[Football] Chris Houghton still unemployed

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

probably no one wants to touch him with the proverbial bar pole, given our performances this calendar year ?

Bar Pole?

 

[Bwian]

I very much doubt it, or the LMA would have made a statement by now.

Not to mention BAME or John Barnes.

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[Two Professors]

I think he is waiting for his return invitation,rescuing the club from Sami mk. 2

 

[Ernest]

He is the NEW Alan Curbishley

 

[Weststander]

Let’s see how he does next season I think that you are both wrong on this!

Does Potter play wing backs (have the assurance of three defenders behind them)?

Perhaps Montoya would shine in such a system?

 

[Kneon Light]

I don’t know exactly WHAT he was thinking for the last half of the season.

I do think that it worked out in the end and Chris prevented us getting relegated. I was bored shitless watching it, as was everyone else, and it was a sign that Hughton had reached the limit of his skill. However. I am grateful to him for keeping us at the table.

1. Not everyone else
2. Disagree entirely he had reached limit of his skill.

 

[Kneon Light]

I don’t think Bournemouth or Cardiff we’re “a lot better” than us.

It was then that I realised that something had gone catastrophically wrong.

Agree BUT I don't think what was wrong was being too defensive.
In both these games we did far more attacking than the opposition UNTIL we got hit on the break. My concern from these games was how we seemed to lack any self belief/confidence once we went 1-0 down

 

[darkwolf666]

Bar Pole?

It’s for dancing round/on!

 

[NooBHA]

He is the NEW Alan Curbishley

Have a bit of ****in respect for what he achieved for this Club

 

[NooBHA]

I have kept quiet and not posted against some of the negative points that some people have posted here. Chris Hughton is an absolute Gentleman. He took Brighton to where Brighton dreamed of being when Tony Bloom built the Amex . Three managers at least failed to fulfill that dream. OK maybe he isn't Pep Guardiola butt Brighton are living the dream because of Tony Bloom and Chris Hughton. So all these snide comments should stop. Let's hope Brighton sustain the progress. Chris was part of that journey. Why can't you all just be thankful and wish him well on his future ?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

It's still a concern our lack of a suitable right back Montoya looks the part but he's no Bruno!

Plus the never ending search for a centre forward a young Alan Shearer up for sale at a price we can afford, unless we plan to sell one of our two prize assets for mega bucks to fund a striker and right back, I hope we don't live to regret Conroy Goldstone leaving us

Corrected for you

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I have kept quiet and not posted against some of the negative points that some people have posted here. Chris Hughton is an absolute Gentleman. He took Brighton to where Brighton dreamed of being when Tony Bloom built the Amex . Three managers at least failed to fulfill that dream. OK maybe he isn't Pep Guardiola butt Brighton are living the dream because of Tony Bloom and Chris Hughton. So all these snide comments should stop. Let's hope Brighton sustain the progress. Chris was part of that journey. Why can't you all just be thankful and wish him well on his future ?

This. Actually....just....this.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Have a bit of ****in respect for what he achieved for this Club

Is the trollmeister crossing the line again? Well, at least it may have raised him a boner. The ****.

 

[keaton]

Is the trollmeister crossing the line again? Well, at least it may have raised him a boner. The ****.

Agree. To defend Chris on this, i've played quite a bit of football for rubbish teams near the bottom of various Saturday and Sunday leagues, and at no point did we ever plan to spend most of the game defending, it's just what happens when the opponents are better than you. You are just forced back, it's not conscious. Now I know there's a bit of a difference in the pre-match planning with the premier to Sunday league, but I think the principle applies across both. The consequence of playing a better team is that you inevitably defend a lot

And when almost your entire midfield and attack are fairly shit doesn't help

 

[Perfidious Albion]

Chris Hughton is a good, perhaps great manager who did a power of good for us. I am sure he will do the same for another club soon

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I don't know what the rush is for Hughton to get a job ?

Surely a nice little break now and then pick up one around the International Break sacking season ?

 

[Gritt23]

I have kept quiet and not posted against some of the negative points that some people have posted here. Chris Hughton is an absolute Gentleman. He took Brighton to where Brighton dreamed of being when Tony Bloom built the Amex . Three managers at least failed to fulfill that dream. OK maybe he isn't Pep Guardiola butt Brighton are living the dream because of Tony Bloom and Chris Hughton. So all these snide comments should stop. Let's hope Brighton sustain the progress. Chris was part of that journey. Why can't you all just be thankful and wish him well on his future ?

Absolutely this, sums up how I feel perfectly.

How is whether he's "still unemployed" even a thing here unless people are trying to say "look, no-one wants him". Well, how about whether he wants to jump straight back in. Picture it yourself. You've given your heart and soul to a company for years, done exactly what was asked of you, taken the company to heights they haven't been at for so long, it was a different World the last time the company was there. Then you get unceremoniously binned off, but presumably with a fairly handsome pay-off (not automatic, a LOT of these go through a legal battle before they are actually paid up).

There you are, 60 years old, hacked off with how you've been treated, but (hopefully) with a fair old wedge in the bank. Personally, I'd definitely be off on a long holiday before seeing what opportunities come up. Maybe the media are on the phone for a cushty Holloway type gig covering The Championship, or maybe you're wondering what handful of clubs have a managers job come available around Oct/Nov when they don't start as well as they hoped. Either way, I'd be in absolutely no rush to jump into my next job in the fire pit of football management.

So please stop with re-writing history on the Hughton years, and forget judging whether the time he has off before his next role is any sort of measure of the mans success.

We wouldn't be here without him. We wouldn't have got here, let alone stayed here. Don't forget that.

 

[Bwian]

I have kept quiet and not posted against some of the negative points that some people have posted here. Chris Hughton is an absolute Gentleman. He took Brighton to where Brighton dreamed of being when Tony Bloom built the Amex . Three managers at least failed to fulfill that dream. OK maybe he isn't Pep Guardiola butt Brighton are living the dream because of Tony Bloom and Chris Hughton. So all these snide comments should stop. Let's hope Brighton sustain the progress. Chris was part of that journey. Why can't you all just be thankful and wish him well on his future ?

Yes, we all know Hughton is a gentleman. I'm pretty sure that has been acknowledged by all of his critics.

We all wish him well for his future and I can't recall any comments on here to the contrary. Even from his harshest critics.

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[Gilliver's Travels]

Absolutely this, sums up how I feel perfectly.

How is whether he's "still unemployed" even a thing here unless people are trying to say "look, no-one wants him". Well, how about whether he wants to jump straight back in. Picture it yourself. You've given your heart and soul to a company for years, done exactly what was asked of you, taken the company to heights they haven't been at for so long, it was a different World the last time the company was there. Then you get unceremoniously binned off, but presumably with a fairly handsome pay-off (not automatic, a LOT of these go through a legal battle before they are actually paid up).

There you are, 60 years old, hacked off with how you've been treated, but (hopefully) with a fair old wedge in the bank. Personally, I'd definitely be off on a long holiday before seeing what opportunities come up. Maybe the media are on the phone for a cushty Holloway type gig covering The Championship, or maybe you're wondering what handful of clubs have a managers job come available around Oct/Nov when they don't start as well as they hoped. Either way, I'd be in absolutely no rush to jump into my next job in the fire pit of football management.

So please stop with re-writing history on the Hughton years, and forget judging whether the time he has off before his next role is any sort of measure of the mans success.


We wouldn't be here without him. We wouldn't have got here, let alone stayed here. Don't forget that.

Perfectly put. One of those 'big' clubs that come up short in the Championship year after year may well prove a perfect fit for him. A highly successful career, on and off the pitch, and an unbelievably decent human being. Chris Hughton has nothing to prove to anyone.

 

[chaileyjem]

Yes, we all know Hughton is a gentleman. I'm pretty sure that has been acknowledged by all of his critics.

We all wish him well for his future and I can't recall any comments on here to the contrary. Even from his harshest critics.

Apart from one poster saying "The manager was [not trying] ...and was taking the piss. Every f.ucking week."