Chris Hughton(B. 1958)

[Closed Account 2]

Jenas was right, that club really is a goldfish bowl.

[tommy_c12000]

Newcastle fans shocked and angered:

http://www.nufc-forum.com/nufcforum/index.php?topic=35649.30

[cornflakes]

Newcastle are always good for a laugh

[tricky_colour]

Absolutely disgusting decision. He is the best manager they have ever had.
The must be nuts. Back to home in the championship now I expect.

[shakermaker1982]

Disgusting.

Martin O'Neill on his way?

[eaststand85]

Madness :confused2::confused2::confused2:

[amaccann]

Haha, just when you think, even if for a split second, that Newcastle might have begun to shake off the tag of being a shambles of a club, they bounce back and do it again. A baffling and amateur decision.

[tricky_colour]

I hear they have lined up Paul Gascoigne to take over.

[tricky_colour]

with Raoul Moat as his number 2,

[osarusan]

Pathetic treatment of a guy who has been a good servant there for a while, and whose performance as manager this year would have exceeded any reasonable expectation. The problem is that Necastle are certainly not a club with reasonable expectations, with an owner who is a total idiot.

[tricky_colour]

Did they seriously expect him to do better with the squad they have?

[OwlsFan]

As a friend of mine wrote:

"Newcastle must be the most religious club in England. They are perpetually awaiting the Messiah. They also believe, despite the complete absence of supporting evidence, that Newcastle is a big club with a right to win trophies. They have won nothing for 50 years. Their last open top parade was probably pulled by a horse". :)

[Uncle_Joe]

Reading the Newcastle board it must be tough being a fan. To have some idiot making a fool of himself with your club must be hard to take.

Chris deserves better and hopefully will get his due soon.

[tricky_colour]

Newcastle 6 Villa 0
Chelsea 3 Newcastle 4
Newcastle 5 Sunderland 1
Arsenal 0 Newcastle 1

They must be nuts.

[ArdeeBhoy]

Shocking really.

Met CH a couple of times, a real gent.

[Mr A]

Joke decision by a joke of of a club.

He's better off out of it.

[pineapple stu]

Manager takes his first permanent job taking over a team that hasn't won anything in years. Wins an immediate promotion back to the top flight as champions with a near-record points tally in his first season and attains mid-table safety once up.

Martin Russell out!

[the bear]

hughton for taoiseach

[The Fly]

http://www.thespoiler.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/ashleyprat1.thumbnail.jpg

[The Fly]

Odds for the next Newcastle manager:

Martin O'Neill 2/1
Steve Clarke 25/1
Mark Hughes 50/1

Alan Pardew 2/1
Terry Venables 28/1
Gordon Strachan 66/1

Alan Curbishley 7/1
Steve Bruce 28/1
David O'Leary 66/1

Paul Lambert 10/1
Steve McClaren 28/1
Iain Dowie 66/1

Peter Beardsley 14/1
Martin Jol 33/1
Ian Rush 66/1

Alan Shearer 16/1
John Toshack 40/1
Sam Allardyce 100/1

Joe Kinnear 16/1
Didier Deschamps 50/1
Harry Redknapp 100/1

Slaven Bilic 16/1
Guus Hiddink 50/1
Bryan Robson 100/1

Lee Clark 18/1
Kevin Keegan 50/1
Glenn Roeder 100/1

Frank Rijkaard 20/1
Ottmar Hitzfeld 50/1
Steve Staunton 150/1 :laugh:

Gus Poyet 20/1
Paul Jewell 50/1
Paul Gascoigne 250/1

Roberto Di Matteo 20/1
Stuart Pearce 50/1

[shakermaker1982]

Alan Pardew 2/1?!!!

[Sullivinho]

Shocking really.

Met CH a couple of times, a real gent.

Yep, I doubt a single person could be unearthed with a bad thing to say about him. Not a bad manager either.

As if I needed a reason other than Joey Barton to hope Newcastle crash and burn.

[SkStu]

Alan Pardew is the next manager according to rumour mill.

[rebelmusic]

Sickening but he'll get a decent job in no time. Hopefully for a club that will let him build for the future. I genuinely hope Newcastle get relegated now.

[CraftyToePoke]

I hope the go down, and theres every chance that they will. And Hughton will be fine, better than that shower will be in the long term, a disgraceful abomination of a club.

[Paddy Garcia]

Too nice a guy for Newcastle.

In fact too decent for football!!

[seanfhear]

Chris is too good for that comedy club.

They have made a laughing stock of themselves again.

[tetsujin1979]

Alan Pardew 2/1?!!!


Alan Pardew is the next manager according to rumour mill.

Former Ireland international John Anderson was on Off The Ball earlier. He works for BBC Radio Newcastle now, and said that Pardew is the clear favourite for the job.

[SkStu]

from BBC, just posted on their matchtracker service


BREAKING NEWS: EX-SPURS BOSS MARTIN JOL HAS LEFT AJAX
By 'mutual consent'. And I'm saying absolutely zilch about the newly-created Newcastle job...

to be honest if they ditched Hughton for Jol or Pardew then they deserve relegation. Neither is an improvement on Hughton.

[tetsujin1979]

so they sacked Hughton to appoint his manager when he was coach at Spurs?

[gastric]

Tragedy. Ashley is a dick as we all know. The only positve out of this mess is that Hughton has shown his ability as a manager. He performed a miracle at Newcastle and hopefully another premiership side will employ him soon. However, I hope it's not at Wolves though! For some reason I think a club like Wigan would suit him.

[tricky_colour]

Seriously, where did they expect Newcastle to be in the table? Top 4? You must be joking.

I seriously doubt they will finish any higher than they are now, and I would not be surprised
if they get relegated. They are about 5-1 or 6-1 for that.

[Yard of Pace]

Only good thing I can think of is that it was gonna happen anyway, so better it's happened while Newcastle have been doing well and Hughton's reputation is intact. Most mid-table teams will go on a bad run at some stage and were he sacked during one of those he'd have looked a lot worse.

[Morbo]

Probably the worst decision I can ever remember, even worse than the decision to get rid of Mourinho. They've had a poor month but they are still mid table and exceeding any realistic fans expectations so what kind of manager will be willing to go to a club the treats a manager like this? The only explanation that makes any kind of sense is if O'Neil had agreed to take the job beforehand which is pretty unlikely, still not sure he could do a better job than Hughton given their resources but if they end up hiring someone like Padrew then for me it will go down as the worst sacking in PL history. I really hope they get relegated so that Ashley doesn't get off the hook for such an awful decision.

[Lenny82]

I wonder if Keano gets the boot will Hughton take his job? He's bound to be a target for Championship Clubs and some of the lower Premier League clubs!!!

[shakermaker1982]

What is so great about Jol and Pardew?

If Hughton wants to keep busy then I'd love him to link up with the Irish senior team.

[seanfhear]

I wonder if Keano gets the boot will Hughton take his job? He's bound to be a target for Championship Clubs and some of the lower Premier League clubs!!!
I would say that Chris Hughton would get more out of the Ipswich players than Roy Keane is getting now.

I wonder will Keane jump before he is pushed. It does'nt look like Keane is cut out for football management. Its a pity really.

[The Fly]

I wonder will Keane jump before he is pushed. It does'nt look like Keane is cut out for football management. Its a pity really.

I wouldn't rush to judgment on Keane's suitability for football management. His achievements to date indicate that the potential is there.

[irishfan86]

I wouldn't be Keane's biggest fan but he did good work at Sunderland in his first two seasons there, and while he showed his inexperience with a lot of his tranfers, it wasn't all bad.

As for Ipswich it's been pretty mediocre so far, but they're onlly a couple of wins away from being Carling Cup champions, which would be a major achievement.

[gastric]

Pardew is the new Souness. He keeps getting jobs despite achieving sweet FA.

[tetsujin1979]

Glen Hoddle is the latest name in the mix, behind Pardew and Jol, if you believe some of the rumours.

[OwlsFan]

It's funny how a manager can live on initial success for a while and then eventually disappear from the picture. Pardew was successful at Reading but then failed at West Ham, Charlton and Southampton, or is it the other way round. It's the managerial merry go round. Mark Hughes isone of these and he'll probably get the sack from Fulham but still get another high profile job.

[gustavo]

I wouldn't say he failed at West Ham or Southampton but it is a bizzare choice to be honest.

[Dodge]

Its defo pardew. Will be announced tomorrow.

Even at Readuing he only did OK. Big money put in but couldn't get promoted to prem. Needed Coppell to do that. One decent year at West ham but hardly inspiring. A disaster at Charlton and almost as bad at Southampton (considering they were in the third tier)

[Junior]

If it is Pardew - The decision to sack Hughton is completely unfathomable.

Ashley had
A 'cheap' manager, l think the lowest paid PL manager, probably lower than some championship managers.
A manager supported and respected by the supporters, playing staff and media (Not very often you can say that and certainly more than Ashley has achieved).
Gained promotion with a record points tally (I think)
Gained some great results coupled with some poor ones this season so far - a mid table position - Ashley could not realistically have expected anything better at this early stage in the season and we've seen in the past with the likes of Hull being in the top 4 in November doesnt mean you wont be relegated come May!
A manager who was not demanding millions in a transfer kitty to achieve....errr..... mid table safety.

Unless Ashley is going to plough another pile of dosh in to the club for transfers and bring in Mourhino, why on earth would you change it now? Will be interesting to see the comings and goings of players in January as that is ultimately the reason for the timing of the sacking.

I think my opinion of Newcastle and their fans is beginning to soften, I am genuinely starting to feel sorry for them and what they are having to go through each year.......

[shakermaker1982]

It turns out he is big mates with Ashley and the director after meeting at some exclusive night club/casino down in London.

If they had got O'Neill then fair enough but not Pardew.

[Adrock]

What Ashley is saying when he wants a more experienced manager is that he wants someone more famous like Keegan, Souness or Kinnear who the average cretin on the street, such as him or the previous ignoramusees has heard about more. The inconvenient fact that their incompetence and mismanagement ensured Newcastles relegation in the first place doesnt seem to be a factor in his judgement.
Youd think if there was one thing the owner had learnt from his tenure in charge, its that he doesnt actually understand anything about football, no matter how much money he's made
:mad:

[Qwerty]

What a disgusting spectacle! Hughton has been doing a very fine job, to be replaced by Alan Pardew?? is just disgusting. Pretty much everyone is scratching their heads on this one.

[republicofwhite]

Nice to see we all share a similarly enlightened view on this here at foot.ie:

http://www.dexysden.co.uk/2010/12/newcastle-same-old-story/

[drummerboy]

Ashley has really pressed the self destruct button with the sacking of Hughton. If he compounds the mistake by installing Pardew the club will be relegated. Jol is a decent manager but he is also a decent man, and for that reason and his friendship with Hughton he will not take the job.

I wouldn't be surprised to see both Jol and Hughton take over at West Ham in the near future.