Hughton to Newcastle

[jmurphyc]

Chris Hughton joins Newcastle's coaching staff. I'm not sure whether it should be in this forum, but he is a former coach of ours. Hopefully he can help the irish players there. I would love to see him back in the Ireland set up sometime in the future.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/foot...ed/7259282.stm

[dr_peepee]

Agreed..

I wonder why he never went into management outright??

[eekers]

because he's pretty poor coach as it is?

[blobbyblob]

because he's pretty poor coach as it is?

What leads you to say that

[tetsujin1979]

Probably a replacement for Nigel Pearson

[jmurphyc]

Probably a replacement for Nigel Pearson

Yeah, that's what I heard. Good luck to him.

[NeilMcD]

because he's pretty poor coach as it is?

Very harsh there I think. Spurs got two fifth placed finishes under Hughton as coach, which they have not done in years. I dont like the revisisonism of the Jol era that is going on in the media at the moment. I like what I see of Ramos but when they finish regularly in the top 5 and nearly top 4 under Ramos only then can he can be held as high as Martin Jol.

Other than that Chris Hughton is a Spurs and Ireland legend and a gentleman also.

[tetsujin1979]

because he's pretty poor coach as it is?

Considering he was one of the first coaches in England to get the UEFA Pro license, and was kept on as head coach by three consecutive Spurs managers, I'd say he's probably a pretty decent coach.

[seanfhear]

good luck to chris hughton at newcastle.he was a decent player for spurs and ireland

[Deckydee]

Whenever I think of Chris Hughton I can always see him in the picture running with Gullit!!!

[Drumcondra 69er]

Whenever I think of Chris Hughton I can always see him in the picture running with Gullit!!!

A great image from Euro 88. Had that picture as part of a collection of pictures from the back page pf the Evening Press hanging on my wall for years afterwards!

[blobbyblob]

Anyone know if he's still there?

[tetsujin1979]

According to Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_United - he's still one of the listed coaches

[eirebhoy]

Yeh he was in the dugout on Sunday.

[paulie_walnuts]

Yeah he's there and I would imagine Keegan will keep him on for a long time to come, a very good coach.

What makes him a bad coach? Being part of Brian Kerrs anti-football regime? Give over!

[Drumcondra 69er]

No coincidence that they've stopped leaking goals since he had a few weeks to work with them, an excellent coach, think it was more like 6 or 7 Spurs managers that kept him on. Very clever move from Keegan getting him on board. Anyone doubting Hughton's coaching abilities is clearly clueless.

[Dr. Ogba]

No coincidence that they've stopped leaking goals since he had a few weeks to work with them, an excellent coach, think it was more like 6 or 7 Spurs managers that kept him on. Very clever move from Keegan getting him on board. Anyone doubting Hughton's coaching abilities is clearly clueless.

you read my mind there. He must be doing something right if Keegan is going with 3 strikers and they're still managing to keep clean sheets...

[tetsujin1979]

Anyone doubting Hughton's coaching abilities is clearly clueless.

I don't think anyone doubted his coaching abilities, but some of us on the forums did wonder what his input into Brian Kerr's tactics were

[Pike B]

Very harsh there I think. Spurs got two fifth placed finishes under Hughton as coach, which they have not done in years. I dont like the revisisonism of the Jol era that is going on in the media at the moment. I like what I see of Ramos but when they finish regularly in the top 5 and nearly top 4 under Ramos only then can he can be held as high as Martin Jol.

Other than that Chris Hughton is a Spurs and Ireland legend and a gentleman also.

Perhaps that's why he was never The Top Man. Too much of a gentleman. I think the boss has to be a ruthless baxtard in football. Well, that or a tactical genius.

[Drumcondra 69er]

I don't think anyone doubted his coaching abilities, but some of us on the forums did wonder what his input into Brian Kerr's tactics were

Someone called hima crap coach on this very thread.

Wondered myself mate but Kerr was the boss and to paraphrase another 'manager' who's name escapes me what he said goes! Brian wanted to sit on a lead then that was his decision not the coach's I guess....