Hughton

I always chuckle at the response to meca and pants on this. Because they're right - and have been proven so, repeatedly, by what's happened to us since he left, and what's happened to him since he left.

Hughton took Brighton over when they were 21st in the Championship. Tonight, they stand 14th in England: an improvement of 27 league places, despite having the second lowest wage bill in the division.

Before his appointment, when were Brighton last in the top division? 1983. He's probably the best manager in their history, having already finished 11th with us on a similarly low wage bill. Yet STILL there are people who slag him off on here. It's astounding.

You know the real reason why so many Norwich fans (including myself for a considerable time - I'm ashamed of myself, looking back) turned against him? Arrogance. Plain and simple. We had the breathtaking arrogance to believe that not only should we be in the Premier League despite not having the resources to sustain that; but we should be watching sexy football too. Well that's gone really well, hasn't it?

He's a terrific manager and a total gentleman. Good luck to him and his club. And I must say: life watching the most mid-table, mediocre, mundane Norwich side since the late 1990s is so, so much more fun than beating Manchester United and Arsenal. What a sad bunch of losers Brighton clearly are. I'm so happy we got rid of him.

Posted By: thebigfeller on May 6th 2018 at 01:46:03

Message Thread

Hughton (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 6, 01:46:03
- Good effort bigfellar - you've got lots of us going! (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, May 6, 12:03:11
- Binary football (n/m) (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, May 6, 11:32:16
- Hughton is a good manager, but was a bad fit for Norwich at the time (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 6, 11:06:48
  - You've won the internet for today.. (n/m) (NCFC) - scruffy, May 6, 13:24:05
  - Thank you, great read. Elmander! There's another name I'd forgotten! (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, May 6, 12:01:17
  - Great post— thanks for the more detailed reminders of what a cock up his tenure really was (n/m) (NCFC) - Tressells Broadbrush, May 6, 11:50:29
  - That’s an excellent post (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 6, 11:40:14
  - ... is the right answer ✔️ (n/m) (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, May 6, 11:39:19
  - ^^ If this is wrong I don't want to be right pt3 ^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 6, 11:26:03
  - I don't expect anyone to read all of that, but I'm tired of the revisionist history (n/m) (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 6, 11:07:52
    - I read it! Great insights. Always enjoy your analytical posts. Cheers (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, May 6, 11:18:03
- Live in the now, man (n/m) (NCFC) - CauldRon, May 6, 10:58:28
- 👇👇👇 Hats off to the responses 🎩👆 (n/m) (NCFC) - JD3, May 6, 10:15:54
- Agree in part but that’s footbal. He may have equally brought us to our knees by now. (n/m) (NCFC) - ghost of hucks, May 6, 10:15:08
- The one positive from the Hughton era was that I got to know the people who sit near me at (NCFC) - shortfatb, May 6, 10:00:05
- Agree with others, quite an arrogant tone to this post (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, May 6, 09:46:54
  - Spot. Jeffing. On. (n/m) (NCFC) - bobble, May 6, 13:53:26
  - Great post maidstoneyellow. The fact that I'd forgotten we had Gutierrez says a lot about (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, May 6, 09:58:41
    - Lot's of the players say at the time how much more negative Hughton was compared (NCFC) - maidstoneyellow, May 6, 11:29:29
- Shit manager. (NCFC) - bird table, May 6, 09:44:24
- Hoots is a decent man, but the football was soul destroying. (NCFC) - avenging canary, May 6, 09:21:05
- Brighton spent 50+ million on players this season (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, May 6, 09:21:00
  - If they have spent £50m, it's not much by current PL standards (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, May 6, 11:25:58
- Yup. People love their prejudices and hang on to them long after they've been (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, May 6, 09:15:05
- Managed to lose v non league Luton (n/m) (NCFC) - Buford T Justice, May 6, 08:58:09
- only parts I can agree with (NCFC) - Tressells Broadbrush, May 6, 08:21:15
  - Yes! This is exactly what I feel. (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, May 6, 08:30:40
  - ^^^ If this is wrong I don't want to be right pt 2 ^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 6, 08:24:04
- Goodness me! How unbelievably patronising this sounds! (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, May 6, 07:36:55
  - spot on bwod, what an arrogant post that is. (NCFC) - Men without hats, May 6, 11:38:25
    - meant bf, not bgh. (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, May 6, 11:39:06
  - Yes! Yes! Yes! Great post BWOD 😘 (n/m) (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, May 6, 11:34:15
  - Absolutely this. Wish I had written it also (n/m) (NCFC) - WalksietheReturn, May 6, 11:30:02
  - Classic post (n/m) (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 6, 11:10:31
  - Also, Hughton kept us up in his first season with us. (NCFC) - tim berry, May 6, 10:52:38
  - ^^^What she said. (n/m) (NCFC) - bird table, May 6, 09:46:31
  - For FUCKS sake! (NCFC) - norway, May 6, 09:40:12
  - ^^^ If this is wrong I don't want to be right ^^^ (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 6, 07:56:05
    - Morning Dandy. Are you enjoying your hols? (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, May 6, 08:24:23
      - St Pauli, where we is brilliant. (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 6, 08:25:38
        
        Try again... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 6, 08:33:54
        
        Hamburg was really disappointing for me (NCFC) - lurd, May 6, 10:25:22
        
        A stag do is probably not the best way to discover a new town or city... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 6, 10:30:37
        
        For football try Altona 93, home game at 6.30pm tomorrow... (NCFC) - s10 yellow, May 6, 09:04:25
        
        That's a brilliant tip. Thanks. Will look into it (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 6, 09:13:37
        
        It sounds fantastic. Any signs of a new Beatles? (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, May 6, 08:47:08
        
        Nope. It's all German hipperty hop now (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 6, 08:53:48
        
        No Tony Sheridan then? (n/m) (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, May 6, 09:17:53
        
        No. He lies over the ocean (n/m) (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, May 6, 09:21:11
        
        Had a bit of banter (NCFC) - Tressells Broadbrush, May 6, 08:45:33
        
        Interesting. I've not seen that. The refugees welcome, anti-Nazi slogans and... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 6, 08:53:12
        
        Good to hear (NCFC) - Tressells Broadbrush, May 6, 09:17:34
        
        Yes, Berlin has changed a lot in the last 10 years that we've been going... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, May 6, 09:34:36
- Hudds in real trouble now looking at that table. (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, May 6, 07:34:15
- Nah (NCFC) - inutero, May 6, 07:20:01
- Let’s see how he goes next season without the promotion momentum (NCFC) - Jim, May 6, 07:19:22
- He's done a very good job at Brighton, for sure. (NCFC) - Azteca, May 6, 07:18:23
- Hughton (NCFC) - Buford T Justice, May 6, 03:23:58
  - Lambert's team was being found out second half of that (NCFC) - SeattleSounders, May 6, 05:12:53
    - Bullshit revisionist history (n/m) (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 6, 11:11:08
    - Agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, May 6, 09:17:08
    - No way, I saw so many games in Hughton's relegation (NCFC) - finkleton, May 6, 07:17:56
    - Except we won more points in 2nd half of season (NCFC) - earlydoors, May 6, 07:17:22
      - Well you know, some people can't deal with facts (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 6, 11:20:21
- Few points (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 6, 03:19:13
  - Oh and we were far better last 5 games with Neil Adams (NCFC) - SCC 28, May 6, 03:24:00

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