When you have extremely rich owners like Man City have and they have put in over £200m in less than 18 months, right or wrong, they expect thing’s to happen fast. To be fair, I think Mark Hughes is a little unlucky, on the day he was sacked Man City sat in 6th spot in the league with only 2 defeats, that’s less than any other team and they have a game in hand. Ok, they have drawn 8 games but the point is they haven’t been beaten many times and are still in the hunt with over half the season to go.
Some people might say that he has had all that money and they should be competing for the title, that may be true in some respect but to throw all those players together in such a short space of time and expect them to be challenging for the title is unrealistic. With the January transfer window coming up and half a season to go, who knows where they could end up, with the players they already have, they could easily go on a long unbeaten run and win 5-6 games in a row and that would put them right up there.
In modern day football with all the money flying around in the top flight and the trend of foreign owners getting bigger, most managers wont have much longer than 2 years. Of course there will be exceptions, but it’s a trend that not only happens in the top flight but in the Championship to and that has happened throughout Europe for many years. So, good luck Roberto Mancini, you better get it right straight away otherwise your fate will be much the same.
