Withdean11
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Hope he turns it around, but I always thought he would struggle without a Glenn Murray.
[Football] Chris Hughton: 'It’s a good feeling to be the manager of a big club'
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Cowfold Seagull
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Maybe he is thinking that this will be his last job in football, who knows? After all he is 63, closing in on his OAP, and his carpet slippers might be looking ever more attractive.
Nothing lasts forever.
Could easily see him managing Ireland before he calls it a day.
Me too, I think he could do the job as well as anyone.
oldboyroy
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Never in a million years would I want Chris to fail. He got us to the promised land and would love to see him lead out forest at the amex and get the appreciation he deserved from us. I hope he turns it round at Forest but fear his days are numbered on current form!
Icy Gull
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Big club, bad choice by CH. We all know he is an excellent Championship manager but without the players willing to run through brick walls and buy into his system he is fecked, especially as Forest don't seem to have many decent players anyway. Love him to turn it around but patience is not a virtue of the Forest owner is it?
Nobby Cybergoat
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Far from wanting him to fail, I still think there's 2 or 3% of Albion fans who'd actually want Forest to beat us if we played them in the cup.
Shooting Star
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Not gonna lie, I’d probably be one of them...
Pevenseagull
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- Jul 20, 2003
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League cup maybe
Cowfold Seagull
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All too easy to say that it was a bad choice with the benefit of hindsight. I don't recall anyone saying that on here when he was appointed!
People seem quck to forget that all wasn't well on the pitch when he took over at the Albion either, after the ill fated Hyppia regime. The big difference is though that Tony Bloom gave him plenty of time to turn things around, whereas l don't think he will have that luxury at Forest.
The squad he has is terrible, Only Samba the keeper has any real class about him. Garner the lad they had from United on loan was there only real shining light last season.
Looks to me as Hughton doesn't seem to think he has the players that's why hes playing so defensive trying to grind out wins. However it really doesn't look like the team he has are putting in any sort of a shift at all.
Days are numbered for the Albion legend for sure.
Looks to me as Hughton doesn't seem to think he has the players that's why hes playing so defensive trying to grind out wins. However it really doesn't look like the team he has are putting in any sort of a shift at all.
Days are numbered for the Albion legend for sure.
He didn’t really need any patience from Tony, as he saved us in that first season and almost took us up the next. It got better from there.
Imo the big difference is quality of players. He inherited some good ones at Brighton, despite the poor results under hyppia.
There’s not much quality at forest atm, just a lot of deadwood and some talented kids who aren’t quite ready yet.
I fear he is doomed.
Icy Gull
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TB gave him the rest of the season and it was grim but effective. We did have some decent players and no I didn’t suggest it was a bad move at the time but then I have no insight into players at Forest, I don’t watch them, I assume CH did before he signed so he should have known if they had enough, he did get them up the table though didn’t he? If players have been let go/sold with no quality incoming he’s fecked. The Championship is a really tough division, as we found out under Hyypia, we’d always had a decent squad until that season if I’m not wrong.
AZ Gull
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Eh?
I doubt there is a single Albion fan who wants Hughton to fail. And as for "all the ill feeling" - you're imagining stuff that simply isn't there (at least as far as this thread is concerned).
Jolly Red Giant
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- Jul 11, 2015
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Here's hoping - because Kenny is completely out of his depth.
Jolly Red Giant
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Forest had a very bloated squad (33-34 players) and a lot of them on big wages - I suspect that Hughton was told when the cull would happen in the summer the money would be available for other players - but that hasn't happened. Ten senior and big wage players left and only one has come in (a goalie). Hughton knows the Championship very well and has a lot of success there (Newcastle, Birmingham, Brighton) - but you have to have the players. PL clubs are now after his two best players - Worrall and Johnson - and if they are sold then Forest fans have a very long season ahead of them (and Hughton probably a very short tenure because the owner is fickle). No matter how good a manager you are there is nothing you can do if you haven't got the players. As the saying goes - all managerial careers end in failure.
As I said before - here is hoping he succeeds - but I do want to see him as Ireland manager before he retires - I think he could make an impact with the squad Ireland has and the players that are starting to come through.
Given how we were told Hughton was in no rush for a job, would only take the right project etc - turning up at Forest seemed very odd given how much of a basket case club they are.
Wish him all the best though but I don’t think he’ll be there much longer given he’s had a full season of games there and the record is poor
Wish him all the best though but I don’t think he’ll be there much longer given he’s had a full season of games there and the record is poor
