He's openly criticized Bridge, Toure and Lescott already, citing them as the reasons behind our leaky defence, and we had a double training session yesterday to focus on defensive improvement, good start. But like MaestroZidane said, he's also hyping Robinho up a lot, begging him to stay and help "make history" at the club. If his big name gets him a starting role over Bellamy, who has been our best player by far this season, then I'd be pissed.
Starting to think that the main reason Hughes was sacked was because in the end, he just couldn't handle the big-name stars properly. Against Sunderland, you had Robinho (32.5M) and Adebayor (20M+) both on the bench due to poor form, while Toure struggled on the pitch. The Sheikhs probably think Mancini can get the best out of them, whereas Hughes was suited more to players like Given, Bellamy, SWP, etc.
Starting to think that the main reason Hughes was sacked was because in the end, he just couldn't handle the big-name stars properly. Against Sunderland, you had Robinho (32.5M) and Adebayor (20M+) both on the bench due to poor form, while Toure struggled on the pitch. The Sheikhs probably think Mancini can get the best out of them, whereas Hughes was suited more to players like Given, Bellamy, SWP, etc.