cannybagoftudor

Is this the first victory at the mouse trap since 2013?? Absolutely brilliant - we are so on the up. Shame about Schar but wow - loving it.

IMHO the players who ran through brick walls for Eddie have stopped doing so. The passion is not there - I think there is more than just a "change the manager" scenario going on. My belief is not all is well behind the scenes - we have heard Trippier is in a bit of personal bother - Mitchel will need time to bed in his ideas - and dare I say it - I don't think Eddie and his backroom team are part of that. Love him and mad eye but perhaps it is the right time for change.

I see what you did there lol

If and its a big if - there are noises about removing Eddie then my (albeit fanciful) pick would be Simeone. However luring him here would be expensive and I have no idea if he would be interested - just think he would fit.

Too early

Perchinho

Watched this 20 times and yes - pure filth - wowser we have some player - can't wait to see a full season.

If Man City manage to have their cases reduced to just fraud (I know) - then the odds are they will escape any punishment. I think the stats of successful fraud convictions is in the single digits percentage wise - as always our Abu Dhabi neighbours are playing a blinder.

2 or 3 players identified for RCB and RW - errr why the inertia and focus on Gueli whose club wants to sell at an astronomically high price - I don't understand the methodology of a highly respected recruiter.

Shearer was a machine and my goodness could he strike a ball with power and precision - very few curled shots but would just cannonball them into the net - Happy Birthday

John Tudor

Yes the second goal in - admittedly U21 game - reminded me of the Iceman.

Ouroboros - I think we are going round in circles - Eddie is happy as long as the project works for him and the club - as long as those two things align - happy days - same as every club manager with ambition and grit in reality?

He is as hard as nails - will kick the living fuck out of the Premier League and drag us kicking and screaming to 3rd place. (I hope)

I remember fondly the days of "War Chests" and "keeping our powder dry" - they were magical times - you would read the paper and I remember thinking Berkamp was coming to us - the last thing I did was think, will this break PSR - fuck PSR and fuck VAR this is not the game I grew up with - sorry 59 M and disillusioned. Ah fuck it - I hope we are around when the whole bent facade falls.

That will scare nobody - dull boring and predictable - as soon as they meet a decent team they will be bolloxed - same old.

OK I get that he is not Premier League proven - BUT he has performed in the Champions League and he represents his Country and scores goals at all levels. I believe he is the real deal and will save us 40-50 million in a search for a right wing - add to that he does not cry off with injuries and we are potentially looking at a lethal left and right wing combo with AG and YM on either side - this would free us up to get a top quality RCB and a back up striker without denting the awful FFP/FRP/big 6 cartel rules.

I've heard he rises to the big occasion when the heat is on.

Possible bad news for the scousers - at least it makes their holier then thou moral stance less viable. Liverpool sponsor Standard Chartered 'accused of helping to fund terrorist groups' after expert 'uncovers payments of £7.5bn' to suspect companies' Articles: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13493933/Liverpool-sponsor-Standard-Chartered-accused-helping-fund-terrorist-groups.html https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-sponsor-standard-chartered-facing-32957443 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd11j09q2llo https://moneyweek.com/investments/stocks-and-shares/bank-stocks/standard-chartered-terrorist-financing-accusations

From the beginning of War of the Worlds - this, hopefully is how our owners are progressing this cluster fuck: "Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this Premier League with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us." H.G. Wells. Earth changed to Premier league by me - lol.

Give him a lobotomy and pass him on for a tube of smarties - he is a disingenuous twat and I hope the fleas of a thousand camels infest his arse from now until the day he rots. But seriously we will get what WE believe he is worth on OUR timescale - and I love to see us not being played for fools.

The coach, the man-manager, the sheep herder: Sean Longstaff describes what it’s like playing under Benitez, Bruce and Howe By Matthew Ketchell published yesterday Sean Longstaff has been managed by Rafa Benitez, Steve Bruce and now Eddie Howe. We asked him to explain the nuances of each Longstaff has played under three big names, each with contrasting styles Sean Longstaff's career as a Premier League player is six seasons old. In that time he's played under three big name characters in the English game. His Premier League debut was handed to him by Rafa Benitez. Sadly injury, then Benitez’ departure from St. James’ Park, curtailed his time under the former Liverpool and Real Madrid manager. Steve Bruce was Longstaff's next boss, he played 65 times under the former Manchester United captain before a takeover saw a change of pace at Newcastle. Eddie Howe took over as boss in November 2022 and as Longstaff approaches his 100th game under the current man in the St. James’ Park hotseat we sat down with the midfielder to ask him about the contrasting styles of all three bosses. Sean Longstaff on Rafa Benitez Rafa Benitez managed Newcastle for 146 games and had a win ratio of 42.5 per cent “Rafa was great for me: a person who’d speak about football all of the time. Whether you were walking down corridors at the training ground, having lunch or walking off the pitch, he was always trying to coach you. "You think you know what football is, then you speak to him and there’s just so much more to it. "His defensive block – if you were half a centimetre out, he’d stop the training session and say, 'You need to do this.'" Sean Longstaff on Steve Bruce Steve Bruce managed Newcastle for 97 games and had a win ratio of 28.9 per cent (Image credit: PA) “Under Rafa it was all great, then I did my knee. Whether I was ready to come back and play, I wasn’t sure, but with a new manager [Steve Bruce], I felt like I needed to. You could feel the negativity seeping in – it sounds bad, but I have to be honest. “Steve Bruce was more about trying to be the man-manager and getting players motivated to play. Whether people agree or not with how he did it, that’s not for me to say. He was much different from the other two. Rafa and Eddie want to really coach you, whereas Steve was a manager: he picked the team and that’s it. “From my point of view, if you got rid of the two years that followed Rafa and fast-forwarded to this manager now, I feel as though some people’s opinions of me would maybe be higher. It can be tarnished by those two and a half years. Now, with the new manager, it’s been about trying to change people’s opinions about me." Sean Longstaff on Eddie Howe As of March 2024 Eddie Howe has managed 115 Newcastle games and has a win ratio of 46.96 per cent (Image credit: Getty Images) “Working under Rafa, you think you know a fair bit about the game – then Eddie Howe comes in and his attention to detail is out of this world. We’re more high-pressing and aggressive. “People won’t realise it, but we’ve got numerous patterns of play – we have seven different types of crosses! If I was an aspiring coach now, I’d be trying to copy Eddie every day. “He hasn’t had us sheep herding yet. I heard that on a podcast and asked him about it – he was like, ‘Ah, I just can’t get rid of this story.’ His assistant, Jason Tindall, is very good at keeping everyone together. “I’ve been involved in squads where the lads play, go home and that’s it, but here it’s the total opposite. The lads are here until really late and we’ll just sit in the canteen and talk about life. I think that for the majority of us, this will be the team we speak about when we retire. Eddie Howe and Sean Longstaff applaud fans after Newcastle's 4-1 win in the Champions League vs PSG (Image credit: Getty Images) “Eddie just believes in me more than anyone else ever has. I think he believes in me more than I believe in myself. I’ve not had someone like that for a long, long time. “When I get pulled into his office, my initial thinking is, ‘Oh no, what’s going to happen here?’ Then I come out feeling a million dollars. He builds you up and you think, ‘I’m more than good enough – I’ve played very well at this level’. “He also has a weird knack of saying something, then a couple of weeks later that thing happens. He’ll say, ‘We need to work on playing against 10 players’, then on the Saturday, someone will get sent off. He could say anything and I’d do it for him. “He has helped to change my career in such a positive way. I love coming in every day. I love working with him and his coaching staff. I feel like they’ve always got my best interests at heart; there’s a lot more to come from me and I think they just want to get it out of me. The next stage is to score more goals, be more creative and be more of a leader."

From what I read it was a controlling stake with the club valued at £400m - just a thought that it may sow some seeds of uncertainty.

With news that Brentford are for sale - would it be the time to look at Phil Giles - ask the question as to how much for them to release him and there is the compensation we need to get from the Mancs?