[Archived] Sparky - Not A Great Manager?

[philipl]

There were plenty of details about Terry's Man City package floating about and the reason for him missing a do at Yeovil three weeks ago was publicly given as discussing terms with Man City!

Today's press is full of City upping their bids for Terry and Lescott.

[Rover4ever]

There were plenty of details about Terry's Man City package floating about and the reason for him missing a do at Yeovil three weeks ago was publicly given as discussing terms with Man City!

But I thoguht he was "Mr. Chelsea"

[thenodrog]

I presume you mean Robinho?

I agree with what you say about Kenny Dalglish, I was talking to Stuart Ripley on the train to Manchester a few months back, and he said himself that his knowledge about every single player was brilliant. He could tell you the strengths and weakness of every player and had studied pretty much all the European players. I think his scouting ability made him a better manager, something Sparky has, however, if you look at his buys at Rovers, most the players he did buy, did leave for a huge profit. So theres no doubting Sparky in that area.

I can recall the following:

Jeffers sold for £1 million when we bought him on a free

Bentley bought for £3 million and sold for £18 million

Roque bought for £3 million sold for £18 million

Bellamy bought for £3 million and sold for £6.5 million

He has bought in the likes of Samba, Nelsen and Warnock, who if sold right now in the market, would undoubtedly make us a huge profit.

Hughes biggest coup by far was getting 2.5 m for Shefki Kuqi!!!! Unbelievable.

[RibbleValleyRover]

Hughes at it again, this time about Delph:

"We have an interest in the situation," said Hughes, following City's 1-1 friendly draw with Barnsley at Oakwell.

"He is a young player who has been brought to our attention. I'm not sure where we are up to with that because obviously I have been busy with the game today."

[Waggy76]

The way things are going at Manchester City ...I suspect if they do not win their first 5 games of the season ..

The said Mark Hughes will be history

The pressure is building and will continue to build ,he is not a fans favourite !!!

[mellison24]

I have quite a lot of City fans as mates and many seem to have never gotten over the fact that Mark Hughes is a ManUre legend (of sorts). They still regard him as an outsider, so even if he was even RELATIVELY successful, I think it will take a quintuple win, 3years in a row for him to ever really get in their gud books.

[RibbleValleyRover]

He's at it again:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ity/8199370.stm

"We are still trying to speak to the people who will ultimately make the decision over whether the deal continues."

"Those conversations are still to take place but how long they will still be active is open to debate."

[Anti Euro Smiths Fan]

Moyes angry at "disgusting" underhand tactics from Hughes.

Angry Everton manager David Moyes has launched a scathing attack on Manchester City, accusing them of using "disgusting" underhand tactics in their pursuit of defender Joleon Lescott.

Moyes has indicated that he may make a formal complaint to the FA once the transfer window has closed. The Everton boss said: "Joleon has had a situation where people are speaking to him and trying to disrupt him. If City were going to come back in with an offer, you would have hoped they would have done it privately and not through the media or the routes that they have done."

Moyes believes that Hughes's tactic of talking publicly about Lescott in the media is a deliberate attempt at destabilising one of their rivals.

The Everton boss has also taken a parting shot at Hughes by claiming that Man City need to be challenging for the title this season.

"If I had spent that kind of money, I'd be thinking of having to challenge to win the Premier League," said Moyes.

Link: "You're disgusting Hughes"

[Tom]

I've said it once but it's timely to say it again, Hughes has to break into the Champs League this season or he has been a huge failure at City. As Moyes says, that sort of money should be nearly winning you the league if spent right.

I'm suprised he still has a job after last years poor showing after the money he spent. I feel Hughes has gone a bit big time and arrogant since the money came in.

[RibbleValleyRover]

Another cracker from Hughes, can't believe he is the same man who managed us...

Hughes defends chase for Lescott

"We feel we are doing things the right way and through the proper channels," explained Hughes.

"I'm not surprised David feels a bit aggrieved with the situation, you always are when a big club is trying to sign one of your best players."

"At this moment in time our interest is not finished yet."

"I have said before when a deal has run its course we would be prepared to walk away."

"I could pick up the phone and ring David very easily. I would ask him whether I could have his player, he would say no and I would have to put the telephone down. What would be the point of that?"

"The thing is we haven't put this into the public domain. Everton did that on their website."

What a frucking barsteward

[Anti Euro Smiths Fan]

Shame on you Leslie Hughes for not condemning Adebayor's sickening behaviour.....

I thought Adebayor's conduct at Eastlands yesterday was shameful and disgraceful. I was disgusted by his incendiary highly provocative goal celebration when he sprinted 90 metres to cockily celebrate directly in front of Arsenal's away fans. I was also appalled by his reckless malicious kick in the side of Van Persie's head, which was only centimetres away from Van Persie's eye.

Whilst Robin Van Persie isn't my favourite player - he's been guilty in the past of making reckless challenges such as one on Ryan Nelsen - it still doesn't mean however that two wrongs make a right. I cannot in any way condone Adebayor's dangerous kick on Van Persie's head. I thought it was a disgrace.

This is what the Dutchman had to say about it:

"I am sad and disappointed by my former team-mate Emmanuel Adebayor's mindless and malicious stamp on me. We are both professional footballers and I know that the game is physical. Adebayor set out to hurt me. I knew he was aiming for a collision because he changed the angle of his body to allow contact to be made."

"He moved backwards when his natural momentum would have taken him forward. I find that deeply disrespectful. He has shown a real lack of class today, to me and the fans. I do feel lucky that I have not suffered a greater injury. The contact was only centimetres from my eye.

"I have not received an apology from him, there were no words exchanged afterwards. He had his own agenda today and that is bad for football. It's bad for the game we all love. I want to make it clear that this has nothing to do with the result of today's match. We do not hide from that disappointment but I need to speak out about his behaviour."

Wouldn't it have been nice if Leslie Mark Hughes had spoken out against Adebayor's behaviour? Wouldn't that have been the right and proper thing to do for the game of football as a whole to at least try to maintain certain standards of behaviour?

Instead Hughes came across as being smug in his interview after the match with the BBC. Hughes made excuses for Adebayor's sickening goal celebration, saying: "It is understandable. It's an emotional game and it was the emotion of the moment. He wanted to share his joy with our fans as well. It would be very harsh if the FA took further action."

Hughes was questioned in a very gentle manner by the BBC interviewer about the goal celebration. Hughes was not asked any questions at all by the BBC about Adebayor's stamp on Van Persie. One suspects that the BBC have now got their heads (metaphorically) up Man City's backside after Hughes's £200m spending spree in the transfer market - a spending spree which had Hughes's friend and former Barcelona team-mate Gary Lineker salivating with pleasure and glee at the big-money lavished on players.

The talk after the match was about "The Big Five". Man City have now got into that cosy little club of big teams alongside Man United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal - the clubs that the media love to drool about.

Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (who like Leslie Mark Hughes prefers to be known by his middle name) is a disgrace to the game of football. What concerns me is that Man City's impressionable young fans are going to look at the way Hughes made excuses after the match for Adebayor's sickening behaviour and the young kids will gain the impression that it was an acceptable way for Adebayor to behave.

All Hughes could say was: "It's an emotional game. He wanted to share his joy with our fans as well."

How pathetic!

can't believe he is the same man who managed us...

What a frucking barsteward

Sadly Hughes doesn't seem to give a damn about making sure certain standards of behaviour and conduct are maintained. He doesn't care about upsetting other managers by openly courting other players in the media. Leslie has become both arrogant and smug, like a cat that got the cream now that he's in the postion of being able to lavish hundreds of millions of pounds on players - courtesy of the disgusting Arabs whose family member Sheikh Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been caught on video torturing people's genitals and beating them with a nailed plank.

Obviously Hughes though doesn't give a damn about the torture methods of the Arabs. As long as he's getting a big fat cheque for himself and huge money to spend in the transfer market then Hughes doesn't care.

Over the last two decades Manchester United have always been the football club I have loathed the most, because of their particularly nauseating arrogance, much of it coming from their manager. However there are now two teams that utterly disgust me more than any others - both are Manchester clubs, United and City.

Will the media ask serious questions about the conduct of City's disgusting Arab owners? Will the media ask some serious questions about the way that Leslie Mark Hughes is giving out an appalling example to youngsters by failing to condemn Adebayor's sickening behaviour on the pitch?

Sadly I have my doubts. Much of the media appears to be rejoicing in Man City's lavish spending spree in the transfer market, whilst failing to ask serious questions about the way that the club is actually being run.

Shame on you Leslie Mark Hughes.

[Amo]

I have to admit, I've seen Mark Hughes in such a different light since he's joined Man. City. It isn't sour grapes or anything to do with him furthering his career, but he's appeared to have lost that sense of professionalism and humility he had at Rovers. Comes with the territory, I suppose.

[thenodrog]

I have to admit, I've seen Mark Hughes in such a different light since he's joined Man. City. It isn't sour grapes or anything to do with him furthering his career, but he's appeared to have lost that sense of professionalism and humility he had at Rovers. Comes with the territory, I suppose.

More like it comes with having to take his orders from Gary Cook. Hughes is losing his integrity fast.

[Tom]

I've slated Hughes in the past since he left and said any half decent manager could do well with that sort of money but fair is fair he has by hook or by crook set up an awesome team there though.

I still think its more akin to doing it on Fifa than in the real world of football though, no intelligence or originality needed just throw money at top players.

[Amo]

I've slated Hughes in the past since he left and said any half decent manager could do well with that sort of money but fair is fair he has by hook or by crook set up an awesome team there though.

I still think its more akin to doing it on Fifa than in the real world of football though, no intelligence or originality needed just throw money at top players.

True, I don't think Hughes' best talents are needed at the likes of megabucks City, but he won't complain.

[Ozz]

I say fair play to Adabeyor-The amount of stick the Arse fans have given him over the last 18 months, I would have done the same, ney more. As for raking RVP, well it couldn't happen to a nicer person AESF.

[neekoy]

Upfront they really could do with someone like Tevez & Santa Cruz.

just saw that, class.

Know my lotto results?

Hughes calling City a big club is a bit rich

On the Adebeyor thing, why is it African players seem to have the most arrogant attitudes in football?

[philipl]

just saw that, class.

Know my lotto results?

Hughes calling City a big club is a bit rich

On the Adebeyor thing, why is it African players seem to have the most arrogant attitudes in football?

They watch far too much Australian cricket.

[MeanGreenMachine]

I say fair play to Adabeyor-The amount of stick the Arse fans have given him over the last 18 months, I would have done the same, ney more. As for raking RVP, well it couldn't happen to a nicer person AESF.

here here, i thought it was brilliant myself (the goal celebration that is).

[S15]

I say fair play to Adabeyor-The amount of stick the Arse fans have given him over the last 18 months, I would have done the same, ney more. As for raking RVP, well it couldn't happen to a nicer person AESF.

And why did they give him stick?

[Ozz]

Because he is a plonker of course!

I'm a plonker, and if I got a load of stick, then got the chance to stick it back-I would!

[T4E]

They watch far too much Australian cricket.

[Eddie]

His celebration was wrong. Terrible to see him do that to a club that made him into the player that he is. The Arsenal fans gave him stick because he was lazy and talked about leaving, nothing new there. What he did could have caused some real trouble, it was mindless;

The kick to the face deserved a red.

[philipl]

It looks like Adebayor is facing at least a four match ban.

Back to Sparky and I will offer the same defence as I always made of Kenny Dalglish. Many many managers get let loose in the transfer cooky jar at some point in their career but hardly any win the League title. If Sparky pulls it off, he will be rightly seen as a very very good manager.

There are only three 100% records in the Prem already at this stage- Chelsea, City and Pompey.

[JC4LAB]

Bad refereeing is to blame.Should have been quashed early before the rest happened with an very early booking...Should have been booked for ungentlemanly conduct messing about in the opponents half at kick off then he would have behaved from then on..