Aiston Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Need a new manager, for the substitutions only. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 don’t really think he bears any responsibility for the second half to be honest. There is a lack of leadership on the field and the players were so complacent. Whole half was just passing the ball to Forest and jogging around Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis H Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 A wins a win etc but we actually had a decent bench today so it’s hard to defend that second half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Would be good to have a proper discussion on our failings this season. To what extent it is Howe's game management or the players themselves. Probably just gonna be loads of factors coming together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 23/02/2025 at 16:09, Smal said: don’t really think he bears any responsibility for the second half to be honest. There is a lack of leadership on the field and the players were so complacent. Whole half was just passing the ball to Forest and jogging around Expand If it's the players then he needs to learn how to change things quicker and more effectively. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 23/02/2025 at 16:09, Smal said: don’t really think he bears any responsibility for the second half to be honest. There is a lack of leadership on the field and the players were so complacent. Whole half was just passing the ball to Forest and jogging around Expand His job to sort out the players mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 We need to learn how to actually kill games off instead of inviting wave after wave of pressure. Eddie needs to learn to make more subs as well, if only to break up the opposition's patterns of play. Quite ludicrous how bad that second half was, particularly with how good the first was. I get needing to conserve energy but again, there's a better way to do that. Positive subs to get fresh legs on and keep the momentum going, not dawdling on the ball and inviting increasing pressure. Really can't believe what we just saw tbh, as bad a half of football as we've served up under Howe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 To be fair we’ve had a fair few second halves like that this season - maybe not quite as bad as that. It’s bizarre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 That was one of the most unprofessional half of football that I've seen us play, and like mentioned above we've had a few of them this season, they say the second half is the manager's half eh? He needs to study what's happening, it's not a lack of quality players or bench that is the problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave s Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 we do have frustrating games or patches where we know we can be far better. but fuck me, 5th and a cup final. howay eddie lad! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 23/02/2025 at 16:55, Newcastle Fan said: That was one of the most unprofessional half of football that I've seen us play, and like mentioned above we've had a few of them this season, they say the second half is the manager's half eh? He needs to study what's happening, it's not a lack of quality players or bench that is the problem. Expand Seriously What could a manager possibly say or do to make a team play like that? Too many football manager experts thinking you can remotely turn a dial and magic happens Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) On 23/02/2025 at 16:52, Ronaldo said: To be fair we’ve had a fair few second halves like that this season - maybe not quite as bad as that. It’s bizarre. Expand Last season we threw away so many points by having second halves like that. It was so frustrating. We/he should know better than to just sit back and try to defend for 20-45 minutes. Edited February 23 by cubaricho Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christ Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 23/02/2025 at 16:55, Newcastle Fan said: That was one of the most unprofessional half of football that I've seen us play, and like mentioned above we've had a few of them this season, they say the second half is the manager's half eh? He needs to study what's happening, it's not a lack of quality players or bench that is the problem. Expand You can’t have watched us much then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 23/02/2025 at 16:14, SiLvOR said: We need to learn how to actually kill games off instead of inviting wave after wave of pressure. Eddie needs to learn to make more subs as well, if only to break up the opposition's patterns of play. Quite ludicrous how bad that second half was, particularly with how good the first was. I get needing to conserve energy but again, there's a better way to do that. Positive subs to get fresh legs on and keep the momentum going, not dawdling on the ball and inviting increasing pressure. Really can't believe what we just saw tbh, as bad a half of football as we've served up under Howe. Expand Yeah that second half was mental Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronson333 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 If hypothetically we were 3-0 up at Wembley with 20 minutes to go, I wouldn’t be confident of us seeing it out. Game management is a concern. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nine Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 We have a mentality issue, and it’s nothing new. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 23/02/2025 at 16:52, Ronaldo said: To be fair we’ve had a fair few second halves like that this season - maybe not quite as bad as that. It’s bizarre. Expand We'll have 2 second half's on Wednesday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 23/02/2025 at 17:07, 1964 said: We'll have 2 second half's on Wednesday Expand Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 23/02/2025 at 16:11, TRon said: If it's the players then he needs to learn how to change things quicker and more effectively. Expand But you can't substitute Bruno. It's against most people's opinion on here. Untouchable. 😉 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagMal Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 We often have a dodgy win before he goes on one of his patented Eddie Howes winning runs, fingers crossed this kicks off another up turn in form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 We've taken the lead in 24 matches this season, in all competitions. We've only failed to win three of those fixtures (Palace, Liverpool, Fulham). I don't think there's a fundamental issue with us holding a lead. Today, and in others, we achieved it by virtue of being so far in front to begin with. Other times it's through steely defensive performances. Feels very bog standard to lament a missing player - particularly one who hasn't been great this season - but we missed Big Joe today. His short passing has been off this season but I think he holds it up and takes the pressure off well enough for us to ultimately be in credit when he's in the side. We drop the points without him at Spurs, for instance, imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 On 23/02/2025 at 16:09, Smal said: don’t really think he bears any responsibility for the second half to be honest. There is a lack of leadership on the field and the players were so complacent. Whole half was just passing the ball to Forest and jogging around Expand He’s the manager. It’s his job to motivate the team. He’s the o my one to problem. Especially as it happens repeatedly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 The issue isn’t defending a lead. We are usually good at that. Too many bad often we are off the pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myleftboot Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 He would have wanted to put in a good overall performance in front of the chief today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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