Source: Team_Talk
Hughes: I had City on right track
Mark Hughes has claimed nobody could have done as good a job at Manchester City as he did during his 18 months in charge.[LNB] Hughes is back in management for the first time since being sacked by City last December after being appointed Fulham boss last week.[LNB]The 46-year-old insisted he was not bitter about his demise but had no doubt he would have achieved the target set by the Manchester club's new mega-rich owners had he been given the chance.[LNB]Hughes' reign spanned the transition between the ownership of Thaksin Shinawatra and Abu Dhabi United, his transfer budget rocketing overnight from next to nothing to being virtually without limit.[LNB]He lost his job just before Christmas following a run of two wins in 11 games, although the club were still well placed to break into the Premier League top four.[LNB]Speaking at his official unveiling as Fulham boss this afternoon, Hughes said: "I was disappointed because I felt I was doing a good job, given the circumstances that I found at the club and all the changes that we had to accommodate in my tenure there.[LNB]"I think no-one else could have done as good a job as I did, given the circumstances.[LNB]"I felt we were fully on track with the expectations of the owners.[LNB]"Unfortunately, maybe their mindset changed, and I wasn't part of their plans."[LNB]Hughes' sacking was a messy affair in which news of him losing his job appeared to be leaked prior to what proved his final game in charge, December's 4-3 win over Sunderland.[LNB]Asked if he would be prepared to shake City chief executive Garry Cook or owner Sheikh Mansour's hand when the clubs meet this season, he said: "It wasn't about personality, from my point of view.[LNB]"I had an opportunity and I felt I was fulfilling the role that I was asked.[LNB]"In the end, that opportunity was taken away from me and there was frustration because of that.[LNB]"But I don't think the emotion of being bitter or frustrated by that was a good emotion.[LNB]"I wouldn't be myself if I allowed that emotion to be within me.[LNB]"I've moved on, City have moved on, and I'm looking forward to a great season at Fulham Football Club."[LNB]He added: "Sometimes relationships break down and that can have an effect on your position at the football club.[LNB]"I've come here, I feel very comfortable with the people I'm working with.[LNB]"Maybe one of the key elements to it is that I'm actually their man.[LNB]"Maybe that was one of the big things that went against me at City.[LNB]"I have no embarrassment whatsoever in terms of the job that I did at Man City.[LNB]"If you ask people there - people who are still there - they would agree with that situation.[LNB]"I would back my performance in terms of what I achieved there against anybody's ability to get the same amount out of those players."
