On Hughes, Keane, Bruce, Robson and Solskjaer

Several of Alex Ferguson's ex-players have managed in the Premier League and they've all pretty much been failures. 

1. Mark Hughes

I'm not a fan.

Leaving Fulham the way he did was breathtakingly arrogant. He obviously has an incredibly high opinion of himself and is the quickest of all managers to blame the referee if he gets a bad result.

And I can't imagine how he could have done a worse job at QPR. He had a lot of money to spend and he bought a bunch of duds. The only conclusion which can be drawn from that fiasco is that he is completely useless!

2. Roy Keane

I think he should have been banned from football for life for deliberately breaking Alfe Inge Haaland's leg back in 2003. If you think that's hyperbole, some boneheads said that Suarez should have been banned for a year, or even for life, for his bite; consider the impact on Keane's victim (never played football again) versus the impact on Chellini (he had a red mark on his shoulder after the game) and get back to me.

Keane clearly has no respect for other people in the game (he's never apologized for the Haaland incident) I'm sure that comes across to players under him; that is why he will always be a failure as a manager, and good riddance.

3. Steve Bruce

Seems to have mellowed a lot, he's doing a decent job with Hull City. They play attractive football and seem assured and confident of a mid-table finish (although probably no more than that). This is in stark contrast to his time in the Premier League managing Birmingham, Wigan and Sunderland where he set up his teams to play negative football and always seemed to be on the verge of being sacked.

4. Bryan Robson

One of England's finest players in the 1980s, he was voted Manchester United's greatest ever player in a player's poll. But most younger fans have never heard of him and he has become something of a non-entity in recent times. He took Middlesborough to three major finals, but lost them all (no ex-Ferguson player has ever won a major trophy as a manager) and he also got relegated with West Brom.

5. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

He had an excellent record with Molde in Norway, but struggled badly with Cardiff in the Premier League. For all his faults Malky Mackay looked like he would have kept them up, they were above the relegation zone when he was fired. But Cardiff actually regressed under Solskjaer and were deservedly relegated.