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But what would you press.

I have that view because I want to enjoy watching football, not enjoy players, owners etc making money. There is no certainty in life but if you had two buttons in front of you and one guaranteed playing in the PL for 10 seasons but only ever finishing 17th until the last when you are relegated...

This thread is getting really tedious. There seems to be a clutch of posters, some who are probably not even fans of the club, that think Hughton is not to blame for the way the team play. When we win, it's down to his tactics, when we lose it's because the players aren't good enough. It's...

Knob by name knob by nature Who said anything about that high? We finished 15th last season so if this is indeed a project then your target would surely to be higher than that with the minimum obviously being 17th. We had a cup run but you wouldn't say it was inspiring, Bournemouth reserves...

Tend to agree with this.

That's setting the bar very low. Are you sure maintaining PL status wasn't just the minimum requirement and the target might be something higher?

I think you're reading too much into that leaving on a mutual basis is not the same as tearing up a contract. Do you honestly think that in every case where managers have left on mutual consent they haven't had a pay-off? Also, you would only tear up a contract if it is mutually beneficial to...

Err, no. when we played arsenal we were 4 pts clear and Cardiff had one game left.

I'm sure it makes no difference whether it's a sacking or mutual consent. In either case you'd get your contract paid up. Poyet was different because he was sacked for gross misconduct and that would mean no pay off.