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and I don’t agree with Howe’s approach - I know Woltemade is not a good fit and Wissa form has been poor but ultimately you need them to click in order to bring out the best of our squad. I would rather Howe to keep playing Wissa till he clicked, rather than asking Gordon to do the pressing job. try to think in PIFs perspective - Howe is wasting 120m striker on the bench. And in return, did we get more points? No. Yes you can say the signings are poor. But still Howe should have handle it better. did everyone here realize we are shouting for a new ST just because we need to fit Howe’s style? PIF could just hire a new head coach and the ST problem might already be solved. He is a lot closer to the axe than some of you guys think

Howe preferred Joelinton. Thats the only answer

I find it fucking odd that we got a technical no.9 and then decided to throw him to the rubbish bin, when we are shouting for a more possession based, technical side. Seriously? say we sign another technical player this coming summer. Do you think he can fit into our current style / tactics? So if the answer is no, then we better don’t sign these type of players and go back to athletes. Yes. Our “plan A”. and would another athletes improve us? I don’t fucking know. The whole logic looks flawed to me.

I genuinely didn’t expect him and the team to play like this yesterday. 1. So after such a long break, I think most of us expected Howe to “show something different”. It could be Woltemade back to starting ST, it could be a 4231 or 442 trial, whatever. And, no. Howe decided to go for his plan A again, and to the point that he even chose to start Osula. Guys, that’s his best answer after such a long break - go and reinforce plan A again. I didn’t like it when I saw the team sheet. But okay, that’s against Palace that has nothing to play for in the league. If we went for maximum pressure and intensity we might get the win. And… 2. The team did press. The players tried their best to act according to the game plan. Osula even nicked a gaol. But be honest to yourself, is this level of performance what you would expect? our “best answer”? No. Simply not good enough. Even before the collapse, we were already lucky to hold on the lead. Our plan A, Howe’s best effort, wasn’t that effective. I think that’s a very fair comment. And that’s against the Palace with their best players sitting on the bench. 3. And then Mateta.co subbed in. We collapsed AS USUAL. Was I surprised? No. Were you surprised? Most likely no as well. I was furious after the derby defeat. I didn’t feel the anger after this game. Probably I am just waiting for the inevitable end to this era.

So your bar is “fine as long as not a disaster”?

1. He has had his say last summer. And I could tell you now it looks like it’s Wilson who decides who to bring in. I guarantee you if Howe’s in charge, that kid won’t come. So your argument or your wish won’t come true - Howe won’t have much influence on the coming summer recruitment. 2. People talking like he is Steve Bruce Mk II because this season he is performing exactly like a Steve Bruce Mk II. It’s fucking shocking

you spend over 100m on the bench and if you cannot make them perform that is solely on Howe.

our biggest problem is our defense and ability to hold on the lead. Stop the lack of goals non-sense. We didn’t have a lot of draws. We successfully score goals and then throw the game away. I have had enough for this bullshit. And I know why, because this is the best defense you guys can find for Howe, while the defence record is solely on Howe

Jesus. How about just try to make subs before conceding goals?

His hard work has been rewarded a goal which I am happy with. But seriously if he is the answer for the ST position after the break then something must be very very wrong.

To be fair he isn’t the one who can control how many minutes he got on the pitch. Same as Woltemade. I even couldn’t criticise them because I have nothing to judge.

So you are telling us that what we saw is what Howe intended and the players had already did their part?

WTF？

or it’s Howe who would go in the summers. Try to think if you are PIF.

I would be honest. That’s not what I expect after the break.

doesn’t mean he did it right though? Surely everything he did was for the team but he obviously misjudged it

And imo PIF surely would consider whether bring in a new manager / head coach would already solve the striker problem

Nah, people talking shit there but deep down I know a lot of people really expect Howe to make a turn around and get back the Euro spot. And that’s why I know there’s nothing but a terrible shitstorm here if we don’t get this upcoming 3 points. man. Please win the next game Eddie.

I don’t know. I think a lot of people here expected us to get 3 points against Palace. And I can foresee what’s it’s like here if we lose this game.

Anderson won’t go to Man City to be a bench warmer. He will start for them.

you got to know the cartel clubs would offer guarantee first team appearances contract to these boys. If we don’t show them we would be willing to do the same, they will definitely go. see Bobby Clark

Training with first team for a few weeks won’t be too much to ask for?

Whether they would be willing to stay hugely depends on whether we gave them first team experience in the next two years

Pretty sure we won’t be getting one that we believe is better than Howe. But then this also doesn’t mean Howe won’t be sacked. So some of you might really need to prepare for life after Howe and away from St James

He is arguably our most important player since the take over, another one is Bruno. Man. He is truly a club legend. He saved us from that relegation