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Its a contradiction of what he said. He said he was surprised to be sacked. You're utterly convinced he wasn't and shouldn't be. I believe him - but you don't . fair enough.

well not that.

I'm just surprised you can't take what he says in good faith. Its Chris Hughton. But clearly you don't. So fair enough.

Of course not but a) it’s Chris Hughton and b) he’s a football manager. He’s not on trial.

Yep of course - i've quoted that Barber piece on here a few times, a classic example of the board backing its manager 2 days before sacking him - but its depressing, and with Hughton pretty unfair, to always start with the view: They are probably lying and i'm going to explain why. (of course...

He says he was. Isn’t that enough. Good grief.

Ha ! but i think i'm done with another explanation/response to anyone suggesting any nuance about the last 6 months of "You can't have been there/not a fan" . I WAS THERE. And nearly all the posts on this thread aren't debating whether he was surprised or not , they are debating that he...

This thread is a bit odd. Whether you think it was justified or not that Hughton was sacked is irrelevant. Whether he deserved to be sacked or not is irrelevant. I don't think he did but can absolutely understand those that do. And why Bloom did it and (guess at) some his reasoning. But thats...

Do we have to go there ?

On this logic, Pep Guardiola deserves no credit for winning the league with Man City, cos it was merely because Brighton couldn’t keep hold of a 1-0 lead in the final game of the season.

No idea Ernie - how come you didn’t share this text/info on here ?

They reported that Hughton didn’t know Ernie. Presumably you think he’s dim too.

Paul Hayward, Andy Naylor, Henry Winter and others (some of which have sources very close to Hughton) have all reported that Hughton had no idea he was being sacked when called into a meeting at Lancing at 9am on that monday morning. All a bit moot now but there you are.

Yep. I remember how poor it was. I was there. And I remember plenty of well argued calls on here saying it was the right time for him to go. Eventually echoed by TBs statement on that Monday. What I don’t remember, thus the surprise for fans and as it turned out Hughton himself , was the...

Yep. on goal difference !!

Well someone motivated them to get 3 crucial points and some decent performances against Spurs, Wolves, Arsenal and Newcastle and thus stay up...

so what ? Chris would have had the final say and thus be working on basis that he was preparing for next season. Thus - surprise at being sacked.

Ok. Perhaps because he'd been given support publicly by the board leading up to the Man City game, perhaps because he was already preparing for a summer of recruitment, perhaps because he'd already started that by giving Bong a new contract, and perhaps because although he'd obviously felt under...

Perhaps the writing on the wall was the deputy chairman giving an interview a few days before the end of the season saying ""Chris has done a fantastic job over four-and-a-half years" :)...

He says he was "surprised" not shocked.