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*OFFICIAL* HUGHTON SACKED

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Really starting to sink in this morning. :(

 

Brilliant article from Winter.

 

It is indeed. :sadnod:

 

Also thought this reader comment was particularly on the mark:

 

If you want to judge whether Ashley has class, take a trip to Lillywhites, now part of the Sports Direct empire.

 

It used to be a fantastic sports shop, an institution with the best range in London. It now resembles a jumble sale, barely room to move between the racks of polyester replica kit and remaindered Lonsdale shell suits. No doubt it is immensely profitable in its new guise.

 

Ashley treats NUFC with similar disdain. By his works, shall ye know him.

 

:no:

 

Seems it was just too much to expect Ashley & Co to simply say: "Thanks for the championship win, Chris. Thanks for saving our sorry arses after we screwed things up so badly with Keegan, Kinnear and then Shearer in the same season and got ourselves relegated. Thanks for building a team spirit the likes of which we haven't seen since Sir Bobby was here. Thanks for the amazing 5-1 win over Sunderland, the 6-0 win over Villa, the away victory against Arsenal at the Emirates. And thanks for doing all of this on a fraction of the salary of lesser talented managerial colleagues at other Premiership clubs. Here, rather than sacking you, we think we should treat you with some dignity and respect and give you the contract you deserve". A plague on all their houses.

 

Chris Hughton was just too classy an act for them.

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'The feeling within the club was that Ashley and his chairman Derek Llambias believed that Hughton – described by Campbell yesterday as a "lovely guy" – allowed himself to be dictated to by senior players. They regard O'Neill as the kind of character capable of taking on what is regarded as a strong dressing room. '

 

How can Ashley be so fucking stupid? It was only a strong dressing room because Hughton made them like that, built them up and brought them together. Now it's all fucked. Like Carver said about Sir Bobby, he took onboard players thoughts all the time. So would I if I was a manager.

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Ashley clearly wants a manager he can relate to ie. a man withot class, morals or a single thought for any other human being.

Chris Hughton had far too much intelligence, class and dignity for a man like Mike Ashley.

 

If he hadn't been here already I would've put my money on Souness. Ticks all the boxes

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Dear Chris,

 

Thank you very much for the great service you put in at your time at the club. You sat and suffered the farce of a season 2 years ago and bided your time, doing your level best to try and turn the club around when called upon despite having hands undoubtedly tied.

 

You did an excellent job when you were given the job, and I will admit many were doubtful about your appointment as you looked like the cheap option. You are a true gentleman and handle yourself with great tact and professionally in all situations. Last season was just what the club needed and you built a great spirit in the squad.

 

Signed

 

The Fans

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A78022208

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Chris was so dignified

By SHAUN CUSTIS

 

NEWCASTLE skipper Kevin Nolan has revealed how Chris Hughton left St James' Park with his head held high - dignified to the end.

 

Hughton was sacked as Toon boss and, typically, his first thought was for his players rather than himself.

 

As he prepared to leave the ground for the last time yesterday afternoon, Hughton bumped into club captain Kevin Nolan and Joey Barton in the reception area.

 

nd Nolan told SunSport how Hughton was determined that his team should carry on all the good work of the last 18 months.

 

Nolan declared: "Chris was gutted about what had happened. You could see that.

 

"But it said so much about him that, even though he was obviously disappointed to be going, he was still telling me and Joey that we had to make sure we had a good season.

 

"There was such a dignity about the way he left, which is how he conducted himself while he was the manager.

 

"We have not had the greatest run recently. But we are half-way up the table and he was very confident we would still do well and spoke about how he believed in us.

 

"He said goodbye to all the staff at the ground and plans to come back and see the rest of the players to wish them well."

 

Hughton did not get the chance to say his farewells to the whole squad as he did not know he was being axed until after training, when he was called into St James' to be given the bad news.

 

Nolan, as skipper, was summoned afterwards to be told officially of Hughton's dismissal.

 

He admitted: "We are all upset that Chris is going. He helped a lot of the lads here with their careers when he was a coach and then as manager.

 

"We will never forget our promotion from the Championship last season and we have to do what he told us. Stick together, make sure we keep the unity Chris has built up and get through this difficult period.

 

"It goes without saying we were shocked by the announcement. Sometimes at clubs, when a manager goes, there will be some players who are pleased to see the back of him, either because they are not in the team or they have a grudge against him.

 

"But everybody liked Chris. He was very popular, not just with the players but everyone who worked for the club."

 

Nolan's pal and recently capped England striker Andy Carroll went on his new Twitter site to admit he was 'stunned' by Hughton's departure.

 

However, he insisted it did not mean he would be leaving.

 

Many of the big boys, led by Chelsea, will see this as an opportunity to prise Carroll away from St James'.

 

Yet the big No 9 said: "I don't want to go anywhere. Newcastle is where I belong."

 

Hughton's former No 2 Colin Calderwood, who left to become Hibernian manager two months ago having read the tea leaves, admitted he was 'shocked' by Hughton's exit.

 

But he added: "Because of the regime Chris was working under, it made it difficult. You want to know the parameters of the job and they kept changing.

 

"When you aren't allowed to do what's feasible or logical, it becomes very difficult.

 

"The job was being done terrifically well and the position they are in is more than acceptable.

 

"But the way the league is makes them a little bit nervous when they look behind them.

 

"Yet had they won on Sunday, they would have been three or four points off Europe.

 

"You want to make decisions which affect the whole football club. But, in the end, it became more and more difficult to do that.

 

"Chris has handled it all with a lot of dignity. He's an incredibly nice, honest, decent and professional man. But what's forgotten is he's very, very good at his job.

 

"What we had was a terrific team spirit and there was a unique chance for a football club to balance the books to a certain degree and move forward with a bit of stability.

 

"I think they can't be forgiven for losing that chance.

 

"The foundation of the club could have been so much more secure, with a family environment and everyone trying to pull in the right direction, if they had stuck with Chris.

 

"I think they would have had some sort of discussions or some thought process about a replacement before they did this, otherwise it becomes even move stupid than it is at the minute."

 

It wasn't just those with Newcastle connections having a say.

 

England skipper Rio Ferdinand waded into the argument on Twitter: "Chris Hughton sacked. Is it April Fool's?"

 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3263193/Kevin-Nolan-Chris-Hughton-was-dignified-to-the-end.html

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Ashley clearly wants a manager he can relate to ie. a man without class, morals or a single thought for any other human being.

 

 

That'll be JFK then!

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Ashley clearly wants a manager he can relate to ie. a man without class, morals or a single thought for any other human being.

 

 

That'll be JFK then!

 

Funny...I was thinking it could describe these guys better:

 

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYXDNltOQLJEE3_Pd4-0Gw8vTF96OAKBOXg53Dzn95auq71lDJhttp://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQTF-K9iAmT3mvbF0GW9br7-SxZ-AtbvG3YcOS84Hg7cI-35UD9

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That article says it all. Absolute classlessness from fucking Ashley. The man you consider a 'lovely guy', who saved your fucking club's ass, and your money, and got us promoted back to the Premiership, and is halfway to consolidating our position in said league. You don't even give him a chance to say his goodbyes, other than bumping into a couple of our players by chance? Fucking cunts.

 

WHAT THE FUCK HAS HAPPENED?? I was out drinking last night, I've come home to this. Un-fucking-real. Ashley better have a MASSIVE card up his sleeve. And I'm talking mind-blowing, to get out of this. Otherwise he'll never live this one down. People were giving him the second chance he deserves. Unless he gets someone credible in a couple days to prove he had someone lined up all along, this proves the man will never change.

 

Farewell Hughton, you'll always be welcome at St James' Park. You restored pride and dignity back into our club and our fans. It's just a shame you couldn't be treated with the same respect.

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Ashley clearly wants a manager he can relate to ie. a man without class, morals or a single thought for any other human being.

 

 

That'll be JFK then!

 

Funny...I was thinking it could describe these guys better:

 

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYXDNltOQLJEE3_Pd4-0Gw8vTF96OAKBOXg53Dzn95auq71lDJhttp://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQTF-K9iAmT3mvbF0GW9br7-SxZ-AtbvG3YcOS84Hg7cI-35UD9

 

Scarily, there's quite a few names, including all of those, that we could reel off. Too long a list, and he's probably stupid enough to give it to one of them.

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The only logic I can really think of as to why Hughton was sacked is that Ashley is going to give the manager some money to spend in January and would rather give it to someone other than Hughton, that has probably already been lined up. But then it's a lot more likely that there's no logic behind his decision and we'll be spending little to no money in January, which makes the former part of this post completely irrelevant.

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http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/newcastle-replace-hughton-with-1972-magpie-annual-201012073325/

 

NEWCASTLE United owner Mike Ashley yesterday predicted a new golden age for the club after replacing manager Chris Hughton with a battered copy of the 1972 Magpie annual.

 

Hughton was sacked for his insistence on getting the club promoted, reducing the wage bill, installing the team in the top half of the Premiership and stubbornly refusing to crash helicopters into the car park.

 

Ashley said: "I'd like to welcome the 1972 Magpie annual to St James's Park. We need a big-name for the job and this one's got an interview with Kiki Dee in it."

 

The annual has been in Ashley's loft for more than 30 years, learning its trade from the 1974 Shoot! annual and a 1977 Figurine Panini sticker album that was only missing Dennis Tueart, Martin Buchan and the Bristol Rovers badge.

 

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/images/stories/mapgie.JPG

 

Ashley added: "It's a shame the album wasn't complete, but I'm sure that after a couple of months in the job no-one will know the difference."

 

Since former chairman Freddy Shepherd described firing Bobby Robson as 'shooting Bambi', Ashley has always voiced his ambition to commit the most capriciously callous act in Newcastle's history.

 

He said: "This isn't so much shooting Bambi as slowly picking off his friends over a series of months and leaving taunting notes on their dead bodies, before finally tying Bambi to a chair, cutting his ear off and executing him.

 

"If you'll excuse me, I'm now going to go and graft some tits onto the Jackie Milburn statue."

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http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/newcastle-replace-hughton-with-1972-magpie-annual-201012073325/

 

NEWCASTLE United owner Mike Ashley yesterday predicted a new golden age for the club after replacing manager Chris Hughton with a battered copy of the 1972 Magpie annual.

 

Hughton was sacked for his insistence on getting the club promoted, reducing the wage bill, installing the team in the top half of the Premiership and stubbornly refusing to crash helicopters into the car park.

 

Ashley said: "I'd like to welcome the 1972 Magpie annual to St James's Park. We need a big-name for the job and this one's got an interview with Kiki Dee in it."

 

The annual has been in Ashley's loft for more than 30 years, learning its trade from the 1974 Shoot! annual and a 1977 Figurine Panini sticker album that was only missing Dennis Tueart, Martin Buchan and the Bristol Rovers badge.

 

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/images/stories/mapgie.JPG

 

Ashley added: "It's a shame the album wasn't complete, but I'm sure that after a couple of months in the job no-one will know the difference."

 

Since former chairman Freddy Shepherd described firing Bobby Robson as 'shooting Bambi', Ashley has always voiced his ambition to commit the most capriciously callous act in Newcastle's history.

 

He said: "This isn't so much shooting Bambi as slowly picking off his friends over a series of months and leaving taunting notes on their dead bodies, before finally tying Bambi to a chair, cutting his ear off and executing him.

 

"If you'll excuse me, I'm now going to go and graft some tits onto the Jackie Milburn statue."

 

I'll wait for confirmation, seems like it's happening though folks.

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