themanupstairs

Congratulations to all and sundry. You're all miserable cunts but I love you any way. Howay the lads :promotion: :promotion:

good to see u posting again mate

Thats knee jurk if ever isaw it, and who ever said he was top notch. Just enjoy it instead of getting your knickers in a twist The only people getting their knickers in a twist are those who can’t accept any opinion that diverges from the partyline. If you choose to swallow all the gumpf that’s been written about Hughton this season that’s your prerogative. I prefer to give him credit for what he’s done this season and wait until he’s proven himself in more testing circumstances before getting a stiffy. You are playng both sides of the fence here, bonny lad. You are prepared to give him credit (wow, this is big of you) but you would actually rather someone else as manager (hopefully Ashley isnt rading your opinions). Facts are this: He took over a depleted squad bewildered by the events of last season, Had no money to spend last summer. Worked on a week by week contract, as did Calderwood. Lost most of his star names, fortunately. Lost his most influential striker early Forced to play a kid on his own up front but still got results. Spent limited funds in January wisely continued to gain results and top of the league. gelled his squad together despite difficult periods of losing further influential players, Taylor, Barton, Colo, Enrique, Smith etc Improved the standard of football especially at hoime as season has gone on. ONLY LOST FOUR LEAGUE GAMES ALL SEASON Only lost once in thne last 26 league games. Despite losing quality defenders, has best defensive record in the division Has the only unbeaten home record in all divisions will be promoted with at least 5 games of the season left to play. Possibly smash 100 points record and 90 goals for season AND YOU GRUDGINGLY DEEM SOME CREDIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mate, you know jackshit about football and would be more suited to ready steady go or whatever those philistines 12 miles down the road are called. If you accept we probably started season with the best squad in the division then the key task at hand was to motivate them. Now as an unremarkable pre-season programme drew to an end the highly motivated and well organised team that Hughton was managing went to Leyton Orient, and got thrashed 6-1. This prompted the now legendary ‘you’re with us or not’ players meeting, where it would seem a group of senior players (Nolan, Butt and Smith?) decided to take matters into their own hands. We know this to be true as it’s been put forward as the catalyst for the superb team spirit by the players themselves on numerous occasions. Hughton can take credit for going with the flow, perhaps even spotting when he was onto a good thing and creating an environment where the players resolve didn’t waiver when we hit a long losing streak. However, anyone who knows jackshit about football knows it’s a very thin line between the players having a healthy input and the losing control. It’s worked this season and Hughton can take credit for this. He can also take credit for buying a right winger and moving Guthrie inside, as we all thought Guthrie’s best position was wide right and having two plodders in central midfield was the best thing since sliced bread did we not? Next season will be a totally different proposition. The players will think that wrongs have been righted, that they are back where they belong. The motivational spur they had this season will be gone. No doubt they’ll set a new target but when they lose a game it won’t be as easy to bounce back. Confidence will be eroded and taking the lads ten pin bowling won’t restore it. Hughton will have to motivate players who motivated themselves this season, he might be up to the job or he might not. There’s also the issue of bringing in new players – would he, for example, have the balls to replace Nolan and Smith, and will this season’s togetherness remain if two of its main protagonists find themselves out of the team for long stretches. Hughton has succeeded this season by being a pragmatist, which is obviously his natural way of doing things. What we don’t know is to what extent he shaped events and to what extent he was led by them. As I keep saying, he’s done enough to lead us into next season but question marks remain. That bold bit is some serious serious bullshit based on nothing! When was Hughton appointed on a full-time basis? I don't know what to say except that I can't believe a serious grown man would believe that a group of players took the reigns from their boss after getting thrashed at Orient, had a meeting, then went on to stay top of the table, and gain promotion. All the while, the manager did the right thing by "spotting" that he had to let them get on with it, as he really is just a s*** manager deep down. What a moronic notion

How the fuck have Liverpool not conceded yet? Benfica rushing everything. edit: HAHAHAHAHAHA offside you cunts

Those who think Shola's goal was a fluke have probably never played football or are totally shit at it. I mean totally utterly wank at football and not in the "not good enough to be pro" way.

I dont believe in booing, have never and never will boo. Yes that was what I meant (sat here with high fever so my writing isn't the most cohesive atm). I'm not saying that I'm convinced he's top notch going by one season. What I'm saying is that our success this season is down to Hughton. Same as our failure under Allardyce's short tenure was down to Allardyce. The stability he has managed to bring to the club, and the "back to basics" approach he's taken with the players have been the main reason for our success this season imo. This club has needed it badly for years, and nee fucker since Sir Bobby knew how to do it. Not even Kevin Keegan. Hughton has managed to get a bunch of under-performing prima donnas who relegated the club last year to play football again, and has got them enjoying it too. That cannot be underestimated, and I find it staggering that some won't even give him credit for that!

Amen

Yes malandro is entitled to form and express his own opinions of course, but with his kind of approach it begs the question, how much time/patience will Hughton get from the faithful next season should things not get off to the best of starts? We've been crying out a long time for a young ambitious manager who we could give time to build a squad here, and I think Hughton deserves a real go of things the way he has handled himself, Ashley and the players this season. If people with malandro's opinion on Hughton outnumber those who support him, it would worry me more than Hughton's credentials as a PL manager. what makes you think hughton is young and ambitious, or has the ability to build a squad worthy of the club? just interested He's young in managerial terms, as this is his first proper gig. We're top of the league and have been all season. This means he's done something right. We were top of the league before the winter window, and he could have pleased Ashley by saying "give me loan players for cover, we're top, im doing a minted job". But he didn't. Despite being top, he still recognized our desperate need for balance in midfield and signed Routledge. He knew we needed a center half, and duly went out and bought Williamson who has proved an absolute bargain. This shows his ambition for continuous improvement on your own position - no resting on our laurels and all that. His attitude and learning curve have both been superb. The players could have taken all the credit themselves, but the biggest indicator for me that credit goes to CH and CC is that the players themselves cant stop raving about them. Who knows, it may take Hughton a couple of yrs to really grasp management in the PL. The signs so far are in his favor in that he seems to be learning and most importantly greatly enjoying the challenge. Maybe the bloke always thought naah managements not for me im just a coach, and he's just realized that this was the right time to try it on. By the way Mojo you're unlucky for being disconnected with NUFC this season as it's been the best one we've had as supporters for a good few years. Anyone that tells you otherwise is lying. At the end of the day, that's what it's all about, and Chris Hughton has played a big part in giving us that good feeling again.

That was never a penalty in a million years. Fabregas is an odious little twat. Shame as he is a top class midfielder.

Yes malandro is entitled to form and express his own opinions of course, but with his kind of approach it begs the question, how much time/patience will Hughton get from the faithful next season should things not get off to the best of starts? We've been crying out a long time for a young ambitious manager who we could give time to build a squad here, and I think Hughton deserves a real go of things the way he has handled himself, Ashley and the players this season. If people with malandro's opinion on Hughton outnumber those who support him, it would worry me more than Hughton's credentials as a PL manager.

Rewind......in August this expensively assembled squad made up various managers signings was going drag the club down financially off the pitch & take us directly to L1 on it. Which CCC team started the season with a better squad of players than NUFC? We had a better squad than Hull but that counted for f*** all man. Take a refresher with SKYSPORTS.COM to see how they thought we were going to do this season http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11096_5463544,00.html Pre-season we had no manager & got trashed by Leyton Orient, fairplay to you for thinking we were going to piss this league I’m not interested in Sky Sports, or what people’s perceptions of the CCC were in August. I thought we might struggle, but then again I hadn’t taken much interest in the CC for 15 years. When it comes to assessing how well Hughton has done the starting point has to be what he had to work with. So, which CCC team started the season with a better squad of players than NUFC? What you're arguing here is pure and utter crap. You should just admit that you're being a negative sod about Hughton's chances as a manager in top flight rather than try to justify the stupidity of your argument with NE5-esque "facts". The "fact" is that NUFC is top of the league with a few games to go, and we have had some special moments in a season we have enjoyed a million times more than our time in top flight since Sir Bobby's time. Chris Hughton is the man in charge at present, and that's who all the credit is going to.

Aye, f*** them and their intricate passing football and skilful players. Who wants to watch that rubbish? Too f***ing right. I'd rather watch a team full of Nicky Butt clones facing a team of Kevin Nolans. So long as they play for the team I support

Just thought I'd come in here and say that I couldn't fucking care less about the Arsenal-Barca wankfest Both sides can fuck right off

We'd have been promoted already if we had a manager who had testicles. We have played far too negative away from home, and if you think it's going to be any better when we go up then you want your head examined. He still needs to learn a hell of a lot imo. Think back to Leicester away. They had 10 men, we played abysmal and he got his tactics all wrong. There's also the league cup, getting knocked out by Peterborough after fielding a bunch of kids. If he was going to do that then what was the point in the Huddersfield game at SJP? There's also been numerous substitutions and times where we've been stale and boring on the pitch yet he's done f*** all about it. He hasn't done a bad job overall, but to w*** him off like you have just done is laughable.

I wonder how much Colin Calderwood has to do with all of Hughton's relative success. Players in interviews always seem to mention "Chris and Colin" when referring to the mammoth job being done at bringing the club some stability and ultimately results. Hughton is clearly coming into his own as a manager. He's even slowly started to develop the persona, and no longer looks like the shy assistant boss he did a while back.

what did he say?

What a result. Fucking delighted, and I think I done my hernia celebrating Jose's goal. Motm was Mike Williamson imo until The Buffalo/Bull/Bulldozer scored. Great night

Got a screen cap? no i'm afraid had a bacon sarnie in the one hand and me co....erm tea in the other

fuck me was that a shot of Wullie on the telly?

So anyone who doesn't think Taylor is not necessarily a complete c**t must be a member of his family? Tragic tbh. Not as tragic as someone who thinks the sun shines out of all the Newcastle players' (past and present) arses and can't see the blindingly obvious though! Colo will bomb again the PL this, btw nothing against you personally doc, but the negativity on this board is really depressing. no other words to describe it.

Why are we talking about Van Gaal? Isn't he doing alright managing Bayern? or am I mistaken in thinking that??

knee jerk reaction. Contrast with the support for someone who isn't bothered about the club at all ie Ashley and Llambias. stupid comment

4 points from 2 away games in 4 days against 2 in-form sides is absolutely massive. Anyone not caring to give the credit to Chris Hughton can fuck off and support someone else. Top result

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