I said it a few times this season to friends that Howe has got it seriously wrong in some instances and incredibly spot on in others but the 'failures' are so large you can't simply ignore them.
Wolves was the prime example. We were clearly exhausted in the last 25 and he didn't make a change despite it being blatant. Eddie has also partially created his own mess, whether he likes it or not he has had spare players he could have called on, he chose not to. Whether they are up to first team standard is not the debate, they're in the squad.
Richie isn't brilliant but hes better than somebody who can't move. He flatly refused to play Livramento and Hall despite the desperate need. We could have switched to a back 5 or back 3 should he would have chosen and given players a rest. We could have brought players off much earlier when we had leads and trusted some of the kids e.g. striker when Isak is struggling in the 80th min and we had no Wilson. There has been no thought of adaptation to circumstances in that regard which is worrying.
Somebody summed it up earlier when they said it was much like his last month at Bournemouth.
Wolves was when I saw serious misjudgment but keeping an injured Gordon on for 10 minutes against Chelsea when he couldn't move, especially with our current issues was bordering on negligence. There is no reason in that game he couldn't have changed to a 5 and had fresher players at the back.
These issues aren't a few weeks old, they've been in place since October.
