Mark Hughes

Hot news that Mark Hughes is going to be sacked in the next few minutes, and his replacement is Roberto Mancini.
IF true then as far as I'm concerned it's good bye Gary, don't let the door hit you on the way out, and welcome to Bolton Mark.

dont think hughes will come, he will hold out for liverpool or something, or take over wen wenger walks out of arsenal.

I really believe that if Benitez should leave Liverpool that Jose Mourinho would find his way there. By all accounts he is on extremely thin ice at Inter. As for Arsene, he's going nowhere anytime soon.

Why on earth would city go for Mancini if they could get Mourhino, the world is going mad. Next Everton will be sounding us out for the services of Megson, if only!
Seriously there is no harm in asking him the question, he did a good job at Blackburn and it is very difficult to just buy a whole team and get them to play.

Would certainly take Hughes, although I have my doubts he'd come... purely because I would imagine he'd hold out for something bigger, as he's already done the 'small club overachieving' bit with Blackburn.

On the otherhand, I'm not sure that any clubs of a sizeable ilk will be looking for a new boss anytime soon. Liverpool won't appoint Hughes - that I'm pretty sure of (I well imagine that when they finally can't avoid sacking that oaf Benitez any longer, that they will go foreign... Klinnsmann has been apporached before, and bizarrely they will probably fuckup again and appoint him!).
United; not anytime soon I reckon. Besides Hughes hasn't done enough to warrant that job.
Arsenal; Wenger's there for a good while yet.
Chelsea... no.
Spurs, Everton, Sunderland, Villa? Not likely.
His best bet for a so-called 'big club' is probably next season, when Newcastle are looking shit back in the Prem, they'll thank Hughton for his efforts and will look for a proven boss to come in.

I remember when Mark Hughes was the biggest c*nt on earth...I still remember it and my opinion hasn't changed. Fuck me, if Robbie Savage went into management and had a couple of good seasons would we want him at the Reebok?

Mark Hughes was a prick at Blackburn - he played terrible football and argued and moaned about every referee in England. He touted himself for a big club with cash, finally got it and did fuck all with £207m. Oh yeah, let's a get a manager on the rebound...

Oh, I guess we'd better strike him off our list then. Let's stick with Meggo the Arsene Wenger of the North West!!

I heard that Wenger was the Megson of the South East!

I think you're being a bit harsh on Hughes Breeze. What manager doesn't have an odd moan at referees. I seem to remember Sam wasn't too fond of most of them.

As for him playing terrible football, that was a tag which they got when he first arrived and he was trying to keep them up, but once he got them established, he got them playing some good football.

He made some very good signings on a budget, especially the likes of Samba, Nelson, Warnock, Bentley, McCarthy, Santa Cruz etc. Made tidy profits on three of them.

I don't think he'd come to Bolton as, like it has been said, he's done the poor club overachieving already. It's only when the offers dry up, like with Sam, and you get passed over for jobs to inexperienced guys like Tony Adams and Paul Ince that you slum it again to rebuild your reputation. That may not be the case with Hughes as he didn't fail quite as badly as Sam and he doesn't have quite the same reputaion of ugly football hanging over him.

Maybe when Megson is again struggling this time next season, we might be able to get Hughes.

I think him and Newcastle would be a good match though.

Hughes had a specific career path mapped out for him and there's nothing wrong with that. But it's gone tits up and he needs to re-invent himself after taking time out and he needs to work ut what he now wants...'cos he probably doesn't have a clue at the moment. But, as I said, don't get a manager on the rebound and especially this prick.

With the payout he will get from shake yer wallet, He will probs take a week off in rhyll...............

With the pay off he's getting, he can afford ten days!

Half board.

How the other half live...

I doubt he'll get another job this season. Will that be enough time for him to reinvent himself if we go for him in 12 months or so when Megson's having his next little wobble?

Well I don't think you could trust someone to come to a club like ours knowing that he had been positioning himself for a big club for many years and it had gone gone tits up despite spending £207m. He might say he wants another challenge but not-so-secretly he'd obviously like to manage United or Newcastle.

And he's a c*nt.

In an ideal world, I'm sure Big Sam would rather be managing Newcastle or Man Utd but such is life.

As long as he did a good job, I'm not sure if I'd care much about his motives. Plus, it would piss off the Dingles.

But you would never employ someone (especially on the rebound) knowing that they were coming to work for you but really wanting something else. If you didn't know then you're none-the-wiser but when you are aware of their real desire you'd spend the first three months knowing that you could be giving them millions to rebuild the team and rescructure the club only for them to piss off to Newcastle at the sonnest opportunity. Any new manager should be a long term choice and Hughes needs to fuck off and come back when he's decided what he wants. Or just fuck off...

I take it you don't like him then Breeze? I guess he's not getting a Christmas Card from you then ?

I can't forget what he was like as a player and how much we all hated him. Then he has a couple of years at Blackburn and then spends £207m on a team of strangers who play with absolutely no discernible style or pattern, gets sacked and suddenly he's our saviour? I have no idea how some people come to these sorts of conclusions...

It appears you can deduct the cost of Robinho from that 207 million pounds. It appears that Robinho was brought in against Hughes' wishes.

Oh yeah, 'cos any manager would fucking hate having to have Robinho thrust upon them...oh, the strain!

He couldn't get a dream team worth £250m to play together with any shape or style and without conceding lots of goals...what on earth does anyone think he could do with our lot?

He's a manager with long term plans but a short term personality.

Curbishley it is then, eh?

Why not just admit you are enamoured of Megson and you hope he keeps his job/no other manager is good enough.

Me, I'd as soon have another well-disliked knob...Souness...than Gary Megson.

Souness would bring more 'success' to our club but at some severe cost...he falls out with everyone and he always ends up running away or getting sacked because he breaks the club in two.

Megson's temporary remember...until someone better comes along. Hughes is high-maintenance and as interesting as an empty fish tank...he really, really isn't for us.

So Breeze, in an ideal world who would you have managing us? excluding those managers with the big 4 and those pushing for Europa Cup places. This would also exclude those managers in the various European leagues.

No idea...that's the problem. But jumping at anyone who is available is the wrong thing to do. We are not a club in turmoil...we're struggling on the pitch but off it we're a professional outfit unlike others we could mention. Hiring a new manager on a whim would undo all the good work Megson has done...(hey, this blue touch paper lights so easily).

breezeblock wrote:...he falls out with everyone and he always ends up running away or getting sacked because he breaks the club in two.

Perfect description of Megson.

(I'll remind you of this once he's gone and all the dirty linen starts coming out in public)

Next you'll be telling me that the comments both Steinsson and Davies made that all is well in the camp is just a poor PR stunt!

Time will tell
Mark my words
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