Richard Hughes

rikki39 said:
why stop at King and ake? howe wanted ibe, mahoney, hyndman and Brad Smith I have no absolute proof of this but the same as you have, the signings in PL with howe here wasn't always great there was alot of duds in there
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I totally agree. I was just replying to the poster that said let’s round up all the signings from the era. It’s not that simple but becomes more simple when they took over total control of signings.
 
DJ said:
It would be interesting if someone had the will or the inclination to compile a list of signings and sales over the Hughes period.

Show the overall spend etc, appearances/goals/assists/impact of each signing and put some real meat on the bones.

There’s always going to be a dud signing here and there. But if it’s what 70/30 good v bad, then that sounds like a decent record?
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Seems reasonable
 
Richard Hughes took on his role in the season we were promoted as Champions from the Championship up into the Premier League.

I have no personal opinions on the bloke as I have never met him.

But since he has been in this job our club have mainly been in the top tier of English football.

That is probably from reading this old article from 2019 down to teamwork, Hughes himself, Eddie Howe and the recruitment team.

Without looking back through 26 pages to see if this has already been posted, found this article.


Unseen on a matchday, Hughes leads the Cherries’ never-ending search for new players, looking to sustain and improve a team fit to fight it out at the highest level of English football.

With the summer transfer window in full flow and the rumour mill beginning to turn into overdrive, Hughes explains a bit about his role at the forefront of recruiting the next Cherries stars of the future working alongside Eddie Howe to find the right fit for AFC Bournemouth.

“The role is primarily heading up the recruitment department and having a structure in place which can put players in front of Eddie and his staff, allowing them to make decisions that are going to help in the recruitment of players,” said Hughes.

“Eddie has a high-pressure job that takes up so much of his time, managing a Premier League team, so you need the right people in the right places to minimise the amount of time dedicated to doing the other important parts of the job, recruitment in this case.

www.afcb.co.uk

Special feature: Richard Hughes on recruitment

Cherries fans will primarily know Richard Hughes for his two spells, six years and 185 appearances in AFC Bournemouth colours, but since his retirement, the former midfielder has moved from performing on the pitch to trying to source players from around the world to do likewise.
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Neil Dawson said:
Celtic… Newcastle…. Now Liverpool.

I’ve never seen a man so nailed on for jobs he doesn’t get….

If they want to risk their post Klopp era on a man who thinks Dango and Traore are worth 50m during the FPP era then I will drive him there myself.
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Was a transfer fee of around £20 million for Dango that outrageous?

So, like every player he might have had one or two poor games for us, but isn't that to be expected from a young player adjusting to the demands of the Prem?

He scored THAT goal away against Spurs which continued our momentum away from relegation and for me has put in some solid appearances filling in at full back.

Not a disasterous signing for me by any means.
 
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boscombe botn said:
Was a transfer fee of around £20 million for Dango that outrageous?

So, like every player he might have had one or two poor games for us, but isn't that to be expected from a young player adjusting to the demands of the Prem?

He scored THAT goal away against Spurs which continued our momentum away from relegation and for me has put in some solid appearances filling in at right back.

Not a disasterous signing for me by any means.
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Add into the equation that he’s still only 21 and writing him off feels rather unpalatable.

Then on top of that and it all happened at a similar time to Bill Foley taking his slice of Lorient and any financial figures for that could be fudged.
 
boscombe botn said:
Was a transfer fee of around £20 million for Dango that outrageous?

So, like every player he might have had one or two poor games for us, but isn't that to be expected from a young player adjusting to the demands of the Prem?

He scored THAT goal away against Spurs which continued our momentum away from relegation and for me has put in some solid appearances filling in at right back.

Not a disasterous signing for me by any means.
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You have to take into account Neil’s unnatural jealousy of Blake and Hughes.
It even stretches to imaginary cocktails.
 
borisatha said:
You have to take into account Neil’s unnatural jealousy of Blake and Hughes.
It even stretches to imaginary cocktails.
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MInd you, if Blake (who I have never met) is anywhere near a £2 million pa salary as IIRC has been previously claimed by a poster on here? - then I am seriously jealous as well!

If that is true then why can't my boss be as soft as that?!

In any event, I would like to offer my services at the bargain rate of only £1.8 million pa LOL!
 
DJ said:
Add into the equation that he’s still only 21 and writing him off feels rather unpalatable.

Then on top of that and it all happened at a similar time to Bill Foley taking his slice of Lorient and any financial figures for that could be fudged.
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What we paid more and hid it? I don’t think so….
 
borisatha said:
You have to take into account Neil’s unnatural jealousy of Blake and Hughes.
It even stretches to imaginary cocktails.
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No jealousy. Just an assessment. Not sure what I’d have to be jealous of them for? Money I suppose you’d answer but then I’d be jealous of all the players too. I’m more than happy there’s multi millionaires out there, I’ve never begrudged anyone a penny nor looked on peoples plates. If I’ve commented on Blake’s salary it’s just to point out I don’t think he deserves to be paid more than most PL CEO’s when we are trying to watch FPP.
 
Neil Dawson said:
No jealousy. Just an assessment. Not sure what I’d have to be jealous of them for? Money I suppose you’d answer but then I’d be jealous of all the players too. I’m more than happy there’s multi millionaires out there, I’ve never begrudged anyone a penny nor looked on peoples plates. If I’ve commented on Blake’s salary it’s just to point out I don’t think he deserves to be paid more than most PL CEO’s when we are trying to watch FPP.
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So according to you we are not a "Tin Pot" club
 
Neil Dawson said:
No jealousy. Just an assessment. Not sure what I’d have to be jealous of them for? Money I suppose you’d answer but then I’d be jealous of all the players too. I’m more than happy there’s multi millionaires out there, I’ve never begrudged anyone a penny nor looked on peoples plates. If I’ve commented on Blake’s salary it’s just to point out I don’t think he deserves to be paid more than most PL CEO’s when we are trying to watch FPP.
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It wasn’t you with the “Rashord, can I have your weeks wages” sign at the Newport game was it? ;-)
 
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