Eddie Howe

[AyeDubbleYoo]

7 hours ago, Robbo2 said:

That first training clip we got to see, where he plays a pass then makes a bursting run - leading from the front  

Just turning up in the morning for training was pretty inspirational TBH. 

[SteV]

5 hours ago, Magpie said:

Absolute carnage in the away end it was, it felt pivotal and it really was!!!

Yep, probably my favourite away day in recent memory.

 

There’s something about being not very good and scraping out a 1-0 win on the road, probably against expectations, that is difficult to describe how good it feels.

 

I compare this game to the Fulham game at the start of the season after where they had someone sent off early and we annihilated them 4-1. It’s was a lovely day, easy win, sun shining, had a good sing song etc. But give me the tense, edginess, and ultimate euphoria of that Leeds day, any day of the week.

[Heron]

Thing with Leeds is it's a hostile environment even though there's no real animosity between the clubs. So winning there - perhaps against the odds - int eh fashion we did would be amazing. My best mate was there and said it was class.

 

Just love a bouncing away end. Particularly in old stadium with corrugated iron. Sadly it wasn't under Howe but reminds me of Grimsby in the cup when Shearer got elbowed. When we scored there was bodies everywhere and spilling onto the pitch.

[Dr.Spaceman]

Leeds used to be class back in the day when we had the end behind the goal

[Fatwax]

55 minutes ago, Heron said:

Thing with Leeds is it's a hostile environment even though there's no real animosity between the clubs. So winning there - perhaps against the odds - int eh fashion we did would be amazing. My best mate was there and said it was class.

 

Just love a bouncing away end. Particularly in old stadium with corrugated iron. Sadly it wasn't under Howe but reminds me of Grimsby in the cup when Shearer got elbowed. When we scored there was bodies everywhere and spilling onto the pitch.

Souness I think.

[54]

The game that always sticks in my mind from that survival season, which was the moment I was thought "oh we've got something really special here with Eddie" was actually after we'd survived and where just closing out the season.

 

It was the "Wet the appetite" Arsenal 2-0, they where challenging for the Champions League and had everything bit of motivation to put on a performance, while we where safe and could have arguably been on the beach, but we battered them throughout, we had the desire,the determination and the fortitude to put on a display, while they where the ones that looked like they'd been in a relegation scrap all season.

[Kid Icarus]

12 hours ago, Robbo2 said:

That first training clip we got to see, where he plays a pass then makes a bursting run - leading from the front  

I think I've said it before but he had me from "a lot of you are standing still, standing still's no good" in that first training video. A proper hallelujah moment 

[Yorkie]

I'd put Robson above him in the list of greats but was Howe the best appointment since Keegan in 1992? Just in terms of being exactly what we needed at that exact time? The turnaround under Robson was similar I suppose, though the situation was probably less desperate. Just feels like, in Howe's case, we just hit the nail square on the head in terms of what that squad needed: energy and professional standards. 

[BergenMagpie]

That video was absolutely incredible. Probably the best content we have ever put out - I had tears in my eyes throughout. I'll keep that bookmarked for whenever I need to "zone out" from life. 

 

What a man! 

[STM]

He's an incredible manager and incredible person. I've said before that I think he's the best thing about our club. There's not one player I'd keep ahead of our manager being here.

 

For anyone with the illusion that we could get better, wait until "better" walks through the door, starts acting like a cunt in press conferences and doesn't at all get the club.

 

If Howe does have learning points in his management, then it's up to the club and the fans to give him the time required to make that next step. 

 

This man gives me amazing footballing memories and footballing moments, including the one last Saturday. Long may it continue.

[Collage]

There are no empty clichés or platitudes, he's honest, eloquent and obviously intelligent. Being a good communicator may be overrated as a football manager but I love that about him. He's also hard working and always strives to improve, never content. He's the anti Steve Bruce.

[STM]

I absolutely love that for 95% of our games his post match comments reflect my own views. Very rarely do I think he analyses the game wrong.

 

After years of "rull wa sleeves up" or "the fans cost us that game (yes Pardew actually did this)" or just generally trying to pretend that we played well when we didnt, having Howe tell the truth is so refreshing.

 

I think in his presser yesterday he said something like we were shite at Fulham, have played in spells in the other games and then looked good in the last two, which is exactly how I see it.

 

I also love that he watches the games back multiple times to see what went well/wrong. There's nothing you could tell him about his own players that he doesn't already know.

 

 

[Hovagod]

2 hours ago, Dr.Spaceman said:

Leeds used to be class back in the day when we had the end behind the goal

4-3 win there is my favourite ever game. Always feel incredibly lucky that I was there that day. 

[Heron]

2 hours ago, 54 said:

The game that always sticks in my mind from that survival season, which was the moment I was thought "oh we've got something really special here with Eddie" was actually after we'd survived and where just closing out the season.

 

It was the "Wet the appetite" Arsenal 2-0, they where challenging for the Champions League and had everything bit of motivation to put on a performance, while we where safe and could have arguably been on the beach, but we battered them throughout, we had the desire,the determination and the fortitude to put on a display, while they where the ones that looked like they'd been in a relegation scrap all season.

That game wounded Arsenal so bad like. Remember that Amazon(?)/Prime(?) documentary about Arsenal and someone says to Saka I think it was "Ah Newcastle away up next" or something along those lines and Saka correctly says something like "That won't be easy" to dismiss it.

 

When they walked out they shit their pants. Was a new dawn that day. The message in retrospect was clear "Don't fuck with us."

 

St James' Park is literally a fortress again under Eddie Howe and I fucking love it.

[Andy84]

Great video best man for the job to manage Newcastle for the foreseeable future 

[PauloGeordio]

I hope Eddie is the one to win our first trophy with us. It's so good to have a manager that gets us all stopping what we are doing and listening to him. Unlike the schnozz monster! He's professional, dignified and dedicated, willing to learn and has many years ahead of him. Again hopefully & successfully with us.

[54]

11 minutes ago, Heron said:

That game wounded Arsenal so bad like. Remember that Amazon(?)/Prime(?) documentary about Arsenal and someone says to Saka I think it was "Ah Newcastle away up next" or something along those lines and Saka correctly says something like "That won't be easy" to dismiss it.

 

When they walked out they shit their pants. Was a new dawn that day. The message in retrospect was clear "Don't fuck with us."

 

St James' Park is literally a fortress again under Eddie Howe and I fucking love it.

It was Granit Xhaka saying at half time "We are playing like a second division team, we have to play like they're playing, guys we have to play like them" that I always remember from that show.

[STM]

I just remember Artetas tears. Was lush. 

[Heron]

13 minutes ago, 54 said:

It was Granit Xhaka saying at half time "We are playing like a second division team, we have to play like they're playing, guys we have to play like them" that I always remember from that show.

<3

 

That Arteta rant too. I actually think he might hate us you know

[Interpolic]

1 hour ago, Yorkie said:

I'd put Robson above him in the list of greats but was Howe the best appointment since Keegan in 1992? Just in terms of being exactly what we needed at that exact time? The turnaround under Robson was similar I suppose, though the situation was probably less desperate. Just feels like, in Howe's case, we just hit the nail square on the head in terms of what that squad needed: energy and professional standards. 

 

Not being pedantic here @Yorkie, you've prompted me to make an assessment of them both in my head this morning

 

Howe's a bit ahead of Robson atm in my mind, if you take into account that:

 

- Steadying the ship first season was an easier task for Robson who came in earlier and probably had a better squad 

- Robson's next season was basically us treading water, with new signings not working out and us finishing 11th as we had the previous season (versus Howe getting us 4th) 

- Re the above point it's probably fairer to judge Robson after Bellamy and Robert came in tbf, since they gave us the pace, energy and quality that we really needed 

- Both managers got us 4th in their first 2 full seasons but Howe did it quicker 

- Robson never had to deal with an injury crisis of last season's scale but I'd say Howe getting 7th in the face of that was good going 

- Howe's cup record is probably better, although Robson did better in the CL

- Howe's doing it in a more competitive league than it was back then 

 

Robson obviously got us 3rd while playing in the CL in 02/03 and I doubt Howe will match that this season even without Europe to contend with. But like I say it's a more competitive league these days so it's difficult to compare. 

 

All of the above is about finishes etc, style-wise I'd say they both created pretty much equally exciting teams. Overall it's pretty close between them atm imo

[PauloGeordio]

1 hour ago, Heron said:

<3

 

That Arteta rant too. I actually think he might hate us you know

 

Arteta after the 1-0 loss to us and the "controversial" VAR decision.

 

Arteta on LFC defeat to Spurs after VAR error. “They are trying to make the best decisions. We need to understand that mistakes happen.”

 

Beautiful to watch 

 

[The Butcher]

Tony Pulis with a checkbook.

 

Bang average manager, Arteta.

[Dr.Spaceman]

1 hour ago, Hovagod said:

4-3 win there is my favourite ever game. Always feel incredibly lucky that I was there that day. 

 

In the snow, Bobby's jig of delight on the touchline before realising he's 72 or whatever he was

[LiquidAK]

That was a brilliant watch, 30 minutes flew by. So glad we've got him, just having a manager who will work himself ragged every day trying to improve and wring every last drop out of what he's got to work with isn't something that should ever be taken for granted.

 

Few moments on there that I'd almost forgotten about in the whirlwind of the last few years - the win away to Leeds giving the club a sense of hope and belief right before the transfer window opened, smashing Brighton right before sealing 4th.

 

So many brilliant memories and you don't get the sense that the best has been and gone yet. Howe at the helm is taking us places. Let's collectively try to remember that the next time we hit a patch of bad form.

[STM]

Genuinely think we are/we're just missing a couple of exciting signings to galvanise the squad a touch. 

 

Get someone like Mbuemo in January, get Botman back and we will be cooking.