Not really sure it's an agenda – given the 'vanilla' nature of the LMA statement, it was pretty much the only angle they could go with. 'Chris Hughton releases statement after sacking' is hardly going draw the reader in, is it? :shrug:
Agreed, but the club pretty much WAS fighting relegation when he joined, so technically correct. Maybe a bit of artistic license as he didn't exactly do a Steve Gritt, but correct from one way of looking at it.