Begbie

I really dont get this argument you are making? If you turn your argument around plenty of managers have failed under same circumstances. Its not easy no matter what team in the PL you are managing, Bournmouth sold most of their star players(3/4 defenders) and manage to do better than the season before, on top of that got European football by actually playing good football. We sold one and looked out of shape for most of the season and not playing good football. Being the right manager is also about timing and luck, great managers like Ancelotti are also strugling. Some times its just a right fit and most times its not.

€60M according to transfermarkt.

If you ignore the details everything is simular. Do you think our team is better now than we where in 22/23? Or 23/24? Or 25/26? Imho no, not as a team. Artetas team do you think they are better now than previous years? Big yes. Cmon..Howe has the final saying so he gets the praise and blame - when he signed Isak, Gordon etc he was a mastermind, and this summer he had nothing to do about it. If Howe said no to Elanga do you think we would have signed him? Lets just be honest about it, everyone makes mistakes now and then, and some mistakes you loose your job like kissing a coworker on a cold play concert. Btw: this discussion is not about Howe in or out, its about comparing him to Artetas case at Arsenal.

I dont understand how you can use the Arteta case which is not simular to the Howe case. He took over the team from Emry when they were on 10th place, he finnished 8th that season. The next season they finnished 8th again(61 points), this was a rebuild season. Next season 5th missing out on CL, then 3 times 2nd, and now they are currently first. Thats what progress looks like, getting better each season. We are on our 4th rebuilding season and are getting worse, declining. Next season we need to rebuild most of the squad again. The summer signings must be one of the worst transfer windows in our history? We now need to change out most of them because they are not good enough or suit our style of play, we also have alot of players ageing which need replacing. Maybe if you turned around Howes time as Newcastle manager, maybe then you could compare them..

Im wondering the "Eddie in" group. If we just reach the champions league spot next season, then the season after we have a season like this one. Are you still Eddie in then? For me this season looks like the players have lost fait in the project, and Howe and his team doesnt seem to inspire them anymore. We dont look like a side thats set up good, we dont have good fighting spirit etc. Our identity has been lost for most of the season.

So much drama 🍿

Easy Saudi pay 70% of the wages, we sign him for free. Problem solved 👌😁 dont know the player anymore but we could use a player with the energy he had at Lpool.

Cherki was listed for €35, the season before it was rumoured that he was available for as litle as €22,5.

I really hope we are not playing the same style as we have done for majority of this season

This guy needs glasses/lenses. That miss is down to his lack of depth vision.

I loved his celebration, no matter the oponent or if it was the 10-0 goal he celebrated like he just scored the winner in a world cup final. Epic player

In the 90's you had mainly 4-4-2, and 4-5-1. If you played 4-3-3 that meant 3 strikers or very offensive wingers(fowards). 4-5-1 you had wingers but more flat. I do believe this season that we play more of a 4-5-1 formation, than a 4-3-3. We press very flat, and often have 10 players 20-25meters from goal defending. Can someone please explain to me what a 4-3-3 formation is this day and age? And what is a 4-5-1 formation? Because imo we play a 4-5-1. Putting 6 strikers on the field doesnt mean we play a formation with six strikers like Bruce thought, or was Bruce right..

This is so typical this season, inviting the other team into the game..

If we sign Delap I do believe we will se Gordon on top next season too

Nope, not sure he would enter top 10, top of my mind: Riviere, Paul Dalglish, Cacapa, guivarch, boumsong, Amalfitano(bought the wrong brother), ferrerya, xisco, doumbia +++