Ellis H

1:45

Run for your life, Eddie. They’re turning on you yet again.

Aye. Moaning after a defeat and moaning after a win. We deserve nowt.

Bailey looks like he has a bit of Adam Wharton about him. Scored a good goal.

Absolutely. It’s a good example of why we need to be patient with him because it’s easy to forget where he was as a manager before he came here. He went from getting relegated and being unemployed to smashing PSG in the CL almost overnight and most situations like the Isak one, juggling a European schedule, having an huge transfer budget, managing world class players etc have been brand new to him. He’s been learning on the job since day one and it’s something that will hold us back at times but hopefully we’ll be stronger in the long run as he develops.

Howe said recently he hadn’t seen Woltemade going up against our own defenders because “unfortunately we haven’t been training much” because of the schedule so it’s certainly not ideal for a manager who’s really good at using training sessions to help develop players and get them meshed into the team.

Being really, really good in the Champions League, getting a winnable home game in the quarter finals of a cup and being 6 points off 4th? Woltemade and Thiaw being brilliant? Winning 6 of our last 8 before West Ham?

I’m starting to understand the RAWK locking threads thing.

Im assuming that’s still more than we were winning before he came here. Despite his incredible job so far, total improvement is gradual. This is also almost certainly the strongest the PL has ever been which is why Liverpool, Man City, Chelsea, Tottenham, Man Utd, Arsenal etc have also been inconsistent, if not hilariously shite in some cases, in the last 12+ months. Liverpool just lost 5 league games in a row as an example. If the teams frequently spending endless amounts of money can’t be consistent then why should Howe be expected to?

“Newcastle have won 48.3% of PL matches under Howe.” Could have just stopped there.

Some very quick maths says that this is our record since January 1st in all competitions P 40 W 23 D 4 L 13 Since the start of the 23/24 season we’ve only drawn 14 games out of 86 in the league (won 41, lost 30). Turning some defeats into draws would be hugely beneficial in such a tight league. Maybe that’s been to do with having almost no options on the bench til this season? Who knows but I thought this was interesting. Might be more suited to the “how can we challenge” thread though.

It’s more the hyperbole I’m seeing. Before today we’d won 5 of the last 6 and moved into a winnable quarter final of a cup. Now there’s genuine venom because we played badly and lost a game.

Funny how there’s barely a post in here after a win but it’s a fucking feeding frenzy after we lose. It’s a fascinating insight to say the least.

“Ross will be responsible for sporting strategy, development and recruitment across men's, women's and Academy teams, working closely with the club's football leadership and executive teams” It’s another area that has greatly suffered because of the Ashworth/Mitchell nonsense. We’ll get nowhere with the Women’s and youth teams without consistently/competency in the main jobs.

When they get walloped off Villa on the weekend it’ll be because Villa didn’t have a midweek game, despite him resting the whole team. As usual, Howe takes his defeats on the chin and like a pro. No moaning, no excuses, just a generic variation of “we’ll try to put it right in the next game”.

Might be a tricky game. We haven’t beaten them for days.

Few minutes.

P - 14 W - 7 D - 3 L - 4 With the defeats being very close games against Liverpool, Arsenal, Barcelona and Brighton, that’s a good start.

Shearer behind Yaya Toure. Ok.

Eddie Howe doesn’t miss. In 6 months he’ll be Elbappe.

Bruno and Murphy scored 2 harder chances than the ones he created.

Poor little Arne Sloth. He’ll be back to managing smaller clubs before Christmas. In fairness to Salah, the worse this gets the more impressive his achievements were last season. It’s one of the all time great carry jobs in the history of football.

Always dead in here after a win. Won 4 of the last 6 now.