Chris Hughton to Brighton.

[morty]

I wish him well! 

 

[splutcho]

Good manager. Will turn them around.

 

[hogesar]

Good manager. Will turn them around.

Good manager for the Championship, i tend to agree.

 

[Killiecanary]

A good appointment for Brighton and I am pleased for a thoroughly decent human being to be back in a job. Probably a good match all round. Good luck to him

 

[morty]

Interesting debate, a few people saying that we would be higher in the table if Hughton were in charge, instead of Adams.

Fickle? Two faced? Short memories? Just playing "anyone but Adams?"

I can't quite decide.

 

[Killiecanary]

I was never in the Hughton out camp...I think he was essentially too apprehensive and negative to be a popular manager of our club in the PL - where staying up was the only game in town. I agree with others that he is a good manager in the championship, but would argue that the issue with our playing style wasn't about whether he was a good manager or not but that the bottom end of the premier is a fear filled place where avoiding defeat becomes the only thought in a mangers head. I wouldn't say Hull, or Palace or WBA or Leicester or QPR play expansive football...the situation dictates the style. Swansea and Southampton are the exceptions of course.

 

[GazzaTCC]

First things first, I'm going to wish Chris Hughton the best of luck at Brighton.

Chris has had two seasons in the Championship, Champions with Newcastle and then play offs with Birmingham, with next to no money and transfer embargo. He's clearly a capable manager at this level.

A believe, at Premier League level, Chris got too entrapped in the "survival at all costs" mentality that probably engulfs ten to twelve teams in the league each season. It became too much about containment of the opposition, rather than, "how can we hurt them" as it seemed to be under Lambert.

That ten game winning run was no fluke, we actually played some very decent football during that period. But that aside, we were generally poor under his managership and I doubt he'll get a top gig with another Premier League club in the future.

 

[Dubai Mark]

Well done Brighton for securing a very decent Manager with previous success in the league they are playing in..................sounds like an interesting idea now doesnt it?!

 

[lyb]

Interesting debate, a few people saying that we would be higher in the table if Hughton were in charge, instead of Adams.

Fickle? Two faced? Short memories? Just playing "anyone but Adams?"

I can't quite decide.

It's 'the grass is always greener' syndrome, nothing more. It seems to be the case throughout the footballing world that rational opinions prevail for the most part except when judging their own management, which is why the frequency of managerial changes at clubs is so excessive to their detriment. Personally I think it's high time that management changes be restricted to January or Summer as with players as currently it's the only change that can be made at any time throughout the season, which is why it tends to dominate as a talking point.

 

[hogesar]

Interesting debate, a few people saying that we would be higher in the table if Hughton were in charge, instead of Adams.

Fickle? Two faced? Short memories? Just playing "anyone but Adams?"

I can't quite decide.

If he was coming in as a new manager, without his previous with us. Then yes, I think we would!

But the reality is the background of the previous season and the fans opinion of him - the season would have started with a negative atmopshere, players would be aware of it, and probably a little concerned that the manager that just took them down is now barking instructions on getting them back up etc etc.

After that West Brom game you're completely correct in what you said on the PinkUn that, after losing the fans that day there was little other choice.

 

[morty]

If he was coming in as a new manager, without his previous with us. Then yes, I think we would!

But the reality is the background of the previous season and the fans opinion of him - the season would have started with a negative atmopshere, players would be aware of it, and probably a little concerned that the manager that just took them down is now barking instructions on getting them back up etc etc.

After that West Brom game you're completely correct in what you said on the PinkUn that, after losing the fans that day there was little other choice.

Its a vaguely interesting hypothetical debate, but ultimately a very short one, mainly for the reasons you post.

 

[rbf]

Good luck to him, he was never as poor a manager as some would have him be, but for some, his face just never fitted here, think they´re lucky to get him, and I´m  sure he´ll do a decent job there.

 

[Dandy Mountfarto]

He can buy Bassong off us

 

[Dandy Mountfarto]

Here's the thread on the Hughton appointment on Brighton's main forum. Full of fun facts like Norwich fans being the most arrogant and over expectant fans in the world and Hughton would have kept us up if we'd just let him finish the season lol idiots.

 

[Fenway Frank]

Wonder what Elliot Bennett is thinking

 

[Yellow Fever]

Eliot Bennett will soon be back with us, hopefully. I wish CH good luck at Brighton though.

 

[splutcho]

If he was coming in as a new manager, without his previous with us. Then yes, I think we would!

But the reality is the background of the previous season and the fans opinion of him - the season would have started with a negative atmopshere, players would be aware of it, and probably a little concerned that the manager that just took them down is now barking instructions on getting them back up etc etc.

After that West Brom game you're completely correct in what you said on the PinkUn that, after losing the fans that day there was little other choice.

Agree with all of this. Also, I did mean a good Championship manager earlier, though I suspect he can make it in the Premier League again if he's learned from his time with us.

 

[Din]

It's hard to say which Hughton Brighton will get. If they get the one that played good attacking football with Newcastle and Birmingham, and guided both teams to a good finish in the table, then it will be a great appointment. However, if they get the Chris Hughton that we had for the majority of his time here, then they better be prepared for some of the most tedious, boring football matches they'll ever see, and they'll probably end up just about limping to safety. 
 
I think this will be a good appointment though, and quite frankly he can't be any worse than Hyppia. He does have a superb, if brief record in this division, and looking at the other candidates I'd say Hughton is certainly the best option. I personally wish him the best of luck, despite the fact that he effectively relegated us, I just hope that this doesn't mean that Elliott Bennett is off to Brighton perminantly.

 

[eatonparkboy]

While I was glad he was sacked, and felt it should have been done at the end of the previous season but the WBA and ManC games saved him, I respected him as a man who kept his own counsel and had some dignity. He has been in the profession for so long that he knows the score. He has stepped into other men's shoes himself.

I don't wish him that much success at Brighton for obvious reasons but do wish him well in his tenure there. He faces a difficult task at Brighton and it might just need the style he strangely adopted with us to keep them in the division.

 

[lyb]

Just looking at the comments on the Pink 'un stories, along the lines of 'we should never have sacked him', and 'much better than Neil'. I despair, I really do.