54 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 "It’s not uncomfortable to be asked, I understand you need to ask. But it’s my right to answer how I feel is right for myself and for NUFC. At the moment it's to give you as much as I can without going into an area that's not best for me to go into. If I do, the team may suffer." I was a footballer with a slight difference. I got on the team bus aged 19 with a copy of The Times under my arm. I got strange looks from my teammates. But I came from a family where things were pushed towards me. I was interested in world politics at that stage. But having time on my hands as a football manager is difficult, so it's gone out my life slightly. I will have to dedicate more time to it, though. Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm job obsessed - It's an understatement actually. In the modern world part of my job is to know what's going on around the world and I'm reading up on that." I respect Gary Neville & Jamie Carragher’s opinion and I get on well with them. I’ve no issue with that they said. But ultimately it's my right to say what I need to say. Before I took the job I looked at it as the club, the players, the support base. You then meet the people behind the scenes - Amanda, Mehrdad, Yasir - brilliant people who I've got a good relationship with. A lot of trust has been built between us." The club of course is owned by people who the Premier League allowed to own a football club. So from my side that's as far as it went and I've reviewed my decision based on the people I've met. I'm very proud to represent this football club, I understand questions have to be asked, I have no problem with that. But my specialist subject is football. As soon as I deviate from that into an area I don’t feel qualified to have an opinion I get into dangerous ground. I'm best sticking to a preparing a team for Everton." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 (edited) I've probably never respected him more for saying this tbh: Quote "I understand questions have to be asked, I have no problem with that. But my specialist subject is football. As soon as I deviate from that into an area I don’t feel qualified to have an opinion I get into dangerous ground. I'm best sticking to a preparing a team for Everton." The same public figures who rightly bemoan the lack of respect we give to experts in society are still more than happy to weigh in and push their opinions on really heavy subjects they aren't just not experts on, but actually know very little about. Someone essentially saying they don't know enough about something so shouldn't comment on it publically is music to my ears tbh. Edited March 16, 2022 by Kid Icarus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Our manager ?????????????? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleazy Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 He's pretty much echoing what Simon Jordan said he should say Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Fuck me, he's class. Right now, I wouldn't want anyone else managing this club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 I'd be interested to see how many fans of other clubs demanding he answers the question also believe that Marcus Rashford, Gary Lineker and Gary Neville are "woke" and regularly post tweets about how much they need to stick to football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Times reader eh ? I've lost a little respect for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, madras said: Times reader eh ? I've lost a little respect for him. I'm left wing, but I'd rather read The Times than the Guardian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 minute ago, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said: I'm left wing, but I'd rather read The Times than the Guardian. I've been Newspaperless since The Independent went online. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 16 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said: Our manager ?????????????? He's brilliant isn't he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 I don't really buy his pleading ignorance but I think he's answered that as well as he could do really. Everyone connected to the club - fan or employee - can take one of two positions: A, we're basically business as usual, it's a football club and I'll treat it as such. Or B, it's a football club but it has been fundamentally tarnished by it's connection to an abhorrent regime and I don't want to be associated with it for that reason. Howe, like the vast majority of supporters from what I can see, has taken option A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 The only newspaper worthy of anybodies time is the FT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 minute ago, TRon said: He's brilliant isn't he? He is m8, we deserve him. Legend in the making I have no doubt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said: I'm left wing, but I'd rather read The Times than the Guardian. I still subscribe to the Times only through habit, but I barely read any of the main stories. I flick through the sports section and the culture part, the rest is a waste of time. I couldn't read the Guardian either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Quite amazing in this day and age where everyone has an opinion on everything that someone actually says that they are not qualified to give an answer on something because they are not an expert on the subject, i think its a class answer and the best possible one he could give. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1892er Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Handled difficult questions really well. I could only imagine if it was cabbage answering the same questions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, TRon said: I still subscribe to the Times only through habit, but I barely read any of the main stories. I flick through the sports section and the culture part, the rest is a waste of time. I couldn't read the Guardian either. The Times Quiz is great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 minute ago, 1892er said: Handled difficult questions really well. I could only imagine if it was cabbage answering the same questions. Roll wor sleeves up and give them a good pasty! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 1 minute ago, 1892er said: Handled difficult questions really well. I could only imagine if it was cabbage answering the same questions. What do mean that they don't eat bacon?? They need to just run harder, roll up their sleeves and try it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 19 minutes ago, madras said: Times reader eh ? I've lost a little respect for him. Would have been New Labour at the time he was playing. I'll let him off, he wouldn't have been the first or last to have had the wool pulled over his eyes with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Seemed to have missed this, but what did Neville and Carragher say? And why is there now a sudden clamoring for Howe to have to say something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 He’s fucking lovey isn’t he, I love that we are managed by Eddie Howe, an articulate, intelligent, considered, passionate, hard working decent human being and a great manager and coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 9 minutes ago, 54 said: Seemed to have missed this, but what did Neville and Carragher say? And why is there now a sudden clamoring for Howe to have to say something? A little bit of the Chelsea fallout, a bit of Howe not acknowledging anything but the football side. He's gave an honest answer there, the same kind of answer I give tbh. Afaic the media just want a slip up, they couldn't give two fucks about his honest opinion. They just want a slam dunk of a quote. Can he be appalled by stories from Saudi, yes. Will/should he give up his job, no. Should he be sympathetic and acknowledge the questions, of course. I'd say the majority of people will live their lives like that, as unfortunate as it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 8 minutes ago, TRon said: I still subscribe to the Times only through habit, but I barely read any of the main stories. I flick through the sports section and the culture part, the rest is a waste of time. I couldn't read the Guardian either. I have gotten tired of the Guardian and their "anonymous source" "Close Acquaintance" etc...etc.. ie. we are making this up and twisting opinion. I imagine most of the papers do this but the guardian is the worst culprit. Generally read the times and Independant for a contrasted view... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC_Chris Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Another round of Prime Ministers Questions for our manager. I think it’s a fucking joke to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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