AJ9 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Take a bow. This is exactly what we needed to start doing - winning ugly and not giving up points. Great work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 What I like most about Howe is his constant striving to be better. Staying up isn’t something he will celebrate, and if that does happen and we come top half next season, he won’t be happy with that too. I know I shouldn’t bring him up again, but it is just a complete and utter different Universe to our last “manager” who was delighted finishing 17th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Very gratifying that he's won both head to head battles with his rivals for the job of NUFC manager. Lampard and now Gerrard put in their place, no doubt about it, we made the right choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palestoon Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, HTT II said: Very Rafa like off the ball in terms of defending, shape, compactness, keeping our discipline and seeing a game out. He was criticised for being too gung ho at Bournemouth and lacking defensive nous, but our last 3 games is as good as I’ve seen off the ball defensively in many a year, you’d think Rafa was back in the dugout… bodes so well! for sure, even better is the pressing higher up the field while not looking completely exposed at the back. after years of pulling my hair out during the bruce and pardew eras where one or two players press with no plan while the rest of the team dropped off leaving loads of space in between... they really were a pair of charlatans. no plan or team cohesion, got away with it for so long. so much better now, and Howe deserves a lot of credit Edited February 13, 2022 by Palestoon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 47 minutes ago, TRon said: Very gratifying that he's won both head to head battles with his rivals for the job of NUFC manager. Lampard and now Gerrard put in their place, no doubt about it, we made the right choice. I'm sure the media will be as swift to point that out as they would if it had gone the other way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 56 minutes ago, TRon said: Very gratifying that he's won both head to head battles with his rivals for the job of NUFC manager. Lampard and now Gerrard put in their place, no doubt about it, we made the right choice. Their players are in for a rough one as neither are going to get any criticism anytime soon. We’d have gone from one pundit darling to another if either of them had come in. Got to say Howe looks the perfect appointment at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Another thing, I remember people saying when we appointed Howe that he was someone the previous regime would have appointed and did consider as a replacement for Bruce. I genuinely don’t think he would have came here under Ashley. He has been on record saying he has turned down various clubs as he wanted the right opportunity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 7 hours ago, Geordie Ahmed said: Remember when someone said going from Bruce to Howe was like going from a 40" to 42" TV Steve Bruce https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333570842259?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=7101533165274578&mkcid=2&itemid=333570842259&targetid=4584826055637462&device=c&mktype=&googleloc=&poi=&campaignid=412354546&mkgroupid=1299623041023876&rlsatarget=pla-4584826055637462&abcId=9300541&merchantid=87779&msclkid=59334af4cf351b50e0af28fd5a3b9778 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 He’s one point behind Gerrard now in the battle of the new bosses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMLeazesender Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Danh1 said: Another thing, I remember people saying when we appointed Howe that he was someone the previous regime would have appointed and did consider as a replacement for Bruce. I genuinely don’t think he would have came here under Ashley. He has been on record saying he has turned down various clubs as he wanted the right opportunity. 100% this. He turned down jobs and was quite clear in coming here that his backroom staff came with him. He is a man of integrity and principals with his own football ideas, visions and beliefs - he would not have touched Ashleys poisonous regime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMLeazesender Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Colos Short and Curlies said: He’s one point behind Gerrard now in the battle of the new bosses Yeah, but he's ahead on boss difference cos he's not a cunt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Danh1 said: Another thing, I remember people saying when we appointed Howe that he was someone the previous regime would have appointed and did consider as a replacement for Bruce. I genuinely don’t think he would have came here under Ashley. He has been on record saying he has turned down various clubs as he wanted the right opportunity. I remember Howes' first two games and someone on here wanted rid of him. All I said was "give your head a shake". I don't think he's shown up since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Hindsight and all that, but I'm glad he didn't start Bruno. The disruptions to our defence, and losing our talisman and leader, could have spelled disaster without the work rate and determination of the middle 3. Bruno is likely a better player than all of them and I've no doubt he could have handled it, personally. But for the team as a whole I think having that settled midfield was vital. I'd be itching to start him against West Ham, but don't want anybody dropped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Hope all the doubters on here can come back and say they were wrong mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I reckon it's going to be the same until we're safe or doomed - he'll be pretty much universally admired except in the last half hour of a nervy game when a significant proportion will revert to NEED TO CHANGE THIS OR IT'S ON HIM WHEN WE CONCEDE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Every time they cut to Gerrard he had this look on his face like he knew it just wasn't going to be his day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 20 minutes ago, Consortium of one said: Every time they cut to Gerrard he had this look on his face like he knew it just wasn't going to be his day. Gerard is a manager, Howe is a coach and a manager, that’s what separates them. Howe will succeed regardless of his backroom team in the way Rafa has and did. Once Fergie realised the game was changing, him being a great manager, but not a great coach, he surrounded himself with top coaches and signed players in the main who benefitted from his style of man management and his team’s coaching in conjunction with one another. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 8 hours ago, GWN said: Hope all the doubters on here can come back and say they were wrong mind Has there been many doubters and the season hasn’t finished yet, we could still go down. He’s doing a good job right now, better than I expected and I’ve always rated him, but there is and always will be question marks. Right now he’s answering all and any, and so are the players. Long may it continue! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 8 hours ago, GWN said: Hope all the doubters on here can come back and say they were wrong mind I will, I almost went full blown bring Rafa back after Watford but just about held it back. Not really to do with Eddie, more the pull of Rafa. There is no doubt that to the naked eye we have had a slow start under Howe and have dropped some winnable points (Brentford, Norwich, Watford) but when you look back on the improvements and where we are today you can see the hard work that has gone on behind the scenes that was needed to flush away the turd of Bruce and there is now nothing between the performances of the managers who came in at the same time (Gerrard, Smith) and I would expect by the end of the season the stats will show that we got the right man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 18 minutes ago, Colos Short and Curlies said: I will, I almost went full blown bring Rafa back after Watford but just about held it back. Not really to do with Eddie, more the pull of Rafa. There is no doubt that to the naked eye we have had a slow start under Howe and have dropped some winnable points (Brentford, Norwich, Watford) but when you look back on the improvements and where we are today you can see the hard work that has gone on behind the scenes that was needed to flush away the turd of Bruce and there is now nothing between the performances of the managers who came in at the same time (Gerrard, Smith) and I would expect by the end of the season the stats will show that we got the right man To my naked eye there have been noticeable, incremental improvements from the day he started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomson Mouse Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 9 hours ago, GWN said: Hope all the doubters on here can come back and say they were wrong mind Like shite they will. It’s knee-jerk tastic, everyone is now on his side. Just go back a month or so on this thread, it’s embarrassing @neesy111 that’s right, embarrassing ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miercoles Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Colos Short and Curlies said: we have had a slow start under Howe and have dropped some winnable points (Brentford, Norwich, Watford) Aye, that was our pre-season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Conjo Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Immediate reaction is yes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahoneys Tache Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 People have short memories. Keegan’s first season at the bottom of the second division was nervy as fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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