Monday, 7 April 2014

Norwich sack Chris Hughton

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.

I’ve thought about this decision and no matter what angle you view it from it makes no sense.

Norwich have sacked Chris Hughton when they’re five points, six effectively if you look at their goal difference compared to Fulham and Cardiff, clear of the relegation zone, ok four of their last five games are against top six teams but if they win their next game, away to Fulham, that would probably be just enough to keep them up regardless of their results in those last four games. 

What makes the decision doubly incompetent is that Hughton has been replaced with a guy who has no managerial experience. 

Is this an admission from the Norwich board that they think they’re going down so they’ve got rid of Hughton now rather than at the end of the season to give themselves more time to find someone to manage the team next year?


That’s the only thing I can think of that even comes close to making this decision make sense and even then it’s still totally bonkers. 

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