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I now believe Hughes didn’t save us from the drop...’Not Pellegrino’ saved us


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Were we in the drop zone when he took over? Seriously can't remember.

 

No, and the funny thing when you look back is that we only lost 2 of Pellegrino's last 8 league games in charge, which included tough games against Liverpool and Spurs, and he'd also just got us through to an easy FA Cup quarter-final v Wigan by beating 3 Premier League teams, whereas we lost 4 of the 8 games under Hughes and got knocked out of the cup.

 

You could certainly argue that what kept us up as much if not more than the 2 wins from 8 games at the end of the season under Hughes were the 3 wins from 9 games at the beginning of the season under Pellegrino. I still believe that if Hughes had taken over earlier in the season, we'd have been relegated.

 

The managers seemed to get progressively worse under Reed: Koeman>Puel>Pellegrino>Hughes.

 

Anyway, that's all water under the bridge now. It makes a very nice change to get a good manager like Hasenhüttl, who is clearly an improvement on the previous one.

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No, and the funny thing when you look back is that we only lost 2 of Pellegrino's last 8 league games in charge, which included tough games against Liverpool and Spurs, and he'd also just got us through to an easy FA Cup quarter-final v Wigan by beating 3 Premier League teams, whereas we lost 4 of the 8 games under Hughes and got knocked out of the cup.

 

You could certainly argue that what kept us up as much if not more than the 2 wins from 8 games at the end of the season under Hughes were the 3 wins from 9 games at the beginning of the season under Pellegrino. I still believe that if Hughes had taken over earlier in the season, we'd have been relegated.

 

The managers seemed to get progressively worse under Reed: Koeman>Puel>Pellegrino>Hughes.

 

Anyway, that's all water under the bridge now. It makes a very nice change to get a good manager like Hasenhüttl, who is clearly an improvement on the previous one.

 

West Ham United A loss

AFC Bournemouth H win

Leicester City A draw

Chelsea H loss

Arsenal A loss

Everton A draw

Swansea City A Win

Manchester City H Loss

 

Apart from the West Ham game I'm not sure you could expect much better results - where do you think Hughes should have done better?

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You are ignoring the fact that we had a run in from hell. Hughes has one bad result last season and that was his first game in charge.

 

Was it a harder run of games than the previous 8 of Pell though?

 

Hughes:

 

West Ham 3 - 0 Southampton

Arsenal 3 - 2 Southampton

Southampton 2 - 3 Chelsea

Leicester 0 - 0 Southampton

Southampton 2 - 1 Bournemouth

Everton 1 - 1 Southampton

Swansea 0 - 1 Southampton

Southampton 0 - 1 Man City

 

 

Points per game - 1

Goals per game - 1

Goals conceded per game - 1.50

Avg Finishing Team position - 9

 

 

Pellegrino:

 

Watford 2 - 2 Southampton

Southampton 1 - 1 Tottenham

Southampton 1 - 1 Brighton

West Brom 2 - 3 Southampton

Southampton 0 - 2 Liverpool

Burnley 1 - 1 Southampton

Southampton 0 - 0 Stoke

Newcastle 3 - 0 Southampton

 

 

Points per game - 1

Goals per game - 1

Goals conceded per game - 1.50

Avg Finishing Team position - 11.5

 

So it works out at same points per game, same goals scored, same conceded, and only very slightly harder games...I'm not seeing this big improvement, and with such fine margins I'm not sure if Pell couldn't have continued what he was doing and kept us up.

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Was it a harder run of games than the previous 8 of Pell though?

 

Hughes:

 

West Ham 3 - 0 Southampton

Arsenal 3 - 2 Southampton

Southampton 2 - 3 Chelsea

Leicester 0 - 0 Southampton

Southampton 2 - 1 Bournemouth

Everton 1 - 1 Southampton

Swansea 0 - 1 Southampton

Southampton 0 - 1 Man City

 

 

Points per game - 1

Goals per game - 1

Goals conceded per game - 1.50

Avg Finishing Team position - 9

 

 

Pellegrino:

 

Watford 2 - 2 Southampton

Southampton 1 - 1 Tottenham

Southampton 1 - 1 Brighton

West Brom 2 - 3 Southampton

Southampton 0 - 2 Liverpool

Burnley 1 - 1 Southampton

Southampton 0 - 0 Stoke

Newcastle 3 - 0 Southampton

 

 

Points per game - 1

Goals per game - 1

Goals conceded per game - 1.50

Avg Finishing Team position - 11.5

 

So it works out at same points per game, same goals scored, same conceded, and only very slightly harder games...I'm not seeing this big improvement, and with such fine margins I'm not sure if Pell couldn't have continued what he was doing and kept us up.

 

maybe...

but I do think that 3-0 defeat to Newcastle took the stuffing out of us... something had to give and it was Pellegrino of course.

 

Honestly, under Pellegrino I don't think we would have won anymore.

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Was it a harder run of games than the previous 8 of Pell though?

 

Hughes:

 

West Ham 3 - 0 Southampton

Arsenal 3 - 2 Southampton

Southampton 2 - 3 Chelsea

Leicester 0 - 0 Southampton

Southampton 2 - 1 Bournemouth

Everton 1 - 1 Southampton

Swansea 0 - 1 Southampton

Southampton 0 - 1 Man City

 

 

Points per game - 1

Goals per game - 1

Goals conceded per game - 1.50

Avg Finishing Team position - 9

 

 

Pellegrino:

 

Watford 2 - 2 Southampton

Southampton 1 - 1 Tottenham

Southampton 1 - 1 Brighton

West Brom 2 - 3 Southampton

Southampton 0 - 2 Liverpool

Burnley 1 - 1 Southampton

Southampton 0 - 0 Stoke

Newcastle 3 - 0 Southampton

 

 

Points per game - 1

Goals per game - 1

Goals conceded per game - 1.50

Avg Finishing Team position - 11.5

 

So it works out at same points per game, same goals scored, same conceded, and only very slightly harder games...I'm not seeing this big improvement, and with such fine margins I'm not sure if Pell couldn't have continued what he was doing and kept us up.

 

I woul£ say Hughes fixtures were harder so yes.

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But that's all theoretical. We have no idea what Pellegrino would have done in this last games.

 

Indeed. That is my point.

 

Hughes' appointment may have got us more points than sticking with Pellegrino; or it might not have done...

 

The point is, we can't rule out the hypothesis that Hughes kept us up. Unless I'm mistaken, you seem to be ruling out this eventuality?

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Indeed. That is my point.

 

Hughes' appointment may have got us more points than sticking with Pellegrino; or it might not have done...

 

The point is, we can't rule out the hypothesis that Hughes kept us up. Unless I'm mistaken, you seem to be ruling out this eventuality?

 

No - I said the only thing that we can definitely say is that he finished in the same position, so the logical thing to say is he did not improve us in any way.

 

We did look better attacking wise though.

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But that's all theoretical. We have no idea what Pellegrino would have done in this last games.

 

We can only really work in actuals, and the actuals say he had no effect.

 

Again pure guesswork, but fairly confident Pellegrino wouldn't have stuck on Gabbiadini when Bednarek got injured against Swansea. Small moment but ultimately played a huge part.

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Hughes had a harder run of games, we had one winnable home game in his run-in, he did well to keep us up.

 

Or do you expect us to be beating Everton away now, or turning Man City over? ****ing dickhead.

 

West Ham away, Swansea away (Swansea managed 3 points from their last 9 games), Bournemouth home were all winnable games. Considering we are better away from home than at home I wouldn't say having winnable home games is what we should be looking at.

 

Also, no need for the insults pal, you don't look hard!

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West Ham away, Swansea away (Swansea managed 3 points from their last 9 games), Bournemouth home were all winnable games. Considering we are better away from home than at home I wouldn't say having winnable home games is what we should be looking at.

 

Also, no need for the insults pal, you don't look hard!

 

You’re wrong again, we got more points at home than away last season, just like pretty much every other club. That’s because it’s easier to win at home than away - that’s basic stuff.

 

Why don’t you just admit you are talking ********. You’re quoting points per game when Hughes had 5 out of 8 away and two of the three at home were City and Chelsea.

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You’re wrong again, we got more points at home than away last season, just like pretty much every other club. That’s because it’s easier to win at home than away - that’s basic stuff.

 

Why don’t you just admit you are talking ********. You’re quoting points per game when Hughes had 5 out of 8 away and two of the three at home were City and Chelsea.

 

I'm wondering why you're getting so angry at this - you definitely seem to have some anger issues that you'd be best served to get sorted away from this forum. Perhaps it would be worth taking a break?

 

As for the debate we're having, I think we just need to agree to disagree, rather than getting our panties in a twist, don't you? The points and statistics that have been put across, and that you've put across do not show any clear indication that Hughes made much of a difference to our form from Pellegrino. Instead of just getting angry, why don't you lay out in clear points, with statistics to back it up, why you think we were so much better under Hughes. I ask this because the statistics don't show it. I will admit we did look better going forward under Hughes, even though we scored the same goals per game as the previous 8 games under Pellegrino (which was Pellegrino's worst 8 game run of the season).

 

And sorry, 19 points at home to 17 away - we were obviously dominant at home so I am clearly wrong there, and luckily we've continued that good form this year.

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He should have been sacked, he was ****ing awful. Hughes didn't save us IMHO.

 

Sorry to pick on you Jeff, this is for those as well with a similar mind.

 

1) We didn't get relegated. So he must have done something

2) His job was to save us from relegation. We were saved from it.

3) You can't judge his tenure this season with what he did last.

 

I'm sorry but if you employ someone to finish putting up a fence before the winds come, and it stands, they have done their job

If you then employ them to put up another fence somewhere else, and it blows down, you cant say they didn't finish and save the first fence.

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It's interesting after being away for a while to come back to read some of this debate. I did think Hughes was the right appointment at the time, although the Pellegrino sacking had been left far too late but in my opinion it is a myth that Hughes saved us from relegation. Almost anyone who wasn't MP could have done the same. As others have said, I believe we were fortunate that a couple of other teams were even worse.

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Sorry to pick on you Jeff, this is for those as well with a similar mind.

 

1) We didn't get relegated. So he must have done something

2) His job was to save us from relegation. We were saved from it.

3) You can't judge his tenure this season with what he did last.

 

I'm sorry but if you employ someone to finish putting up a fence before the winds come, and it stands, they have done their job

If you then employ them to put up another fence somewhere else, and it blows down, you cant say they didn't finish and save the first fence.

 

This is correct SSA but he has anger issues regarding Hughes and cant let go...

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Sorry to pick on you Jeff, this is for those as well with a similar mind.

 

1) We didn't get relegated. So he must have done something

2) His job was to save us from relegation. We were saved from it.

3) You can't judge his tenure this season with what he did last.

 

I'm sorry but if you employ someone to finish putting up a fence before the winds come, and it stands, they have done their job

If you then employ them to put up another fence somewhere else, and it blows down, you cant say they didn't finish and save the first fence.

 

I think your analogy is slightly incorrect.

 

The fence was on its last legs, and the winds were coming. Hughes worked on the fence for 3 months, but looking at the fence it looked the same. The winds came and went, and the fence was still standing.

 

There is no doubt whatsoever that Hughes was Manager when we stayed up - I've never denied that - however, I still don't think what he did kept us up. It was more that Swansea got 3 points from their last 9 games. If they had just matched Pellegrino's total from the previous 8 games, they'd have stayed up at our expense, and they had a decent run in as well.

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I think your analogy is slightly incorrect.

 

The fence was on its last legs, and the winds were coming. Hughes worked on the fence for 3 months, but looking at the fence it looked the same. The winds came and went, and the fence was still standing.

 

There is no doubt whatsoever that Hughes was Manager when we stayed up - I've never denied that - however, I still don't think what he did kept us up. It was more that Swansea got 3 points from their last 9 games. If they had just matched Pellegrino's total from the previous 8 games, they'd have stayed up at our expense, and they had a decent run in as well.

 

Did you actually go to any of the games? Even my 6 year old nephew noticed we were playing better under Hughes that Pellegrino last season.

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Did you actually go to any of the games? Even my 6 year old nephew noticed we were playing better under Hughes that Pellegrino last season.

 

I'm wondering why you're getting so angry at this - you definitely seem to have some anger issues that you'd be best served to get sorted away from this forum. Perhaps it would be worth taking a break?

 

As for the debate we're having, I think we just need to agree to disagree, rather than getting our panties in a twist, don't you? The points and statistics that have been put across, and that you've put across do not show any clear indication that Hughes made much of a difference to our form from Pellegrino. Instead of just getting angry, why don't you lay out in clear points, with statistics to back it up, why you think we were so much better under Hughes. I ask this because the statistics don't show it. I will admit we did look better going forward under Hughes, even though we scored the same goals per game as the previous 8 games under Pellegrino (which was Pellegrino's worst 8 game run of the season).

And sorry, 19 points at home to 17 away - we were obviously dominant at home so I am clearly wrong there, and luckily we've continued that good form this year.

 

I assume your reading ain't up to much.

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It's interesting after being away for a while to come back to read some of this debate. I did think Hughes was the right appointment at the time, although the Pellegrino sacking had been left far too late but in my opinion it is a myth that Hughes saved us from relegation. Almost anyone who wasn't MP could have done the same. As others have said, I believe we were fortunate that a couple of other teams were even worse.

 

Probably true - but Hughes happened to be the person available at short notice who came in and did that. Jeff is claiming that even Pellegrino would have kept us up. There's no way to disprove that theory of course, but I'm surprised anyone who watched the matches didn't notice a change in attitude from the players.

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Does it really matter who was worse, they both were crap. The Clown was a clueless disaster, and Sparky was incompetent and lazy (allegedly not getting involved with training).

 

Doesn't necessarily equate with laziness - plenty of managers let their coaches do most of the work on the training ground.

 

However, I think it's fair to say that Hughes has never been regarded as a master tactician, so in his case it begs the question of what he actually did/does. Probably explains why in the short term he was able to motivate the players but after a while it wore off.

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