Manchester City have won just one match in their last 10 Premier League outings despite spending over £170m on transfers this year.
Was it right to give Mark Hughes his P45?
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Manchester City have won just one match in their last 10 Premier League outings despite spending over £170m on transfers this year.
Was it right to give Mark Hughes his P45?
Before I rant on I'm not a Man City supporter infact I'm a Liverpool fan and have been since 1969 when a young man left Cardiff City for the then world record tranfer fee of £111,000 (John Toshack).
I digress.
Mark Hughes was not given the time to gell this group of players into a team that could challenge the so called Super4 in the Premiership.
Hey the metal of the man was Man City are in 6th place today, In the semi-final of the League Cup for the first time in 28 years and have already beaten Man Utd and Chelsea this season.
What more do these business men want?
I use the word businessmen advisidly. These men aren't football people they are only there as part of their power trip
Mark Hughes got a non-sexy club like Blackburn to great heights with little or no money. 18 months is a drop in the ocean timewise when building a team so in my considered opinion he's been shafted good and proper by gutless people who don't have that football club running in their veins.
He's to good a coach and manager to be lost to the game for too long.
Let's hope he can show what he can do and give to football very soon!
Hingey
Hello Hingey, et al,
An old Spanish saying I just made up states money can buy any thing, and another is nothing sucedes like sucess.
Regards RBD
well said mr hinge:cool:
You could argue that he was yet to make his MARK!!
Seasonal Greetings to you all. BG.
Not being a soccer fan as such I think that the money being paid to so called soccer stars and their managers and so called agents is disgusting.
Most soccer clubs are up their eye balls in dept, if that was Mr Average his home and all his passessions would go down the tupes as a result, in answer to the original question Mark Hughes chose to be a soccer player/manager and I dont think he will be too worried about getting fired but his pride may well be very hurt.
Happy Christmas to all
Joe.
PS. What do soccer agents do?.
Sorry to break this to you but football is a billion pound industry and like it or not players and managers are paid well and deservedly so, and with that said I welcome comments saying they dont. Firstly top clubs can expect over 30 thousand fans each week each paying 20 quid plus so the maths are quite simple. Should Mark Hughes of Ruabon fame have been sacked? Yes big time, and any one who questions the decision to get rid of him either knows nothing about football as smokeyjoe confirms or is a lunatic. results count simple as. I think there are too many rugby fans who compare both sports to footballs detriment here so maybe thats it. Happy xmas people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smokeyjoe
What's Mark Hughes' last two and why was he given a gun?
I agree with the points Jase made,but in his reply he mentions that results count,well arent their teams in the league worse off then City,have no chance of winning a thing,no chance of a top 4 finish(where the big money to earn is),and are more than likely will be challenging for relegation,surely if as he says Mark Hughes wasnt up to the job then surely Benitiz(**** at spaninsh in school) should have gone months ago,that is a case of Rome burns while Nero Fiddled,so to add if a top 6 position and a place in the Carling cup is classed as failure those other managers must be managing from the trenches with there steel hats on,dont panic sir comes to mind:skeptical:
Well said Keith. I am a United supporter and although we hate City (a number of reasons why) they are way out of order for sacking 'Sparky'.Quote:
Originally Posted by keithwill38
I agree that there are managers in the Premiership that have basically failed and are still in their job, even after two season, to name a couple, Phil Brown at Hull and Zola at West Ham.
What makes me even annoyed is that 'Sparky' put in his own money to buy Bellamy.
if my mrs sent me shopping with all that money and all i came home with were a bag full of drawers i think id be sacked
It comes with the territory I'm afraid. If the team does not perform, then the top person gets the boot. I'm sure MH new it was on the cards unless the team got good results and the reality of it is...he (and the team) failed. Change is the only option left.
Hi Guys and Girls
I'm sorry but your arguements don't add up!
Man City are 6th in the league only lost twice this season. Yes perhaps too many draws but they're difficult to beat, and hey, Sparky has got them into the League Cup semi's for the first time in 28yrs.
Bottom line!
New owners wanted their man. Sparky was not that person so any excuse was used to get rid of him.
As I said in my original post. These people have not got the football club in their blood it's just a power trip and I'm afraid football throughout the world will be the worst when you see this type of cheque book management being allowed in the game.
Has nobody in Football in the UK learnt the lesson of what happened to Leeds Utd and others years ago. All it takes is for these bank rollers to walk away and the clubs are in the mire!
Hingey
At least at man city he was sacked not like his previouse 2 jobs he quit for more money IE Wales and Blackburn
Nice 1 Jeff. Bottom line he was not up to managing the richest club in the world. He had some success at Blackburn but won nothing. He had some success with Wales but again never qualified for anything. The owners of football clubs have the right to replace the manager if they so wish.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeffdj
He done a good job at all 3 its a case of IF ONLYQuote:
Originally Posted by jase hill
my granny had b*** * shed be my grandad
As an Evertonian I have no particular feelings about the Sacking of Mark Hughes, yes he did play for us at one time but that was after he was any good as a player.
As a manager, I have to look at what he has done - and anyone that paid £20odd million for Joleon Lescott has to be suspect. I can only think that he was still showing his allegiance to Everton when he persuaded those Arabs to part with their oily money.
So in a way I am sorry to see him go as he proved to be no competition to David Moyes's shrewdness and certainly not in his league as a coach.!! BG.
Nice 1 Bwlchgafr, I too am an Evertonian and must agree completely, wait out now for those uneducated that will point to the fact were only a few points from the drop zone, but obviously these will be from people who dont know the facts so will certainly be ignored by this C/S.Quote:
Originally Posted by bwchgafr
I hate to see any man lose his job particularly just before Christmas. Money aside (and he has plenty) the feeling of being unwanted or a failure is hard for any man. Think on, there by the grace of God go you or I. Seasons greetings to you all.
Another non football fan pontificating on football matters. Seems to me that those with a passion for football tend to forget that Football seems to be one of the most cut throat BUSINESSES out there. To draw comparison with the international money markets, we are in a recession because too much was never enough for the banks. As a trader, you couldn't go to your boss and say I have only made ten million for the bank this year but I have laid down a foundation for steady growth next year, you would have been sacked for not making a 100 million. The same I think applies to football managers as well. There is no opportunity to slowly develop a good team, todays results are the only thing that matters.
We know how the international money markets collapsed could football do that? I don't know, but I do know that it's time to put some fan power back in the mix. Let the grass roots fan have a say cos if the money men can make a fast buck out of ruining your club, they WILL and they will sleep soundly in their beds having done so.
This poll is now closed and as you can see, most of you thought Hughes did not deserve to be sacked when the 4-3 win over Sunderland left his side within touching distance of the Champions League places.