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Eddie Howe - Granted Freedom of Newcastle

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Eddie isn't a gun for hire, so maybe his eventual trophy haul won't be as big as the likes of Ferguson or Guardiola. But what he's achieved in his career so far is equally remarkable, and like Ferguson and Clough, it's been with two different clubs. It's no fluke.

 

Whatever happens from hereon in, he's one of the greats already as far as I'm concerned.

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I have said it before, but I hope we are creative in the summer with our new signings. By that, I mean we provide him with more options within the squad to adapt and change our tactics, which he has definitely shown he can do recently.  Versatility within our system and approach would really help, and I would also prefer to look at younger, better-value players than paying over the odds for premier league players. 

Give Eddie the tools, and beyond doubt, he will deliver.  To have achieved what he has so far is incredible.  Imagine what 4-5 new players would offer him and the team.  Big summer ahead. 

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I am also hoping that he gets two or three "purples" this summer and two or three up and coming/unknown entities who can step up to the next level.

My dream signings would be; Huijsen, Mbuemo and Delap (or david on free), with a sprinkling of Dibling and trafford for up and comings!!!

 

If we get a fast ball playing right back to compliment a fit Botman, a right winger to fight with Murph for that place, a proper back up striker and a couple of extra new faces, we should be a team who can compete pretty well in the champs league and also our home comps.

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46 minutes ago, Cronky said:

Eddie isn't a gun for hire, so maybe his eventual trophy haul won't be as big as the likes of Ferguson or Guardiola. But what he's achieved in his career so far is equally remarkable, and like Ferguson and Clough, it's been with two different clubs. It's no fluke.

 

Whatever happens from hereon in, he's one of the greats already as far as I'm concerned.

His record is more akin to Graham Taylor’s record prior to the England job tbf - and that’s absolutely not a backhanded compliment.

 

It’s nowhere near a Clough or Ferguson conversation yet. 

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We need to raise our floor more than our ceiling this summer in my opinion. A purple RCB is a must. After that I hope we pick up young emerging talent in the 10-20 million bracket. 

Its strength in depth that we're lacking most at the moment and like has been said just previously players that offer something different so Howe can be more flexible in his approaches or change games. 

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40 minutes ago, Disco said:

Got the shits

 

According to some of the comments on Facebook it's because he's scared of Sunderland 

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On 30/12/2024 at 05:05, 80 said:

Not done this for a while, but to keep track, we're currently -1 point based on like for like fixtures played last season.

 

Big opportunity to change that in the next two games - we got nothing from Man U and Tottenham last season.

 

Then an important fortnight for us in the second half of January:

 

Wolves H

Bournemouth H

Southampton A (in place of Sheff Utd)

Fulham H

 

We got 10 points out of 12 from those fixtures last season, but it feels like it will be an achievement to repeat that this year.

Over three months on, and one cup victory later, where are we at?

 

+9

 

The run quoted above was a gutter, but Nottingham Forest at home (+3), and away at West Ham (+2) and Leicester (+3, replacing Luton) have made a big difference.

 

The next four fixtures are very much about maintaining standards though: 

 

Manchester United (h)

Crystal Palace (h)

Aston Villa (a)

Ipswich Town (h), replacing Burnley

 

We took the full 12 points from those fixtures last season...

 

Personally, I'm confident.

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On 10/04/2025 at 10:33, TheBrownBottle said:

His record is more akin to Graham Taylor’s record prior to the England job tbf - and that’s absolutely not a backhanded compliment.

 

It’s nowhere near a Clough or Ferguson conversation yet. 

 

If ever there was job that has buried reputations it's the England one.

 

There's lots to unpick with the Clough - Ferguson comparison, and obviously in terms of trophies won, there's no comparison at all. But Eddie is operating in a different environment, and one where it's never been more difficult for a club to make a breakthrough into the elite.

 

Taking a club that is rooted on 92nd place in the League pyramid into the top division in such a short space of time is a unique achievement. We ourselves had been a wreck of a club for so much of the last 70 years, with the fans, the manager and the owners regularly at odds, and when Eddie took over we looked trapped in the same cycle. We looked like we were going to go down with about 20 points, and the speed and the extent of the turnaround has been quite incredible.

 

But for me, the manager who springs most easily to mind in comparison to Eddie, is Clough. Now I know they were very different personalities, with different methods, but they both had a similar transformative effect.

 

We've all seen the phenomenon in football whereby an individual player, or a team as a whole, can suddenly hit a sweet spot of form. It may only last for 20 minutes in a game, or for one game in three, but sometimes things just 'click'. That can be elusive and short-term, and the knack of football management is to achieve that for 90% of a game, and in 90% of games overall. Clough and Howe both show the ability to do that. They are both able to get far more out of a player and a team, on a regular basis, than you would expect.

 

The recent final was only the latest example. We were affected by injuries and suspensions, and I was looking at the teams on paper, and thinking we were Donald Ducked. Only one or maybe two of our players (Isak, Bruno) would have got into their team. Many of them wouldn't have made their subs bench. I thought our only hope was to defend like crazy and nick a late goal. The game kicked off and the logical script went straight into the bin. I should have known better, because Eddie has defied the odds so many times.

 

Murphy is a good case in point. We were thinking a while back that he was a Championship standard player. Well actually, he still is. He's just not playing like one. He's going out there, convinced that he belongs in that company, and that's half the battle. 

 

At the end, my reaction was similar to when Clough won those European Cups. To quote our Eurovision Song entry - What the hell just happened?

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