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Under no circumstances should Eddie retain his control over transfer. It would be PIFs fault if they let this continue

“If they’re good enough to play”

Yes you are right

well people are either saying change the team for Howe or simply change the manager. Or you mean just keep everything the same and tell Howe to sort it out himself?

Ultimately it’s the Plan A that’s the problem. I mean, if Plan A still works, then Howe did have a point to persist it. 1. Is it really due to the players no longer willing to follow instructions? 2. Or, is the tactic (especially the pressing part) no longer worked / being found out by opponents? In the beginning of the season most of us thought the answer would be Yes for 1 and No for 2. The rat was the reason. Now I think the majority here had changed their mind.

not when taking him out of the team resulted even worse performance for the team in the league, man… If you mean we climbed up the league table and now sitting at around 6 then you can have this. Justified. But we are what? Just 3 points above Leeds? Yea I know dropping Nick is not the only factor, but you cannot argue that it is a factor. I saw a lot of people saying Nick caused us performing ineffective pressing hence we didn’t perform well in the league. Now tell me does this argument still hold? Is this really the problem? In the end it’s the ineffective Plan A that is the cause. That’s why I ask, why are we pressing? Yea Osula did press better, no question about that. But does it means better result? No, a fucking no. We have a ST that is exactly the way out from that fucking Plan A. Howe decided to drop him and all-in his fucking Plan A despite proven to lost its magic for nearly a year. Then why are we surprised to be at 14th of the table? Plan A again and again? Osula above Nick and Wissa? Wake up man…you guys still dreaming that Howe’s plan A would work as long as we tried? Gordon and Osula pressed like maniac and now what?

Manager knows more than you and me doesn’t mean he is always free from stubbornness, man.

Your whole argument is flawed by assuming the manager knows everything, which is proven wrong. If Howe did know everything then tell me why the fuck we spent 120m on two strikers on bench and end up playing a 10m Osula who’s already in our team for long. He could just tell the management that Osula is perfect for his pressing tactics and there’s no fucking need to buy Nick and Wissa. Furthermore it’s not something you need to observe in training that Nick is not the best fit for pressing, yet we still get him for 65m?

That’s why I said, poor Eddie

People got to understand what’s the difference between “input” and “control”. If Howe wants to be asked what kinda players he want, and its up to DOF to make the final decision, it’s input. If Howe wants to have the final say on transfer, it’s control.

No, Howe won’t.

Howe has never wanted control?

Probably you gotta answer this question first: why emphasize so much on pressing? What’s the purpose of pressing? We press for what?

you know what? We defend like fucking shit once playing Osula and go back to Eddies favourite “plan A”. if Plan A is the only way to make Osula work / look better in attacking, while conceding shit loads and unable to register even 1 win, tell me what’s the fucking point of starting Osula?

We looked better when Osula is playing up top? Sorry but did we even win a single game with Osula starting this season?

my question is, even if you let Howe to continue, it would be like: 1. No matter how good we recruited, we won’t have a better starting eleven, and as you say, they ain’t coached; and 2. The Plan A again. unless you firmly believe the Plan A would work again, in my opinion, this is a recipe of relegation contenders

Imagine if you are Gordon, what’s your feeling after hearing Howe’s commitment comment in the press?

I don’t know and I ain’t digging on Howe, but it does look like the players have some discontent with Howe / the coaches. I really don’t know why. The recent press re commitment does spring to my mind.

I think it’s worthy for discussion on WHY the players would down-tool or given up on Howe. Yea I know the rat had some impact on other players but still it shouldn’t be like that. Now it’s like he has loss the dressing room

There are a lot of chants for Nick during the match

We have to be realistic here. I know some may argue that given time Howe can turn this around and bring the team back to Europe. This might be true. But it’s also an objective comment that if Howe failed to do so, CONTINUING the current form, then we are heading to relegation next season. This is not a joke.

If he can drop Woltemade, the most expensive signing in the summer, even got a great start - who else Howe can’t drop?

Most of the time it’s easier to improve a struggling team that the struggling is not caused by the person himself.

About time for the Starting XI to argue that bar Elanga and Thiaw, all the others are not signed or wanted by Howe and he is forced to use them or bench them

and you know what? If Osula is the ultimate answer to Howe, why don’t he just tell the management he will start Osula and we don’t need to get Wissa? this is fucking insane.