From what I gather, it was a decision to sack him a long while ago and Mancini was already waiting in the wings. I am not sure why this particular case has been given a 'conspiracy' theme as it happens a lot in football, shirley? Other than the previous two sackings at Brighton.
-Hughes recently asked Steve Cook if his job was in trouble, steve cook said no.
-Hughes had to give the club £250,000 to get bellamy, for some reason.
-The date of hughes firing was pushed back so mancini would have an easier run of games to start with
Not sure how this works as a conspiracy, but it's some other factors to take into account.
Many other clubs have conspired to take points off the very rich Man City, and we are culpable in knocking them out of the cup.
Conspiracy it is, then.