i put the whole dunne saga down to one thing really, and that thing is mark hughes
like most of his business, it was a pile of fucking shite
It is easy with hindsight to say his dealings were shit, however if memory serves me right most posters on here were over the moon with his signings, all of them were better than what we had and all proven prem players in fact a lot of people last season were talking about winning theprem league and almost guaranteed champions league. In the cold light of day some of the singnings haven't worked but most have, Given, Kompany, NDJ, Barry, SWP, Ade, Tevez, Bellars one could argue maybe that SWP has maintained his pre chelsea form and no one could have predicted the Ade thing with Togo. The areas where we have been let down have been in the defence, right back and left back and the ability of MH to stop the leak of goals. Tactically he got it wrong. IMO Mancini has inherited a good team that needed strengthening that is all, and it seems he has done that, but to take us up to the new level he has demanded we play in a certain way and that involves the midfield players not only being able to defend but also attack and be creative, that is where the problems lay and that is why he wants Milner. As for Bellamy he was in my opinion principal reason for Robinho leaving, and he has been removed to enable Robinho to return.
