Counting cards today will place a bet on Mark Hughes not lasting the full season.

The new owners of Manchester City have promised to give Mark Hughes lots of cash for him to spend when the next transfer window opens but you have to be honest when the likes of Brighton are knocking you out of the league cup its hard to imagine that the new owners will be to impressed and the thought of a big named manager handling all that cash and luring players in to count the funds seems ever likely when losing games like that.

Lets hope for city’s sake other world class players like Robinho simply take the chance to join city and for Hughes sake keep him in a job and no pun intended Brighton up his season.