Hughesy gets the sack

Saw it coming.

Man City's owners make what has long been predicted in my last post on Man City. Mark Hughes will get the sack before the end of the season. Only thing is no one expected it to be that soon.

Hughes was never the big name manager that Man City's lofty ambitions demand. Even if he had won most of his games, his pedigree as a Blackburn manager was never going to convince the big spending owners. What they were looking for was a marquee name, that could galvanise a dressing room full of egos, whether Robinho or Adebayor.

Mancini might not be that fantastic a name as well, but the Italian has got himself some credit for winning the Scudetto and having quell a team full of egos himself when at Inter Milan. For the Man City fans, this could be the beginning of a Chelsea whirlwind ala Roman Abramovich style. Manager turnovers, new signings and potential misfits, expensive flops.

Mark Hughes can only blame timing, he could have built himself a dynasty but the owners these days have little patience for building a soccer club. They want instant success and that in itself is contrary to a dynasty. Unless Mancini is as strong a tactician, character and influence in the dressing room as Jose Mourinho and deliver consistency as Jose incredibly did in his first season, I seriously doubt he will survive next season.