Desperate Canaries Sack Hughton

With only five league games to go Norwich City FC have made, what could be a crucial choice, to sack manager Chris Hughton. The Canaries ex-manager had been at the helm of the club for the past twenty two months, where we witnessed him dodge the bullet multiple times as he won potential job costing matches at home. After suffering a 1-0 loss at home against West Brom, Norwich head into the final weeks of the season just five points above the drop zone with a nightmare of teams ahead of them. Not only do they have to face known bogey side Fulham, also fighting for survival but they need to fend off Man United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea, so points may be few and far between. In the last six games the Carrow Road men have scored only four goals and their top goal scorer for the season is Scottish midfielder Snodgrass which straight away shows that the attack force is failing.

Fans of the club now have well known local radio analysist and ex-player Neil Adams in charge of the team, who was up until now, the under eighteens manager. Many supporters have been fuelled with ethusiasm after the appointment, giving them belief that if they do get relegated, it will be with a decent fight. Mr.Adams, who won the youth F.A. Cup with his boys last year, has made a statement saying "People know what this club means to me, and so it goes without saying that we will be doing everything possible to ensure that we maintain our top-flight status for next season"; after hearing this, perhaps some passion will be injected back into the stands at Carrow Road. 

In my personal opinion I think the decision to get rid of Hughton is unbelievable seeing as their is only five games left, I really cannot understand why they just couldn't wait until the end of the season. The clear problem at the club is obviously the gutless board as out cries to get rid of Hughton have been circulating Norwich since the poor start at the beginning of the year, McNally and Co need to solidate a backing for the team to boost morales all round. When making decision's boardrooms need to be more ballsy as indecisiveness just leads to rash, last minute, rushes of blood as we've witnessed here. 

Managers all round deserve a lot of respect as they have so much pressure of them, fans around the country seem to forget that the men behind the teams are human too. One side of me really feels for Chris Hughton as I feel he's been shown utter disrespect by a few brainless fans and also the cowardness of the board. Earlier in the season the board at Norwich released a statement about Hughton's job security, so they constantly had him worrying about his future and also on Saturday groups of fans pelted the pitch with clappers, some of which struck Hughton. By all means express your opinions by vocals and comments but their isn't really no need for abuse with projectiles. 

Finally my last point is how the loss of Hughton is going to cause a major rift in the English footballing leagues because their is no longer a single black manager in the top five footballing leagues. This doesn't prove that managerial positions are chosen on racial terms but it certainly is going to arise a series of question and debates in the coming weeks.