Am I Missing Somethig...

[MattyRangers]

...with regards Hughes track record? People talk like he has a terrible record and failed everywhere he has been been, when in fact he took Blackburn over in a relegation fight, then led them to 6th in the league and a UEFA Cup campaign, took them to 3 succesive domestic cup semi-finals and the last 32 in the UEFA Cup. In his final season there they finish 7th.

Then had his spell at City where he was neither great nor bad, before going to Foolham and leading them to an 8th place finish and into the Europa League.

So, how he is doing here totally to one side for a minute (we have 50 other threads for that topic), why on earth do people refer to "his previous record" as though its dog $hite?
Might just be me, but I read his managerial CV(pre-us!) as being pretty damn good tbh.

[Norths]

All about the present matty, and his current record with us is shocking.

[CroydonCaptainJack]

All about the present matty, and his current record with us is shocking.

Surely that is missing Mattys point though?
He is talking about people slating MHs history as a manager

[Factamondo]

matty you were fit and slim once..........i rest my case!!

[QPR Richard]

Not too bothered about his history at other clubs. It got him his present position, but that is never a guarantee he'll do the same with us. The same principle applies to everyone in all walks of life.

Look at his history at QPR because he's been here a while now. How many think his performance is acceptable or unnaceptable? Personally, I think it's a disgrace.

[QPR Richard]

matty you were fit and slim once..........i rest my case!!

Correct, it's like saying Stan Bowles, Gerry Francis and Rodney Marsh were great players, but just because they were good then, does it mean they could do the job now?

[Kirill]

I don't want to hear anything good about Hughes anymore or I will throw a hissy fit.

[Norths]

Surely that is missing Mattys point though?
He is talking about people slating MHs history as a manager

Other than Rovers his history really isnt nothing to shout from the rooftops about.

He took over a well drilled unit in Fulham that had reached the Europa league final a few months before, a team that knew how to play together. Would credit the players for getting themselves out of trouble more than Hughes.

As for Man City, how did he manage to mess that one up. That really should of been the making of him.

[CroydonCaptainJack]

I think he was 'perceived' to be a good manager when he took over and that must have been based on his record.
I don't recall hearing anyone saying what a crap appointment it was at the time.
For me, I am against changing manager at this time as I am not convinced it would be better. I understand how others feel but I think the OP is a valid one.

[stanistheman]

True, he had a decent record at Blackburn, but the style of football was often criticised.

He did ok at Man City in terms of results, but not in of the money he had spent. To an extent he may have been sacked too early, as they were in the top 5 at the time.

His time at Fulham started off poorly, but ended well and it would have been intersting to see how they progressed except he thought he was too big a name to stay there.

As I said on another thread I was happy for him to have a bit more time, but that was a few games ago. His team selections and results since then have been disappointing. I still think he should have gotten a better result and performance at Arsenal. They are not the force they were and QPR should have tested them a lot more than they did.

As for the Reading game, the 2nd half was a lot better than the 1st, but really QPR should have been a lot more comfortable against them and were quite fortunate that Reading did not make more of their set pieces in the 1st half.

It will be intersting to see what happens on Saturday evening if they lose again.
So far his QPR record reads:
Pld 28 W6 D6 L16

I think that Fernandes sacked Warnock for the right reasons (results were getting worse and he gave the impression that he was just happy to be back in the Premier League), but was perhaps hasty in appointing Hughes without interviewing other candidates.

I hope I am wrong and Hughes does turn it around, but I have a feeling that Hughes is on borrowed time despite what Fernandes says. Hughes needs results to save his job.

[QPRDave]

I don't want to hear anything good about Hughes anymore or I will throw a hissy fit.

Have you got webcam?!

[W12hoops]

...with regards Hughes track record? People talk like he has a terrible record and failed everywhere he has been been, when in fact he took Blackburn over in a relegation fight, then led them to 6th in the league and a UEFA Cup campaign, took them to 3 succesive domestic cup semi-finals and the last 32 in the UEFA Cup. In his final season there they finish 7th.

Then had his spell at City where he was neither great nor bad, before going to Foolham and leading them to an 8th place finish and into the Europa League.

So, how he is doing here totally to one side for a minute (we have 50 other threads for that topic), why on earth do people refer to "his previous record" as though its dog $hite?
Might just be me, but I read his managerial CV(pre-us!) as being pretty damn good tbh.

Agreeing with you matty, both his managerial and playing CV is great. But wheter people are right or not is kinda irrelevant at the moment isn't it?

[QPRDave]

Again as has been said in here before, Matty was talking about his previous record...... which has been brought up on here by his detractors, and from what I can see all Matty is saying is he doesn't think his previous record is as bad as some make out.

[vblockranger]

Wales
Games 41
Won 12
Drew 15
Lost 14
Win percentage 29.27


Blackburn
Games 147
Won 58
Drew 39
Lost 50
Win percentage 39.46


Man City
Games 55
Won 22
Drew 13
Lost 20
Win percentage 40


Fulham
Games 38
Won 11
Drew 16
Lost 11
Win percentage 28.95


QPR (to date)
Games 28
Won 6
Drew 6
Lost 16
Win percentage

[qpr]

For me the difference is the Premier League is a lot and I mean a lot more compeative now and every teams rich. The great escape is harder now then it's every been dispite the players we have