Mark Hughes’s dismissal at Manchester City attracted sympathy from many quarters after the dignified reaction of the Welshman to his sudden departure, a situation that was handled very poorly by the club.
The Welshman’s efforts at the club certainly deserved more. Hughes is without doubt a very accomplished manager. His career, it could be argued, started back to front, straight in at the deep end in taking the reigns of the Welsh national team in 1999. His efforts in taking Wales to the brink of European Championship qualification in 2004 may only now be truly appreciated after the team’s struggles in qualification campaigns of recent years.
His successes continued at Blackburn, leading the side to a sixth place finish in the league in 2006 and reaching three consecutive domestic cup semi-finals. His time at Manchester City was more notable for the takeover of the Abu Dhabi United Investment Group, which allowed Hughes to be highly active in the following transfer windows. I feel Hughes would have been successful at City however, if he had been given the time. When he was sacked, despite a succession of draws, City had only been defeated once all season. He could certainly have done as good a job as his replacement, Roberto Mancini.
Does Hughes’s C.V. warrant the honour of the Liverpool manager’s job though?
Personally, as a Liverpool fan, the answer is a resounding no. His C.V. in both his playing and management career, is highly impressive. But it has one huge flaw…Manchester United. Without that, Hughes would in all likelihood be high on Liverpool’s list of management targets.
However, it is impossible to see him take his place in the dugout at Anfield such is his standing at United, a thought that will not sit at all comfortably with the fans at Anfield, as it wouldn’t if the situation was reversed.
Hughes would be under huge pressure before he even started, aware of his unpopularity with the supporters, which will instil unwanted tension within the club. At such a crucial time in Liverpool’s recent history, the decision to install Hughes as manager would be damaging. This would not provide the stability, which the club and supporters are craving.
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It’s just a complete non-starter.
City fans weren’t overly impressed initially to see Hughes, as you can imagine. But we soon got behind him, and he did a great job in a time of dizzying change and knee-jerk decisions all around him.
In my humble opinion, I think Hughes could prove his worth at Anfield if the fans can overlook his playing history, which isn’t really the crux of the matter anyway. Is it now?
Mark Hughes???
1. Won or done nothing with Wales
2. Won or done nothing with Blackburn
3. Won or done nothing with Manchester City
Get a grip!!!
Listen if City fans can get over him being from the scum Liverpool fans can.
When our new owners came in he was always going to get replaced. He’s a good manager. He’ll fit in with Liverpool at the moment.
He was found not good enough for manchester city
but would be good enough for liverpool and would improve them 10 fold
terrible manager, has no personality, can’t handle personalities. tactically inept, brings his welsh cronies, who all have a vast over estimation of their value to the club.
Get prepared to see less creative players and more dirk kuyts. Liverpool will soon look like a blackburn.
Hughes couldnt fix a defence with 200 m…get real
tom,
I think the author was getting real, he didn’t think Hughes was a good idea….
There is no way that he will be accepted at Anfield by us.
His past does matter he is scum, was scum and always be scum.
If he ends up as manager I for one will make tear up my season ticket.
Look, if Manchester City fans could forget his raggy past, so can Liverpool fans.
Remember, he snatched Tevez from Utd, and oversaw the “Welcome to Manchester” billboard which turned Taggart’s whiskey face puce with rage.
I worried that he would have city kicking lumps out of opponents, like a rich Blackburn, but instead he instigated free-flowing, gung-ho attacking football, like Kevin Keegan’s early period as city manager.
I’d like to see him at Liverpool, but they have less money to spend even than Blackburn, let alone City, and not even UEFA cup. He might see it as a step down.
Liverpool should grab Sven while he’s up for it. He’s total class, and can turn around a team in trouble within 10 days. You can bet he has a portfolio on every Liverpool player, and every transfer target already planned.
Hughes is a solid manager, able to learn from his mistakes. He can get players fit to run for 90 minutes, and toughen up soft foreign strikers.
Having said that, Sven is a rolls royce. Everything he does is well thought out, and done with a touch of class. Go for Sven unless you want to stay mid-table and broke forever.
simply not good enough…bring back kenny…