I appreciate your view. My understanding was that it was in the public domain that the board and fans were not happy with him Dec 2013. Not sure if that helps any squad knowing that the manager's job is in the balance.
For sure Newcastle didn’t need to recruit for the Championship, but Ashley pulled the signing strings. Birmingham was patch up job, and he was working under a DoF at Norwich with board that didn’t believe in him. Not sure if he got it all his own way on signings there, though granted, players...
We are the first club that Hughton has really been able to build his own squad in. He did well at Birmingham but it wasn't his team, at Newcastle he inherited a Prem squad, but on promotion he had no influence on who he brought in. He took over Lamberts promotion squad at Norwich and he didn’t...