You forgot to mention that he would have stayed if someone in high office didnt want to teach hughes a lesson and sent him to Pool because he wouldnt sign for a championship club in the Jan after stating he wanted to stay at Oldham once the final terms of the contract offered were sorted.
Joe Royle made many mistakes in his last tenure at the club, one was listening to high office and believing that the team didnt need hughes. Afterall Royle got the best out of R Holden, A Holden and Palmer who all liked a drink
imo its is just a pitty Blitz didnt have the final say