Age aside...
What he achieved deserves recognition full stop. I find it incredably sad that a number of Toon fans gloss over what he achieved. I reckon, because we are a big club and a recognised Premier League club, that many fans feel what he did, winning promotion and attaining a mid-table position, was or should have been a formality at least and that would be wrong.
He has achieved far more than Pardew thus far. Again, if we finish 6th under Pardew, he would have equalled what Hughton achieved . IMO of course...
We did have possibly the best squad to have played in the Championship for a long time mind, no matter how you look at it. Tremendous achievement yes, but your continued denouncing of Pardew is tedious.