STAN 29 Posted May 3, 2014 Adams vs Hughton.. has your opinion changed now we''ve played Fulham, Liverpool and United? With hindsight who would you fancy to get a vital 4 points out of Fulham, Liverpool, United, Chelsea and Arsenal? Personally my money would be on Chrissy H.Yes he should''ve gone in December/January.. but sacking him with 5 games to go was idiocy.. Lineker and co. were right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JF 694 Posted May 3, 2014 Irrelivent to be honest. Sunderlands run of form has meant that neither manager would have kept us up. It''s now looking like we would need 39 points and that just would not have happened. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STAN 29 Posted May 3, 2014 Is that "yes" it was the right decision to sack him, or "yes" your opinion has changed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bomber 48 Posted May 3, 2014 God how many more times is this going to be posted - it does not matter who was manager the players are not good enough full stop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salopian 1 Posted May 3, 2014 Yes it was. There was no hope with Hughton, - his teams had a poor (thrashing) record against the top teams, and a poor record against Fulham.There was a (very slight) hope that Adams could perform a minor miracle with players completely demoralised. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STAN 29 Posted May 3, 2014 Well quite frankly it does matter..if the players simply "aren''t good enough" we''d have been rock bottom all season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Making Plans 936 Posted May 3, 2014 Most definitely it was because he was useless. But then, on the other hand, it''s a shame he won''t be here to witness our final humiliation.Whilst we get relegated & have to deal with the pain of that, he can sit at home with his feet up counting his compensation and claim that it wasn''t his fault & he would have kept us up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dubai Mark 0 Posted May 3, 2014 We will never know, and it will depend on what side of the fence you sat as to what your opinion will be I gues. What I think the overwhelming majority will have a consistent view on though, is whether WHEN Chris Hughton was sacked was the right time or not as mentioned in a previous response? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brightside 0 Posted May 3, 2014 It was the right decision taken at completely the wrong time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,756 Posted May 3, 2014 It stopped the whinging that''s for certain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
city4eva 209 Posted May 3, 2014 [quote user="STAN"]Is that "yes" it was the right decision to sack him, or "yes" your opinion has changed?[/quote]your title asked one question, i answered it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carra Rud 17 Posted May 3, 2014 [quote user="Making Plans"]Most definitely it was because he was useless. But then, on the other hand, it''s a shame he won''t be here to witness our final humiliation.Whilst we get relegated & have to deal with the pain of that, he can sit at home with his feet up counting his compensation and claim that it wasn''t his fault & he would have kept us up.[/quote]^^^ This Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
City 2nd 191 Posted May 3, 2014 Yes totallly the right decision. The damage was done long ago with the abject and dire performances produced by Hughtons poor poor team.Adams didn''t stand a chance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FCC 76 Posted May 3, 2014 Getting right next time is more important now. Not Adams. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ROBFLECK 132 Posted May 3, 2014 yes, just should have happened much sooner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fuzzar 1,702 Posted May 3, 2014 City 2nd "Yes totallly the right decision. The damage was done long ago with the abject and dire performances produced by Hughtons poor poor team.Adams didn''t stand a chance."Not entirely true, surely - he had a chance against a very poor Fulham team, now relegated. And a very poor Man U team, as Sunderland - nailed on for relegation a few weeks back - demonstrated this afternoon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highland Canary 76 Posted May 3, 2014 Right decision. Wrong time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kangaroo Court 0 Posted May 3, 2014 The problem was the board screwed up in their decision to keep Hughton as long as he kept us out of the bottom 3. This never made sense with teams around us having games in hand (especially Sunderland) and us having an ultra difficult run in. Total lack of foresight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie Borkins 1 Posted May 3, 2014 Adams, Delia, "The Board", McNally - none to blame for the run Sunderland has put together. Reckon with Houghton still in charge we''d have taken a point from Fulham so would be one point better off but still completely f*cked.Was it right to sack him? Yep, but not when the club finally did. Still, clear out and move on, I''ve seen fifty-nine seasons and the sixtieth will be another chapter for new heroes to write. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Citizen Journalist Foghorn 0 Posted May 3, 2014 right decision, wrong time, wrong appointment.I also don''t think Hughton would have kept us up. His sides perform so poorly away, he would probably have needed 6 points from home games to Liverpool and Arsenal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrs miggins 0 Posted May 3, 2014 It''s obviously with hindsight the wrong decision to sack him when we did with 5 games to go. We should have either sacked him much earlier or stuck with him. Its turned out that Mcnally did the worst possible thing and sacked him at the wrong time and its cost us along with the position Hughton put us in dangerously close to the relegation zone. I guess you can''t blame Adams for the resuls, he''s a youth team coach for goodness sake. Basically everyone on here wanted him gone around the xmas period, they chose not to, so why sack him with 5 important games to go? I''m sure Mcnally had his reasons but the fact that they''ve turned out to have gone horribly wrong, Adams having not won a game, the CEO''s got a lot to answer for. Thats not me being bitter because Hughton got the sack with 5 games to go, its me saying what the hell were you doing Mcnally Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crafty Canary 495 Posted May 3, 2014 Agree Bor.Was it true that the board voted 3:3 to offload Hughton in December and Delia and MWJ as joint majority shareholders had the casting vote and decided to keep him? We''ll never know but if so I hope it wasn''t because he''s a very nice man. Still if Worthy is appointed manager with Gunn as his assistant and Roeder as first team coach we might be inclined to think it was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantiaci Canary 557 Posted May 3, 2014 Yes. 12 wins in last 50 league games.Over a goal scored in only 16 / 70 league games.Bar a freak 10 game unbeaten run in 2012 things were poor.Without question he wrecked the Lambert legacy and has relegated a good enough squad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reggie Strayshun 0 Posted May 3, 2014 The shameful thing is that he was in place in August. He should have been dispensed with after last year''s fiasco of a season. We narrowly escaped relegation last May. We''ve gone one better this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrs miggins 0 Posted May 3, 2014 We finished 11th last season Reggie? Thats a good finishing place for a team like us, but you can''t defend Hughton this year, he threatened us with the chance of relegation and when that happens you''re always on a slippery slope Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BankontheBarclay 0 Posted May 3, 2014 Was employing Hughton the right decision ? - NoWas sacking Hughton the right decision when we did ? - NoWhen should he have been sacked - Feb 2013 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Branston Pickle 3,657 Posted May 3, 2014 Probably right overall, but too late and for me not worth it when they got round to it.....so I guess it is a ''no'' because of the timing. As it goes, things could have not possibly gone any worse (points wise) under Hughton, and despite those who think otherwise, the facts are that he had a very good record against the big sides at home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Brownstone 0 Posted May 3, 2014 Right decision, way way too late.Closing the gate after the horse had bolted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mason 47 1,379 Posted May 3, 2014 With Hughton at the helm all I could see was losses in all of the remaining fixtures.Sacking him was a final throw of the dice to see if we could eek out a couple of surprise wins. It hasn''t worked out, but at least I suppose they made a move.Just annoying that where many could see that we needed to change things ages ago, the few that make the decisions didn''t seem to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites