*OFFICIAL* HUGHTON SACKED

[David28]

It won't be Shearer - the statement mentioned managerial experience.

 

As if anything Mike Ashley says ever means anything.

 

This. Shearer - as shit as he was in his 8 games and his 8 games only here before - I wouldn't be too unhappy with him returning.

[GM]

Chris Hughton's sacking make about as much sense as it did when Gazza turned up to "help" Raoul Moat.

 

Pardew ain't the answer.

[cubaricho]

All this talk of the players respecting Hughton etc. Where was the respect when they bent over and let West Brom walk over us, effectively costing Chris his job? The players need to take a long hard look at themselves after this. Some of them just werent interested yesterday and if they respected Hughton so much then perhaps they should have been.

 

Don't think the players really have that kind of ability to view themselves objectively.  They would never see themselves as part of the cause.

[JH]

He lost the dressing room(Barton/Nolan/Smith). I really don't see any other reason.

 

In four weeks? I highly doubt it.

[Stu]

It seems like Campbell is the first player to come out and speak on this issue.

 

Newcastle United defender Sol Campbell has spoken of his admiration for axed boss Chris Hughton and claims the manager's shock sacking will have a negative impact on the club's morale.

 

Campbell, who made his 500th Premier League appearance this weekend, told ESPNsoccernet: "Chris is such a lovely guy. Top man. This will hit the players hard. The players admired him, and liked him, and won't be happy now he's gone like this."

 

The former England, Arsenal and Tottenham centre-back added: "You have got to ask yourself why this has happened because it makes no sense. Here is a guy who has done an unbelievable job. He got the club back into the Premier league and any manager would have been rewarded for that with a new contract - but Chris wasn't.

 

"The players are sure to be asking themselves 'what the hell is going on?', that is only natural.

 

"We all had a good relationship with the players, and when we left training this morning none of the players had a clue this was coming.

 

"But word started to spread that the bookies had stopped taking bets and the players started texting each other with the news.

 

"Yes, it has come as a shock, and it will affect the dressing room there is no doubt about that."

 

100% lost the dressing room then.

 

Fucking idiots.

 

To be fair, Hughton is a nice guy and the majority of people on here (and no doubt linked with the club) have been strongly rooting for him over the past 18months. I can't see players, if they did have an issue with him, running to the press on the day he's sacked to stick the knife in.

 

So what evidence is there that he lost the dressing room? I'm yet to hear of any. Nothing. You are making up reasons for his sacking because there is no acceptable reason for it.

 

Quite probably, clutching at anything that might semble logic at the moment. Not a lot of it about.

[oldtype]

It won't be Shearer - the statement mentioned managerial experience.

 

As if anything Mike Ashley says ever means anything.

 

This. Shearer - as s*** as he was in his 8 games and his 8 games only here before - I wouldn't be too unhappy with him returning.

 

I would certainly welcome a Shearer return because I can't help myself, but aspersions have to be cast upon how well he gets along with "this group of lads." Particularly given the central role Barton plays in the dressing room.

[johnnypd]

fuck off with the shearer talk.

 

im thinking - and dont laugh - this is some "new coke" stunt, so that we all get upset and demand hughton back, just like when coca cola introduced their new flavour, people didnt know what they had until it was gone, and when they get it back, they're over the moon. hughton gets reinstated and we're all chuffed to bits. 

 

that's my mind made up. just counting down the minutes before the barrack road obama comes waltzing back to the training ground. 

 

right? 

 

/walks off to see shrink 

[Colocho]

- Maybe, just maybe, a top experienced manager comes in, as wishful as it might be.

 

 

Not going to happen.

[AfroP]

seriously p!ssed off by this

 

Hughton di well with what he had available

 

no half decent manager will come to the toon with the comedy of errors commited by ashley and no money to spend

[Stu]

All this talk of the players respecting Hughton etc. Where was the respect when they bent over and let West Brom walk over us, effectively costing Chris his job? The players need to take a long hard look at themselves after this. Some of them just werent interested yesterday and if they respected Hughton so much then perhaps they should have been.

 

This, was struggling to explain why the players were so abject.

[jdckelly]

not shearer

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

Oh noes, Dave put the Official stamp on it

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

He lost the dressing room(Barton/Nolan/Smith). I really don't see any other reason.

 

Ashley has had a track record of sacking/losing managers for other reasons than that.  What makes you think it's the dressing room being lost?

 

Exactly. I assume all the players were best mates with Joe Kinnear.

[Stu]

It seems like Campbell is the first player to come out and speak on this issue.

 

Newcastle United defender Sol Campbell has spoken of his admiration for axed boss Chris Hughton and claims the manager's shock sacking will have a negative impact on the club's morale.

 

Campbell, who made his 500th Premier League appearance this weekend, told ESPNsoccernet: "Chris is such a lovely guy. Top man. This will hit the players hard. The players admired him, and liked him, and won't be happy now he's gone like this."

 

The former England, Arsenal and Tottenham centre-back added: "You have got to ask yourself why this has happened because it makes no sense. Here is a guy who has done an unbelievable job. He got the club back into the Premier league and any manager would have been rewarded for that with a new contract - but Chris wasn't.

 

"The players are sure to be asking themselves 'what the hell is going on?', that is only natural.

 

"We all had a good relationship with the players, and when we left training this morning none of the players had a clue this was coming.

 

"But word started to spread that the bookies had stopped taking bets and the players started texting each other with the news.

 

"Yes, it has come as a shock, and it will affect the dressing room there is no doubt about that."

 

100% lost the dressing room then.

 

Fucking idiots.

 

To be fair, Hughton is a nice guy and the majority of people on here (and no doubt linked with the club) have been strongly rooting for him over the past 18months. I can't see players, if they did have an issue with him, running to the press on the day he's sacked to stick the knife in.

 

So what evidence is there that he lost the dressing room? I'm yet to hear of any. Nothing. You are making up reasons for his sacking because there is no acceptable reason for it.

 

Ooh, ooh, i know what evidence!! None, cos its a pretend ITK like all the other cunts on forums like this.

 

[jdckelly]

i'm still clinging vaguely to the hope this is all some horrid very realistic dream

[LucaAltieri]

It won't be Shearer, but he'd be my first (realistic) choice.

[colinmk]

It seems like Campbell is the first player to come out and speak on this issue.

 

Newcastle United defender Sol Campbell has spoken of his admiration for axed boss Chris Hughton and claims the manager's shock sacking will have a negative impact on the club's morale.

 

Campbell, who made his 500th Premier League appearance this weekend, told ESPNsoccernet: "Chris is such a lovely guy. Top man. This will hit the players hard. The players admired him, and liked him, and won't be happy now he's gone like this."

 

The former England, Arsenal and Tottenham centre-back added: "You have got to ask yourself why this has happened because it makes no sense. Here is a guy who has done an unbelievable job. He got the club back into the Premier league and any manager would have been rewarded for that with a new contract - but Chris wasn't.

 

"The players are sure to be asking themselves 'what the hell is going on?', that is only natural.

 

"We all had a good relationship with the players, and when we left training this morning none of the players had a clue this was coming.

 

"But word started to spread that the bookies had stopped taking bets and the players started texting each other with the news.

 

"Yes, it has come as a shock, and it will affect the dressing room there is no doubt about that."

 

100% lost the dressing room then.

 

Fucking idiots.

 

To be fair, Hughton is a nice guy and the majority of people on here (and no doubt linked with the club) have been strongly rooting for him over the past 18months. I can't see players, if they did have an issue with him, running to the press on the day he's sacked to stick the knife in.

 

So what evidence is there that he lost the dressing room? I'm yet to hear of any. Nothing. You are making up reasons for his sacking because there is no acceptable reason for it.

 

Quite probably, clutching at anything that might semble logic at the moment. Not a lot of it about.

 

Fair enough.

[Skirge]

Oh noes, Dave put the Official stamp on it

 

No was me :

 

a few poor sods still thought it was a wind up

[KaKa]

- A kick up the backside for the players who were getting too comfy.

 

I'm sorry, but if you seriously believe that then you are insane. This will turn the players into a pile of mushy s***.

 

KaKa is rather insane, tbf.

 

Hey, that's messed up. Cool your jets my friend.

 

The players should quit tweeting all their sorrows tbh. What they should have done is put in more effort yesterday.

 

I hope we get someone who is tough on them next. They're a bunch of softies. Wonder if Rijkaard would fancy it ... don't answer that btw.

[oldtype]

If nothing else, Shearer would be acceptable because he would be the only candidate who would take the job that wouldn't immediately cause me to projectile vomit.

[Martin Lol]

Utterly bewildering. 

 

Ashley's excuse that they want more experience just doesn't stand up.  He was good enough for Ashley when you were relegated, he was good enough to get you straight back up again, he was good enough to get you up to 11th.  Doesn't Ashley realise that that is a significant achievement in itself.

 

Who are the alternatives?

 

Pardew?    Does he really offer more than Hughton?

 

O'Neill?  Will Ashley offer MON more support than he got from Lerner at Villa?

 

Ashley could always go for an experienced foreign manager.  Jaunde Ramos perhaps? Or Christian Gross?  Two very experienced managers!!

 

 

Shameful decision.

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

Oh noes, Dave put the Official stamp on it

 

No was me :

 

a few poor sods still thought it was a wind up

 

You officially sacked Chris Hughton

[Guest Ridzuan]

Jamie Redknapp on Chris departure.

 

http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,18932_6557398,00.html

 

 

[Dinho lad]

If nothing else, Shearer would be acceptable because he would be the only candidate who would take the job that wouldn't immediately cause me to projectile vomit.

 

just imagine the scenes in SMB if he takes us down for the 2nd time! (Not that I blame shearer for it anyway)

[Northern Monkey]

Current odds (Bet 365)

 

Alan Pardew 5/6

Martin O'Neill 7/2

Alan Curbishley 10/1

Joe Kinnear 20/1

Paul Lambert 25/1

Lee Clark 25/1

Martin Jol 25/1

David Moyes 25/1

Peter Beardsley 25/1

Alan Shearer 33/1

 

Jesus. Jol and Moyes are the only 2 good ones. Even WE are better than Pardew, but we're probably about right for O'Neil - mediocre manager, mediocre club.