Eddie Howe

[LFEE]

3 hours ago, andycap said:

In regards to Eddie, unless he comes up with a way to play that doesn't leave our midfield wide open for counters then I don't think he'll ever be elite. 

Good manager but last year and so far this year he's not addressed the gap problem. 

Last year he only really had 3 fit midfielders at one time most of season. It’s only the last couple of games this season he’s had some options.

 

I get your point but it’s always important to remind yourself our injury and suspension situation last season. Bruno for example couldn’t make a tackle for a third of the season as we couldn’t afford to have him be suspended again  Longstaff playing injured. Who was our third midfielder again?

 

Imagine all these supposed elite managers in that scenario with 3 GKs on the bench and youth prospects 

 

 

Edited September 21, 2024 by LFEE

[Coffee_Johnny]

8 hours ago, RodrigoRamos said:

 

This is the problem. Deep down you still associate yourselves with the likes of Bournemouth ans Burnley. The hallmarks of serial losers.

 

If you never expect and demand to won something then guess what, you won't.

That might be OK to a fanbase with a losing mentality but it's not good enough for players with strong mindset like Isak or Gordon and it sure is not the same mindset the owners have, they didn't buy a PL team to finish 6th every year.

 

It's OK though, cause at least you have a team full of nice guys. Burn, Longstaff, Murphy and Almiron are all very average footballers, but at least they seem like good guys and are smiling a lot. Isn't it beautiful that they can live their dreams playing for the club.

Sure, they don't help the team with something, but at least they try their best.

That's what matters, yes?

 

Serial losers. 

On your logic, Miguel Muñoz was clearly an inadequate manager and obviously didn’t have, or demand from his teams, the winning mentality you seem to see as the main ingredient for a football manager and for a fan base.

 

In the 223 games Muñoz managed teams other than Real Madrid or Spain, his gross  average win rate was 27%. What a loser. In fact given that covered four teams (24% to 42% before and after his longest stint with Madrid), what a serial loser. This Howe chancer picked up an almost certainly relegated team (11 points from 19 games) and with large portions of the same squad has a 50% win rate. 
 

Muñoz Must have fluked those nine La Liga wins and two European cups, when Madrid manager. Unless of course there’s a flaw in your ‘logic’? 

[Lotus]

12 hours ago, RodrigoRamos said:

 

What is a WUM?

Uses terms like ‘pish’ but doesn’t know what a WUM is….

Nah….

WUM.

[Ronaldo]

13 hours ago, Kid Icarus said:

 

I think it's class, just as an entertaining film and for all the subtext/allegory stuff.  It's canny famous in the online alpha-mindset cannon as well tbf and very specific

 

Only other film similar to it in the collection is Wall Street and that doesn't hit the nail on the head as well and isn't as good.

 

 

 

Wall Street simply for Terence Stamp. I quote his character all the time at work when I want to intimidate someone. 

[Ben]

Are the match thread posters seriously wanting Howe sacked after 30 minutes?

[David Edgar]

When the entire playing squad looks off the pace, where do you look?

[Ikon]

3 minutes ago, Ben said:

Are the match thread posters seriously wanting Howe sacked after 30 minutes?

Don’t be silly. 

[La Parka]

Hmm.

 

Something's wrong. 

[The Butcher]

We've had this coming.

 

No plan going forward and we look shaky at the back. 

 

Same issues in midfield for about 18 months. Isak isolated.

 

Really hope he turns these performances around, but we've not looked like a unit for quite some time, even if the results have been good.

 

 

 

 

[Jagten]

Both visual performances and underlying numbers this season have not been good. It's a small sample, but we're in the bottom half, and we're fortunate to have 10 points. Howe has arrested periods like this before (last season's match against Liverpool was peak dreadful), but the current environment at the club makes me worried for both him and us.

[Sibierski]

He’s being stubborn and it’s going to cost him. 
 

Something clearly broken on training ground too, as we are so poor with the ball, and players look switched off more than they’ve ever been. 
 

We’ll be stuck in a hard place, as even if club were inclined to wanting rid, whilst England job is available, they won’t make such a move as the chance of some compensation could be there (or even a mutual £0 agreement).

[Myleftboot]

Get it sorted Eddie son.

[HaydnNUFC]

I'm devastated to feel this way and hope to god he proves me wrong, starting with this 2nd half, but I've very little faith he can turn this around and/or breath life into us in terms of these performances. I expect us to perform terribly in away matches and that's, like, shite.

 

 

Edited September 21, 2024 by HaydnNUFC

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, HaydnNUFC said:

I'm devastated to feel this way and hope to god he proves me wrong, starting with this 2nd half, but I've very little faith he can turn this around and/or breath new life into us in terms of these performances. I expect us to perform terribly in away matches and that's, like, shite.

He looks out of ideas tbh. 

[Pilko]

Feel like that was coming based on the recent run of crap first half performances.

 

Much more of a mountain to climb than Bournemouth and Wolves to salvage this one, he'll really earn his money second half if we can salvage something from this.

 

Feels like we used to start strongly in a lot of games and this season we've been sluggish at best, shite at worst starting off in every league game (Forest cup the odd one out).

[andycap]

We are playing shite and have far to many not on form this game bruno joelinton Gordon isak could easily of been left out on form and fitness issues. Then we have tonali who's fit left on the bench poor hall keeps getting dropped. 

[The Bonk]

Get in!

[The Bonk]

Let’s do these cunts!!

[The Bonk]

Whoops!

[Dokko]

We've been shit for 10 months. Not sure why people are surprised about today or any of the performances this season so far. Feel like we're limping on with no urgency to address any of the issues.

 

Maybe a loss might wake these fuckers up, or take hold of their season otherwise there is only one person who will take the fall here.  

 

[TheBrownBottle]

Edit: wrong thread 

 

 

Edited September 21, 2024 by TheBrownBottle

[JoeyBartoon]

Absolute shambles there 

[Newcastle Fan]

The Midfield balance was all over the place and he didn't get much right in the first half (again) thought we needed to be more proactive after the goal and get Tonali on but he waited too long and we lost momentum, his lucky streak has ran out and now we really need to get fucking playing.

 

Why can't he fucking just start Tonali? he was a better fit for this game than Willock and we would've moaned less at least.

[Stifler]

Losing fucking patience now.

Been poor for a season and a half now, he had the benefit of the doubt, and credit in the bank last season. Zero excuses for how we have played this season, absolutely all on him now.

 

As far as I’m concerned, he’s lost his credit in the bank now. I’m not saying Howe out, but he no longer gets the ‘The way he turned us around, so we should stick by him’ defence.

 

 

Edited September 21, 2024 by Stifler

[aussiemag]

Just now, Stifler said:

Losing fucking patience now.

Been poor for a season and a half now, he had the benefit of the doubt, and credit in the bank last season. Zero excuses for how we have played this season, absolutely all on him now.

he wasn’t backed at all in the transfer window. Had a number of key players heads turned and shopped around. Has been undermined by the senior executives at the club at all points. I feel like his days are numbered and Mitchell and Eales will want their own man in charge.