Newcastle Sack Hughton

[metlika 0]

Hughton was Jol's assisstant at Spurs a shock return?

[Gribz 919]

Poor decision but its been on the cards all season. At least Hughton can leave with his head held high and done a great job there. He is probably 1 or 2 players away from having a decent squad again and would have finished mid table.

 

Cant believe Pardew is favourite.

 

Other names being pundited about are Jol, Martin O Neill, Curbishley and Shearer's return.

[bluedan 93]

Strange call that one. He's paid his due's as an assistant for a number of years and i thought he seemed like a talented young British manager. Again they get thrown on the scrap heap. Hope he bounces back. Jol to take over, lucky he's availiable as i think he's a cracking manager.

[ian1964 10,761]

The next Newcastle United manager will be expected to accept that the club could sell highly-rated centre-forward Andy Carroll as the board faced a dressing-room revolt over their decision to sack Chris Hughton yesterday.

 

Whoever succeeds Hughton is likely to be told that the club will listen to offers for Carroll, who has been identified by Tottenham Hotspur, among others, as a potential transfer target. The 21-year-old, who signed a new five-year deal this season, is Newcastle's one major saleable asset with a value in excess of Ã?£15m – which would represent a big profit for the club.

 

Carroll had a very close relationship with Hughton and the player is understood to be as shocked at the decision to dismiss the manager who brought the club back up from the Championship last season.

 

Sol Campbell said last night that owner Mike Ashley could face a revolt from the Newcastle players over the decision to sack Hughton. In a forceful interview with ESPN Soccernet, Campbell said that the Newcastle players "are sure to be asking themselves, 'What the hell is going on?'"

 

Campbell said: "This will hit the players hard. The players admired him and liked him and won't be happy now he's gone like this. It makes no sense. Here is a guy who has done an unbelievable job. He got the club back into the Premier League and any manager would have been rewarded for that with a new contract, but Chris wasn't.

 

"The players are sure to be asking themselves, 'What the hell is going on?' When we left training [yesterday morning] none of the players had a clue this was coming. Yes, it has come as a shock, and it will affect the dressing room, there is no doubt about that."

 

The preferred choice for the Newcastle board to succeed Hughton is Martin O'Neill, although the club are aware that it will be a tough sell for the 58-year-old to take the job. Another contender will be Martin Jol, approached before by Ashley, who last night quit as the coach of Dutch club Ajax. There was widespread dismay among fans' groups that Alan Pardew, whose most recent job was at Southampton, was the bookmakers' favourite.

 

Out of work since his dismissal by Southampton in August, Pardew, 49, is understood to be the fallback option if O'Neill is not amenable to taking the job.

 

Hughton's exit came as no surprise to many around the club who have witnessed a steady erosion of his authority. He had been denied a new contract – his deal had been due to expire in the summer – and had not been given authority to appoint a new No 2 since the departure of Colin Calderwood in the summer.

 

The club have temporarily given the job to Peter Beardsley, a former player and latterly reserve team manager. Beardsley has been closely allied with the Ashley regime since it took over and has gone on record to defend the owner.

 

The club have also dismissed the goalkeeping coach Paul Barron, who was regarded as close to Hughton. In a statement released yesterday the only hint to the board's thinking was their stipulation that they wanted a successor with "more managerial experience".

 

The feeling within the club was that Ashley and his chairman Derek Llambias believed that Hughton – described by Campbell yesterday as a "lovely guy" – allowed himself to be dictated to by senior players. They regard O'Neill as the kind of character capable of taking on what is regarded as a strong dressing room.

 

O'Neill's background as a boyhood Sunderland supporter means that his appointment would not be without difficulties. However, giving the job to Pardew is likely to provoke an even stronger reaction among supporters who feel that the club's hierarchy is completely out of touch with the feelings of the fans.

 

The former Newcastle captain Alan Shearer, also briefly the manager at the end of the 2008-2009 season, said yesterday of Hughton's dismissal: "It's not good, not good news." Shearer also said that he would be interested in the job although given how his relationship with Ashley ended that would seem unlikely. "Despite what happened [at Newcastle] I loved it and if something was to arise again I would seriously look at it," Shearer said.

 

Hughton said: "I'm immensely proud of my achievements with Newcastle ... the termination of my contract is now in the hands of the LMA [League Managers Association] and I will therefore be making no further comment at this stage."

 

Even in the five games since Newcastle's last win, an impressive 1-0 success at Arsenal, Hughton can point to a draw with the champions Chelsea. After Sunday's defeat to West Bromwich Albion, a poor result, Hughton still leaves with the team 11th in the Premier League.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/newcastle-face-loss-of-carroll-after-shock-hughton-sacking-2153083.html

[ian1964 10,761]

FORMER Celtic boss Martin O'Neill is set to scrap it out with his old Parkhead captain Paul Lambert for the vacant Newcastle job.

 

Magpies boss Chris Hughton was axed yesterday just 24 hours after a dismal 3-1 defeat by West Brom.

 

And O'Neill was immediately installed as the red-hot favourite to replace him.

 

The 58-year-old has been out of work since leaving Aston Villa in the summer.

 

Bookies Coral are so convinced he will head to St James' Park that they quote him at 2/1. However, O'Neill faces competition for the post from a familiar face.

 

Former Hoops star Lambert has worked wonders at Norwich in the last two seasons and is fifth favourite at 14-1. Alan Curbishley, Alan Pardew and Toon hero Alan Shearer are ahead of Lambert in the running.

 

Reserve gaffer Peter Beardsley has taken charge on a temporary basis and is 16/1 to stay in power.

 

Hughton, of course, landed the top job after a spell as caretaker.

 

And he excelled in his first full campaign by leading the fallen giants back to Premiership.

 

Newcastle also made a promising start to this season, thrashing bitter rivals Sunderland 5-1 and winning away to Arsenal.

 

Despite defeats at Bolton and West Brom on their last two away days, Hughton's side still sat in 11th place.

 

But the Toon boss was sacked because the club felt they needed someone with "more managerial expertise" to take them forward.

 

His departure will come as a shock to the players and stopper Sol Campbell blasted the club for their decision.

 

The 36-year-old said: "Chris got us back into the Premier League and any other manager would have been rewarded with a new contract.

 

"All the lads will be asking themselves, 'What the hell is going on?'"

[Norris Cole 0]

According to the BBC website Newcastle are set to appoint Pardew as manager. That's laughable.

[ian1964 10,761]

According to the BBC website Newcastle are set to appoint Pardew as manager. That's laughable.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/9267960.stm

[Norris Cole 0]

Pardew has signed a FIVE AND A HALF year deal. Insanity.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/9267960.stm

 

Christmas has come early for the Pardew household.

[metlika 0]

What ridiculous management, he will get sick of Pardew after 6 months and have to give him a huge pay off. Newcastle fans won't be happy with that appointment Ashley is just a clueless fool at least we don't have an owner like that...