It would be hard to find many people without some sympathy for Mark Hughes this morning.
Hughes lost his job as manager of Manchester City on Saturday evening after a 4-3 win over Sunderland put them into sixth place on the Premier League, still boasting the fewest league defeats fn any club in the top flight this season.
Too many draws have left the club 12 points behind leaders Chelsea, but they do have a game in hand and certainly a top four place is not beyond them - and wasn't even before Hughes's replacement Roberto Mancini was appointed in amost indecent haste after Hughes's sacking.
City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak is under no obligation to explain the move, but it can only be seen as impatience that the Sky Blues are not heading the Premier League or at least in close formation behind the Blues of Ambramovich's billions.
Money can't buy everything, but apparently Mubarak beleives it should be able to buy a place at the top of the English football pile.
The problem is that Chelsea and Manchester United invariably find themselves a place at the head of the queue; Wenger's Arsenal are getting hungry for success themselves; and while Liverpool also struggle to find a winning combination, the likes of Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur are stirring like they haven't done for many a year.
Chelsea have been through and sacked a whole host of managers despite winning the Premier League, the FA Cup and the League Cup in recent years.
If that wasn't good enough for one billionaire, small wonder sixth place isn't good enough for another.
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