Paul Barber said that Chris Hughton was doing a great job and all expected of him, and he was sacked shortly after.
If nothing else, I would have though the Hughton sacking might have you a bit more guarded on your general approach of "He said X, therefore X is true".
(That said, I do agree...
I'm surprised so many people seem to have sight of what I'd expect to be confidential internal club documents with regard to staff targets.
The club might want to take a look at their information and data security...