Don’t every shoe have a hole?
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We see it so often; a manager excels at a smaller club (ie. Bournmouth), and makes a name for himself, only to get the move to a big club, where he finds that he is out of his depth. I wonder if this is the case wth Hughes. I feel that Hughes focused too much on making a splash in the transfer market this past summer, in going after Isak for a large part of the window, that he lost focus on filling essential holes (ie. central defender, defensive midfielder, speedy winger [after selling Diaz]), thus leaving us short. Granted, we’ve been hit by costly injuries, but I still feel that we would have been short without those. If Hughes goes, he goes. If he stays, then I hope he focuses on buiding a strong team, and not on making a spash, or show of things.
All his signings will be successful given time.
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Hughes has been at the auction house for players when he is carrying the most money in his pocket… Easy to make signings/purchases when armed with that back-up.
If Edwards has recruited him then in all honesty, we have to be content with that. As for how good he actually is at his job, his track record in the hot seat at Anfield over a two-three year period will demonstrate what this guy is all about… Though, the rumour mill is saying he might go to the sand dunes, and if that happens, a lot of LFC supporters will still be in the dark as to whether he was the right fit for us…
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I disagree. If, for example, the strategy was to rebuild the squad over multiple seasons by focussing only on players who can help us in the long run then it is about how successful the players we bought are in the long run.
Of course injuries can affect this… but of his purchases Kerkez looks quality, Wirtz is quality, Ekitike is quality, Frimpong looks good but has been unlucky, Leoni looked good for his only part game and Isak (I believe) will come good if he is healthy. But that is a big if.
Plenty of clubs come armed with money but not many can be that successful with choosing players (see Chelsea, ManU, etc.)
Where I think Hughes has failed miserably is in his priorities. Isak was probably the best attacker available but he was not the most needed. Similarly Chiesa was the least useful player to retain since everyone knew he wouldn’t play… yet he was retained.
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