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Brighton sack Hughton
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Makes sense. If they kept him next year they were going down for sure, appalling side
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Always knew he was going to be sacked after their awful 2nd half to the season.
Unfortunately for us he is a very effective manager in the Championship and shouldn’t have a problem finding another club this Summer.
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They dropped like a stone for the entire second half of the season, and Cardiff failed to capitalize on it.
Fortunate to survive this season, saved by Fulham severely under performing, Huddersfield bubble bursting and Cardiff failing to take the initiative in the final run out.
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I would happily take Hughton down here should Neil decide to step away, he's done a fantastic job.
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Swansea's Graham Potter is the 1/8 fav to take over.
Well that's something I didn't see coming...
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I read, and believed, a season preview back in August which said that Brighton had the best recruitment network in the Premier League - the writer based this on the signings of Gross and Propper who had been instrumental in keeping them in the Premier League in 17/18 and had not cost much by the standards of the division. Nine months later such a claim looks a very hollow one - Brighton bought disastrously last summer and it seems that Hughton is carrying the can for that.
Although the football we played would be pretty defensive, I wouldn't be too unhappy with Hughton being our manager - he's definitely a very good manager at Championship level and I feel he has been an unlucky one in the Premier League.
Not sure if I'd want to go to Brighton if I was Graham Potter, I feel he can do better than them if he hangs on for a while.
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They were lucky that the bottom three were so poor this season. Any other season and they’d have been down
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Grangenders
They were lucky that the bottom three were so poor this season. Any other season and they’d have been down
But that could be said about last season too so they must have something about them - both good and bad.
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the other bob wilson
I read, and believed, a season preview back in August which said that Brighton had the best recruitment network in the Premier League - the writer based this on the signings of Gross and Propper who had been instrumental in keeping them in the Premier League in 17/18 and had not cost much by the standards of the division. Nine months later such a claim looks a very hollow one - Brighton bought disastrously last summer and it seems that Hughton is carrying the can for that.
Although the football we played would be pretty defensive, I wouldn't be too unhappy with Hughton being our manager - he's definitely a very good manager at Championship level and I feel he has been an unlucky one in the Premier League.
Not sure if I'd want to go to Brighton if I was Graham Potter, I feel he can do better than them if he hangs on for a while.
Why would Potter hang on at Swansea if he's offered a job in the Premier League? They're probably going to sell their best players this summer.
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Originally Posted by
celticknight
Swansea's Graham Potter is the 1/8 fav to take over.
Well that's something I didn't see coming...
Looks like a done deal.
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SuisseBluebird
They dropped like a stone for the entire second half of the season, and Cardiff failed to capitalize on it.
Fortunate to survive this season, saved by Fulham severely under performing, Huddersfield bubble bursting and Cardiff failing to take the initiative in the final run out.
...and that succinctly sums up the season.
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Meltdown down West incoming
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celticknight
Swansea's Graham Potter is the 1/8 fav to take over.
Well that's something I didn't see coming...
Chris Wathan and others reporting talks are ongoing. Bad news down West.
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Der Kaiser
I would happily take Hughton down here should Neil decide to step away, he's done a fantastic job.
yes thought we should grab him a while back ,builds good sides with a bit of flair .
Would we get Trollope back as well though ?
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life on mars
yes thought we should grab him a while back ,builds good sides with a bit of flair .
Would we get Trollope back as well though ?
They didn't exhibit much flair last season.
Foreign managers seem to have a much better promotion rate from the championship than UK ones
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I think they'll regret sacking him and I'd bet his replacement is sacked by christmas.Did a good job at a small club on a limited budget.I don't think he'll out of a job long if he so chooses.Well regarded by his peers.
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LeningradCowboy
Why would Potter hang on at Swansea if he's offered a job in the Premier League? They're probably going to sell their best players this summer.
Because another one will be along shortly.
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the other bob wilson
Because another one will be along shortly.
Which one?
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celticknight
Swansea's Graham Potter is the 1/8 fav to take over.
Well that's something I didn't see coming...
Great, he saved their arses this season, league 1 beckons for them.....
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sneggyblubird
I think they'll regret sacking him and I'd bet his replacement is sacked by christmas.Did a good job at a small club on a limited budget.I don't think he'll out of a job long if he so chooses.Well regarded by his peers.
Don't think this at all. At their current rate they looked nailed on for relegation next season, when we played them at the Amex I was shocked that they were above us. Their is something like 2 wins in 23 games, that's sack able at any club
Their owners didn't build a flashy stadium just to scrap at the bottom of the table and playing dour football. Why not take a chance and be ambitious?
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It was their lack of injuries in the first season in the top flight that meant they survived.
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sneggyblubird
I think they'll regret sacking him and I'd bet his replacement is sacked by christmas.Did a good job at a small club on a limited budget.I don't think he'll out of a job long if he so chooses.Well regarded by his peers.
You have no idea.
As for a small club. Come back when you constantly average 25k or more in the Championship. Not many clubs can
We are comfortable a medium size club or more. Avearge over 30k, with 8k on the waiting list. If the Amex held 40k we would get that most matches.
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Llandaff Blue
Don't think this at all. At their current rate they looked nailed on for relegation next season, when we played them at the Amex I was shocked that they were above us. Their is something like 2 wins in 23 games, that's sack able at any club
Their owners didn't build a flashy stadium just to scrap at the bottom of the table and playing dour football. Why not take a chance and be ambitious?
Probably the most sensible post on this thread.
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Didn’t Hughton apply either for Malky or Ole’s job but with another clubs logo on his PowerPoint slides? Although it may be as true as carl’s Hotline to Tan to tell him not to appoint Alan Shearer!
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adam72
You have no idea.
As for a small club. Come back when you constantly average 25k or more in the Championship. Not many clubs can
We are comfortable a medium size club or more. Avearge over 30k, with 8k on the waiting list. If the Amex held 40k we would get that most matches.
I wasn't comparing cock sizes,honest
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life on mars
yes thought we should grab him a while back ,builds good sides with a bit of flair .
Would we get Trollope back as well though ?
I'd have no problem with Trollope coming back, as a coach.
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adam72
Probably the most sensible post on this thread.
I'm not surprised to see people reel off the old "be careful what you wish for" whenever a manager is sacked. He was doing the same thing to Norwich before they eventually got rid (and ultimately relegated).
He's a good Championship manager and imo nothing more.
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Llandaff Blue
I'm not surprised to see people reel off the old "be careful what you wish for" whenever a manager is sacked. He was doing the same thing to Norwich before they eventually got rid (and ultimately relegated).
He's a good Championship manager and imo nothing more.
Very much like our Manager then?
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If Brighton appoint Potter could Swansea do worse than appoint Hughton?
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LeningradCowboy
Which one?
If West Brom don't win the Play Offs I can see a vacancy there and as Potter was born in Solihull and played for the Baggies, I think an offer to manage them would be very attractive to him.
Other possibilities might be Newcastle if Benitez goes or even Manchester United in time. The thing about Potter at the club where he is at the moment is that no one is going to blame him if the jacks are struggling at the bottom of the Championship next season - everyone will be blaming the American "investors". Potter had a good reputation before he was appointed at Swansea and has enhanced it this season, he'll get other offers from the Premier League or the top end of the Championship in time I'm sure.
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the other bob wilson
If West Brom don't win the Play Offs I can see a vacancy there and as Potter was born in Solihull and played for the Baggies, I think an offer to manage them would be very attractive to him.
Other possibilities might be Newcastle if Benitez goes or even Manchester United in time. The thing about Potter at the club where he is at the moment is that no one is going to blame him if the jacks are struggling at the bottom of the Championship next season - everyone will be blaming the American "investors". Potter had a good reputation before he was appointed at Swansea and has enhanced it this season, he'll get other offers from the Premier League or the top end of the Championship in time I'm sure.
Manchester United?! I thought we were discussing jobs that Potter could be offered 'shortly'.
No one will blame him if Swansea struggle next season, but it won't enhance his reputation, which is at a high right now. I'll be genuinely amazed if Brighton offer him the job and he turns it down.
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LeningradCowboy
Manchester United?! I thought we were discussing jobs that Potter could be offered 'shortly'.
No one will blame him if Swansea struggle next season, but it won't enhance his reputation, which is at a high right now. I'll be genuinely amazed if Brighton offer him the job and he turns it down.
While I don't think Potter is going to Manchester United any time soon I can see a scenario where Pochettino replaces Ole, Howe replaces Pochettino and then Bournemouth job frees up. I think managers just stepping into a market would probably want a few basic ingredients to give them the best chance of success (similar playing style, similar culture at the club, support of the chairman) and that, to me looking from the outside, is far more likely to be Bournemouth for Potter than it is Newcastle or Brighton as the other names mentioned. What about Crystal Palace though? Roy Hodgson isn't going on forever and Palace may see Potter as too good to turn down now.
I'm desperate for Jacks to keep him at least one more year as it's their best appointment in 8 years and selling anything that moves leaves a club needing a strong manager to survive.
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Brighton did very well last season. However this season were extremely fortunate.
If you look at their points tally halfway through the season they looked comfortable. However, if you looked at the games they won in that part they were fortunate, I think they won 3 on the bounce 1-0 and whilst their defense isn't bad, when u look atvthose results they were very fortunate to win them.
I wasn't surprised to see them drop and it wasn't surprising that they had such a good conversion rate with chances because looking at them and us, I thought we were the better performers in games.
They just got over the line but I don't think they deserved it, however this is football and sometimes you get lucky (Our title winning season we had tons of luck).
Hughton spent money and the team went backwards, I wouldn't have been surprised to see them go down and I think it's a big job for someone.