Mark Hughes

I wish he had stayed as a lot of players which he brought to the club have all moved on for big fees.A very good manager indeed.

Is he a very good manager though? Think thats what the OP is getting at. It now seems inevitable he'll get sacked from QPR, which will make it 2 successes and 2 failures in his career.

I don't know whats happened personally, he was awesome for us and he's still got the same coaching staff he had here. Maybe he just thrives in low-pressure, highly stable environments. We USED to (sadly) have one of the best behind the scenes set-ups in the business at this club.

In the last two decades we have had 3-4 very good to reasonable managers all with good footballing teams .Kenny and Souness and Mark Hughes and maybe SA ,all did well or kept us in the premier so I should say the same Hughes, was awesome for us and we had steel and grit in our teams.

How do: Good topic. I have to admit I am surprised at the decline of MLH; he seemed to have a great grasp of modern footy and was pretty good at standing the pressure of a Prem job. He got players to play above their level which can only mean a good dressing room respect. Maybe his 1990's success as a player has worn off now in terms of player respect and he is just another bloke trying to inspire the little dears to run around a bit and show some interest.

In a business now obsessed with results and trophies, three years without might be the killer job reference. Which other high profile Prem jobs have been occupied by the same bloke for long nowadays without a win or a close shout (Arsenal at least qualify for Europe even if they don't win anything)?

It's certainly tough at the top, but as MLH dumped us and never ever gave any credit to us, I look forward to seeing him coaching Burnley Ladies asap!

Happier now, Duggy

Howdo Duggy how are you pal!best wishes from your cyber pals Star and Rover.

Champion Star, nice of you to ask, I think our dog could have cyber sniffs with Rover and being half French poodle would get on very well with some of the team!

Nice to be able to relax after a good win eh!

Tek cur lad

Duggy

You know how we often see players do well at Blackburn then leave and do little else, i.e. Warnock, Duff, Dunn, Callum Davidson... Maybe we just have the same effect on managers. Look at the likes of Kenny, Souness, Hughes. (Granted Souness was only a few games off the sack anyway when Newcastle saved us the compo pay off). Even take a look at Friedel, bet he feels like he's back at Liverpool playing second fiddle to David James.

Where does that put Brain Kidd?! I think Woy would say he got better (eventually), certainly bigger crowds and better pies

that should of course read Brian Kidd (or should it?),

Drinkin' agin

Duggy

Yes - Hughes built on the good job he did for Wales by doing a great job for us. Improving our form, making us hard to beat and then continuing to add quality acquisitions throughout (Nelsen, Samba, Bentley, Ooijer, McCarthy, RSC, Bellamy) for not much money. I don't think tactics were his strongest thing but he built good sides and wasn't afraid to change things.

What went wrong at City? Well not too much in my mind except he hadn't been focused on top level players. His acquisitions were safer (RSC, Jo) and when he got a big name (Robinho), he didn't quite know how to manage them to the fullest of their abilities.

I think he did a good job at Fulham as well though. But QPR looks to be what he should thrive on.