Stephen Hughes

[David O'Leary]

does anyone agree with me that stephen hughes is the worst player on the leicester city team when he came from rangers he was an average player but he has got worse and worse, he cant pass, shots go right to the back of n block or the kop, every match ive seen this season (thats every home game except qpr and i saw them play at preston) he stands in no mans land in the defensive midfielder position, he also gets shrugged off the ball way too easy, and cant takle because is stick thin and has no strength

[Head Honcho]

He crap but not too sure if he's the worst!

I do however think he'll do well if he goes to another Championship club as will many of our underachievers from last season.

As a team they are crap but individually they ain't that bad, getting them all to play well on the same saturday was the problem.

[sdb]

well he's definately rubbish but i have to admit after his 1st 6 months here i thought he was great. he's a ok player technique-wise, just extremely weak and lazy. boooo!!

[Wils]

No i dont agree. Elvis is. Hughes is a weird player for me,some games he can play really well and other weeks i think he should give up his career and work in Asda.

[Geo V]

New member, new topic??!! Welcome mate...

Its been discussed quite a lot over the season (Hughes ability/inability) and basically he has under-achieved.You have top ask why Rangers would let him go for a small fee if he was any good (he was relatively young) but I have a couple of mates in Glasgow who follow the Gers who at the time told me he was a quality passer and had a great shot but his problem was he is always injured. He has shown glimpses of quality but has been playing out of position for most of the season.

He cant be the worst when we have had AJ, Stearman, McCarthy and Maybury all playing woefully but he isnt far off them thats for sure.

[lee7]

i don't think hughes is the worst but he is crap. AJ is probably the worst

[Rocky Dennis]

I agree,

Hughes is flippin rubbish, he belongs in our worst players list with Akinbiyi, Benjamin, Junior Lewis, Lee Marshall, Tony Spearing, Lee Philpott, John Curtis etc etc etc.

The sad thing is tho i beleive Hughes can be a good player, he looked quite good when he first arrived and i thought he would turn out to be a great signing but he's gone downhill fast and doesnt even look like a pro footballer now.

I think if he put the effort in he could maybe make it in England but i suspect he'll end up at Dunfermline or St Johnstone or Gretna.

[Joe.]

I think Hughes has been labelled as totally pathetic for his performances on the right wing a lot.

Rob Kelly's decision to play him there was laughable beyond belief. He was clearly an extremely poor right winger.

It annoys me because Hughes can look fairly decent at times when he is played in position, in the centre of midfield.

At the end of it all though, I'd still like him gone.

[MBK]

I think Hughes has been labelled as totally pathetic for his performances on the right wing a lot.

Rob Kelly's decision to play him there was laughable beyond belief. He was clearly an extremely poor right winger.

It annoys me because Hughes can look fairly decent at times when he is played in position, in the centre of midfield.

At the end of it all though, I'd still like him gone.

I'm sure he could churn a good season if he played with continuity in the middle. But as Leicester must do better than good...

[Daggers]

No i dont agree. Elvis is. Hughes is a weird player for me,some games he can play really well and other weeks i think he should give up his career and work in Asda.

Clean up on aisle seventeen...

[Flynny]

I think he's quite talented but ridiculously inconsistant and lacking confidence.

He needs a move. He might do well elsewhere, but he's probably run his course here.

[Thracian]

He's got no chance of getting in the team next season. Even at the start of this season it was obvious he simply wouldn't create enough for us and we'd fall short on goals.

Perhaps apexgeo would disagree and want me to apologise for being wrong but he didn't create much and we didn't score nearly often enough.

But, like Fryatt, he's a bigger money man and successive managers found a place for him if they could - almost for its own sake - and with the same disappointing consequences. Even I momentarily thought he might have found an 'appeth of inspiration under Worthington but if was just another mirage.

In every phase apart from stamina perhaps, Hughes is lightweight and never looks brave enough to me. The trouble is he gives the impression of doing things, of being busy, but when you examine the effect it's almost always of little consequence.

I would far rather have seen Porter there with King in the three man midfield that would have suited us much better.

[mat_j101]

He needs to go to the bloomin gym a few times a week. People always say to me "but Izzet was pretty thin" but the answer to that is that he had more than enough skill to make up for it, Hughes 100% does NOT!!

Even if he did get beefed, hed still only be average

[AyewJoking]

He reminds of that poofter off Corrie but enough gay bashing, Hughes is proper crap. Get rid!

[Blue Bob]

Hughes was dire on Sunday, he spent more time running away from the ball than trying to get it. We were over ran in midfield and he was the prime reason why. Passing was rubbish, his few crosses were poor and he hardly put in a tackle.

I had the impression he was due to go on holiday soon and he was in holiday mode now. His work rate was really poor.

I hope when city name the players they are going to release his name is on the list. I dont think he deserves to put on the leicester shirt again.

[Geo V]

He's got no chance of getting in the team next season. Even at the start of this season it was obvious he simply wouldn't create enough for us and we'd fall short on goals.

Perhaps apexgeo would disagree and want me to apologise for being wrong but he didn't create much and we didn't score nearly often enough.

But, like Fryatt, he's a bigger money man and successive managers found a place for him if they could - almost for its own sake - and with the same disappointing consequences. Even I momentarily thought he might have found an 'appeth of inspiration under Worthington but if was just another mirage.

In every phase apart from stamina perhaps, Hughes is lightweight and never looks brave enough to me. The trouble is he gives the impression of doing things, of being busy, but when you examine the effect it's almost always of little consequence.

I would far rather have seen Porter there with King in the three man midfield that would have suited us much better.

As someone who constantly moans when we play players out of position, you should at least have the decency to recognise that Stephen Hughes is not a right midfielder. I am not saying he is multi-talented but imagine player Louis Dodds at left mid or maybe even the mighty Elvis Hammond at rigth-back. Its not fair that we have judged Hughes on this season because when he has played in the centre he has genrally done better and looked better than the likes of Jarrett and AJ although to be fair that doesnt take much.

Hughes has never been and will never be a right midfielder and we havent seen him at his best because he has played out of position. End of!

[Thracian]

As someone who constantly moans when we play players out of position, you should at least have the decency to recognise that Stephen Hughes is not a right midfielder. I am not saying he is multi-talented but imagine player Louis Dodds at left mid or maybe even the mighty Elvis Hammond at rigth-back. Its not fair that we have judged Hughes on this season because when he has played in the centre he has genrally done better and looked better than the likes of Jarrett and AJ although to be fair that doesnt take much.

Hughes has never been and will never be a right midfielder and we havent seen him at his best because he has played out of position. End of!

It was the season before this that I first said what a nonsense it was playing Hughes wide right and he never shone in the position once.

And you're right that he's better than AJ and Jarrett in the centre but he's been played central often enough and even even there he simply doesn't have enough impact.

If Wesolowski is going to play the pivotal role - and he's the best we've got just now - there's no way Hughes is good enough for the creative role.

Close to 10 assists and 7/8 goals a season is what you're looking for from that position and perhaps something of a free kick specialist as well.

[Geo V]

It was the season before this that I first said what a nonsense it was playing Hughes wide right and he never shone in the position once.

And you're right that he's better than AJ and Jarrett in the centre but he's been played central often enough and even even there he simply doesn't have enough impact.

If Wesolowski is going to play the pivotal role - and he's the best we've got just now - there's no way Hughes is good enough for the creative role.

Close to 10 assists and 7/8 goals a season is what you're looking for from that position and perhaps something of a free kick specialist as well.

We havent had a real central midfielder since Muzzy Izzet and before that it was Gary McAllister. All round midfielders are hard to come by and when one comes along who can run with the ball and score goals the topic then gets into silly money.

My concern is that at times we hype up the kids too much and our expectation levels for them are out of reach. We have heard it about Levi and he hasnt progressed as many would like. Weso again wasnt looking either fit or ready and deserved to be dropped although he has looked good at times towards the end of the season. Fryatt is another who may not have come through the academy but is still young. We all expect him to score 20 goals and be an amazing signing but he has not hit the unreasonable heights set by many.

Talking up Weso, Levi, Mattock or whichever kid isnt fair so we should as i have always said, nurture the young talent we have before we ruin them.

I hope we grab those experienced players as expected and help take the strain from the kids who could maybe express themselves with the freedom that has not really been available for the youngsters who have played a part in the team over the last 18 months.

[weggy1976]

I think Hughes has been labelled as totally pathetic for his performances on the right wing a lot.

Rob Kelly's decision to play him there was laughable beyond belief. He was clearly an extremely poor right winger.

It annoys me because Hughes can look fairly decent at times when he is played in position, in the centre of midfield.

At the end of it all though, I'd still like him gone.

Spot on Joe. He has been asked to perform out of position. You try being a banker when your a trained solicitor. You could look very crap.............! But I guess it was no different to RK being a manager when he is a coach !!

[Thracian]

Spot on Joe. He has been asked to perform out of position. You try being a banker when your a trained solicitor. You could look very crap.............! But I guess it was no different to RK being a manager when he is a coach !!

He's played lots of games in central midfield over the last two seasons - sounds like selective excuse making to me.

There's always someone to help him out - last season it was a never-mending injury.

But keep him in by all means and see where we are when yet another season of indifference and low goal-scoring has gone by.

[eaststandtom]

does anyone agree wuth me that stephen hughes is the worst player on the leicester city team when he came from rangers he was an average player but he has got worse and worse, he cant pass, shots go right to the baqck of n block or the kop, every match ive seen this season (thats every home game except qpr and i saw them play at preston) he stands in no mans land in the defensive midfielder position, he also gets shrugged off the ball way too easy, and cant takle because is stick thin and has no strength

no.

certainly he is a disappointment and he fails to help himself sometimes but he has the type of ability

that has been all too fleeting this season.

i think he is the kind of player who is better with better player around him.

i would have loved us to have found the right player to play the holding roll with him and williams.

thats when we got the best albeit all too rarely out of him and his mate.

in this team he would be in my team over jarrett and any of the other jokers

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

He's got no chance of getting in the team next season. Even at the start of this season it was obvious he simply wouldn't create enough for us and we'd fall short on goals.

Perhaps apexgeo would disagree and want me to apologise for being wrong but he didn't create much and we didn't score nearly often enough.

But, like Fryatt, he's a bigger money man and successive managers found a place for him if they could - almost for its own sake - and with the same disappointing consequences. Even I momentarily thought he might have found an 'appeth of inspiration under Worthington but if was just another mirage.

In every phase apart from stamina perhaps, Hughes is lightweight and never looks brave enough to me. The trouble is he gives the impression of doing things, of being busy, but when you examine the effect it's almost always of little consequence.

I would far rather have seen Porter there with King in the three man midfield that would have suited us much better.

I agree with you for once

apart from the last line!!!

[weggy1976]

He's played lots of games in central midfield over the last two seasons - sounds like selective excuse making to me.

There's always someone to help him out - last season it was a never-mending injury.

But keep him in by all means and see where we are when yet another season of indifference and low goal-scoring has gone by.

I'm not saying he's an outstanding player or anything. But purely that he has NEVER played well on the right, whereas in the middle has looked better. The problem is how many different central midfielders has he been asked to play with and play different roles....? Holding one week, forward the next. Williams, Weso, AJ, Tiatto, Stearman, Maybury........the list is endless, half the squad have played centre mid and that uncertainty doesn't help. We all know a balanced and consistent team selections make players "gel" and understand each other/their own roles. Balance and stability is the key and we haven't had that for years.

But what would be good is players playing in their position that made them professional footballers. I wouldn't fancy seeing Levi in the middle of the park !!!

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

He is cack, end of IMHO

[Thracian]

I'm not saying he's an outstanding player or anything. But purely that he has NEVER played well on the right, whereas in the middle has looked better. The problem is how many different central midfielders has he been asked to play with and play different roles....? Holding one week, forward the next. Williams, Weso, AJ, Tiatto, Stearman, Maybury........the list is endless, half the squad have played centre mid and that uncertainty doesn't help. We all know a balanced and consistent team selections make players "gel" and understand each other/their own roles. Balance and stability is the key and we haven't had that for years.

But what would be good is players playing in their position that made them professional footballers. I wouldn't fancy seeing Levi in the middle of the park !!!

You make a really important point about having a balanced and consistent team but Hughes would not belong in it.

And I can only imagine it's Porter's size that makes you so firm about not wanting him in central midfield - I certainly doubt you've ever seen him play there.

Again there may be better to be purchased but Porter's always seemed a much more creative bet than Hughes. And Hughes has never been much good when it comes to tackling and aerial prowess so he wouldn't get in for those reasons.