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[Albion] Chris Hughton statement
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father_and_son
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Not seeing any rewriting going on here...
People are expressing surprise he was surprised... because c'mon, he hasn't been living in a cave.
Yes, exactly.
Which is the most likely example of my option 2.
From Tony's perspective - it's not unreasonable.
From Chris', it might have been "Whoa - you never said that at interview and it's not in my contract. That's simply not fair - it means you could sack me at any time - all you have to do is say 'Yeah, but I've lost confidence in you'". The counterargument? "Welcome to football in the PL - that's the nature of the beast, and why you got paid the big bucks. Life's a bitch"
Gazwag
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The history books will always show he was the manager who took us further in the cup than we had been for 36 years, a large proportion of our fans were not alive when we got to the final in 1983 so would know or really care that we got by far the easier semi final and we stumbled over the line to get to the final and the same will be true when their children are in the stands.
Agree! I think if you look at the interviews that Chris did after his first full season he said himself that It did not feel like a club that was in trouble when he joined. I don't think it is CH that is trying claim he saved us from impeding doom, just the headline writers.
We didn't luck out, the only reason we needed to score at the end was because of poor officiating.
Their first goal saw Murray rugby tackled to make space for Pearce to score. It was a clear foul, missed by the ref.
Their second goal saw the ball sent up-field and hand-balled.
We should have had a penalty.
Locadia also scored what should have been the winner, which was incorrectly ruled out for offside.
It's the most one-sided bit of crap refereeing I can ever remember, so no, we did not luck out.
No mention by Chris or Bevan of racism, because TB is not a racist.
Steve Davis re-launched his career when Spitting Image branded him Steve ‘Interesting’ Davis.
Perhaps Chris could become Chris ‘Surprised’ Hughton?
Perhaps Chris could become Chris ‘Surprised’ Hughton?
So he was shocked about being fired, despite us breaking records for how shit we were? He must've thought it was a possibility.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I was using easy in the sarcastic form. I thought that was obvious.
We had actually moved up the table in League One thanks to Nathan Jones getting a draw against Reading and beating Fulham. We were 19th in League One. Oscar Garcia had a load of loan players, and Hyypia had failed dismally, so Hughton had to take over a rag tag of a team to transform them. We were in danger of relegation.
His very first game was an FA cup win at Brentford.
Eh? Of course they do, and in those moments, the managers are usually aware they might be at risk of the chop - that's how football works. That's what I can't believe - that Hughton was shocked - seems incredibly naive for a man who has been in football as long as he.
It was obvious to everyone that he MIGHT be at risk at the end of the season.
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Totally agreed. "We were lucky against Millwall" is such a load of bollocks. If the refereeing was even half decent, the game would've ended about 4-1 to us at full time.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I think he thought he had fought back, and rescued us from relegation. He achieved Prem League status for next season. Other managers have been relegated and stayed to get the team promoted again.
father_and_son
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Plus... Mutual consent has very specific consequences in terms of the clubs obligations under his contract - it says that both parties have agreed to terminate the contract, so it is absolutely in Chris' best interests to not agree to that wording unless he already has an agreed compensation offer (which he wouldn't have at 9:30 on Monday morning because no solicitor would have reviewed and advising signing quite so quickly!).
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Even though he had delivered on the one task given to him? Achieving Premier League survival? No mean feat for a club like ours.
- Jun 27, 2012
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this was his statement when Norwich sacked him
"I am naturally very disappointed to have lost my job but immensely proud to have served as Norwich City's manager,"
"I understand the recent frustrations, but I remained totally confident that we were on course to create history at the club by retaining our top-flight status and move into a fourth consecutive season in the Premier League. Collectively we were ready for the challenge that the final five games presented (v Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal) and we believed we would reward the club and the supporters by achieving that objective."
The LMA statement.
"Chris enjoyed an excellent first season in charge by guiding the club to 11th in the Premier League which was their highest finish in 20 years.
"Chris has an excellent record of managerial success initially with Newcastle and later with Birmingham before he joined Norwich so it is with regret that we see one of our top English managers being dismissed without being given the opportunity to see out the season."
"I am naturally very disappointed to have lost my job but immensely proud to have served as Norwich City's manager,"
"I understand the recent frustrations, but I remained totally confident that we were on course to create history at the club by retaining our top-flight status and move into a fourth consecutive season in the Premier League. Collectively we were ready for the challenge that the final five games presented (v Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal) and we believed we would reward the club and the supporters by achieving that objective."
The LMA statement.
"Chris enjoyed an excellent first season in charge by guiding the club to 11th in the Premier League which was their highest finish in 20 years.
"Chris has an excellent record of managerial success initially with Newcastle and later with Birmingham before he joined Norwich so it is with regret that we see one of our top English managers being dismissed without being given the opportunity to see out the season."
You're right, the ref was awful, but the performance was largely abysmal against a poor side.
He had to go but it's a real pity he wasn't given the opportunity (maybe he was we don't know) to depart by mutual agreement - that would've been more dignified, it would have recognised the excellent job he had done with the club but that we had both come to the point where a parting of the ways was necessary and it would have been more in keeping with the mutual levels of respect held by all parties up to that point.
Arthritic Toe
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My guess is that he was 'surprised' because he was given a target to survive and he achieved it. However Tony Bloom, whilst recognising that, also recognised that we'd only survived due to good fortune (i.e..Cardiff losing to Fulham) and interpreted that as the target as having been missed.
- Jun 27, 2012
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He says he was "surprised" not shocked.