Chapter 38 Ultimatum
"Is Mark Hughes so unbearable?" Deborah asked Rongguang while eating.
Now the media criticism of Mark Hughes is overwhelming, and Deborah is also very curious whether Mark Hughes is really unable to take on the position of head coach of this team.
After all, Glory is a player and has to contact Mark Hughes every day, so she wants to hear Glory’s evaluation of Mark Hughes.
"I can't tell you, I don't know much about tactical things. But the team is not good enough to keep winning so much..."
Rongguang said with a frown.
He is indeed dissatisfied with the current situation of the team, but it is quite tactful.
After listening to Rongguang's answer, Debola fell into deep thought.
"What's wrong?" This time it was Rongguang's turn to be curious.
"Now there are so many criticisms in the media, I wonder if he can withstand it. After all, he is the team's head coach. If the head coach collapses, the team will be in danger. Since you are a Manchester City player now, I will definitely care more about Manchester City's performance."
"Just like I did when I was in Bayern Munich?" asked Rong Guang.
"Of course." Deborah shrugged.
Rongguang smiled: "Don't worry, it's definitely not too bad."
Deborah raised her head when she heard this and looked at Glory.
"Even if the head coach collapses, I won't collapse." Rong Guang said with a smile as he looked at the woman in front of him.
"You haven't scored in two games." Debola pointed to Glory with the spoon in her hand.
Rongguang scratched his head awkwardly: "Accident, unexpected...Eat meal"
After saying that, he lowered his head.
Debola laughed when she saw him like this.
The expression I just said, "I won't collapse, either"... looked pretty good.
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There doesn't seem to be any sign of getting better.
In the next sixth round of the league, Manchester City lost to Wigan 2 away.
Including the League Cup, I have been unable to win five consecutive games, and I have tied one in these five games and lost four games.
Manchester City's ranking also fell to 12th place after six league rounds.
This ranking is too far from what everyone expected of them at the beginning of the season...
From two consecutive league wins to four consecutive rounds of defeats, the media has begun to criticize Mark Hughes more and more. The team's poor performance is definitely the first one to be blamed.
Now it’s not only Mark Hughes that are criticized—people are tired of criticizing Mark Hughes and can’t scold any new tricks.
Nowadays, public opinion not only criticizes the head coach, but also criticizes the players.
The ones who were scolded the most were Berbatov and Robinho.
Both of them have been with the team for so long, but they only scored one goal each, and they have no contribution to the team.
Compared with their value, this performance is really too shabby.
The media called Berbatov too lazy and running too little on the court.
Robinho was scolded for taking too many moves - public opinion wished that Robinho would immediately pass the football to Glory as soon as he received the ball, and then watch the show himself...
But no one scolded Rongguang.
As a person who had a serious ankle injury just half a year ago and had not played in the game for eight months, Rongguang's performance was good enough and there was nothing to criticize.
He scored six goals in these six games and contributed an assist.
Although he has not scored in the last two league games, that doesn't matter.
It's not his problem, he's very active in the game.
However, his opponents' defenses against him are getting tighter and more restrictions on him, and even... they are willing to use foul tactics.
This is also one of the reasons why Rongguang did not score goals in two consecutive league rounds.
The opponent's defensive movements against him are getting bigger and bigger, and it is even difficult for Rong Guang to hold the ball continuously for more than ten seconds.
When the opponent is at the forefront of the penalty area, this time will be shorter.
Although this will cause the opponent to be punished with many fouls, it is better than letting Rongguang score directly?
Everyone thinks this is not Rong Guang's fault. He is trapped in the opponent's foul tactics because other Manchester City players did not support Rong Guang well, which forced him to fight alone in the frontcourt.
In short, everyone is still very tolerant of glory.
Except for a very small number of elements, most people think that Rongguang can still perform like this after returning after he has been seriously injured for half a year.
But no matter how good the individual performance is, it is difficult to save a team.
The reason why Bayern Munich won so many championships was inseparable from the efforts of other Bayern Munich players in addition to his own outstanding performance. Perhaps their brilliance is not as dazzling as Glory, but they are also indispensable people.
But today's Manchester City is far behind Bayern Munich... So it's not enough to do a good job in glory.
To put it bluntly, although Manchester City spent a lot of money this summer, their strength may not be as good as Werder Bremen, which Rongguang loaned to the past...
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After losing to Wigan, news appeared in the media about Mark Hughes being fired.
Among the expiration odds given by bookmakers to the head coaches of twenty teams this season, Mark Hughes is also far ahead of everyone else.
The Manchester Evening News said that Mark Hughes was about to be dismissed. In terms of reporting the news about the two local teams, the Manchester Evening News is quite authoritative, and it will be better to get the moon first.
They both have journalists on both teams and have well-informed people within both clubs.
These people can provide them with a lot of exclusive revelations.
"...We have said before that the Middle East has no patience. It is said that Fassim has decided to get Mark Hughes out of class. However, this decision should be a temporary decision, because Manchester City club has not yet begun to look for Mark Hughes' successor. It is said that the boss behind Fassim is very dissatisfied with Manchester City's recent record and believes that it is the responsibility of head coach Mark Hughes in such a dilemma... It is said that in the next round, Manchester City's home match against Liverpool should be Mark Hughes' last chance. If he loses again, he will be swept out by the team - the wealthy Manchester City club doesn't care about paying some breach of contracts or something..."
Next, other media also reported on this matter.
Everyone thinks that the game against Liverpool will be a game that determines Mark Hughes's fate.
If Manchester City continues to lose, Mark Hughes will definitely get out.
However... Manchester City's opponent Liverpool in the next round of the league is not a good fight.
After six rounds of league matches, Liverpool currently ranks second, with four wins and two draws, and 14 points, the same points as Chelsea, the number one in the league, but ranked second because of the few goals.
Such Liverpool is at the same level as Chelsea that Manchester City encountered in the fourth round of the league.
They are both at home. Since Manchester City failed to defeat Chelsea at the beginning, how could they expect them to defeat Liverpool?
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Mark Hughes is really a headache now, and the statement in the media is not a baseless rumor...but it is true.
After the team lost to Wigan, he was indeed given an ultimatum by Fasim.
If he wants to change the current situation of the team immediately, the team that spends a lot of money to build cannot slip into the relegation zone.
If Manchester City finds that they are going to report to the Championship next season, it will definitely be the end of the world
The game against Liverpool must be won. This is the death order Fasim gave himself.
Although Mark Hughes tried to explain to Fasim how strong Liverpool is and how difficult it is for Manchester City to beat Liverpool today... Fasim was not interested in his explanation and told him that he would not accept any results except to win.
"Either the team wins, or you leave." Fasim said to Mark Hughes with a serious expression.
This Arab who doesn't know the ball
Mark Hughes cursed Fassim in his heart.
He just gave the order, but didn't care whether the order could be executed or not.
Win Liverpool?
Even at our home court, it is not easy to beat Liverpool in a good manner. How can I guarantee victory?
The only thing he can rely on now is glory.
But Rongguang has not scored in the past few games and has been trapped in various foul tactics of the opponent.
Although Glory can bring many opportunities for free kicks on the spot to Manchester City. However, there are no particularly outstanding free kick experts in Manchester City, and... the free kick rate is not high in itself, so it is difficult to count on free kicks.
Moreover, since the opponent dares to use foul tactics, he must have practiced set-piece defense in particular.
So, in short, it is very difficult to win against Liverpool.
When Mark Hughes first took over as Manchester City's head coach, he had already confirmed that Rong Guang would join Manchester City. He was very happy that he could coach such a team and such a player, and he also had his own ambitions.
He wants to change his inherent impression of "only coaching small teams" in the eyes of most people. He wants to realize his ideal with the Manchester City platform - he also wants to win the championship.
This team has huge financial support and world-class players like Rongguang... Why worry about not getting things done?
At that time, media said that Mark Hughes was the most enviable head coach in the world because he could buy whoever he wanted and already had a player like Glory.
But in the end, his dream was defeated by the cold reality and was shaky.
Mark Hughes doesn't think this is the most enviable job in the world now, on the contrary, the most headache-inducing job in the world.
It has been a long time since he slept well, and the huge pressure is tormenting him all the time.
He made him look older, who was already covered in white hair...
His wife Mary looked at her husband with some concern, fearing that he would faint on the ground because of his high blood pressure when he got up...
Mark Hughes was obviously absent-minded during the meal.
"Or it's different from it, my dear..." she whispered.
"No, Mary. This is far worse than what I encountered in Barcelona. I can get through it. No problem."
Mark Hughes waved his hand gently and left.
Chapter completed!