Hughton: "I've never worked with him but I know him from the football circuit.
"He had a very good record at Wimbledon. I know from that time his manmanagement skills were very good. Tactically he worked on and improved on what he had at Wimbledon and then took that on to Luton and Nottingham Forest.
"He had a very good record at Wimbledon. I know from that time his manmanagement skills were very good. Tactically he worked on and improved on what he had at Wimbledon and then took that on to Luton and Nottingham Forest.
"He's a big personality, although I haven't seen him for quite some time.
"The job has had its difficulties, everybody is aware of that, and among those difficulties you either get results or you don't.
"What you can do is prepare the players the best way possible.
"The longer the losing run goes on it becomes a confidence factor and under my reign its three games now and that does affect confidence.
"What I can envisage is working with whatever the circumstances are and those decisions are made by Mike Ashley or the directors."