Likelylad

Tbf, I love Howe and don’t want him going anywhere. However at the end of the day the club is going to be run how PIF want it ran. He’s an excellent manager but no manager is infallible. Going to be interesting to see how it plays out.

After the elongated gardening leave and all the negative coverage, the fee & the email stuff etc. Seems to me that he’s trying to go above and beyond to show himself as competent.

Cracking shirt that. Remember my mother bought me it from North Shields market and paying for it on the never never.

Some of France’s crossing and set pieces have been woeful.

Feels like it because he did essentially admit they’d not been at it. Pathetic if so

Yeah, it would be out of order but you know certain sections of the fanbase won't be as mature about it.

Not saying it right or wrong but this is 100% going to happen and it could get nasty.

The club need to get a handle on this asap. This could start to unsettle some of the players in question.

This just stinks of rival clubs briefing journalists.

Media have been intolerable so far this summer and it’s not even July.

No surprises there. He's always been a nasty piece of work tbf.

I'm surprised he's not blocked me tbf. Been blocked by window licker Ryder since the Pardew years.

Very strange that. Made an enquiry? Which is then leaked. No bid. Not really sure what they're trying to do other than maybe unsettle the player. Chelsea can get in the bin.

There's definitely something to that. Arsenal fans would be fuming if he drops Saka and starts Palmer and we get beat. Man U fans still keep banging the Rashford drum even though he stunk up the season However, he had the opportunity to make proactive changes in the last 2 games and has shied away from it.

Mancini in the Euro final was the completely antithesis to this. Immobile & Barella both taken of 10 minutes into the 2nd half. Changed it up and they then scored to level it 10/15 or mins so after that. Southgate doesn't have that proactive in game management in him.

Saka at LB. Abysmal shout from Wright.

It's madness really. Stubbornness, arrogance or maybe a bit of both.

Awful that. School boy defending. Just stand him up.

It's obviously more understated these days but there's a real active anger/frustration both in the media and from other clubs that our takeover went through.

Can’t see it just based on the money Everton would want. Edwards also seems to be ill informed a fair amount of the time.

As Townsend said. Why on earth did the keeper roll it out for them to play it out back from the back when they were so under the cosh. Awful game management from the players.

I was just thinking something similar. Rather funny considering how much of coward of a player he was.

One thing i've noticed on social media today, is that supporters of specific teams are looking to defend their own players to any criticism. I've seen Liverpool fans refusing to admit that TAA wasn't particularly great in CM, City fans blaming Bellingham for Foden's poor performance and Man U fans whinging that it's all because Rashford isn't there.

It just stinks of him going to the top and us being sat here in 5 years cursing the sale out.

They're sociopaths like. Cut you at the knees whilst smiling wearing khaki's and a polo shirt.