Didsbury Dave
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I'm glad Hughes was sacked and I welcome the change of manager. And I couldn't really give a damn about the "way" in which he was sacked, to be honest. It's a smokescreen.
He got some things right but he got plenty wrong as well:
* Centre Half Pairing. Whilst I like Lescott, I'm unsure about Toure and their lack of aerial command has been the reason we've conceeded so many this year. He should have bought a ball winner to replace Dunne.
* Repeatedly playing a formation which didn't get the best out of our players. Stevie Ireland, Robinho, Adebayor, De Jong and Bellamy are not suited to our formation
* A lack of desire, or confidence, to change things on the pitch. Hughes hardly ever changed the system or the formation mid-match to counteract the opposition. He was a very poor user of subs. Spurs was a good example.
* Blaming everyone else. He was always putting out stories about what chaos the club were in when he came, and how he needed his own players in. It was bollocks, we had a good side when he came.
I would say overall he bought pretty well, and he did seem to be able to motivate the team, but I think they are the main reasons he failed. I think he's left Mancini with a peach of a job - it won't be that hard to put most of those right.
He got some things right but he got plenty wrong as well:
* Centre Half Pairing. Whilst I like Lescott, I'm unsure about Toure and their lack of aerial command has been the reason we've conceeded so many this year. He should have bought a ball winner to replace Dunne.
* Repeatedly playing a formation which didn't get the best out of our players. Stevie Ireland, Robinho, Adebayor, De Jong and Bellamy are not suited to our formation
* A lack of desire, or confidence, to change things on the pitch. Hughes hardly ever changed the system or the formation mid-match to counteract the opposition. He was a very poor user of subs. Spurs was a good example.
* Blaming everyone else. He was always putting out stories about what chaos the club were in when he came, and how he needed his own players in. It was bollocks, we had a good side when he came.
I would say overall he bought pretty well, and he did seem to be able to motivate the team, but I think they are the main reasons he failed. I think he's left Mancini with a peach of a job - it won't be that hard to put most of those right.