Compared to the last two post play-offs we've at least managed to keep hold of Hughton for longer than 24 hours.
In the equivalent time period after 2012 Gus was effectively gone ("suspended) .Oscar in 2013 was even quicker off the mark. He'd resigned before TB had got off the train home...
Not quite. The only public thing that Hughton has said on SM injury was that the op went well and it would normally be 6-9 months for that type of injury.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/14160065.Seagulls_face_nervous_wait_over_injured_March/
That was mid December. So he's looking at June/July...