stewarty 1,959 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Rumours from earlier today confirmed. Hughes was to be sacked today regardless of the result. Roberto Mancini appointed and will be unveiled on Monday. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Seems strange to me. I don't understand why they've sacked him tbh. He's spent an insane amount of money for the squad that he's got & he could have spent it better IMO, but other than that I don't really see why he should have been sacked. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 for the amount of money they spent their league position and their current form simply wasnt good enough. I also am not convinced that he was a big enough name to get the true big name players. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy steel 0 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 No way! Way? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Correct decision. Hughes has spent gajillions and made the team no better than it was last season. Draws at home to Hull and Burnley is unacceptable. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,959 Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 I guess the Man City board must be looking at Mourinho's stint at Chelsea. He brought instant success for a comparable amount of money spent. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,959 Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 Also, as others have mentioned, perhaps the Board shared the view that he wasn't the right man to take them to the next level i.e. the Champions League. By getting rid of him now, they allow Mancini a transfer window to make some changes to potentially kick on and achieve that this season. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,959 Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 And you could argue that they are not too far away from that given their wins over Chelsea and Arsenal... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 791 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 It was obvious he wasnt the man the owners wanted. Only 2 defeats all season is the best in the league at the moment and 1 of them (Man U away) they were totally unlucky. The most surprising thing is the Mancini appointment. What has he done in management?? I can see Man City turning out to be a bit of joke 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Mancini won 3 Serie A trophies successively (admittedly one of those was thanks to Juve & AC being docked points due to match fixing). Still a decent record, but I dont see him as being the right man for the job either ! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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