Hughton sacked?

[Modo]

Breaking news on the BBC.

WTF?

 

[Modo]

Norwich sack manager and appoint Neil Adams
Norwich have sacked manager Chris Hughton and replaced him with youth coach Neil Adams.
The Canaries were beaten 1-0 by West Brom on Saturday and are five points clear of the relegation zone with five games remaining.
They are still to play Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
A Norwich statement said: "The decision has been taken to give the club the maximum chance of survival."
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Wait, so they appoint their youth coach who will give the club the maximum chance for survival?
Big gamble imo.

 

[Hansern]

Horrible decision. 5 games left and they sack him now.

 

[SummerOnions]

His teams do play shite football though

 

[Modo]

His teams do play shite football though

obviously. But why sack him now?
They've got a tough schedule ahead of them. Would be a challenge for any manager.
Could be that they want this Adams person in charge even if they go down.

 

[SummerOnions]

They won't go down. Everyone else is worse lucky for them. Hughton should be sacked just for van wolfswinkel

 

[redhorizon2]

Such dicks. They would've survived the drop. I for one will not watch Delia's cooking shows.

 

[Hansern]

Doubtful, but Hughton has been on the brink for months now.
5 games left and they've got a horrible fixture list coming up.

They also play Fulham away this weekend.

 

[refugee]

I get the general impression that there fans have been wanting this to happen for quite a while

 

[Modo]

Their fans are celebrating.

 

[Shadey]

It was just a matter of time as Suarez will banging his ritual hatrick against them soon..

 

[Aidan O' Neill]

If they lose to fulham they're fucked. I was going to back them to go down a few weeks ago. Gutted i didn't now.

 

[rubans]

Yes, Norwich fans want champagne football and also believe they should be top half of the table.

 

[Spionkop69]

I hope no one suggests what some are suggesting on social media.

 

[gkmacca]

The Society of Black Lawyers are en route to the Linton Travel Tavern as we speak! (You can hear 'Fulfillingness First Finale' blaring away in all its beauty on the speaker system.)

 

[Spionkop69]

Ha! I just imagined a scene between the SBL and Alan Partridge. Cringefest on both sides.

 

[King Binny]

[article]Hughton's sacking means that all of the bottom seven in the Premier League table have now changed their managers this season, with a total of nine managerial changes in the top-flight this season.

After Chris Powell's sacking by Charlton last month, it also means that there are no black managers working for any of England's 92 league clubs.[/article]

 

[DHSC]

Maybe its a calculated gamble and Norwich are banking on the 'new manager improves immediate results' theory for their last five games. Luckily Rodgers at least has a game to see the new manager's tactics before deciding how to play them.

 

[Mystic]

Breaking news on the BBC

WTF?

Joke of a decision, I was a big fan of Hughton and his Norwich side. They wouldn't have got relegated under him, I think they may now though.

 

[Athens]

It was just a matter of time as Suarez will banging his ritual hatrick against them soon..

Suarez needs to up his game against them to help the goal difference. 6 goals should help.

 

[Hansern]

They've spent 26 mill £ this summer. 8,5 mill on Ricky van Wolfsvinkel.
If I were a Norwich fan I'd at least expect a similar league finish like last season or an improvement.
If they've got any sense they'll hire Malky.

 

[Leo]

They done us a favour a few months back by taking points off City and Spurs.
I feel a bit for Hughton he's not that bad a bloke in fairness and rarely hogging the back pages.
Plus we twat them every game so I hope they stay up.

 

[Wizardry]

I backed them to go down several weeks ago - more certain of it now.

The Fulham game is vital.

 

[Pesam]

Hughton should be sacked just for van wolfswinkel

It was an awful signing and there are no excuses for it as Van Wolfwinkel limitations have been on show for quite a few years. Also, the fact that he made a good signing in Hooper but has regularly chosen Van Wolfwinkel and/or Elmander to start ahead of him is worthy of the sack. Thirdly he has persisted with a midfield without any pace*, not much guile and not very tenacious.

*They have Bennett who is quick but injured and Redmond who is very quick but not very good....another £3.5m wasted by Hughton.