A few quotes that contradict the logic of this article:
"Joleon Lescott needs a more dominant centre-half alongside him than Kolo Touré, who is too diffident to be a real defensive leader or captain."
Hughes bought him and made him captain
"The Welshman insists he conducts "due diligence'' on potential signings, talking to friends and contacts within the game to check on a player's character, ensuring they will perform through bad times as well as good, away as well at home. Some of City's current playing staff have yet to convince they are made of the right stuff."
17 out of 25 in the current squad were bought under Hughes' watch.
"In this tricky period, Robinho could answer his many critics by dominating a game. If the technically gifted but selfish Brazilian fails to deliver it should remind Abu Dhabi, who chose him, that transfer policy must be dictated by Hughes."
Hughes has endorsed the signing of Robinho repeatedly in public. Robinho is not the sort of player who 'dominates a game', he is a skilful, tricky, creative player who can produce moments of magic out of nothing. Gerrard, Lampard, Roy Keane type players 'dominate' games. Robinho has been out injured so he can not be blamed for the performance of the team of late. He was top scorer at the club in his first season.
"He deserves at least another summer transfer window and another pre-season before he can be properly judged."
This was Hughes' original position one year ago. However, at the beginning of this season he expressed surprise at how quickly he'd been able to get the players he wanted and declared that City could compete at the top of the league.
This strikes me as being a planted story that has come straight from Hughes or one of his men. I actually voted Hughes in on the poll but this article has weakened that stance. These are empty excuses that deflect from the flaws in Hughes' makeup. Despite his talk over the summer that the players he now has give him more tactical versatility, we are yet to see him make tactical changes in this way. I can only think of one decision he's taken that positively affected us, and several where it actually hurt us.
"Joleon Lescott needs a more dominant centre-half alongside him than Kolo Touré, who is too diffident to be a real defensive leader or captain."
Hughes bought him and made him captain
"The Welshman insists he conducts "due diligence'' on potential signings, talking to friends and contacts within the game to check on a player's character, ensuring they will perform through bad times as well as good, away as well at home. Some of City's current playing staff have yet to convince they are made of the right stuff."
17 out of 25 in the current squad were bought under Hughes' watch.
"In this tricky period, Robinho could answer his many critics by dominating a game. If the technically gifted but selfish Brazilian fails to deliver it should remind Abu Dhabi, who chose him, that transfer policy must be dictated by Hughes."
Hughes has endorsed the signing of Robinho repeatedly in public. Robinho is not the sort of player who 'dominates a game', he is a skilful, tricky, creative player who can produce moments of magic out of nothing. Gerrard, Lampard, Roy Keane type players 'dominate' games. Robinho has been out injured so he can not be blamed for the performance of the team of late. He was top scorer at the club in his first season.
"He deserves at least another summer transfer window and another pre-season before he can be properly judged."
This was Hughes' original position one year ago. However, at the beginning of this season he expressed surprise at how quickly he'd been able to get the players he wanted and declared that City could compete at the top of the league.
This strikes me as being a planted story that has come straight from Hughes or one of his men. I actually voted Hughes in on the poll but this article has weakened that stance. These are empty excuses that deflect from the flaws in Hughes' makeup. Despite his talk over the summer that the players he now has give him more tactical versatility, we are yet to see him make tactical changes in this way. I can only think of one decision he's taken that positively affected us, and several where it actually hurt us.