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Beardsley to take over and be temporary manager against us.
Pardew is the favourite to get the job permanent.
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it'd be absolutely fucking insane to replace a promising young manager doing a good job with a no-mark like alan pardew, which obviously means that's what'll happen.
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Regardless of ability, that'd be the "promising young manager" who is actually older than Pardew, right?
Im surprised at the amount of, errrrr, surprise. It was obvious from the off that Hughton was the i) cheap, and ii) last choice, and then he fucked the board over by actually doing quite well.
Theyve been itching for a reason to let him go with the feeling being (since he lost Calderwood) that hes a first team coach who is out of his depth as a manager, and who perversely has lost his first team coach who was keeping it all together.
Beating your rivals by a cricket score, and whacking a lacklustre Villa probably appeases the fans, but losing to relegation candidates and getting thumped by Bolton does point to a fundamental lack of consistency in their perfromances.
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i never said pardew was old, i said he was a no-mark. i also think, based on the last year or so, that hughton can be reasonably described as promising, and at 51, young as well, at least for a manager. you disagree?
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Nooooo, my point being that juxtaposing the "benefit" of one manager being "young and promising" against another manager who is actually younger is just confused.
And I believe that Hughton is almost exactly the age of the average - so in answer to your question, no, he shouldnt be considered young either.