The morning after Hughton was sacked thread.

[Benwell Lad]

So, once again in typical Ashley style the fat man rocks the world of Newcastle United and makes a hugely unpopular decision to remove a well liked, dignified and successful manager. As always no expanded explanation to the fans or media just a curt club statement with the standard thanks and all the best message.

 

Cue media scrambles outside SJP, drag in the usual suspects - ex players, fanzine writers etc for the predictable and meaningless soundbites.

Usually interesting and intelligent web forums descend into a kind of RTG (sunderland's premier forum) rabid frenzy, where lynch mobs spring up and revolution is advocated by some as the way forward.

Unsurprisingly many of the voices going apeshit about the sacking are the same voices who went apeshit about the same man's appointment, claiming he was Ashley's puppet, poodle or similar.

Conspiracy theories come to the fore about how Ashley has removed his manager because he opposed the big plan of selling all the best players etc etc etc.

"He was never backed by the board and had no budget" some scream. He was. Promising youngsters were tied down and deals like Campbell, Gosling and even the HBA loan did not come cheap and no players were sold against the manager's wishes. It may not have been spending at a Real Madrid, Man City or Newcastle of old level, but for a club heavily in debt whose primary stated objective was to balance the books it was reasonable and probably above the average.

Boycott and protests are once again urged by some. Don't bother lads it won't work. Many of you are the same people who thought giving £10 or your pension to a group headed by fanzine editors, allegedly backed by significant local business people, would remove Ashley. It didn't, it won't. Ashley will go when Ashley is ready and on his terms, not when the mob call for his head.

 

The good news is he will go, and I for one think yesterday's events take us a step closer to that happening. The sacking of Hughton could backfire spectacularly on Ashley, and there isn't any apparent logic to it.

Hughton broke club records last season and was on target to achieve this season's objective of survival. His dismissal was certainly nothing to do with results.

In that case it was either a spectacular bust up with the board (unlikely) or it is just a part of something much bigger, i.e. an obstacle to the sale removed.

I am bitterly disappointed that we have lost Hughton, he acquired legendary status in his short time at the club, but sadly it seems that his removal has been part of a bigger deal to come.

[lovejoy]

does this really need a new thread?

[Magpie]

No!

[Crumpy Gunt]

He's still gone.

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

Is there a pill my lass can take to make this mistake go away?

[Stifler]

This is when the fans turn, "Well you cunt, have you made your decision yet?"

[TaylorJ_01]

This is turning into the Mackem board slowly but surely.

[Dokko]

Is there a pill my lass can take to make this mistake go away?

 

Agh...that's why you proposed. ...Fool! 

[Dokko]

BBTM

[wormy]

Can't wait for the update in The morning after the morning after Hughton was sacked thread. Or can we make this bi-daily? The evening after Hughton was sacked thread?