Comments on: Mark Hughes Leaves Blackburn, Goes to City

By: Kartik

Kartik — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:54:48 +0000

I watched Mexico last night and they were a disgrace. They knew a new manager was coming in and didn’t exert any effort in the match. So Sven does have his work cut out for him.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:52:24 +0000

I think the risk/reward factor is interesting here. Shinawatra has the money and will finance Hughes and spend it to bring in the players Hughes wants (I could see them spending more money this summer than Hughes spent in 4 years at Blackburn), but as we’re all saying, if Hughes doesn’t succeed this year, he’ll be out the door at the end of the season just like Sven.

Is City really going to finish ahead of Portsmouth, Villa, Everton, and Tottenham next season? It seems doubtful to me, at least with this current group of players, so Hughes has some work to do.

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:24:35 +0000

BTW, I’ll happily eat my words if I am wrong. I like Hughes and hope he can succeed. I just don’t expect it with this owner.

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:23:37 +0000

I also agree with Kartik’s outlook. Glad Sven took his money and then moved on to the Mexico job. Good for him. He’s a quality manager and I think he’ll do a decent job with Mexico.

City are aiming too high too soon. They need to stabilize being a Top 6 club and play some UEFA Cup before trying to topple the big boys. Just throwing money at a club can only take it so far, you need to have patience and build a stable core of management and players to move forward over the course of a few seasons. Like Hughes did with Blackburn. Too bad he won’t get any time in the new job. If he makes it to Christmas I’ll be amazed…and I give it a year tops and he’ll be sacked.

By: eplnfl

eplnfl — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:17:22 +0000

I have to join in and say bad move by Hughes. Unless he is given enough cash to buy 11 new world class players, he will not finish better than 6th and that won’t due for City next year.

Lets hope whatever happens at City will not keep Hughes from his proper place as a upper echelon manager.

BTW: Sven will be a big hit for Mexico and he knows how to defeat the US, both at altitude and sea level. I guess we can talk about Mexico in another posting.