MARK HUGHES THREAD (all hughes opinions in here please)

[Wonderwall]

... there is a clear under-current of Hughes has to go I hate him...

There is truth in that. Leaving aside the fact I don't rate him as a manager I can't stand the fellow to be honest. How much my disliking Hughes colours my judgement on his abilities is open to debate, although the fact that last night he equalled his highest point in any competition in 10 years of management is more to the point. Even Fat Sam managed that last night from his sick bed :)

and he did it with all hughes signings ;-)

[Beefymcfc]

... there is a clear under-current of Hughes has to go I hate him...

There is truth in that. Leaving aside the fact I don't rate him as a manager I can't stand the fellow to be honest. How much my disliking Hughes colours my judgement on his abilities is open to debate, although the fact that last night he equalled his highest point in any competition in 10 years of management is more to the point. Even Fat Sam managed that last night from his sick bed :)

and he did it with all hughes signings ;-)

Ha ha ha, back at ya ;-)

[Alex Sapphire]

... there is a clear under-current of Hughes has to go I hate him...

There is truth in that. Leaving aside the fact I don't rate him as a manager I can't stand the fellow to be honest. How much my disliking Hughes colours my judgement on his abilities is open to debate, although the fact that last night he equalled his highest point in any competition in 10 years of management is more to the point. Even Fat Sam managed that last night from his sick bed :)

Yup this is his fourth semi final in 5 years.
2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup
His Blackburn paupers were KO'd by Scum and Chelsea at this stage in the FA cup and by Scum in the League Cup.
Not bad for a small town in Bolton.
In fact since Hughsie started club management, he is the only manager who has taken sides other than Arse and Scum into 2 League Cup semis

[BobKowalski]

... there is a clear under-current of Hughes has to go I hate him...

There is truth in that. Leaving aside the fact I don't rate him as a manager I can't stand the fellow to be honest. How much my disliking Hughes colours my judgement on his abilities is open to debate, although the fact that last night he equalled his highest point in any competition in 10 years of management is more to the point. Even Fat Sam managed that last night from his sick bed :)

and he did it with all hughes signings ;-)

Yep got to give you that one...

...mind you if Fat Sam gets them to the final he will have taken them further than Hughes ever did! :)

[BobKowalski]

Yup this is his fourth semi final in 5 years.
2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup
His Blackburn paupers were KO'd by Scum and Chelsea at this stage in the FA cup and by Scum in the League Cup.
Not bad for a small town in Bolton.
In fact since Hughsie started club management, he is the only manager who has taken sides other than Arse and Scum into 2 League Cup semis

Lets hope its 5th time lucky then

[Beefymcfc]

... there is a clear under-current of Hughes has to go I hate him...

There is truth in that. Leaving aside the fact I don't rate him as a manager I can't stand the fellow to be honest. How much my disliking Hughes colours my judgement on his abilities is open to debate, although the fact that last night he equalled his highest point in any competition in 10 years of management is more to the point. Even Fat Sam managed that last night from his sick bed :)

and he did it with all hughes signings ;-)

Yep got to give you that one...

...mind you if Fat Sam gets them to the final he will have taken them further than Hughes ever did! :)

And strangely enough, if Hughes gets us to the final.......................well, I'll leave the rest for you to work out ;-)

[simon12]

Mark Hughes, has to be given until the end of the season, what is the point of the fans adding to the speculation over his future, Listening to some the visitors in the East stand,I game 1 game in a season Loons shouting complete nonsense at a misplaced pass and in the same breath blaming the manager, there is a clear under-current of Hughes has to go I hate him, I hope he wins the League cup, I wonder at times what some fans hope for! lose so we can sack him praying that he does fuck all & they can spout I told you so. Face it we are progressing we are in the last 4, 1981 was the last time, if running this club was so easy someone explain the last 30 yrs. Hughes needs support like anyone, looking ahead at Saturday Anelka, who did not give a toss about City for 6 months when he walked around Coms picking up his money for doing fucking nothing but sulk, will get more support than our Manager ! how is that possible.Hughes in.

2 excellent points

[BobKowalski]

... there is a clear under-current of Hughes has to go I hate him...

There is truth in that. Leaving aside the fact I don't rate him as a manager I can't stand the fellow to be honest. How much my disliking Hughes colours my judgement on his abilities is open to debate, although the fact that last night he equalled his highest point in any competition in 10 years of management is more to the point. Even Fat Sam managed that last night from his sick bed :)

and he did it with all hughes signings ;-)

Yep got to give you that one...

...mind you if Fat Sam gets them to the final he will have taken them further than Hughes ever did! :)

And strangely enough, if Hughes gets us to the final.......................well, I'll leave the rest for you to work out ;-)

It would be a City v Blackburn final...I'll take that right now

[simon12]

The fa wouldn`t how many tickets would burnblack return. Mind you we would sell them on top of our allocation

[Im From Manchester]

... there is a clear under-current of Hughes has to go I hate him...

There is truth in that. Leaving aside the fact I don't rate him as a manager I can't stand the fellow to be honest. How much my disliking Hughes colours my judgement on his abilities is open to debate, although the fact that last night he equalled his highest point in any competition in 10 years of management is more to the point. Even Fat Sam managed that last night from his sick bed :)

Yup this is his fourth semi final in 5 years.
2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup
His Blackburn paupers were KO'd by Scum and Chelsea at this stage in the FA cup and by Scum in the League Cup.
Not bad for a small town in Bolton.
In fact since Hughsie started club management, he is the only manager who has taken sides other than Arse and Scum into 2 League Cup semis

And anyone that watched the Chelsea v Blackburn semi final at Old Trafford, Blackburn absolutely battered Chelsea that day. 3 semi finals for a small time club like Blackburn is punching massively above their weight.

[Renato_CTID]

Hughes in or out? I don't know what our board should decide to do but I was a little angry after the 3rd gol.
Why? How many points should City have in Premier replacing SWP in the last fifteen/twenty minutes with new Wonderboy Vladi? What's your opinion, mates?

[Burt]

Hughes in or out? I don't know what our board should decide to do but I was a little angry after the 3rd gol.
Why? How many points should City have in Premier replacing SWP in the last fifteen/twenty minutes with new Wonderboy Vladi? What's your opinion, mates?

As I've said on a few occasions previously, there's no reason why Vlad The Impaler and SWP can't play in the same side mate. Tueart and Barnes used to swap wings for fun and the opposition were fucled all the time.

[Blue Since 76]

OK, cards on the table time. I still don't rate Hughes and ultimately, I don't think he will bring the success we are looking for. I've even said the same sometime in the last 14 pages.

However, it would be stupid to sack him now, with that semi-final looming. Unless we get murdered in the home leg, that gives him till at least the 19th January, by which point it's too late to sack him during the season. The only thing I can see changing that is losing every game between now and the semi, which won't happen.

So, I don't think Hughes is the right man for the job or even a particularly talented coach/manager, but he's here for the rest of the season. Whilst I may therefore complain about his tactics, decisions, substitutions, negativity etc, etc I'm going to leave off asking for him to be sacked. I suspect I'll be back on it by summer, but until then...

Got to say I liked him annoying Whinger last night and especially the wave down the tunnel. Maybe I'm warming to him.

[Lee_Kinda]

got to say, fairplay to hughes last night, correct formation and perfect subs. well done.

[colonel_muck]

ok you can understand why people aren't sure about hughes, and why people don't want him to go (stability factor) but can we all agree that the little wave down the tunnel to wenger was genius? i loved it!

[Slim]

I laughed and his thumb over the shoulder at the camera....magic helmet.

[Beefymcfc]

I laughed and his thumb over the shoulder at the camera....magic helmet.

Got to watch the game again last night (Sky+) and a real class moment happened at the end of his post-match interview. The commentator asked if Hughes was going to speak to Whinger about the incident which he replied, 'He's over there', pointing to his left. The commentator then said 'Go Get Him!', to which Hughes bee-lined out of camera shot as if he was going to lamp him. I could just imagine him finger-poking Whingers chest and when Whinger came on, he looked like he'd been crying with those big red puppy eyes.

All-in-all, I thought it was a class act from Hughes.

[Slim]

Absolutely, the incident involving the ball was such a nothing moment and to refuse to shake hands because of it was childish and unprofessional. Personally I LOVE the fact he acted that way, I hate the french fuck and the plaudits he gets for ripping off youth academies and calling them his own creations, after this there will be enough shit flung at him from the papers that we can just sit back and enjoy.

[ronk]

Yup this is his fourth semi final in 5 years.
2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup
His Blackburn paupers were KO'd by Scum and Chelsea at this stage in the FA cup and by Scum in the League Cup.
Not bad for a small town in Bolton.
In fact since Hughsie started club management, he is the only manager who has taken sides other than Arse and Scum into 2 League Cup semis

Lets hope its 5th time lucky then

Let's hope it's 4th time lucky?

[Lionheart]

And anyone that watched the Chelsea v Blackburn semi final at Old Trafford, Blackburn absolutely battered Chelsea that day. 3 semi finals for a small time club like Blackburn is punching massively above their weight.

I was there actually, masquerading as a Blackburn fan (it was a free ticket, sue me).