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Why the sacking of Mark Hughes was entirely understandable As could be expected from the master of stating the obvious, Alan Shearer followed the herd on Saturday and solemnly condemned Manchester City for their sacking of Mark Hughes.
“A sham – for what he has done in the game as a player and a manager he deserved more,” said Shearer, who may just have an interest in promoting the rather questionable argument that achievement as a player is relevant when assessing a manager.
True, the manner of Hughes’s sacking was dreadfully clumsy, but was the actual decision to make a managerial change really so outrageous? The facts are these. Hughes had inherited a team that finished ninth in the league under Sven-Goran Eriksson. Over the space of 18 months he spent more than £200 million, yet finished 10th last season and, at the time Roberto Mancini was offered his job, City were eighth and still closer to the bottom half of the table than the top four.
As for his use of the money that was available, it was hardly imaginative. Bridge, Toure, Lescott, Santa-Cruz, Bellamy, Adebayor, Robinho, Barry, Given, Tevez; a shopping list that even an occasional English football fan could have dreamed up. It lacked balance and some of the prices were grossly inflated. For the investment that was made, the results were simply not good enough.
Anyone at White Hart Lane for Hughes’ penultimate match must also have wondered about his tactical acumen as Harry Redknapp simply instructed Tottenham to constantly get the ball to Aaron Lennon and exploit Manchester City’s weakness down the left as Robinho predictably offered negligible protection to the ageing Sylvinho. The strategy was so obvious, yet it was not until the 59th minute – when City were already 2-0 down – that Hughes finally re-organised the team by taking Robinho off.
As for the gamble that has supposedly been taken with Mancini, I suspect most supporters would rather take their chances with a man who won seven trophies in seven years at Fiorentina, Lazio and Inter Milan against someone who has won nothing, nor qualified for any major tournament, during more than a decade in international and club management.
It is true that British coaches are not given enough opportunities at clubs with the potential to qualify for the Champions League. But that does not apply to Hughes. He was given a chance and, while the challenge was certainly considerable, the unfortunate truth is that his team under-achieved.