Big difference is that Hughton has clocked up a 100 Premier league games now while Aitor Karanka had no experience. As the season wears on this is my slight concern. Hopefully a couple of signings and a re-jiggle of the 25 man squad should strengthen us further. People like Skalak or Murphy...
Pull a striker out of the bag in Jan and i think we have a great chance of staying up. We still need a bit of quality up top i feel. Long way to go still.