if messi was available, i'd still give swp the right wing spot.
legend.
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Shaun Wright-Phillips has laid the blame for Manchester City's slump on players who are not prepared to work hard enough for under-fire manager Mark Hughes.
The England winger last night said the team's dramatic slide into the relegation zone was not the manager's fault but down to team-mates who hide when games are not going well.
Eastlands fans will hope Wright-Phillips's honesty will galvanise a side who go to West Bromwich Albion today having won just three of 14 league games since the arrival of their super-rich owners from Abu Dhabi and £32.5million Robinho.
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Wright-Phillips said: 'No matter how much quality you have, hard work is the basis of everything. You need to get a team where everyone is working hard. Then, even if someone isn't playing well, he can help by getting round the pitch and tackling. That is the side of things we are trying to get right.
'We've let ourselves down as players this season. We've lost concentration at key moments and it has cost us. We conceded a sucker punch against Everton last weekend and it hurt us as much as it hurt the fans. 'There's a lot of quality in our team. As long as we're all working hard for Mark Hughes, it will be fine.'
Wright-Phillips's support will be welcome to Hughes, whose mood will not have improved by Thursday's UEFA Cup defeat at Racing Santander.
Under instructions to catch the Big Four, City are closer to the Championship than the Champions League and are likely to be without Robinho today after a recurrence of ankle trouble.
Despite a £100m war chest, Hughes has failed to lure David Villa, Sergio Aguero or even Lassana Diarra to Eastlands, leaving the likes of Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz as a more realistic target as he tries to offload inherited players including Elano and Jo.
Wright-Phillips wants City to follow the approach at Chelsea under Jose Mourinho, who bought players like Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba instead of the more glamorous Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho.
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Shaun Wright-Phillips has laid the blame for Manchester City's slump on players who are not prepared to work hard enough for under-fire manager Mark Hughes.
The England winger last night said the team's dramatic slide into the relegation zone was not the manager's fault but down to team-mates who hide when games are not going well.
Eastlands fans will hope Wright-Phillips's honesty will galvanise a side who go to West Bromwich Albion today having won just three of 14 league games since the arrival of their super-rich owners from Abu Dhabi and £32.5million Robinho.
Shaun Wright-Phillips
Wright-Phillips said: 'No matter how much quality you have, hard work is the basis of everything. You need to get a team where everyone is working hard. Then, even if someone isn't playing well, he can help by getting round the pitch and tackling. That is the side of things we are trying to get right.
'We've let ourselves down as players this season. We've lost concentration at key moments and it has cost us. We conceded a sucker punch against Everton last weekend and it hurt us as much as it hurt the fans. 'There's a lot of quality in our team. As long as we're all working hard for Mark Hughes, it will be fine.'
Wright-Phillips's support will be welcome to Hughes, whose mood will not have improved by Thursday's UEFA Cup defeat at Racing Santander.
Under instructions to catch the Big Four, City are closer to the Championship than the Champions League and are likely to be without Robinho today after a recurrence of ankle trouble.
Despite a £100m war chest, Hughes has failed to lure David Villa, Sergio Aguero or even Lassana Diarra to Eastlands, leaving the likes of Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz as a more realistic target as he tries to offload inherited players including Elano and Jo.
Wright-Phillips wants City to follow the approach at Chelsea under Jose Mourinho, who bought players like Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba instead of the more glamorous Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho.