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#1 Chris Hughton
The hot favourite right now to succeed Flores is Chris Hughton. Chris Hughton has led Newcastle United and Brighton and Hove Albion to Promotion and kept them in the Premier League. Should the Hornets go down, there are few better managers out there with Championship experience. Hughton struggled at Norwich in his second season but that was as much a result of a poor squad as it was of Hughton's management. Watford has a good squad and needs an organiser as Hughton has proved to be. Younger than Allardyce and possibly cheaper, Hughton has proved he has tactical nous. His Brighton side over the last two seasons was resilient and chased down results at unlikely venues. He is also known for his calm approach to team-building and pragmatic style.
Hughton would represent a good long-term move for Watford but it might well be that Watford's Pozzo family prefer a rotating door with managerial appointments. Only Javi Gracia and Marco Silva were given more than a year on their contracts and both were sacked long before the second year began. Chris Hughton will find it difficult to keep the Hornets up but the squad at Watford would respect his ability as a tactician and coach. Hughton has done well with limited budgets and may not want too many signings in the January window either, meaning the Watford board would be making a sound financial decision. The supporters would react better to Hughton as well because of his nationality and proven recent record.
