Eddie Howe

[Dr Venkman]

6 hours ago, Thiago said:

If we went down narrowly would people want him to stop on?

 
yeah

[Menace]

Far too early to write him off, he got it wrong yesterday however 

[clintdempsey]

As I said yesterday in the match thread I’d have hope that we would have been a bit more aggressive and adventurous yesterday. Obviously I have faith in Eddie and the staff to sort us out and it is early days. There were a lot of encouraging aspects of our game vs. Brentford and a few yesterday as well hopefully we’ll beat Norwich on Tuesday and get this train moving. 

[Guest reefatoon]

The poor bloke has had a nightmare start to his time here due to being in isolation. Must have been so frustrating and the players would have felt it too. He’s back now and we will see things moving on. Ridiculous to blame him for anything at this stage. He’s back at the training ground every day now and we will improve.

[GWN]

6 hours ago, r0cafella said:

IF we invest in January and still end up relegated he needs replacing imo. 

 

The single most embarrassing post I’ve EVER read on a football forum , fuck me. 

[Cronky]

1 hour ago, GWN said:

Honestly can’t believe what I’m reading , the snipes at Howe , already, is fucking unbelievable.

 

Just let him try and get the best out of some utter shite ok, none of this is his fault , it will take time and will get worse , we 99% will go down but I’d want this guy at the helm going forward 100% .

 

 

 

Yeah, I agree. There were some promising signs yesterday that Howe had got at least some of them playing with more belief and confidence. There's a big task ahead, but he's already had an impact, and it'll really all depend on who we can attract in January.

 

I find some of these arguments about team selection a bit academic, particularly with the defence. There's not a lot to choose between any of our centre backs. Ritchie struggles at full back, but touting Lewis as his replacement feels like short memory syndrome. I'd like to see Murphy play more, but even with him he looks like he's still learning. At goalkeeper, Dubravka looks like he's still recovering his fitness and confidence. 

 

And in front of them, a decent DM would make a big difference.

 

 

Edited November 28, 2021 by Cronky

[sh74]

2 minutes ago, Cronky said:

 

Yeah, I agree. There were some promising signs yesterday that Howe had got at least some of them playing with more belief and confidence. There's a big task ahead, but he's already had an impact, and it'll really all depend on who we can attract in January.

 

I find some of these arguments about team selection a bit academic, particularly with the defence. There's not a lot to choose between any of our centre backs. Ritchie struggles at full back, but touting Lewis as his replacement feels like short memory syndrome. I'd like to see Murphy play more, but even with him he looks like he's still learning. At goalkeeper, Dubravka looks like he's still recovering his fitness and confidence. 

 

And in front of them, a decent DM would make a big difference.

 

 

 

A DM in the Tiote mould would be ideal.

[Ben]

I can't believe people are having a go at Howe, he's been here for a few weeks for God's sake, he took over a team that don't train, a team that were managed by a bloke that doesn't do tactics and he's expected to turn them into world beaters. 

 

To top this off he catches Covid and spends 3 days in bed, we can't make any sort of judgement until he's had at least 10 games and even then he's still working with a squad that has been mismanaged for years and is woefully unbalanced

[r0cafella]

39 minutes ago, GWN said:

 

The single most embarrassing post I’ve EVER read on a football forum , fuck me. 

What is embarrassing about this post?

 

IF we get relegated and he spends heavily in January he should stay?

[Guest neesy111]

You can't just undo over 2 seasons of Bruce ball via 1 transfer window.   Also integrating 4-5 new players into a team mid-season is very difficult.

 

 

Edited November 28, 2021 by neesy111

[sh74]

2 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

What is embarrassing about this post?

 

IF we get relegated and he spends heavily in January he should stay?

Who’s going to manage us in the championship though? Fat Sam,Neil Warnock,Tony Pulis. 

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, sh74 said:

Who’s going to manage us in the championship though? Fat Sam,Neil Warnock,Tony Pulis. 

We had Benitez in the championship last time with Mike Ashley being the owner. 
 

And I agree, you can’t undo what Bruce has done quickly but at the same time we were comfortably safe last season so investing a lot of money and getting relegated this season would be a unmitigated disaster. 
 

and here’s the thing, I hope this doesn’t happen and Howe goes on to be a great success but if the above scenario does happen I suspect many of you will be changing your tune real quick.  

[Dokko]

Were going down Imho but I'm happy to have Howe in the Championship to reboot the club. 

[Guest neesy111]

2 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

And I agree, you can’t undo what Bruce has done quickly but at the same time we were comfortably safe last season so investing a lot of money and getting relegated this season would be a unmitigated disaster. 

 

So we should've kept Bruce then?  Did you actually watch us last season and the season before?  We fluked like 50% of our wins, that was how we stayed up those seasons.

[r0cafella]

Just now, neesy111 said:

 

So we should've kept Bruce then?  Did you actually watch us last season and the season before?  We fluked like 50% of our wins, that was how we stayed up those seasons.

Neesy, your a better poster than this. 
 

I can’t stand Bruce and I’m sure your aware of that. And indeed we were fortunate but a better coach who is backed should be able to beat his points tally no? 
 

if we don’t invest heavily and or we were truly a drift when Howe took over the conversation would of course be different. 

[Dokko]

1 minute ago, neesy111 said:

 

So we should've kept Bruce then?  Did you actually watch us last season and the season before?  We fluked like 50% of our wins, that was how we stayed up those seasons.

 

Was totally unsustainable but our former owners just didn't see it. They should have, they'd seen enough bad managers somehow getting enough points to keep the lights on and how easily it can swing the other way.

 

In a way I'm shocked they went ahead and bought the club. Some buyers regret going on right now. The only real 2 options are both massive risks and that's to buy players in positions we need who would hang in the championship (so young players and maybe some of the top crop of championship players) or go all out spend as much as we can with silly relegation clauses to attract the best we can. If we stay up those clauses mean Jack shit as we'll never be in that position again so worth the gamble if we think they are good enough to bridge the points gap.

[SUPERTOON]

It would depend on the circumstances of the relegation. If we show continued improvement throughout the season and have a good go at staying up then he will rightfully be given a chance. However if we go down in embarrassing fashion then he would go.

[Guest neesy111]

1 minute ago, r0cafella said:

Neesy, your a better poster than this. 
 

I can’t stand Bruce and I’m sure your aware of that. And indeed we were fortunate but a better coach who is backed should be able to beat his points tally no? 
 

if we don’t invest heavily and or we were truly a drift when Howe took over the conversation would of course be different. 

 

You're the one, saying we should get rid of a manager that's walked into a pretty hopeless situation of a team winless in 11 before he came and a defense that is championship at best and pinning everything on the transfer window.  Like with transfers, there's a risk that won't turn out well.  Also you've got the issue of attracting players into a pretty terrible situation.

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, neesy111 said:

 

You're the one, saying we should get rid of a manager that's walked into a pretty hopeless situation of a team winless in 11 before he came and a defense that is championship at best and pinning everything on the transfer window.  Like with transfers, there's a risk that won't turn out well.  Also you've got the issue of attracting players into a pretty terrible situation.

That’s kind of my point though. We had a truly terrible manager who kept this side in the league twice. The same defence which was pretty solid under Rafa no?

 

to clarify here, I’m in full support of Howe and hope he goes on to a great success in case that’s in doubt. 

[Guest neesy111]

Just now, r0cafella said:

That’s kind of my point though. We had a truly terrible manager who kept this side in the league twice. The same defence which was pretty solid under Rafa no?

 

to clarify here, I’m in full support of Howe and hope he goes on to a great success in case that’s in doubt. 

 

Was, is the main word here.  It's been eroded into a complete mess by the Steve's that can be seen from start of this season.  Any organization that Rafa has instilled into them has gone also the rest of the league has improved and we haven't in the last 2 years in terms of personnel and tactics at the back.

I don't believe that can be got back now, especially since our best CB was let go.

[Guest neesy111]

We just need 1 win, confidence is everything in football.

 

I'm still sure if we don't concede immediately after taking the lead vs Brentford, we would've won that game.

 

Btw, it still took Keegan 5-6 games to start getting things better when he came back the second time.

 

 

Edited November 28, 2021 by neesy111

[Ben]

I saw enough yesterday to say we will at least have a good go at staying up, Shelvey will scores goals in this set up and Dubs will save us in others.

[HWTL]

1 hour ago, jackyboy said:

Like GWN, I can't believe some of the comments on here about Howe. Amazing how they can all pick a better team without the advantage of watching them in training all the week. Such comments are food for all of the people and pundits out there who think that the Newcastle supporters are delusional and have a sense of entitlement.

Howe summed it up by saying that the players did there best and he can't ask for anymore. 

He has inherited a dreadful unbalanced squad of players, most of them being unfit for purpose and that's what we've got until January / February assuming we can make some acquisitions.

Howe needs and deserves all the support he can get. Unlike the previous management team, they are giving it their all and being professional. It's a long road ahead

 

That was the biggest thing I got from his interview, without him criticising anybody saying they did there best really means there best isn't good enough, we all know this squad is seriously lacking and no manager can suddenly make them capable of beating arsenal or any top team. Hopefully can get some points next 2 games and January is crucial. 

[r0cafella]

2 minutes ago, neesy111 said:

 

Was, is the main word here.  It's been eroded into a complete mess by the Steve's that can be seen from start of this season.  Any organization that Rafa has instilled into them has gone also the rest of the league has improved and we haven't in the last 2 years in terms of personnel and tactics at the back.

I don't believe that can be got back now, especially since our best CB was let go.

I mean it’s his job to get them organised. We were also a shambles when Rafa took over. Although it’s probably not fair to compare Howe and Rafa. 
 

My original point is more a long the lines of we have control of our destiny we have a lot of time and hopefully money to invest. I do believe despite our shortcomings with Investment we should be safe. 
 

and not to be critical of Howe but we can’t see midfield twos of Shelvey and Wilock and Krafh has to be consigned to the reserves. If we handicap ourselves with such decisions of course we will go down. 

[Guest neesy111]

Just now, r0cafella said:

I mean it’s his job to get them organised. We were also a shambles when Rafa took over. Although it’s probably not fair to compare Howe and Rafa. 
 

My original point is more a long the lines of we have control of our destiny we have a lot of time and hopefully money to invest. I do believe despite our shortcomings with Investment we should be safe. 
 

and not to be critical of Howe but we can’t see midfield twos of Shelvey and Wilock and Krafh has to be consigned to the reserves. If we handicap ourselves with such decisions of course we will go down. 

 

Completely agree on the last point, I don't rate Willock from what I've seen and also heard from the Arsenal fans.  Hopefully Lascelles and Ritchie missing is a blessing in disguise for us.