Correct I´d say, that would be my definition of it too, and we´re still waiting, and we may have to wait a good while longer yet. Because any amount of frustration, intolerance, impatience and obvious discontentment, will only prolong the process. Slating of the manager does not help, that in turn affects the players, when the players are affected by negative vibes their confidence drops, when their confidence is low they stop playing, and when that happens we lose. Perhaps I´ve got a screw loose, but that seems to me to be a very clear sequence of events.
I am tired of seeing our defence sit off the opposition until it's too late - several times lately I have seen one or other of our back four think about moving forward to challenge and block only to think better of it (team instructions perhaps) - this means they encourage the opposition into half chance shooting range and then it's too late. Sometimes we might as well not have a defence for all the help they are - there is point where defending so deep becomes an invitation which many teams quite fancy! Can you imagine any team in the top flight who does not fancy playing Norwich at the moment? No neither can I
What's wrong with people advocating patience and stability? I've been doing that all season and I don't regret trying to remain positive and supportive of our team. If things did improve, I'm sure no one would have made a thread calling out all the ''outers asking for justification. But imo if we get relegated I think Hughton should stay because the Championship seems like his level, but if we stay up then I expect to see a change of manager. But I agree with tipsy, we're all NCFC supporters and want the best for our club, so no matter our different views, we all want the same thing.
But there in lies the problem Dave, these improved performances have been so fleeting, in my opinion two short spells this season. Stoke, Chelsea arsenal and Cardiff. And then Cardiff, Citeh, hammers and spurs. The thing is these can only be seen in isolation, and against the norm. Not to mention not great points returns either. The point being even as an outer I will acknowledge a good performance or even improvements when they are there to be seen, this isn't being fickle, it's acknowledgement that he has escaped from the almost unrelenting dross temporarily temporarily. Fickle would be after seeing those very brief forays into palatable. Football that actually he's undoubtedly taking us forward and that I/we were very wrong for doubting hoots. That frankly hasn't happened because whilst I would welcome an improvement and even accept hootun if he suddenly became a manager that he plainly isn't (a premier league quality one, in case you were wondering!) I can't ongoingly accept declining football quality, results and your self righteous nonsense. Under your rational, we should still be remaining patient with the rodent, because regressing results, problematic spirit poor entertainment must all be accepted short time until a manager has failed for what, 5 years? 10? Or should we give him a job for life? Even if he takes us to the conference? oh sorry he hasn't failed because his remit is just to keep us up! Partly right but if you think the board will keep him with the declining performances and no real progress then you sir are naive. What money that we will once again have less points than the preceding year? Progress? Don't make me laugh! Bah!
i'm failing to see any positives right now, clearly i will still support my team, but it's looking grim. also grim for hughton's job security, he seems to have run out of ideas (if he had any in the first place). respect to those on here backing him, however, do you really have confidence in us winning on saturday given recent performances?? i was at the stoke game, it was pretty abject. if we serve up the same then it will be another draw.
I didn't remember Gandy or Munky being quite as vociferous in their 'defence' of the (quite frankly) indefensible as the main protagonists mentioned in the headline. Plus I always think it looks sloppy if it stretches over two lines, I prefer short, snappy intros - unlike My Football Writer who open each piece with a headline of paragraph length Please accept my apologies for any unintended omissions
There is IMO no way we will go down this season because our home form is simply too good (unbeaten in 2014 conceding just 1 goal too!). Therefore how can anybody criticise Hughton for doing what he was told to do; keep us up?
can you just rely on home form and not pick up any points away? we've lost 6 on the bounce away from home...
I'd argue we've been pretty unlucky in some of those games so that stat is misleading but for the rest of this season, yes we can. Next season I would back Hughton to improve and we shouldn't be this close to the relegation zone then.
What team will you be following next season then ? Cause it won't be us if your following Chumpy boy!
Embarrassing is reading the crap you lot keep spurting out about how good CH is and how Rosey things are in the garden ! You obviously weren't there Saturday watching that **** otherwise you wouldn't keep EMBARRASSING your selves defending the loser !
That's probably because we didn't repeat it ad nauseam to air our opinion. ^^^This. That side of the debate has been awful, I won't repeat some of the abusive comments aimed at CH. Many now want him out, that's your opinion and you are entitled to it. It would be a dull forum if everyone agreed, but less of the abuse, please.
I think you´ll find it´s an awfully long time ago that any of us said how ´good´ he was, it never has been and never will be embarrassing to show support for the club (including the manager) you claim to follow, through bad times as well as good. What is embarrassing is having to listen to some of the vitriol hurled at the manager, by fans, who, if they have any pretence of support for the club, certainly have a strange way of showing it. Now, more than ever before, the fans need to be 100 % behind Hughton and the team.
I will always be 100% behind the team RBF. I'll never boo home or away however crap they are playing. But I will not support this manager, he hasn't earn't it.
I thought you asked the question how anybody can criticise him, not if anyone is on the board I fail to see why nobody can have an opinion of the man unless they are David McNally, seems a strange concept to have when on a site for debating football. Why bother defending him at all if Mcnally's view is the only important one? Let him do it.
