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Did't put this in the Hughes thread as I want the merits of hiddink to be debated, not the merits of Hughes.

Hiddink was put on red alert by Chelsea in case Ancelotti didn't come off but it appears Mr Ancelotti is flavour of the month at the moment. With that in mind, Guus must be dying for a good opportunity???????????????????

I'd love Hiddink at City.

I think he could take us to that next level - not sure Les can - nothings ever nailed on though is it?

david yearsley wrote:I think he could take us to that next level - not sure Les can - nothings ever nailed on though is it?

IMO, Certain elements of your post are absolutely nailed on. Others are more subjective.

Would deffo be a better choice for us however our owners don't look like they care what Hughes does wrong right now. We could get fucking relegated and he wouldn't get fired.

I would love Hiddink for the US mens national team.

Kyle wrote:I would love Hiddink for the US mens national team.

I think he's going to stay within international football, so that's not actually a bad shout. Wonder whether the Sheikh could have any pull in getting him involved with UAE though?

BlueinBosnia wrote:

Kyle wrote:I would love Hiddink for the US mens national team.

I think he's going to stay within international football, so that's not actually a bad shout. Wonder whether the Sheikh could have any pull in getting him involved with UAE though?

That would be very benifical for them, especially with all the money he's throwing down to develop the youth around those parts. Hiddink is very very effective at making international players play together, and i'm pretty sure he could have a decent run with almost any international team he manages.

If Mark Hughes couldn't get Russia to the WC finals people would be calling for his head. But now people seem to overlook the fact Hiddink has failed to do this.

No better than Les, close topic an start again.

Thats a fair point.

Hughes has won shedloads of trophies too.

Chopper wrote:Thats a fair point.

Hughes has won shedloads of trophies too.

Outside of the Netherlands, Hiddink has won 1 FA Cup (with an already assembled and gelled squad) and a European Cup (21 years ago).

Outside of being a player hughes has won nothing.

Chopper wrote:Outside of being a player hughes has won nothing.

That's for the Hughes thread. Hiddink has hardly been a modern 'great'- apart from trophies in a weaker league, Hiddink has won 2 cups in a managerial career spanning almost 30 years.

Hiddink has a great reputation for doing great things with average to decent squads at international level. Think he's a good manager, but I also think he is better suited to international than domestic. It was hardly a tough gig at Chelsea was it?

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:Hiddink has a great reputation for doing great things with average to decent squads at international level. Think he's a good manager, but I also think he is better suited to international than domestic. It was hardly a tough gig at Chelsea was it?

it shouldnt be that tough at city with the players we have though should it?

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:Hiddink has a great reputation for doing great things with average to decent squads at international level. Think he's a good manager, but I also think he is better suited to international than domestic. It was hardly a tough gig at Chelsea was it?

it shouldnt be that tough at city with the players we have though should it?

9secondlegend wrote:

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:Hiddink has a great reputation for doing great things with average to decent squads at international level. Think he's a good manager, but I also think he is better suited to international than domestic. It was hardly a tough gig at Chelsea was it?

it shouldnt be that tough at city with the players we have though should it?

He took over a squad who have a core set of players who have gelled, expect to win trophies every season for the last 4 or 5 and were in a great spot in the league.

Are we at that stage now?

A big massive yes please. He would be a wonderful short term fix for us. He'd give us a wonderful 3 seasons before retiring.

If that's the way we're going to go then great.

dazby wrote:A big massive yes please. He would be a wonderful short term fix for us. He'd give us a wonderful 3 seasons before retiring.

If that's the way we're going to go then great.

Who next, then? Undoubtedly baconface will have retired/died in an unfortunate cheese-grater related incident, as well as several other managers leaving their posts. Mourinho et al will possibly be settled in a new job, essentially leaving us back at square 1. Let's hope Paul Ince steps up to the plate in that time.

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:

9secondlegend wrote:

Pretty Boy Lee wrote:Hiddink has a great reputation for doing great things with average to decent squads at international level. Think he's a good manager, but I also think he is better suited to international than domestic. It was hardly a tough gig at Chelsea was it?

it shouldnt be that tough at city with the players we have though should it?

He took over a squad who have a core set of players who have gelled, expect to win trophies every season for the last 4 or 5 and were in a great spot in the league.

Are we at that stage now?

almost
it just needs someone to get the best out of the players (who undoubtedly are very talented individuals) which i think hiddink could do.

One of the best if not THE best manager around. Just the kind of manager who could get punch of players like we have playing winning football.

Unfortunately I don't we are after him.