Richard Hughes

Neil Dawson said:
You don’t have to leave your own house to find that one out Del. Just go on to any of your interminable arguments with many different people on here.
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Or I can always come on the Richard Hughes thread and watch you try to argue that black is white despite mounting evidence that it isn't.
 
horndean_exile said:
Love him but I can't see Franno building the kind of relationships in Europe for example to attract players here.
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I would have thought the club still has contacts in Europe to help them & Francis out regarding new players, despite Hughes leaving.

Would also not be surprised if someone comes in to work alongside or underneath Franno.
 
Hughes has signed:

Tavernier for 10m
Semenyo for 10m
Kerkez for 13m
Zabarnyi for 20m
Senesi for 13m
Christie for 2.5m
Kluivert for 8m
Aarons for 8m

All deals represent ridiculously good value for money.

Even his more ‘debatable’ signings-

Dango- played a pivotal role in our survival last season, played a starring role in the wins against both Liverpool and Spurs and it’s easy to forget he put in a number of good showings playing as a right sided attacker. This year he has also shown himself to be a very capable left back too. For me he’s been a good signing and has so much scope to improve.

Adams- Iraola himself said that we wouldn’t have had the opportunity to sign Adams if he wasn’t suffering with his injury at the time, Chelsea were prepared to sign him if he had been fit remember. The club took the decision to sign the player even though they knew he’d be unavailable for a few months as they felt his calibre made him worth it. We don’t know who made that decision but I think a fair assumption would be that the final decision was made by Foley, not Hughes.

Scott- is widely renowned as one of the most promising midfield prospects in the game. He may not have fully established himself yet but it’s highly likely that he will and that we will make a huge profit on him.

Sinisterra- a proven PL level winger. Had shown he had the ability to perform very well at this level during his time at Leeds. It can’t be understated how difficult it is for a club of our stature to recruit players who are proven in the PL. The one qualm is that he doesn’t seem to fit Iraola’s system so I can understand why some may view this one as more than a miss. Myself I also struggle a bit to understand why we paid 20m for a player who isn’t really a viable starting option under the current manager, regardless of how talented he is.

Traore- easy to forget that Traore has only made around 10 appearances in the league for us. He has some bright moments under O’Neil but never really had a chance to get going. He is definitely a miss but more a victim of circumstance rather than poor recruitment, he’s clearly not a bad player but he just doesn’t fit into the new manager’s very unique way of playing. Had we stuck with O’Neil I think he’d be starting most weeks.

It’s unfair to say that Hughes is anything other than good at his job if you look at the underlying circumstances and facts behind all his signings.
 
Waz afcb said:
Hughes has signed:

Tavernier for 10m
Semenyo for 10m
Kerkez for 13m
Zabarnyi for 20m
Senesi for 13m
Christie for 2.5m
Kluivert for 8m
Aarons for 8m

All deals represent ridiculously good value for money.

Even his more ‘debatable’ signings-

Dango- played a pivotal role in our survival last season, played a starring role in the wins against both Liverpool and Spurs and it’s easy to forget he put in a number of good showings playing as a right sided attacker. This year he has also shown himself to be a very capable left back too. For me he’s been a good signing and has so much scope to improve.

Adams- Iraola himself said that we wouldn’t have had the opportunity to sign Adams if he wasn’t suffering with his injury at the time, Chelsea were prepared to sign him if he had been fit remember. The club took the decision to sign the player even though they knew he’d be unavailable for a few months as they felt his calibre made him worth it. We don’t know who made that decision but I think a fair assumption would be that the final decision was made by Foley, not Hughes.

Scott- is widely renowned as one of the most promising midfield prospects in the game. He may not have fully established himself yet but it’s highly likely that he will and that we will make a huge profit on him.

Sinisterra- a proven PL level winger. Had shown he had the ability to perform very well at this level during his time at Leeds. It can’t be understated how difficult it is for a club of our stature to recruit players who are proven in the PL. The one qualm is that he doesn’t seem to fit Iraola’s system so I can understand why some may view this one as more than a miss. Myself I also struggle a bit to understand why we paid 20m for a player who isn’t really a viable starting option under the current manager, regardless of how talented he is.

Traore- easy to forget that Traore has only made around 10 appearances in the league for us. He has some bright moments under O’Neil but never really had a chance to get going. He is definitely a miss but more a victim of circumstance rather than poor recruitment, he’s clearly not a bad player but he just doesn’t fit into the new manager’s very unique way of playing. Had we stuck with O’Neil I think he’d be starting most weeks.

It’s unfair to say that Hughes is anything other than good at his job if you look at the underlying circumstances and facts behind all his signings.
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Very questionable if Hughes had anything at all to do with the Dango signing but even if he did I'm not sure he'd have been involved in negotiating the price.
 
table said:
Haven't had time to read all the thread but I assume Neil's got over his surprise at Richard Hughes getting a job at a bigger club than us : )
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Only after I’d got over my surprise he wasn’t going to work with Eddie after everyone said I’d be eating humble pie over that… ;)
 
yesyescherry said:
Baptism of what fire? Not when you’ve got a network of international links that got us Zabs and others, north of 60-70m for Dom and a healthy profit on Kerkez to play with. Plenty ‘as talented as’ left backs out there in the football world.
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Still think Vina would be a good signing.
 
Neil Dawson said:
Only after I’d got over my surprise he wasn’t going to work with Eddie after everyone said I’d be eating humble pie over that… ;)
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The relevance of whether Howe wanted him at Celtic and Newcastle only came up as a discussion point because it would be evidence that Hughes was highly rated by people who mattered in the game as opposed to people on the internet with inexplicable agendas. I think that one has been firmly put to bed now don't you?
 
Neil Dawson said:
Only after I’d got over my surprise he wasn’t going to work with Eddie after everyone said I’d be eating humble pie over that… ;)
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Oh, that's alright then. Out of interest what does one have with humble pie, is it gravy or custard? : )

I thought the surprise was if he went to a bigger club because although I'm as Cherry tinted as the next Cherry fanatic, I still think we're at least 2 good seasons away from being comparable to Liverpool : )

Ps I saw Humble Pie back in the late '70s, brilliant band live and Steve Marriot ( although clearly sloshed) was a great singer and frontman : )
 
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Neil Dawson said:
Indeed my old friend. Good to see you back.
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of course, FSG, one of the planet's most illustrious sports franchises, habitually makes key appoints based on back-scratching :rolleyes:

time to put an end to this nonsense, have the minerals to admit you're plain wrong and issue a grovelling apology to hughes for all those infantile comments questioning his ability

there's a good chap
 
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