TheBrownBottle

Imagine being Howe, and looking at your GK, RW and need for a fast RCB and thinking of how close you are to a side capable of potentially challenging for the title. It must be incredibly frustrating.

It is all relative - there's no metric where BHAFC are anything like the size of NUFC.

I’m not seeing the over analysis here. Fatigue was mentioned as a reason for the scale of the defeat; I think we were outplayed and Howe was out-managed on the day, which happens. That doesn’t mean Bournemouth are a better side nor Iraola a better manager. It’s not particularly in-depth analysis.

Yep, it’s tiresome. It’s a football forum - we’re going to debate wins and losses. I thought it was a bad defeat and poor performance from the team and manager after an incredible winning run. It happens, but for me if criticism can’t be offered then praise can’t either. We’ve got a good manager and a good team, that hasn’t changed.

Bournemouth had to put academy products on the bench because their squad has been hammered by injuries. They’ve also played three games in the same number of days. I don’t think it’s much of an excuse. edit: their fixtures in that week were a decent West Brom side and Chelsea away - we had Bromley (and played a reserve team) and Wolves at home. So fatigue isn’t the answer.

I’ve always thought he was quality when he was fit. He’s a better midfielder than Joelinton, for example. The lad is made out of paper, unfortunately.

Yep, that’s because feasibility studies don’t take years, they take a few months. Those of us who actually work in the industry know this, but that would be to criticise our owners, which cannot be countenanced.

It’s not to do with being winners, we were poor against Wolves, too; but Wolves are shite and Bournemouth aren’t. Bournemouth played really well both in terms of their play and in knowing exactly how to exploit all of our players’ weaknesses (and we played poorly to boot). BDB’s clumsiness, Botman’s lack of pace, Hall’s positional sense, Joelinton’s hot temper, Bruno’s playing with fire in trying to draw fouls, etc etc etc. The match was a perfect storm in terms of beating this NUFC side. Not sure re mindset as I’m not in the dressing room.

That wasn’t great, but cool heads need to prevail. That was a bad day at the office not a trend. Howe deserves some criticism for today, as well as deserving lavish praise for the nine games before it.

Trippier seems to have forgotten how to play RB.

Yeah, that was coming

Some hit that mind

We’ve still got goals in us here, Bournemouth are a good side who’ve played well, we still have levels in us. Give them a rocket Eddie, onwards and upwards second half.

Joelinton is a walking red card at times like this

Fucking ho’way United wake up

Should’ve been there really - Hall poor here

Poor defending that mind

The invincibles played quite a few more games - Murphy’s joint goal participation would equal 33 if he’d played as many matches as Bergkamp or Pires; and around 50 if he’d played as many minutes as Pires That’s right - Jacob Murphy is better than Bergkamp or Pires, as proved by science

Hahah get in Trafford lad

Is this ref on the take? Another shit decision

Another pel

Get in the future NUFC No1

Massive dive and outside box

‘Chat GPT, please write me a Jeremy Kyle episode synopsis’

I just like to avoid regionality entirely, and we should get into these Tory retirement village cunts