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  1. AndyRanger

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  2. NorthernMonkey

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    His missus will be furious!
     
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    what’s he supposed to do ????
    Say we will piss this league and everyone turning up to play us are in for good beatings ????
    Rather he put a lid on it because we have found out in the past that folk who tend to run there mouths get caught out big time

    I honestly thought he came across really well
     
  4. Salty

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    He's measured. He knows there's work to do and it won't all come together from Saturday but I'm sure over the season he knows what he wants and hopefully he's got the players to carry it out. One thing that comes across is that he wants the team to be able to adapt to the game and be able to change things without the need for him to be a dictator type of manager. Old fashioned captains were tasked with that kind of responsibility in the past and maybe that's what he wants from this group. They didn't adjust against chesterfield and he didn't change things either, perhaps a little lesson for them going forward. He certainly showed last season that he was able to change tactics early in a game and now he wants the players to take more responsibility when things aren't working. Just a thought. I think it's going to be a bit up and down initially but I reckon he'll get it right ultimately
     
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    Try watching some of his video interviews instead-you may be a little more inspired.

    Got to be the most PR savvy manager we have had for many a year.
     
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  6. borderlescott

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    I could listen to him all day. Calming persona. How have we got him????
     
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    He could be spouting utter bollocks like DA used to. I’d much rather him not blow his own trumpet just yet.
     
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    Have you blocked fordy?
     
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  10. Kevin1954

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    All managers temper expectations. They would look right burkes saying we will win this, we will win that . You knows what happens then!?
     
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    Easily the biggest WUM comment of this new season, so far
     
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  12. Onside87

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    Genuinely because no one else would touch him. He started to get a reputation of being a dinosaur at the top end of the game. There is a good story somewhere where Fulham players just started to ignore him and do their own thing which saw them climb the league. I don’t think has much of a coach but he knows the game and knows how to put out a team. I believe he also works his teams hard in training. He demands respect and I think at this level thats all we need. To be well drilled and disciplined.

    Hughes did a good job at Blackburn, Stoke and putting Man City in a decent place and I feel with this summer’s recruitment that he should take us up automatically.
     
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  13. Onside

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    I think he comes across as calm, measured and enthusiastic. Yes he made enquiries elsewhere, but for whatever reason they didn’t happen. When you are at a crossroad in your career, you evaluate where you have come from, and where you want to go next. He could have sat at home waiting for a big club, but he hasn’t, he has decided to manage in lg2. Hooray we benefit. Yes if he makes our club successful again, the big clubs will come calling, then it is down to him as to where he wants to be. He maybe so attached to us, he can’t leave:)
     
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    Agree.

    However it will take time to make our club successful. It could be at least two seasons before we got promotion and possibly another three before we knocked on the Championship door once again. At that stage Mark will be in his mid 60’s and may want to finish his career with City. Having said that he could be sacked by February 2023!
     
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    He’s also done a lot of interviews where he says we’re going for it, and I think in one he even said we’re aiming for the automatics!
     
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    There is a difference between “ aiming” and saying we “ will” BL.
     
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  17. Onside

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    I agree. I do hope our impatient fans will give him time. I am not expecting this team to gel, 5/6 matches possibly longer.
     
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  18. Onside87

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    It was an interview from a player in the Fulham squad. That isn’t the only story about Hughes there are numerous. I’m not criticising Hughes I’m just pointing out why the jobs dried up for him and how he ended up applying for the vacancy at Bradford. He’s not seen as a fashionable choice for a lot of clubs higher up the leagues anymore.
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    Ah yes Brede Hangeland....that Fulham Legend.
     
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    Thanks Onside!
     
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