neither will Hiddink.

Why not?

We are the richest club in the world but still think like we're fucking Bolton.

A great manager can achieve everything he wants at our club now. So could a good one, with a little luck.

Why we are sticking with (at best) unproven or (at worst) mediocre is a mystery to me.

Although a bigger mystery is why are so many fans happy to accept it.

This is my biggest bone of contention for the past 12 months. I never wanted Hughes and made my feeling known. However I have shoved those feelings into the cupboard and sat back and watched with dismay. We have been presented with a golden opportunity, the best ever in my lifetime of actually achieving something tangible for once and we're fucking around with it for fear of upsetting the apple cart.

We should have been ruthless from day one, cut the ties and made no apologies, paid him and his team off handsomely and gone after the best available. We made a statement in signing Robinho when the statement should have been at the very top with the manager. I understand the new owners were caught in a no win situation, they would have been slagged by the media and fans if they would not have given a young British manager already in place his chance but the harsh reality is that would have blown over if a high class manager would have been appointed.

 

[Dyed Petya]

I posted this on another thread, which has now gone way down the board:

I don't think Hughes will be fired before the end of the season unless we get to a point where even sixth place is already starting to look unlikely by Christmas. And I think that's right, too. I think next summer is the time to judge him and evaluate whether he's the man to take the 'project' forward. However, I do enjoy a bit of idle speculation and, in that spirit, here goes.

Realistically, is anyone currently with a major European club (the likes of Mourinho, Rijkaard and so on), who is currently in the Champions League and going for their domestic title, going to quit in mid-season to join us?

Hiddink would be available if Russia lose their World Cup play off against Solvenia next week, but they probably won't. If they do qualify, the Russian FA won't give him dispensation to take a part time club job ahead of the World Cup (I live in Russia and they got tremendous stick when they did it last season - and I doubt they'd have done it anyway for anyone but Abramovich, who happens to pay his wages for the Russian FA). So we'd be relying on Hiddink to quit. I suspect that he really fancies a crack at the World Cup, so wouldn't walk out on the chance. Pity, he'd be ideal.

So that would leave us looking for someone out of work. Roberto Mancini would be a contender, I guess. Are there any other reasonably big names out of work? I can't think of any for the moment.

When people were talking about potential replacements last spring, I threw the name of Roy Hodgson into the mix. Personally, if we were looking now, that's who I'd think about going for. Of course, he may not come, but he's experienced, used to dealing with big names and very, very astute. Perhaps he might also appreciate the chance, before he retires, to go to a club with the resources to allow for hopes to challenge the really big clubs.

All likely to be academic, though. The owners have been very loyal to Hughes, and unless things deteriorate from here, I don't think they'll look to change until the end of the season at the earliest.

 

[blueinsa]

Why not?

We are the richest club in the world but still think like we're fucking Bolton.

A great manager can achieve everything he wants at our club now. So could a good one, with a little luck.

Why we are sticking with (at best) unproven or (at worst) mediocre is a mystery to me.

Although a bigger mystery is why are so many fans happy to accept it.

This is my biggest bone of contention for the past 12 months. I never wanted Hughes and made my feeling known. However I have shoved those feelings into the cupboard and sat back and watched with dismay. We have been presented with a golden opportunity, the best ever in my lifetime of actually achieving something tangible for once and we're fucking around with it for fear of upsetting the apple cart.

We should have been ruthless from day one, cut the ties and made no apologies, paid him and his team off handsomely and gone after the best available. We made a statement in signing Robinho when the statement should have been at the very top with the manager. I understand the new owners were caught in a no win situation, they would have been slagged by the media and fans if they would not have given a young British manager already in place his chance but the harsh reality is that would have blown over if a high class manager would have been appointed.

100% correct!

 

[warringtonmcfc]

I posted this on another thread, which has now gone way down the board:

I don't think Hughes will be fired before the end of the season unless we get to a point where even sixth place is already starting to look unlikely by Christmas. And I think that's right, too. I think next summer is the time to judge him and evaluate whether he's the man to take the 'project' forward. However, I do enjoy a bit of idle speculation and, in that spirit, here goes.

Realistically, is anyone currently with a major European club (the likes of Mourinho, Rijkaard and so on), who is currently in the Champions League and going for their domestic title, going to quit in mid-season to join us?

Hiddink would be available if Russia lose their World Cup play off against Solvenia next week, but they probably won't. If they do qualify, the Russian FA won't give him dispensation to take a part time club job ahead of the World Cup (I live in Russia and they got tremendous stick when they did it last season - and I doubt they'd have done it anyway for anyone but Abramovich, who happens to pay his wages for the Russian FA). So we'd be relying on Hiddink to quit. I suspect that he really fancies a crack at the World Cup, so wouldn't walk out on the chance. Pity, he'd be ideal.

So that would leave us looking for someone out of work. Roberto Mancini would be a contender, I guess. Are there any other reasonably big names out of work? I can't think of any for the moment.

When people were talking about potential replacements last spring, I threw the name of Roy Hodgson into the mix. Personally, if we were looking now, that's who I'd think about going for. Of course, he may not come, but he's experienced, used to dealing with big names and very, very astute. Perhaps he might also appreciate the chance, before he retires, to go to a club with the resources to allow for hopes to challenge the really big clubs.

All likely to be academic, though. The owners have been very loyal to Hughes, and unless things deteriorate from here, I don't think they'll look to change until the end of the season at the earliest.

Agree with all the above.

I think Hodgson is a good shout but not sure how well he would go down with the people who want a big name. I think Mourinho has moved on from "projects" such as ours.

 

[warringtonmcfc]

Why not?

We are the richest club in the world but still think like we're fucking Bolton.

A great manager can achieve everything he wants at our club now. So could a good one, with a little luck.

Why we are sticking with (at best) unproven or (at worst) mediocre is a mystery to me.

Although a bigger mystery is why are so many fans happy to accept it.

This is my biggest bone of contention for the past 12 months. I never wanted Hughes and made my feeling known. However I have shoved those feelings into the cupboard and sat back and watched with dismay. We have been presented with a golden opportunity, the best ever in my lifetime of actually achieving something tangible for once and we're fucking around with it for fear of upsetting the apple cart.

We should have been ruthless from day one, cut the ties and made no apologies, paid him and his team off handsomely and gone after the best available. We made a statement in signing Robinho when the statement should have been at the very top with the manager. I understand the new owners were caught in a no win situation, they would have been slagged by the media and fans if they would not have given a young British manager already in place his chance but the harsh reality is that would have blown over if a high class manager would have been appointed.

I agree that the time to make the change would have been as soon as they came in or at least before all the money got splurged in this summers close season. Now they have made their decision I think they are stuck with it for this season at least unless things go really badly wrong in which case they will make a move.

 

[hgblue]

Why not?

We are the richest club in the world but still think like we're fucking Bolton.

A great manager can achieve everything he wants at our club now. So could a good one, with a little luck.

Why we are sticking with (at best) unproven or (at worst) mediocre is a mystery to me.

Although a bigger mystery is why are so many fans happy to accept it.

This is my biggest bone of contention for the past 12 months. I never wanted Hughes and made my feeling known. However I have shoved those feelings into the cupboard and sat back and watched with dismay. We have been presented with a golden opportunity, the best ever in my lifetime of actually achieving something tangible for once and we're fucking around with it for fear of upsetting the apple cart.

We should have been ruthless from day one, cut the ties and made no apologies, paid him and his team off handsomely and gone after the best available. We made a statement in signing Robinho when the statement should have been at the very top with the manager. I understand the new owners were caught in a no win situation, they would have been slagged by the media and fans if they would not have given a young British manager already in place his chance but the harsh reality is that would have blown over if a high class manager would have been appointed.

Nail on head mate. Fact is though, we are where we are.

 

[mike channon´s windmill]

Hodgson would be my no. 1 choice

 

[Maintainin]

Theres only one man for the roll

Hahaha!!! The fear of Hayley washing her cock in the showers should be enough to motivate our lads.

Could picture mr. cropper with our whole squad at Piccadilly cueing for tickets & handing out packed lunch to the lads before setting off on awaydays

Hayley rubbing lads with tcp for her frills

 

[Scottyboi]

when benitez walks/sacked he will come here bringing gerrard and torres with him haha. He will then get to rip fergie allll season and we come 2nd in the prem but will have won the carling cup and fa cup.

Open your eyes people benitez will come hahahaha