We all knew we would be looking at bargain basement options given our position, I don’t get why some are so against Hughes - who exactly were they expecting?
We will probably go down regardless of who we hire even if we improve, we can only attract managers who won’t mind having Relegation on their CV, that’s the situation we are in.
Basically, we have been left with the three ugly girls at the end of the night, making no attempt to go for the fitter ones early on who have now been taken![]()
I thought someone like you would appreciate that.
If the above was true, it tends to beg the question, why have you argued so long and so verciferously? I'm assuming it's because all you really want is people to validate you and your opinion.
Also not sure why you're getting so aggressive.
Last edited by Unbelievable Jeff; 13-03-2018 at 06:36 PM.
Robbie Savage is endorsing him to be the manager, so you can add that to the list of reasons not to appoint him.
He also adds this pearl of wisdom -
There is a reason for that though, they sack him before he gets to complete the relegation.He has never been relegated as a Premier League manager
Some people would do well to remember:
a.) We are 17th in the PL
b.) There are only 8 games left
c.) Most of those are hard games meaning relegation is more likely than not
Hughes is experienced in the PL, knows our players well and our opponents.
Whether he is in charge still in August is irrelevant. He is being appointed right now with a view on now.
On those terms, I don't see many better options, simply because we waited too long to fire Pellegrino.
Bit rich to moan when 99% wanted Pellegrino out. Who did people thinknwe would be getting? Rodgers, Tuchel, Wagner? Delusional.
24 hours ago it was virtually "Anyone but Pellegrino would do better" now we are nit picking again![]()
People saying Hughes is underwhelming, who do we actually think we can realistically get in our current situation? As I said on another thread this morning I have lived in the Midlands for past 13 years and know a few Stoke fans. They spent the first three seasons under Hughes singing his praises post Pulis. It’s only this season they turned against him following poor run.
Hughes wouldn’t be my 1st choice but I realise my first choices are probably out of reach. The ‘available list’ isn’t the greatest list of we’re going with premier league experience.
If it Hughes I’ll get behind him.
Quite.
As things stand, to me he's the obvious appointment. The job is surely to keep us up and then go on his merry way, Pearson style? The board must have already had a proper target in mind for the end of the season, who will be appointed as long as we're still in the prem? Hughes knows the league inside out, knows the players games, strengths and weaknesses......best option for a short term fix, imho.
Hughes is a massive upgrade on Pellegrino. We'll see a difference very quickly.
He’s definitely dividing opinion. I seem to recall he started off well at Stoke, got some good performances and won praise for playing a more attractive style. I suppose, though that it would be hard to play a less attractive style than any Pulis team.
I’m optimistic that Hughes gives a desperately underperforming team a much better fighting shot at survival than Pellegrino. It feels like a new day, to me, and I hope that the players who performed so disappointingly at Newcastle will see it the same way, pull their fingers out and fight like hell to stay up with him.
Hughes will do well for us initially, but things do tend to get stale after a while. I think the best we can hope for is him doing well for us and then another club taking him off our hands, Everton probably.
Not sure if this counts as sticking my neck on the line anymore but I’ve also been told it’s Hughes announcement tomorrow
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I'd take him till the end of the season but I don't want him long term.
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We don't have much choice, we made the decision to stubbornly stick with MP for as long as we did, missed out on potential appointments, so we are now left to play with the left overs in an empty pool. As CB alluded to earlier, we've made an absolute cockup of this season and that's why we've limited our choices.
We're not going to be sacking him after 8 games and he's not going to be here for just 8 games, so we better buckle up and hope we can get a little bit of momentum from it as he will be our manager for the next 18 months at least.
A nothing appointment. Neither one thing or the other.
They could've thrown money at someone half decent and had a red hot go at staying up, or rolled the dice on a wildcard and crossed their fingers. At the very least they could've planned ahead and brought in an up-and-comer for the inevitable rebuilding job after this season's disaster.
But instead we've settled for dire mediocrity, accepted relegation, and will be lumbered with him next season, which will only continue our decline.
Won't win another game this season.
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Hughes might not be the trendy choice, but he has pedigree and played under SAF, as well as for Barcelona and Bayern. Any of our players would envy his career.
Doesn’t make him a good manager, but he did a decent job with Stoke, they’d be better off if he had stayed. He knows the league, and he won’t take any half arsed crap from the players, should see a much better team attitude under him, and that’s all we need to pick up some points and win a cup...
I keep seeing this argument 'throwing money at someone’ ‘‘bringing an upcoming manager in'' - who? Rowett? Potter? Rodgers? Jokanovik - those sorts? They're all in jobs. We're not going to be appointing a manager who is currently in a job, it a nonsensical move for both the 'selling club' and the manager himself, especially people like Rowett and Potter who could end up making very bad career choices, they will be better suited to waiting a few months as I've sure all their advisors will be saying.
People like Tuchel, Ancelotti, AVB are pure pie in the sky suggestions. We are not attractive to managers of that ilk.
We've made our bed and we have to lie in it. Hughes/Bilic is what I expect and that's the clubs fault, but that won't stop me supporting them and getting behind them. We needed a fresh start and whatever happens, we've got one.
Last edited by S-Clarke; 13-03-2018 at 08:00 PM.
Why the delay?
Are we negotiating the release of a manager who is currently employed?
If it is going to be Mark Hughes it should be a quick deal.
I’ve never been a fan of Hughes the manager but, as others have said, he’s where we’re realistically at, short of offering mega-money to an old, higher profile manager.
Part of the problem with Hughes is that people remember what a bellend he seemed to be when he saw played for us.
It's been an entire day.
Mark Hughes (or whoever) and their agent are allowed to negotiate, they're allowed to make us squirm a bit. We're also allowed to interview more than candidate.
We'll have someone in before the weekend no bother - we won't go on national TV with Jaidi and Kelv leading them out.
Would take Hughes until the end of the season then rebuild come what may. What have they got against Silva? Not even on the shortlist (which must be very short) according to Wilson.
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