SSN reporing City are releasing a statement at around 7.30, widely expected to be announcing Hughes leaving the club. Mancini bookies favourite to be appointed as his successor.
For Hughes to be sacked after only losing 2 games is an absolute disgrace if its true
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19-12-2009 04:39 PM #1
Mark Hughes sacked / Mancini in at City
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19-12-2009 04:41 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Reports were that Mancini was at the game this afternoon.
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19-12-2009 04:42 PM #3
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They won today so it would seem a strange time to sack him.
Am I correct in saying that they've had a lot of draws this season?
It wouldn't suprise me if they did sack him though, they're expecting a top 4 place and there's a lot of strong challenges this season. It would be interesting if Man U finished 3rd this season with Liverpool and maybe Arsenal dropping out of the top 4.
Most interesting season down there for a long, long time.
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19-12-2009 04:47 PM #4
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he was full of smiles apparently when first appearing out of the tunnel.
perhaps he has been told the mega pay off he'll get, whilst knowing he was never going to see the contract through with the stakes so high now.
He'll get another job no problem. I like him, tough, backs his men and takes no **** from any outsiders.
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19-12-2009 04:47 PM #5This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
8 draws from 17 EPL matches.
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19-12-2009 05:12 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Mancini to be unveiled on a 3 and a half year deal
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19-12-2009 05:19 PM #8
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After winning 4-3 today, Hughes and the players told in the dressing room that he was sacked and Mancini is set to be appointed within an hour
Sorry, missed the other thread, merge if appropriate.
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19-12-2009 05:21 PM #9
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How can Mancini get a post in charge? he couldn't in Italy as he didn't have the Pro-Licence and the Premiership you should have it too, IIRC that's why Shearer had to seek special dispensation to take charge at Newcastle.
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19-12-2009 05:22 PM #10
Even if this isn't true, although it may well be, it's only a matter of time.
Hughes hasn't got the status needed to manage the players that Man Ciuty can now attract.
His results have been very poor too, considering the cash they've splashed.
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19-12-2009 05:40 PM #13
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asl Sir Alex said:
"They can have all the money they like, they'll never be as big as Manchester United."
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19-12-2009 06:11 PM #14
It's a pretty wacky appointment. Granted Hughes wasn't going anywhere with City but Mancini has no experience of Prem football. He looks good in a coat and scarf. That's about it.
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19-12-2009 08:14 PM #16
im a city fan and im happy that hughes is gone he was a useless as a manager. people say that he was making progress on sven but i never seen it sven got city euro football and made better signings and had a second best defensive record in the league now we can't keep hull, burnley or Birmingham. i never got the reason for signing him he had not done much before and did not a lot with blackburn except keep blackburn in mid table. hope roberto can do a good job and that both my teams can have a great year
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I do agree that Hughes was going nowhere with City and the owners gave him as much time as they could. Just proves that you can't buy instant success unless you're the Yams.
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19-12-2009 08:54 PM #18
The barmy owners should remember that Rome wasn't built in a day....you can't just throw money around and expect the team to gel.
Mibbae the got the wrong Manchester team
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19-12-2009 11:33 PM #19
Up to 6th? Still in the Carling Cup?
Am I the only one who thought he was starting to get things turned around there?
Fair enough £200m spent but he's playing catch up to what Chelsea and Man Utd have spent over 5-10 years putting teams together and as other posters have noted, Rome wasn't built in a day.
Think that this may prove to have been a somewhat short-sighted decision...
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20-12-2009 12:31 AM #20
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Good..
Hopefully they can now pressure the "Big 4"
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20-12-2009 01:39 AM #21
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Also, the fact that Liverpool are in freefall, and the Salford mob have now lost five games this season, means that the "Big Four" of old don't exist anymore, and there is a genuine opportunity to break into the CL places, which the run of draws might well throw away.
Mancini is an imaginative appointment - three Serie A titles, `152 games in charge of Inter - 14 lost. There's no mystique to managing in the EPL - neither Mourinho, or Wenger, or Ferguson, come to that had managed in the top flight in England when they took up their jobs.
As for Kidd - he's no more of a rag than Hughes. 98 games for City - 44 goals. only 8 less than he scored in 203 games for the rags.
Chin up, Pistol & co, it's still going to happen.
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21-12-2009 04:41 PM #24
Press conference on now.
What a joke football club.
I wasn't a fan of how Mark Hughes conducted himself since they became so rich as I thought he was extremely smug and quite arrogant towards teams like Everton over the whole Joleon Lescott affair but to practically appoint a new manager when there is already a manager in there is pretty pathetic stuff.
Just as bad from Mancini who accepted the offer, knowing full well that Hughes was still the boss. I think it shows what kind of person he is.
I wonder what the Sheikhs will do if he doesn't hit the ground running. Will he be sacked by March?
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21-12-2009 04:48 PM #25
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He accepted a job offered to him, when he was out of work. Unfortunately it resulted in mark hughes being sacked, but he was not doing a good enough job.
I dont see the wrong doing on Mancini's part.
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Every time you hear a manager getting asked by a reporter whether they would be interested in managing a club that already has a manager, they always say that it would be disrespectful to speak about that because the club already has someone in charge.
What's going on at Man City just now is all very underhand.
Hopefully the people who run that club will get their comeuppance very soon.
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21-12-2009 05:18 PM #27
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Same with players, you've got a left back and are out trying to replace him without telling him. Makes no odds just because he is the manager IMO.
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21-12-2009 06:30 PM #28
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I still think we will finish in the Top 4 and qualify for the CL...
CTID..........
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