Kid Icarus

Was just thinking about this before when the overrated players thread came up. Fantastic player, one of the best forwards of all time, but also probably the most overrated player of all time because despite us having the benefit of them playing at the same time and being able to see the vast difference in quality between them, the whole Messi Ronaldo thing was still seen as a genuine debate despite him clearly not being on the same planet as Messi.

Greggs! Hahahahahaha

Think he probably achieved quite a lot commercially tbh, but definitely at our expense as fans.

Surely it's better to include Hall so that he can use the pre-match, half time, and warm down sessions as training. We really will complain about absolutely anything like.

Howe was streaky at Bournemouth and has been here, not sure about sustainability, but I think all signs point towards it being a feature not a bug.

The nerve of this being your third post on a 20 year old forum No one knows who you are, no one has any reason to engage with you or read what you've blogged about, particularly when it seems that what you mean by 'engagement' is actually just self-promotion.

The two left backs that are ahead of him getting fit I think. My main concern is that Howe reverts back to an ineffective 343 when we have players back.

Death, taxes, and Turnbull2000

It's apples and oranges tbf, they're nothing alike. It's a bit like comparing Pirlo and Zidane, and in the end comes down to the type of footballer you prefer, because their skillsets and styles are just different. Iniesta was a fucking genius and a real big game player. There are only two or maybe three players in my lifetime that I know I'd definitely rate higher than him.

Stopping short of being Howe out isn't necessarily automatically stopping short of the criticism being irrational (amongst other things) mind. There's also still the same old story of posters coming out of the woodwork to criticise him who are otherwise very quiet.

We said the same just after Brentford away last season. Yesterday makes every other away draw this season look worse as well I think.

Remind me how that season turned out again

This is it. With us under Howe there's always the feeling that it's coming, sometimes performances like this are the catalyst as well.

Players can turn corners and yeah he's been okay here, but it would be daft to ignore what he's been like elsewhere imo. I've never rated him, but he's young and football's often much more about potential than evidence, so it wouldn't surprise me, bht Pope's been fantastic this season imo, I've never ever seem him drop clangers like today.

If Ramsdale ends up being a better choice than Pope it definitely won't be based on any evidence we've seen over the last 5 or so years.

Right up until Tino got injured this was seen as a good thing. I still think it is personally, it's just been very specifically unlucky for us that we've lost 2 extremely good left backs.

The weird thing with Gordon is that if he was moved on, it would likely be to a club fighting for the league title, but at the same time I reckon we'd be able to get a better player. Whatever player he is or can be, he's definitely not proving it here at the moment. We got it in 23/24 and since then he's only done it when he fancies it.

Reminder that Dan Burn is playing LB because he's our third choice LB and the other two are injured.

I was careful to say a lot rather than all.

Ramsey was that attempt to upgrade surely.

A lot of nobody posters there that you never see anywhere else.

I did list the negatives like so it's not that I'm saying there aren't any, I'm saying the bigger picture is positive not negative. Take your point about coaches, but I think because we're such an obvious work in progress at the moment, I wouldn't turn to that unless it's a clear problem/Howe thinks we need it. I've said it before as well, but imo Howe has created/re-booted our identity and our DoF should be all about the continuity of that identity. I'm against anything that isn't in line with what Howe has created here. His style of football here is close to a modern Keegan style and I think it feels right.

Nowt to worry about tbh. We're streaky as fuck, I fully expect us to go on a mad run once it clicks. It'll click as well, it has to, Eddie will find a way.

My gut has been telling me this like. It's either that or he's inconsistent in a way that's the opposite of what you'd expect.