“Clueless,” was the verdict of one first-team player, in a series of leaked WhatsApp messages seen by The Athletic. Hughton’s attempts to lift morale had not worked. “Comes in after the game and says we were brilliant until the goal,” read one message. “We had no f**king shots.”
The player’s verdict was that it was, in the bluntest terms, “a shower of s**t.” So bad, in fact, that he wanted to leave. The tactics were “the defenders and midfield bypass everyone and just boot the ball back to their keeper or the 6ft 6ins centre-half.”
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