Chris Hughton

[gulaman]

Apparently he's likely to lose his job as Newcastle manager soon. Why??? He's brought the geordies back into the Premiership and he's got them doing alright so far. I don't understand why his position is under threat.

[Serko]

Apparently he's likely to lose his job as Newcastle manager soon. Why??? He's brought the geordies back into the Premiership and he's got them doing alright so far. I don't understand why his position is under threat.

 

For the sake of all the people from here who have got a bet on hodgson being the next manager to be sacked lets hope this is not true.

[aka Dus]

Horrible club.

[Rory Fitzgerald]

yeah, makes a mockery of our situation that Newcastle are not happy with 9th spot

[Walrus]

Think it's got something to do with the fact that his contract will soon be up and he hasn't signed a new one yet.

[Kahnee]

Think it's got something to do with the fact that his contract will soon be up and he hasn't signed a new one yet.

 

Bit hard to sign something that hasn't been offered

[Superjay]

Geordie lad in the office reckons its cause the fans want Joe Kinnear back.... yes that's right WANT Joe Kinnear back.

[Tones]

Geordie lad in the office reckons its cause the fans want Joe Kinnear back.... yes that's right WANT Joe Kinnear back.

 

you must be jokin here.

[ManxRed]

A few more weeks of Roy Hodgson and I'm going to want Joe Kinnear HERE.

[Des]

A few more weeks of Roy Hodgson and I'm going to want Joe Kinnear HERE.

 

Or some kind of strange hybrid of both managers....Roy Kinnear.

[ManxRed]

[disco_volante]

Newcastle should show that they're a big club and do all they can to get Hodgson as manager.

Edited October 28, 2010 by 바보

[stressederic]

Newcastle should show that they're a big club and do all they can to get Hodgson as manager.

 

I'm stressederic and I support this message.

[Ibby]

Wonder if oneill has been sounded out by them

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

you must be jokin here.

 

 

[surf]

Newcastle should show that they're a big club and do all they can to get Hodgson as manager.

 

can i be the first to say

누가 당신을 어떤 당신이 원하 는게

[Tosh]

Mmm, dog!

[John am Rhein]

Newcastle should show that they're a big club and do all they can to get Hodgson as manager.

 

is that a 'come get him plea'?

[anfield11]

Apparently he's likely to lose his job as Newcastle manager soon. Why??? He's brought the geordies back into the Premiership and he's got them doing alright so far. I don't understand why his position is under threat.

 

 

 

There setting up to get the great Roy Hodgson, when we let him go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully!

[disco_volante]

can i be the first to say

누가 당신을 어떤 당신이 원하 는게

 

yes you may be the first.

 

 

Mmm, dog!

 

fantastic in soup!

 

is that a 'come get him plea'?

 

 

I would obviously be very sad losing a manager who has thrity-five years experience. But if a club like Newcastle were to come in for him, it would be wrong as a Liverpool fan to begrudge him the chance to manage them.

[kenny7]

There setting up to get the great Roy Hodgson, when we let him go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully!

 

 

This is Newcastle, not out of the question they take him off our hands as well as giving us some compensation!

[Billy Dane]

 

I would obviously be very sad losing a manager who has thrity-five years experience. But if a club like Newcastle were to come in for him, it would be wrong as a Liverpool fan to begrudge him the chance to manage them.

 

 

Absolutely. Roy's an ambitious guy so when a big club comes calling it's understandable that he would want to talk to them. It wouldn't be right for us to stand in his way. He's the current manager of the year and if I'm not mistaken still favourite for the England job.

[aka Dus]

Dion calls out Newcastle

 

 

Independent.ie

Hughton refuses to genuflect before Newcastle's false gods

By Dion Fanning

Sunday October 31 2010

 

T hings were quiet at Newcastle United for a while. Perhaps too quiet. This is a club whose image is built on notions of grandiosity and an inflated sense of self-worth. This is a club owned by Mike Ashley.

 

But this is a club now managed by Chris Hughton. The will to live has been known to drain rapidly from journalists when they sit down for a Chris Hughton press conference.

 

I have seen members of the press corps get into physical fights if they feel the exclusivity of their quotes with a footballer has been compromised (at the 2006 World Cup, an English Sunday journalist kicked a Mexican reporter who was inching within recording distance of Michael Carrick's mouth). This is not the prevailing mood when Chris Hughton speaks. A Chris Hughton press conference is like a Brotherhood of Man concert. All you can feel is love and sharing, and generosity and despair.

 

Hughton is a very intelligent man but he has developed his natural reluctance to say anything interesting into a philosophy at Newcastle United. To do this at a club where ambition was measured in bold statements, and success was judged by the crowds at the unveiling of a summer signing, was a masterstroke.

 

Hughton made Newcastle boring. He has succeeded so far because, apart from his intelligence, he is humble and prepared to let others take the credit.

 

Many wondered about the wisdom of allowing senior players the authority Hughton granted them when they become a semi-official committee but it worked.

 

It seems he is not the only one to recognise their authority. Kevin Nolan was treated like football's answer to Peter McVerry when a court placed Andy Carroll in his pastoral care two weeks ago. Carroll is a talented footballer who has the ability to provide the kind of news Newcastle used to enjoy making as well as scoring the goals they need.

 

When the time comes for a sacking, it will be Hughton who goes, not the players whom he recognised. But Hughton knows that is how football works. He counted them out at White Hart Lane for long enough while he stood by a new man in the dug-out every week.

 

He has dealt with problems pragmatically. He has been thoughtful, restrained and measured. He has been everything nobody expected a Newcastle manager could be.

 

And the fans have respected him for it. They had many Messiahs at Newcastle and they had the first, second and third coming of Kevin Keegan so they needed a break.

 

Hughton could not provide the messianic zeal. He may have understood before the fans that they did not need this either. But this is a different Newcastle story. This is not about the delusion of the supporters but, again, about the failure of Ashley as an owner.

 

Ashley, the publicity-shy, replica-shirt-wearing, pint-in-one-sinking owner, still needs a return on his investment.

 

Ashley was once described as "Britain's answer to Howard Hughes" which means he must be doing a lot of hand-washing after he does his man-of- the- people act. He is no Howard Hughes and, even by the standards of businessmen getting involved in football, his decision to buy Newcastle United was a bad one.

 

Newcastle play Sunderland at lunchtime today and Hughton has spent the week dealing with questions about his future. "My understanding is that I am the manager of this football club," he said. He is smart enough to know that understanding and reason have little to do with football and nothing to do with managing Newcastle United.

 

The bookies suspended bets on his dismissal and the club issued a statement that didn't create a carefree air of confidence. "It is our intention to re-negotiate his contract before the end of the year," it said.

 

So, strangely, Hughton is now under more pressure before today's derby. Newcastle's intentions were not enough to breed confidence, they rarely have been.

 

Ashley might need a manager who can make a bit more noise as well. It is no surprise that the names being linked with the job are from a milieu that can be described as the busted flush brigade of London managers. Men like Alan Pardew and Alan Curbishley know their way around a tv sofa.

 

Ashley got lucky with Hughton after his experiment with Alan Shearer saw Newcastle relegated. Of course, Ashley might not know he got lucky.

 

Shearer remains in the background which, as anyone who has watched his television performances will confirm, is the best place for him. He is, it seems, prepared to come out of retirement for only two jobs: Newcastle United and, of course, England.

 

Gary Lineker put Shearer's name forward for the England job recently, demonstrating that the high-end documentary Lineker made about England's problems was not a waste of money. So Shearer waits for the job he really wants, despite having done it once and relegated Newcastle. This is often reported as "being through no fault of his own".

 

Shearer only had eight games but his side only won one of them and when they were relegated he reminded people that "we weren't relegated because of today but over 38 games". And people think he's no good with the media.

 

Ashley waits for a return on his investment and the people wait. Hughton has brought maturity to the club but even those who grow up have the odd childish tantrum every now and again.

 

After the dark years, and the manic years and the comic years, Hughton has brought seriousness and purpose. There was once a comedy act at St James' Park called Boumsong and Bramble. Now Titus Bramble is solo and thriving at Sunderland.

 

But there is one man touting for a job right now who would force them back to old ways. There is one man who would bring them on the familiar march of the dispossessed up the hill to St James' Park.

 

"I would love to manage in the Premier League," Diego Maradona said on Friday. The Geordie Nation can hear the beat of the tribal drums. They may have no desire to hear them but when they bang loudly on that big bass drum, they can't do anything but mobilise.

 

dfanning@independent.ie

 

- Dion Fanning