Hughton is in a different league
When you look for the word Efficiency in the dictionary perhaps it should feature a picture of Chris Hughton - after all it's probably the best word to sum up the Toon boss who simply gets on with the job.
The Magpies boss looks unbreakable at times when facing the glare of the national media but unlike a host of top flight bosses at least he knows what league he plays in!
These days most pundits, players and managers can't break out of the cycle of calling the top flight The Premiership.
Call it pedantic but it hasn't been called the "Premiership" for three seasons now - we're very back to the Premier League again or as Hughton would put it "The Barclays Premier League."
I have to be honest, I'm one of those who hates names getting changed in football, but I suppose it comes with progress and it's mainly down to money.
I once recall the bad tempered bald eagle that was Neale Cooper at Hartlepool once losing his rag during my days down the road.
It all came about after a pre-season call to interview him about Coca-Cola's massive sponsorship deal with the Football League and his thoughts about the changes that lay ahead.
The call went something like this...
LR: Er morning Neale, just wanted to ask you a couple of questions for today's paper
NC: What! I'm in bed
LR: Sorry, we just need to get a few lines for today's paper
NC: Well get on with it...
LR: How do you feel about playing in Coca-Cola League One today after today's sponsorship deal went through...
NC: You what!
LR: Er, How do you feel about playing in Coca-Cola League One today after today's sponsorship deal went through...
NC: What ******* difference does that ******* make (noise of phone being slammed down).
I have to say I agreed with him in some ways, going back to 1992/93 when everything was chopped and changed, the idea of Newcastle playing in the First Division after narrowly avoiding relegation from the Second Division to the Third Division left us all a bit muddled.
And you still get people calling League One or League Two, Division One or Division Two!
For many any team in League Two will always be the Fourth Division, ahh such simple times.
Perhaps they should said up a Premiership box and for every time that a manager says Premiership, a donation to the box should be made.
At least Hughton knows the score though eh?
Now if only people would stop calling him Chris bloody Houghton!
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..... I find the misnaming, despite the enormous media coverage, of our players/manager irritating too (ok - sad I know). Even more annoying than Houghton (?) is Ben AFRA. How simple is that?
I find it disrespectful that people can't get Hughton's name right (but at least he doesn't do an Insomnia when it happens xD) Isn't Houghton a place in Sunderland?
Personally, I think it's almost a crime for our own fans to spell Hughton's name incorrectly. Whoever the Newcastle manager is, he is God in our eyes, so surely we should be able to give him the courtesy of spelling his name correctly.
Nonetheless, it doesn't bother him, and as Lee said, we quite possibly have the best manager in the premier league for being cool under the intense glare of the media. I've never seen him anything other than composed during an interview.
Does it REALLY REALLY matter that some people mis- spell peoples names.Everyone who supports NUFC does so for the love of the team.It does'nt make people any lesser because they mis-spell a name or something. They write there feelings in the way they know best,i'm sure Lee does'nt mind nor Hughton for that matter,is that not right Mr RIDER.
Ryder's reply: Always good to get the latest views from Sweden.
i think chrissy houghton is the best manager in the premiership
I know how Chris Hughton feels, my name is frequently misspelled by family and friends, and it often contains only four letters.
Nice one Lee(Sweden).
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