lets take what we've learned of hughton as manager, firstly he's got the defence acting like one rather than an impression of one, now some would say its down to shit quality of attackers and our defenders being better and thats a fair point but our defence actually now behaves as a unit rather than a group of individuals like they usually do and williamson has slotted in perfectly in place of saylor. He seems to want to build from the back which is a good way to build a side imo rather than from front backwards.
secondly team spirit is excellent and considering where the morale must have been at the start of pre-season thats an excellent achievement.
thirdly he's not afraid to change the side if it hasn't worked in the previous game and only plays butt when theres a lack of other options. Plus when he finds a system that works he doesn't change for the sake of it.
4thly mostly good signings in loan and permanent transfers. the only ones that havent worked out are zurab who wasn't great and best who may come good yet (hey i'm optimistic)
now will he be good enough for prem? who knows but he's surpassed our expectations and deserves a chance imo.