Hughton was never going to say at that point 'I want to spend big but the board wont let me'. Whatever he publicly uttered would have been based on collective responsibility following conversations with Bloom, Barber and Winstanley.
Poyet gets slagged off on here regularly for speaking against...
As In understand it, Hughton says the type of player he wants (e.g a ball playing centre half). Winstanley advises who they know of /have scouted that fits the bill. Its assessed for what it does with age profile, home grown player rules etc and a short list is agreed. Bloom and Barber agree...