.EPL News 24/7 Mark Hughes closer to destroying his myth at QPR The Premier League Owl I enjoy Mark Hughesâ failure. There, I said it. Itâs nothing to do with QPR, more that heâs just an ex-Manchester United player who seems to exist as manager because of having played at Old Trafford. Heâs a marginally more successful Steve Bruce. Rangers are an affluent club, and Tony Fernandes seems to willing to throw his financial muscle into keeping them in the Premier League. Good, because QPR are one of the founding members of the division, and it just feels ârightâ having them there. But Mark Hughes isnât the right person for this job. Look at his record: a decent spell at Blackburn, and some fleeting success with the Welsh national team. If Mark Hughes wasnât âMark Hughesâ, he wouldnât even be on the shortlist for Premier League clubs when they go manager shopping. Heâs symbolic of the merry-go-round carrying the same old faces to the same jobs, season after season. Is that harsh? Maybe â but in my defence, Hughesâ Rangers got beaten 5-0 at home by mid-level club yesterday. And they werenât just defeated, they were completely humiliated â it was an absolute clusterfuck at Loftus Road. Weâre big Swansea and Michael Laudrup fans on this site; the Dane will do well at the Liberty Stadium and donât be surprised if they finish in the top-half this year. But 0-5? Come on, thatâs the kind of result that makes you want to burn your season-ticket. Completely unacceptable. Look at the players that Hughes picked yesterday: Ji-Sung Park, Junior Hoilett, Rob Green, Samba Diakite, Fabio, Djibril Cisse â thatâs not a side that should be losing like this? Surviving relegation last season may appear to be an endorsement of Hughesâ appointment, but realistically that was the bare-minimum that should have been expected after what was spent in January. QPR should never have been fighting for their lives on the last day of the season, nor should they have been finishing below Wigan or a toothless Aston Villa. Yes, maybe this is a ârush to judgementâ, but how else can you treat what happened yesterday? It was abysmal. Looking at the fixtures in QPRâs immediate future, itâs perfectly conceivable that the side, if they donât take something from Carrow Road next Saturday, will be pointless heading into October. Manchester City, Chelsea, and Tottenham in succession? Play like they did yesterday, and they might as well default in those games. You can get 12/1 on Hughes being the first manager to be dismissed this season; right now, thatâs incredibly generous.
He was really poor for us, in the end changed back to Hodgon's tactics and we moved up the league. At Christmas he was booed from the pitch (rarely seen) and there were chants of Hughes out. Everything Hughes does is a 'revolution'- he can't just keep building steady, he will have changed your whole background staff. Hughes can spot talent, your hope is that he has spotted some players to carry the others, because he's not got the mind to develop a system for the team to flourish within.
All true apart from Hughes having any myth to destroy apart perhaps from his time as manager of Wales. Blackburn under Hughes played very much in the Pulis/BSA style.
I disagree that Hughes record is poor BUT yeserday's performance really was the worst piece of football management I have ever seen at loftus road. I said before the game when I saw the team that the tactics weren't right for a team like Swansea and this poor selection was amplified when Green gifted them the first goal. Anyone could of told Hughes that Cisse cant play up fron on his own. Fairt play to Swansea for doing what they did. Having a man extra amongst the defence meant they could pass it around whilst Cisse, Mackie, Hoilet and occasionally Park or Adel would chase shadows individually on aboiling hot pitch whilst becoming increasingly exaughsted, frustrated and demoralised. Hughes didnt adapt and when he watches the game back hopefully he will recognise his own failings in the slow motion car crash that was yesterdays performance. He should apologise for his own performance to the fans and to the players. Whilst the players and particularly the defence embarassingly fell to pieces in the last third of the game this was a consequence of Hughes completely inept tactics. They were tied to Hughes seriously flawed system. I am seriously worried that man as clueless as Hughes was yesterday is in charge of our club. He needs to redeem himself and quickly Everyone could see the way the game was heading For Hughes to persist with the 4-2-3-1 formation the entire game was infuriating.
I wouldn't be so concerned if I truly believed MH has a solution to yesterday's debacle. You just don't bang on about doing business early, tell fans we've had the perfect preparation, say you've almost found the starting XI 3 weeks from kickoff and then produce this disgraceful display. I've been fully behind MH and continue to support him but this has chipped a massive chunk of my faith away. It's like being told what you believe in is actually a world of lies.
Posted this on another thread, but it seems apt on this one too: Let me firstly say I was at the game yesterday, and we were awful. Green was definitely at fault for the first goal. Sat where I was in X block, I cannot honestly comment on the other 4, although what coverage I have seen (I can barely watch), he appears to have made errors in his postioning for a couple of them. I think we were 2-0 down when MH decided it was prudent to replace Clint Hill, (our best defender last year and yesterday) with SWP, a player who, whllst having great commitment, has not scored for us in competitive football. IMO, that was a huge mistake. Fabio, who was responsible for Swanseas second goal should have been taken off and Zamora (yes I know he's carrying a knock, but if he wasn't fit he shouldn't have been on the bench) should have come on to support Cisse who hardly had a touch all day. I left yesterdays game feeling like I'd been mugged. I have never had any faith in MH as a manager even before he joined us, I have even less now. He HAS to improve things and quick. The next 3 games are against Norwich, who we never seem capable of beating, Man City and Chelshit. I can see: Played 4, Lost 4. Disappointed is NOT the word.
Fair analysis. I remember when Ancelotti was sacked my mate said the only manager he didn't want to replace him was Hughes. I thought Hughes would do okay and still might but he is definitely struggling for sure. He's living off his United reputation and the Blackburn job
