Guest Toon83 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 All the papers and the betting is leading with Hughes so someone must know something, plus when interviewed he refused to rule out thye move. Hughes may not be the big name that most fans want but, his cv for revitalising teams, his record in the transfer market and his way of playing seems to fit the bill. he took a bad wales team into the playoffs for euro 2004, and in his second season after stabilising the team, he got them into europe. Hughes would be my bet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissmag Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 All the papers and the betting is leading with Hughes so someone must know something, plus when interviewed he refused to rule out thye move. Hughes may not be the big name that most fans want but, his cv for revitalising teams, his record in the transfer market and his way of playing seems to fit the bill. he took a bad wales team into the playoffs for euro 2004, and in his second season after stabilising the team, he got them into europe. Hughes would be my bet. Hmmm...not overexcited! :-( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Be surprised if it's anyone other than Hughes now tbh. No source, just think the approach will happen. And I think he'll take it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Thing is, Shearer could very easily be just like Hughes...thing that p*sses me off is the people that just assume, "things can't get any worse" when of course they can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Be surprised if it's anyone other than Hughes now tbh. No source, just think the approach will happen. And I think he'll take it. Would you be happy with it tho Dave? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Thing is, Shearer could very easily be just like Hughes...thing that p*sses me off is the people that just assume, "things can't get any worse" when of course they can. Hughes has been doing it tho, Shearer hasn't. Hughes is ambitious, some one mentioned earlier, if MH was at Newcastle and Man U came knocking that means he's been doing summik right. Right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I wouldn't say I'd be happy as such, but I'll be satisfied - just - if that makes sense. I've already said in this thread I can definitely see the positives in this one, even though I'll be gutted we didn't go all out for someone of the highest calibre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I wouldn't say I'd be happy as such, but I'll be satisfied - just - if that makes sense. I've already said in this thread I can definitely see the positives in this one, even though I'll be gutted we didn't go all out for someone of the highest calibre. Yep you make sense. I'm of the similar feeling. But maybe we are not able to go for the big guns yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I wouldn't say I'd be happy as such, but I'll be satisfied - just - if that makes sense. I've already said in this thread I can definitely see the positives in this one, even though I'll be gutted we didn't go all out for someone of the highest calibre. Yep you make sense. I'm of the similar feeling. But maybe we are not able to go for the big guns yet. Exactly why it might have been better to wait till the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I wouldn't say I'd be happy as such, but I'll be satisfied - just - if that makes sense. I've already said in this thread I can definitely see the positives in this one, even though I'll be gutted we didn't go all out for someone of the highest calibre. Yep you make sense. I'm of the similar feeling. But maybe we are not able to go for the big guns yet. 100% right gimp...that's the way i'm looking at things now...whoever takes over needs to build, i'm not sure a lippi or hitzfeld or whoever would have the appetite for that right now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I wouldn't say I'd be happy as such, but I'll be satisfied - just - if that makes sense. I've already said in this thread I can definitely see the positives in this one, even though I'll be gutted we didn't go all out for someone of the highest calibre. Yep you make sense. I'm of the similar feeling. But maybe we are not able to go for the big guns yet. Exactly why it might have been better to wait till the summer. Agree with that as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I wouldn't say I'd be happy as such, but I'll be satisfied - just - if that makes sense. I've already said in this thread I can definitely see the positives in this one, even though I'll be gutted we didn't go all out for someone of the highest calibre. Yep you make sense. I'm of the similar feeling. But maybe we are not able to go for the big guns yet. Exactly why it might have been better to wait till the summer. perhaps, but i'm of the opinion that in may we'll be looking at the feelgood factor of the new guy coming in being the only thing that kept us up the more i look at the fixtures from now on in the more terrified i am, and i still have confidence allardyce wouldn't have improved results enough to keep us up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Come in get us playing football, get the feel good factor back in the stadium, get some good players in and lets see what happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I can't help but feel that because we are in the middle of the season, and we are not exactly in the strongest of positions at the moment, we will go for someone who has premiership experience and who is familiar with our team. We really do need the new manager to hit the ground running so to speak. We can't afford to have someone from abroad come in and not now how shitty the likes of Smith are. Therefore if we do get a foreigner it is more likely to be someone like Houllier or Jol who have coached in the premier league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Apart from the dream appointments i.e Mourinho, Klinsmann, a 50 year old Bobby Robson,etc I think Hughes is the outstanding candidate. He is certainly the pick of existing Premiership bosses excluding the impossibles like Wenger and Ferguson. He was a bit of a cheat as a player despite his great ability but he seems to have become a very good, calm and calculating manager. Right now I think given decent support he could move us forward and probably has the right balance of youth/hunger with a bit of previous experience as opposed to most of the other realistic canditates who seem heavily weighted with one or the other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The best part is that initally at Blackburn he just made them tough, and focused on getting them playing later. Just what we need for the rest of this season; start properly in the summer. I know some of that was said about Allardyce btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 I know some of that was said about Allardyce btw.now Say he does get the job ready for Bolton at home, and we draw 0-0. Whats the odds some mongs will boo? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The best part is that initally at Blackburn he just made them tough, and focused on getting them playing later. Just what we need for the rest of this season; start properly in the summer. I know some of that was said about Allardyce btw. My main concern now is fast dissapearing transfer window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The best part is that initally at Blackburn he just made them tough, and focused on getting them playing later. Just what we need for the rest of this season; start properly in the summer. Thing is though Dave, he had to do that at Blackburn. Like I posted before, the team he had on his first game in charge was Friedel, Neill, Gray, Matteo, Short, Flitcroft, Ferguson, Pedersen, Emerton, Dickov & Stead. He didn't really have any option but to try and make them hard to beat because he couldn't play football with that shower. Here though, we have the players, Duff, N'Zogbia, Owen, Viduka, Martins, to replicate the style of football he's currently playing straight away...if he was to try making us simply hard to beat like he did at Blackburn at first, it would more than likely mean Butt, Geremi, Smith, etc. getting starring roles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The best part is that initally at Blackburn he just made them tough, and focused on getting them playing later. Just what we need for the rest of this season; start properly in the summer. I know some of that was said about Allardyce btw. My main concern now is fast dissapearing transfer window. Depends if Hughes has had his eyes on some players who were ultimately too expensive. This plus Ashley maybe wanting to show some intent might mean a couple of signings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The best part is that initally at Blackburn he just made them tough, and focused on getting them playing later. Just what we need for the rest of this season; start properly in the summer. Thing is though Dave, he had to do that at Blackburn. Like I posted before, the team he had on his first game in charge was Friedel, Neill, Gray, Matteo, Short, Flitcroft, Ferguson, Pedersen, Emerton, Dickov & Stead. He didn't really have any option but to try and make them hard to beat because he couldn't play football with that shower. Here though, we have the players, Duff, N'Zogbia, Owen, Viduka, Martins, to replicate the style of football he's currently playing straight away...if he was to try making us simply hard to beat like he did at Blackburn at first, it would more than likely mean Butt, Geremi, Smith, etc. getting starring roles. Even better then. I don't necessarily subscribe to the opinion our players are good enough, but I take your point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dev Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The best part is that initally at Blackburn he just made them tough, and focused on getting them playing later. Just what we need for the rest of this season; start properly in the summer. I know some of that was said about Allardyce btw. You could probably find someone posting that exact same thing about 9 months ago. I feel like I'm beating myself over the head over and over again with a 'why did they do that' stick trying to figure out the motivation behind firing Sam here. It just doesn't add up. Maybe they read too much into our whining. Why not just keep the poor bastard here until you get someone better lined up. Its not like he was going to get us relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 The best part is that initally at Blackburn he just made them tough, and focused on getting them playing later. Just what we need for the rest of this season; start properly in the summer. I know some of that was said about Allardyce btw. My main concern now is fast dissapearing transfer window. Depends if Hughes has had his eyes on some players who were ultimately too expensive. This plus Ashley maybe wanting to show some intent might mean a couple of signings. Latest from the Telegraph.. "Sources at Blackburn say the club are braced for an approach for Hughes but they are confident of retaining his services. Hughes joined Blackburn in September 2004 and his performance there has won the admiration of Newcastle's billionaire owner, the sports retail tycoon Mike Ashley, who has commercial links with the Lancashire club." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Kit manufacturer, at a guess? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 14, 2008 Share Posted January 14, 2008 Edit - Umbro. And used to be sponsored by Lonsdale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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