Championship - Hughton: Champo will be tight

PA Sport - Fri, 06 Nov 12:46:00 2009

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton expects the fight for promotion from the Championship to go all the way to the death.

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The Magpies head into Saturday's home clash with Peterborough sitting two points clear at the top of the table.

However, having passed up the chance to establish a commanding lead with a run of four games which brought successive home draws against QPR and Bristol City and then successive defeats at Nottingham Forest and Scunthorpe, Hughton is in little doubt that there is no room for complacency in the hunt for a top flight return.

He said: "I see it staying very tight and I see it staying very competitive.

"Of course, we will look at the three teams which went down last season - ourselves, West Brom and Middlesbrough - but there's a group of seven or eight teams around that which can at any stage move between the positions at the top depending on their form.

"That's how I see it. Anybody can beat anybody, which we have seen so far this season, and I see no reason why that won't continue."

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  1. IT WONT BE TIGHT FOR US MATE,
    COME JANUARY WE WILL­ HAVE 2 INJURIES AND OUR PUSH FOR PROMOTION WILL BE OVER­ AS PER USUAL, LMAO WE ARE A DISGRACE

    From steve, on Sat 7 Nov 2:15PM

  2. giveowa john its rocket science man!!!

    From CARL, on Sat 7 Nov 1:22PM

  3. It won't be as tight if the owners get their­ finger­ out and invest in some new players in January,­ But WE­ all know that don't WE.

    From john.connolly01, on Sat 7 Nov 11:49AM

  4. just get the guys playing a little better, ride our­ luck, oh & make sure fatshley uses some of the­ so-called £20m on some new "good" players -­ & continue looking-up, not down, then that keeps us­ ahead of the competition - there!

    From CARL, on Sat 7 Nov 9:16AM

  5. Hughton, when asked if he thought that Ashley might­ make some funds available to him for team strengthening­ replied, " the chump will be tight."

    From SHAUN, on Fri 6 Nov 5:30PM

  6. Let's hope to god that our GOOD LUCK continues.­ Ashley, show some respect and put some money into the­ club for some new, decent players.....

    From SHAUN, on Fri 6 Nov 5:04PM

  7. For once Mr. Hughton is speaking nothing but common­ sense. It's gonna be a fight to win promotion.­ Let's just hope we keep up the good form, or maybe­ try and up our game, and win promotion. We have some­ tough games ahead, fingers crossed we are prepared for­ them.
    8 weeks today till january 1st and fingers­ crossed that fat idiot invests in some fresh blood and­ doesn't sell any key players.

    From Richard C, on Fri 6 Nov 3:22PM

  8. 1.Oh it will be tight but whether we are part of it is­ a­ different matter.

    From neil, on Fri 6 Nov 1:08PM
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