Megson has joined the debate that has raged all week relating to the controversial sacking of Manchester City manager Mark Hughes. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson claims the decision to fire Hughes immediately after Saturday's 4-3 win over Sunderland and announce the appointment of Roberto Mancini, was "unacceptable behaviour" on behalf of the City board. Megson feels the axe that fell on Hughes underlined the impatience that runs rife through modern-day football, with owners like City's Sheikh Mansour demanding impossible standards simply because of the millions of pounds they have lavished on players. "It (Hughes' sacking) didn't surprise me because nothing ever does surprise you in football," remarked Megson. "It was really sad because you had a manager losing his job, and yet they've only lost two games all season. "They were doing okay, people were talking about it taking a while for everything to bed down, and then he was not given a while. "I think it's just purely and simply the nature of football in general, and the Premier League in particular. "These people (the owners) when they put their money in, a draw away from home at Bolton or Birmingham, isn't an acceptable thing any more. "It's as if the opposition doesn't exist, and just because you've spent a huge amount of money, you can plough on regardless and you are going to beat everybody. "But it doesn't work like that." Naturally, Megson joined in the chorus of sympathy for Hughes, adding: "I feel really sorry for Mark and the rest of the staff like Mark Bowen. "I'm really saddened by it."
