[Football] Chris Hughton new Ghana manager

lasvegan · Monday at 11:35 PM

nickjhs said:
This. I couldnt stand the way we played, but in hindsight, with the experiences of so many promoted clubs since who have gone straight back down, I think you may be correct with this assessment. I am trying to think back to what improvements potarse had in his squad that allowed him more expansive football?

The first season was a truly impressive achievement, the second season we went backwards.

nickjhs · Monday at 11:38 PM

lasvegan said:
The first season was a truly impressive achievement, the second season we went backwards.

Agreed, I was actually editing my post while you were replying to it.

papachris · Monday at 11:48 PM

nickjhs said:
This. I couldn't stand the way we played, but in hindsight, with the experiences of so many promoted clubs who have gone straight back down, I think you may be correct with this assessment. That said, the second season in the PL was beyond dour, and if we had kept playing like that, I would have preferred we were back in the Championship, but his tactics did keep us up. I am trying to think back to what improvements potarse had in his squad that allowed him more expansive football?

I remember going to the home friendly against Valencia I think. Immediately, you could see GP's different style.
But if you look at the struggle that promoted championship clubs have staying up. You have to remember the remarkable job Chris did at that time.

Klaas · Tuesday at 2:19 AM

dazzer6666 said:
Didn’t see this yesterday but great to see.

Missed it too, thanks for posting. Love that man.

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo · Tuesday at 3:15 AM

The Colonel said:
Great to see.

He was also at our game at Brentford as I walked past him outside the stadium shortly before he kicked off.

Bloody animal. Still the same as he was on the touchline, age hasn’t mellowed him.

(I miss that thread

)

stewart12 · Tuesday at 6:56 AM

nickjhs said:
This. I couldn't stand the way we played, but in hindsight, with the experiences of so many promoted clubs who have gone straight back down, I think you may be correct with this assessment. That said, the second season in the PL was beyond dour, and if we had kept playing like that, I would have preferred we were back in the Championship, but his tactics did keep us up. I am trying to think back to what improvements potarse had in his squad that allowed him more expansive football?

That summer we signed

Trossard
Webster
Maupay
Mooy (initially on loan)

Dick Head · Tuesday at 7:29 AM

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo said:
Bloody animal. Still the same as he was on the touchline, age hasn’t mellowed him.

(I miss that thread )

Commander · Tuesday at 9:46 AM

nickjhs said:
This. I couldn't stand the way we played, but in hindsight, with the experiences of so many promoted clubs who have gone straight back down, I think you may be correct with this assessment. That said, the second season in the PL was beyond dour, and if we had kept playing like that, I would have preferred we were back in the Championship, but his tactics did keep us up. I am trying to think back to what improvements potarse had in his squad that allowed him more expansive football?

100%. He did exactly what was needed, and we owe him a massive debt for it, however awful it was to watch in his final season.

Wardy's twin · Tuesday at 11:50 AM

I remember coming out from spurs after a 1-0 defeat in second season (very late Erickson goal after a lot of one way football) and their fans comments about how bad we were and such a crap style of play, need to go etc....

nickjhs · Tuesday at 11:46 PM

stewart12 said:
That summer we signed

Trossard
Webster
Maupay
Mooy (initially on loan)

Other than Maupay, those were great signings, even Maupay was an improvement. I did read at the time that CH was lumbered with signings he didn't ask for, the DJ being one of them. I, for one, was relieved when he was sacked and fully supported TB's decision. We will never know what CH would have done with those new signings.

kevo · 2025-05-28T00:01:13+0100

Fantastic in the Championship and he did what was required to stay up in the first season in the Premier League. In his final season, he sadly seemed to have lost the ability to motivate the players. The 5-0 (could have been ten) v Bournemouth was absolutely shocking. I am not totally in the 'we were absolutely awful to watch' camp, as it wasn't all dull and we did have some great moments (that Izquierdo goal v Stoke comes to mind), but it was clear that TB wanted a more progressive style of football after those two seasons and it was time to move on.

TheCheekyBlinder · 2025-05-28T01:08:31+0100

Anyone else abit miffed he didn’t come over to acknowledge the away fans? Would’ve got a great reception

Flounce · 2025-05-28T06:01:27+0100

nickjhs said:
Other than Maupay, those were great signings, even Maupay was an improvement. I did read at the time that CH was lumbered with signings he didn't ask for, the DJ being one of them. I, for one, was relieved when he was sacked and fully supported TB's decision. We will never know what CH would have done with those new signings.

I seem to recall reading that Trossard said around the time of his signing that he would not have signed if CH had been the manager? I also seem to remember Webster was a Potter inspired signing, there were plenty of raised eyebrows on here, at the time, that we had paid over 20 million for a Championship defender.

Anyway I find it sad that he has never been a guest of honour at the Amex since his sacking. He would undoubtably get a massive round of applause. Who knows if it’s CH or TB or even a mix of both that has stopped this happening. It’s an odd one given what he did for us.

raymondo · 2025-05-28T06:13:47+0100

TheCheekyBlinder said:
Anyone else abit miffed he didn’t come over to acknowledge the away fans? Would’ve got a great reception

I think he's just a humble man - he probably would have liked to, but also wouldn't want to wring applause out of our fans for his own sake. A great person.

Uh_huh_him · 2025-05-28T07:44:53+0100

Commander said:
100%. He did exactly what was needed, and we owe him a massive debt for it, however awful it was to watch in his final season.

Not all awful.
Two games against Palace spring to mind.
And an FA Cup run.

He had to go, because he wasn't going to develop our youngsters.
But I was very sad to see him go.

keaton · 2025-05-28T07:51:41+0100

Wardy's twin said:
I remember coming out from spurs after a 1-0 defeat in second season (very late Erickson goal after a lot of one way football) and their fans comments about how bad we were and such a crap style of play, need to go etc....

Well they're enjoying their expansive football now which got them to the same position (17th ) as us that season and with only half a billion more spend. Whereas in Europe they've been playing sub Hughton ball and won the Europa League

NooBHA · 2025-05-28T18:57:10+0100

Greg Bobkin said:
There was a guy in here who used to work with Chris (can't remember his username) who might be able to shed some light on that...

Edit: @NooBHA

Still Alive

Bodian · 2025-05-28T19:57:36+0100

Wardy's twin said:
I remember coming out from spurs after a 1-0 defeat in second season (very late Erickson goal after a lot of one way football) and their fans comments about how bad we were and such a crap style of play, need to go etc....

We were absolutely desperate for a point at the time, and almost got one. I remember that more than the quality.

Sid and the Sharknados · 2025-05-28T20:09:44+0100

Bodian said:
We were absolutely desperate for a point at the time, and almost got one. I remember that more than the quality.

From my (admittedly hazy) recollection of the Spurs match the season before when they were playing at Wembley (quite a few other Brighton fans sprinkled around the upper reaches of the home end), I'm pretty sure we'd have played pretty similarly if we'd gone 1-0 down after 10minutes.

For that matter, I went to a match at the City Ground when Hughton was the Forest manager, and they played like that throughout a 0-4 loss.

It was a cup game. :lolol:

Machiavelli · 2025-05-28T21:08:41+0100

Bodian said:
We were absolutely desperate for a point at the time, and almost got one. I remember that more than the quality.

I remember both.

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