Breaking News: QPR Sack Mark Hughes

[jw5]

from espnsoccernet.com

QPR sack Mark Hughes

Queens Park Rangers have announced the departure from the club of manager Mark Hughes.

Hughes leaves with QPR bottom of the Premier League table, with just four points and without a win after 12 games of the season, having only survived relegation on the final day of last term.

Assistant coaches Mark Bowen and Eddie Niedzwiecki have been put in temporary charge for QPR's next game, which is against Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday.

A statement published on the club's official website read: "Queen's Park Rangers Football Club has today (Friday) terminated the contract of manager Mark Hughes with immediate effect.

"This decision has been taken after careful consideration by the Board of Directors, following numerous meetings over the last few days.

"The Board of Directors wish to thank Mark for his commitment, hard work and dedication in his ten months in charge.

"Mark has shown integrity and professionalism throughout his time here, but ultimately the circumstances we find ourselves in have left the Board of Directors with very little choice but to make a change.

"The Board will now be working actively to put a new managerial structure in place as soon as possible."

 

[jw5]

ESPNnews also reported that Harry Redknapp may be appointed today.

 

[Kinana]

Let mark take over lions.

 

[Alamaking]

Im still shocked at Fat Spanish Waiter appointment as Chelsea boss !!

 

[no_faith]

Im still shocked at Fat Spanish Waiter appointment as Chelsea boss !!

me also very shocked. he seems to follow everywhere the special one goes.

maybe RDM will be appointed as QPR manager.

 

[po2wq]

... maybe RDM will be appointed as QPR manager.

musical chairs has begun ...

 

[hairylee]

Im still shocked at Fat Spanish Waiter appointment as Chelsea boss !!

You are only shocked. I am on my way to Mars because of him.
KNN QPR should sack Hughs earlier and fat waiter can take over there.

 

[jw5]

You are only shocked. I am on my way to Mars because of him.
KNN QPR should sack Hughs earlier and fat waiter can take over there.

u on your spaceship now? is GMS with you? :p

 

[hairylee]

u on your spaceship now? is GMS with you? :p

He is already in the mother ship with TKL.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Managers are all playing musical chairs. Kena sacked is not the end of the world for them. Kena sacked here, someone else will employ you as manager in another club. Yet to see a known manager sacked and remain unemployed months or years down the road.

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

even before Mark Hughes managed his very 1st game as manager, i knew he's not smart enough................kana sacked by how many clubs liao.......


same goes for Steve Bruce, Paul Ince, Bryan Robson, Peter Reid and Roy Keane...........all my predictions all came true..........

 

[jw5]

Managers are all playing musical chairs. Kena sacked is not the end of the world for them. Kena sacked here, someone else will employ you as manager in another club. Yet to see a known manager sacked and remain unemployed months or years down the road.

Alan Curbishly, formerly manager of West Ham and Charlton. Now still a regular pundit on TV.
He's quite a good manager actually, surprised no club has taken a chance on him.
But there could be 2 reasons: firstly, he may not be willing to manage below the premier league, and secondly, he left under some acrimony while at West Ham.

 

[hairylee]

even before Mark Hughes managed his very 1st game as manager, i knew he's not smart enough................kana sacked by how many clubs liao.......


same goes for Steve Bruce, Paul Ince, Bryan Robson, Peter Reid and Roy Keane...........all my predictions all came true..........

Since your prediction is 100% Kindly do likewise to that Spanish waiter taking over at Chelsea.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Since your prediction is 100% Kindly do likewise to that Spanish waiter taking over at Chelsea.

My bet is that Spanish ah pui will also be put to rest. But in terms of $$$, ah pui will will smiling to the bank.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Alan Curbishly, formerly manager of West Ham and Charlton. Now still a regular pundit on TV.
He's quite a good manager actually, surprised no club has taken a chance on him.
But there could be 2 reasons: firstly, he may not be willing to manage below the premier league, and secondly, he left under some acrimony while at West Ham.

Yes, he is a decent manager. But I doubt any high profile club would want him. His credentials not solid enough. He is better managing clubs trying to avoid relegation.

 

[jw5]

from espnsoccernet.com

Final league position will be judge of Hughes tenure
Posted by Sean Smith

So, farewell Mark Hughes. You lasted little more than a year but will go down in the club's annals as perhaps the most divisive coach in our history.

And the most expensive.

Few could doubt the quality of some of the signings. It is a pleasure to be imagining Esteban Granero in the hooped shirt for a number of years. And the potential of Samba Diakite and Junior Hoilett is there for all to see.

But there are many expensive question marks, too. How effective Andy Johnson and Bobby Zamora would have been together because Hughes' former charges got themselves injured.

Defence has been a mystery after some excellent rearguard performances at the tail-end of last season. While Ryan Nelsen has been a success, Jose Bosingwa has been less than inspiring considering the Champions League medal he picked up last season.

Hughes, though, has been unlucky. He was blameless in the hiring of Joey Barton, and his desire to get rid of him after the Man City sending off is understandable. The fact that we are yet to really see his defensive solution, Stephane Mbia, for more than a couple of games is unfortunate. And losing Fabio so early on was disastrous.

Also, one can have sympathy for Hughes as the slide in form of Anton Ferdinand was directly attributable to a series of events that he had no control over - and his efforts to find a central defender in the summer were futile.

But such sympathy was never going to last during such a monumental run of winless games. Where once he was lauded for having the tactical nous that previous incumbent Neil Warnock seemingly failed to possess, there came confusion and constant change.

Where he seemed positive and with a strong hand on the tiller at the start of his tenure, as the winless streak continued he appeared more withdrawn and defensive and isolated.

There was plenty of good off the pitch. QPR have made great strides to improve their facilities, and Hughes has been involved in updating the backroom operations so that it reflected the standing of the club. But now that consultation is over - the plans for the new training centre at Warren Farm are in place, and we are led to believe that the stadium plans are on the way - Hughes is surplus to requirements.

All that was left for him was the on-the-pitch matters. And after failing to beat a Reading side that was there for the taking, and being royally beaten by Southampton at home last weekend, it became clear that he was simply a poor fit for the squad that he built himself.

To have chanting for Harry Redknapp of all people last weekend, is a clear enough message that the relationship between manager and fans had irreversibly broken down.

Like Mike Walker, who was sacked by Everton in 1995 after a similar tenure, history will judge Mark Hughes. The new incumbent at Everton, Joe Royle, got The Toffees up to 15th.

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

Alan Curbishly, formerly manager of West Ham and Charlton. Now still a regular pundit on TV.
He's quite a good manager actually, surprised no club has taken a chance on him.
But there could be 2 reasons: firstly, he may not be willing to manage below the premier league, and secondly, he left under some acrimony while at West Ham.

Curbishly was good at Charlton as the club was always broke.............

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

Since your prediction is 100% Kindly do likewise to that Spanish waiter taking over at Chelsea.

aiyah.........we all know what Rafa can and cannot do lah...........

after destroying Liverpool then Inter...........Chelsea will suffer same fate..............anyway, he won't be Chelsea boss for long.............


we should be asking if Rafa can avoid the sack before end of season............

Chelsea vs Man City this weekend, right ?...............you know how to bet lah.........

 

[youtalkcock]

Win this cup..

 

[jw5]

from espnsoccernet.com

An overdue sacking at Loftus Road

Posted by Kevin Palmer

So for the second time in a week, we have been left dazed and confused by the timing of a managerial sacking, with Mark Hughes's exit from QPR coming days after it appeared to be inevitable.

If Chelsea’s ruthless decapitation of Champions League-winning boss Roberto Di Matteo in the early hours of Wednesday morning at their Cobham training base was an unnecessarily savage demise for a man who gave so much to his club, the slow and painful exit of Hughes has been as laborious as it has been damaging for QPR.

Hughes was the first to admit last Saturday's fixture against fellow strugglers Southampton was a game he dare not lose and yet not only did Nigel Adkins' men win 3-1 at Loftus Road, QPR's beleaguered manager was forced to admits his side had "failed to perform" as they were jeered off by supporters once again.

Blatantly, that result and performance should have been the signal for QPR chairman Tony Fernandes to abandon his admirable determination to give his manager time to turn his side's fortunes around, yet nearly a whole week has been allowed to drift by without any decisive action from the club's hierarchy.

Agent Kia Joorabchian denied rumours that his client had been sacked after a meeting with Philip Beard on Monday and once QPR's media staff confirmed a press conference featuring Hughes would take place with the manager to preview their next game at Manchester United game this weekend, it seemed as if changes were not imminent.

Suggestions that the QPR hierarchy were split over whether to stick with Hughes and that there was uncertainty over a possible approach to Harry Redknapp have been circulating in the London media all week, yet this decision should have been so simple.

Mark Hughes has been given a free rein in the transfer market and almost a full season of Premier League fixtures to find a winning formula at QPR and he has failed desperately in that task - so while many managerial sackings are premature, this one is long overdue.

Don’t be fooled by the theory that Hughes has had just 12 games at the start of this season to get QPR moving forward, as he also had 18 games in the second half of the last campaign and only managed to avoid relegation on the final day of the season after Bolton failed to beat Stoke.

Hughes declared last May that QPR "would not be in a relegation fight again so long as I am manager" and yet he has not seen through on that promise, with the imbalanced squad he has built floundering with increasingly agony as they have cemented bottom spot in the Premier League.

Six wins from 30 Premier League games (and at least three of those of the fortunate variety) is an unacceptable return for any manager and when you throw in the transfer investment Hughes has been handed during his tenure in charge, it makes his failure all the more complete.

When betting was suspended on Redknapp replacing Hughes at QPR late on Thursday night, the wheels began to turn on a story that should have been written many days or weeks ago, and only time will tell whether the patience of chairman Fernandes will eventually cost his side their Premier League lives.

If it is to be Redknapp rolling into QPR’s generally windswept training ground near Heathrow airport in the next few days, he will inherit a squad of players that will soon be broken up and sent back to where they came from and this is one manager who does not stand for players living a comfortable life on big wages.

Redknapp’s second spell as Portsmouth boss was notable for his eagerness to rid the club of high earning foreign 'stars' and replacing them with home-grown, proven Premier League performers and that is likely to be the route taken by the former Tottenham manager when the January transfer window opens.

Such is the wage bill they have sanctioned, financial meltdown beckons for QPR if they are relegated this season, with the horror story Redknapp left behind at Portsmouth liable to be repeated at Loftus Road unless they get out of the hole Hughes has put them in, but at least they have finally made a move that gives their supporters some hope at last.

As for Hughes, history suggests that he has something to offer as a manager, yet he was destined to fail at QPR and his paymasters should have appreciated as much long ago.