[Albion] Houghton in or out

[Weststander]

Without sounding like 'Houghton out' type person, he played 10 of last season at KO tonight. I don't get it.

I’d say:
1. CG is not a Wenger/Fergie type figure with an absolute knowledge of all the suitable players out there. So the fault can not be laid at his door alone if the likes of Locadia and Jahanbakhsh don’t cut the PL mustard.

2. I don’t think our squad is better than bottom 6. Tell me which players would walk into the Palace, Watford, Bmuff, Wolves and Leicester first elevens, week in week out? CH can’t make a silk purse out of a mixed quality group of players.

3. How would Hodgson or Rogers turn our current squad into a PL machine that wins and plays great stuff? In so many PL games we lack pace, power, CM creativity, and we have insufficient numbers of top flight quality strikers. In short, a bottom 6 squad.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It was never meant to be anything but a crap poll.

Many have been whooshed.

 

[Seagulls1984]

I’d say:
1. CG is not a Wenger/Fergie type figure with an absolute knowledge of all the suitable players out there. So the fault can not be laid at his door alone if the likes of Locadia and Jahanbakhsh don’t cut the PL mustard.

2. I don’t think our squad is better than bottom 6. Tell me which players would walk into the Palace, Watford, Bmuff, Wolves and Leicester first elevens, week in week out? CH can’t make a silk purse out of a mixed quality group of players.

3. How would Hodgson or Rogers turn our current squad into a PL machine that wins and plays great stuff? In so many PL games we lack pace, power, CM creativity, and we have insufficient numbers of top flight quality strikers. In short, a bottom 6 squad.

I’d say he’s not getting the best out of some players or improving any of them ?

 

[portlock seagull]

If we go down he’s just who I’d want. Trouble is, I think we might stay up if we got rid now. But not if he stays.

 

[BadFish]

This is bollox, I’m on my way home and 2 separate Leicester fans have complimented us on how good we were tonight, the better team. One said they’d played worse than us this season and lost, the other said with an in form goal scorer we’re a top 10 team.

This. I only watch on TV as the Amex is a long way from me but we have looked good recently we just can't get the rub of the green. I think rather than get relegated we are just as ikely to get a win (possible by fluke) and get good results from our remaining games. Maybe even finish above that lot up the road.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Bissouma has got something about him.

I totally agree, but we'll never find out, unless Chris Hughton gives him a decent chance.

 

[portlock seagull]

This. I only watch on TV as the Amex is a long way from me but we have looked good recently we just can't get the rub of the green. I think rather than get relegated we are just as ikely to get a win (possible by fluke) and get good results from our remaining games. Maybe even finish above that lot up the road.

How on earth can anyone still be quoting luck after 2 seasons (not just one) of woeful away performances? Tonight wasn’t unlucky. It was a certainty!

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

I wouldn't have wanted to be in a 1st world war trench with some of the people on here.

My view entirely. You're left wondering whether NSC's finest knee-jerk critics behave like this in what passes for real life - where the slightest setback has them full-on suicidal, with any minor upturn inducing a gibbering, uncontrollable hysteria. One fears for their family.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Don't worry. Chris will sort it out.

After all if he keeps doing the same thing over and over again, law of averages says his tactics have to work at some point.

Some say doing the same thing over and over again and getting the same result is a sign of madness.

Well you say the same thing over and over again ..so maybe you could be right ..mad it is

 

[LamieRobertson]

My view entirely. You're left wondering whether NSC's finest knee-jerk critics behave like this in what passes for real life - where the slightest setback has them full-on suicidal, with any minor upturn inducing a gibbering, uncontrollable hysteria. One fears for their family.

Lol agreed ..you just need to read the matchday thread if we aren’t winning after ten minutes they are wetting their pants ..not what I call supporters

 

[LamieRobertson]

This. I only watch on TV as the Amex is a long way from me but we have looked good recently we just can't get the rub of the green. I think rather than get relegated we are just as ikely to get a win (possible by fluke) and get good results from our remaining games. Maybe even finish above that lot up the road.

Wouldn’t worry about just watching on the box we’ve got people who aren’t in the f***ing country and yet claim to know better
Ps i’m with you

 

[LamieRobertson]

How on earth can anyone still be quoting luck after 2 seasons (not just one) of woeful away performances? Tonight wasn’t unlucky. It was a certainty!

Had your glass ever been half empty let alone half full ...

 

[LamieRobertson]

Lose Saturday and it’s an
Out from me


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You will be leaving? Silver lining an all that

 

[LamieRobertson]

Lose Saturday and it’s an
Out from me


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[LamieRobertson]

Shall we get Chantelle in instead of Chris?

Nice bit of humour

 

[Jim Van Winkle]

On the fence. Ask me again after the Huddersfield game.

 

[trueblue]

Played pretty well tonight. Sloppy goals to concede - the first particularly - but Leicester couldn’t have complained at all if we’d got a result. Always worrying when you keep thinking you’ve played ok but still lose. However, in this run, bar maybe the Fulham game, it’s pretty easy to feel we either didn’t get the rub of the green (offside goals/dreadful decisions/goalie having a blinder) or played opponents that we wouldn’t expect to beat. Now we’re about to come up against some opponents we would expect to beat and must. We need to be defensively solid, more ruthless and maybe get a bit of that luck turning in our favour. No reason why all 3 shouldn’t happen. If we lose to Huddersfield, I’ll be worried. Right now, I think we’re a decent side. Regardless, looking at Cardiff’s run-in, a fairly meagre points return may be enough to scrape by.

 

[Megazone]

Played pretty well tonight. Sloppy goals to concede - the first particularly - but Leicester couldn’t have complained at all if we’d got a result. Always worrying when you keep thinking you’ve played ok but still lose. However, in this run, bar maybe the Fulham game, it’s pretty easy to feel we either didn’t get the rub of the green (offside goals/dreadful decisions/goalie having a blinder) or played opponents that we wouldn’t expect to beat. Now we’re about to come up against some opponents we would expect to beat and must. We need to be defensively solid, more ruthless and maybe get a bit of that luck turning in our favour. No reason why all 3 shouldn’t happen. If we lose to Huddersfield, I’ll be worried. Right now, I think we’re a decent side. Regardless, looking at Cardiff’s run-in, a fairly meagre points return may be enough to scrape by.

The return of andone will make a big difference. Had he been playing tonight, more goals would've come. He'll add that edge and aggression which needed for last 20 mins of tonights game.

 

[Change at Barnham]

Anyone who has replied to this thread should hang their heads in shame for giving it any credence.
Oh, hang on a minute.....

 

[Hamilton]

In.

The classic mistake would be to make a change.

To build for long term success we need stability. That means sticking with the team that have delivered success to date.

In the very long term the club will need to determine a succession plan, and Chris should be involved in that process when the time is right - which is not this season, or next.


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