Re: The hughes Thread
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:20 pm
btajim wrote:Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:btajim wrote:Hughes made himself an achievable target that he knew he was likely to be able to better? Sounds like a shrewd move on his part.
Maybe shrewd move on his part but not our part. Probably got him the boot as well, showing the owners that he didn't think he had it in him to reach targets OWNERS set.
Hughes got paid off. Nice Christmas Present!
The targets will have been agreed by both parties and City went back on their word. It'll be interesting to see what they do if Mancini doesn't make 4th. That's the target he's been set.
Seriously that is bollocks. In any business targets move as events unfold. The level of spending, Liverpool's decline made top 4 a bigger reality then was probably first envisaged. Hughes was always going to be evaluated at Xmas prior to the January window and after 18 months in charge there was plenty to evalute him on and in the end he was found wanting.
As for Mancini I suspect that finishing 4th will not be a deal breaker. I think Mancini was always in the frame for the job (as no doubt other high profile managers were) and barring total meltdown he will be here next year. If you look at some reports from the summer Mancini was linked to the job with talk of assessing Hughes at Xmas with Mancini as an option to replace Hughes which is pretty much what happened - Paul Hetherington in the Star wrote this in the summer (and yes I know its the Star but its useful to go back and see what people write and then judge it against what has actually happened).
Of course if Mancini does not get a top 4 spot and he is not sacked as many people would like then a lot of people on here are going to go mad and talk about double standards and compare it to how 'badly Mark Hughes was treated' well bollocks to that.
When you stump up half a billion in buying the club and new players you get certain perks and picking the manager you want to coach the team is one of them. Same goes for Mancini if he did get a top 4 spot and still gets the boot in the summer and Jose is drafted in. Yep it would be just as harsh on Mancini (although I doubt if you would see the Hughes mob crying over it) but Mourinho is the best coach in world football so Mancini would have to suck it up. Personally I think the Mourinho boat has long sailed but who knows.
This Hughes tread is sentimental to the point of being seriously gay so take down the sheep posters and stop bleating.