Eddie Howe - Cup Winning NUFC Manager

[Lordshola]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:41, Dr Venkman said:

You know we intentionally didn’t press them today, don’t you?

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We haven’t been intentionally pressing anyone.

 

”Intensity is our identity” and all…

[TRon]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:39, mouldy_uk said:

People just assess everything based on the last 10 minutes we’ve played. Probably a symptom of modern day short attention spans. 

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I don't think we've played well since we qualified for CL tbh and I've said that before. Our football is nowhere near as fluid as back then, although obviously injuries have played a big part last season. But at least we are picking up points when we aren't playing well so can't grumble, really happy with the return on that score.

[The College Dropout]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:42, Zero said:

I suspect Howe intentionally cut down the press level in order to avoid injuries.

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Then we need another identity. 

[timeEd32]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:41, Dr Venkman said:

You know we intentionally didn’t press them today, don’t you?

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Yes but we haven’t played our pressing game all season. And if that’s going to be a thing then we need to become much better with the ball, but that feels like a harder problem to solve. Schar back will help loads though.

[Heron]

My man.

 

What a diamond.

[Dr Venkman]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:42, Lordshola said:

We haven’t been intentionally pressing anyone.

 

”Intensity is our identity” and all…

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What's your point, Jackie?

[Stifler]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:42, Dr Venkman said:

We limited them to poor quality chances, that’s the game plan along with hitting them on the break. They only score from two consecutive individual errors. That was a textbook ‘how to beat Spurs’ set up today.

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I mean the last 2 times we played them we hammered them from start to finish.

[Heron]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:44, Stifler said:

I mean the last 2 times we played them we hammered them from start to finish.

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Teams change and evolve, generally.

 

Whilst we didn't execute it perfectly, it was absolutely the plan to hit these on the counter and it absolutely worked.

[Zero]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:43, The College Dropout said:

Then we need another identity. 

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you can say so. We probably just pressed 3-4 times today, and this is our home game before the break. The days of pressing opponents to death might have gone already

[LiquidAK]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:42, The College Dropout said:

I don’t think he did.  We rode our luck at times.  Last season he played Ange. This time he was a bit Moyes-esque. 

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So glad you're back 

[Zero]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:43, timeEd32 said:

Yes but we haven’t played our pressing game all season. And if that’s going to be a thing then we need to become much better with the ball, but that feels like a harder problem to solve. Schar back will help loads though.

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Correct. That’s also why we need Trippier and Tonali back on form asap.

[Heron]

I don't think we played particularly great again tbh, but still beat a top 6 side. This is the resilience we need. Hopefully we grow into the season and become more refined.

[The College Dropout]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:45, Zero said:

you can say so. We probably just pressed 3-4 times today, and this is our home game before the break. The days of pressing opponents to death might have gone already

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Then how do we regularly win football games? 
 

Sit deep and hit teams on the counter? Build from the back in a possession based system?

Im happy we won. and the points return. 

 

 

Edited September 1, 2024 by The College Dropout

[Vinny Green Balls]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:45, Zero said:

you can say so. We probably just pressed 3-4 times today, and this is our home game before the break. The days of pressing opponents to death might have gone already

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  On 01/09/2024 at 14:45, Zero said:

you can say so. We probably just pressed 3-4 times today, and this is our home game before the break. The days of pressing opponents to death might have gone already

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FFS do you ever feel joy?

[Yorkie]

Murphy sub was the perfect tactical change. He was ropey when he first came on but sticking him at RWB with freedom to get forward won us the game. 

 

Shutting down the noise and moving onwards and upwards. 

[Heron]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:47, Vinny Green Balls said:

 

FFS do you ever feel joy?

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[nufc123]

Hope they train a little bit more with the ball, because our ball play is really concerning

[Dokko]

He needed that result and got it. 2 weeks to address a few festering issues, even if he gets 2 or 3 sorted then it should be enough to kick start the season. Priority is sort Gordon's head out. 

[LiquidAK]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:49, Yorkie said:

Murphy sub was the perfect tactical change. He was ropey when he first came on but sticking him at RWB with freedom to get forward won us the game. 

 

Shutting down the noise and moving onwards and upwards. 

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Yup, individually he was quite poor but it was the correct decision tactically and got us the winner 

[The College Dropout]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:49, nufc123 said:

Hope they train a little bit more with the ball, because our ball play is really concerning

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Lads don’t have the ability. 
 

Schar return and Tonali back will help.  But Joe, Kelly, Burn aren’t possession based players in the pl

[Zero]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:47, Vinny Green Balls said:

 

FFS do you ever feel joy?

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what da fug are you on? I am defending Howe!

[The College Dropout]

Murphy did great for the goal. And that got us the points. 
 

He was largely awful though.  Super bad. 

[Gallowgate Toon]

Didn't everyone want him to be less tactically predictable last season? 

 

Seems like he's managing a few things that stop us from trying plan a, so we've gone for something else. 

[STM]

  On 01/09/2024 at 14:50, LiquidAK said:

Yup, individually he was quite poor but it was the correct decision tactically and got us the winner 

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Someone suggested it in the match thread I think.

[mighty__mag]

International break, then three away games before our next home game vs City.

 

Eddie needs to galvanise the group, bring back nasty Newcastle, the aggressive pressure, pressing in your face, the team winning photos, smiles on everyone's faces, big energy.