Eddie Howe

[Ben]

If we lose 1 0 against Cambridge this time next year Howe is to blame, but not now this defeat lies at Ashley and Bruce's door

 

 

Edited January 8, 2022 by Ben

[Decky]

If Howe keeps us up I hope some of the comments in this thread are bumped immediately following the final whistle that confirms our safety. 

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

12 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

He completely lost control of the game when went went a goal down.  There genuinely wasn't a coherent plan from that moment on, it was a complete mess.

Got to agree here. He didn’t seem to see the biggest problem was we had no out-and-out striker

[LV]

2 minutes ago, et tu brute said:

Not knee jerking on my part, I said he was totally the wrong choice when his name was first mentioned and I’ve seen nothing to suggest otherwise 

You’re excused then 

[Big Geordie]

As I said in the match thread - these players will see us relegated. Too many don't care/have given up and I'm not sure Howe can sort this out between now and the end of the season. Needs a huge clearout come what may.

[TheInfiniteOdyssey]

Just now, Dan Gleebals said:

Not so much a critisism but why not start one of the young stikers today and have a proper look? Not saying they are the answer but in the grand scheme of things, if you are going to lose a game like that, you may as well try something different.

This is where I’m at, why persist with players who we know aren’t good enough for where we want to be as a club.

[Sean]

Which players went straight down the tunnel then? Happy if they never play for the club again if they ignored calls to stay and applaud the fans with the rest of the team

[Holmesy]

Give him the benefit of the doubt - he inherited a piss weak squad with one striker  and no creativity. We’ve seen some improvements in general but until we change the personnel we’ll still be shit. I’ll judge him from the end of January and if we’re still shite he deserves the pelters.

[David Edgar]

Just now, Decky said:

If Howe keeps us up I hope some of the comments in this thread are bumped immediately following the final whistle that confirms our safety. 

 

Eh?  Are we not allowed to call a shit managerial performance a shit managerialism performance?

[BlackandWhite]

Like some others, I suspect he isn’t good enough, though it’s still too early to judge whether that suspicion is correct or not. It’s been a bit hit and miss so far. Today and Leicester being the biggest misses.

[Oregon_Geordie]

Keeping the faith with Eddie. We need to give him some better tools to use.

When I say Tools, I mean the worthwhile type.

[Jackie Broon]

7 hours ago, Decky said:

Can't see how this is Howe's fault. He put out a near full strength side. The players are dreadful and spineless, no amount of management can change that. These players need fucked off for some proper players and then we can start judging Howe. Guardiola couldn't motivate the wankers we have at the club right now. 

 

Whilst yes, we need to judge him when we have more new players in, it is worrying how little the results and performances have improved under him.

 

Motivating players to get the most out of what you have is the definition of good management, you see it all the time in football where a team can look spineless under one manager then committed and organised under another.

 

 

Edited January 9, 2022 by Jackie Broon

[Klaus]

Just now, Big Geordie said:

As I said in the match thread - these players will see us relegated. Too many don't care/have given up and I'm not sure Howe can sort this out between now and the end of the season. Needs a huge clearout come what may.

 

A lot of the plodders know their time is up. Shelvey, Richie, Longstaff should have been shown the door years ago.

[Decky]

Just now, David Edgar said:

 

Eh?  Are we not allowed to call a shit managerial performance a shit managerialism performance?

 

Those aren't the comments I'm talking about. 

[Dr Jinx]

He’s going to have to gut this squad.
 

Would not surprise me if there was some sort of players committee, the dregs worried about being replaced and they are sticking together to try and keep standards low.

[loki679]

19 hours ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Win the FA Cup and stay up, job’s a good ‘un. 

 

Is there a plan B?

[Shearergol]

I feel quite a few of our players have realised they’re not wanted. It’s gonna be a huge positive to get them away from the club now.

[Menace]

No idea what the plan was for second half, they dealt with us very comfortably. The players still seem to have the same defeated attitude they had prior. I'm very worried.

[toon25]

4 minutes ago, neesy111 said:

 

I was happy with his appointment, but I'm getting concerned I have to say.

 

Saying it's the squad only this result is making excuses for him today.  We looked very predictable for most of that match.

Spot on.

[Thumbheed]

Don't think there's an issue with how Eddie is training and managing the team tbh but as I've said before, if he doesn't recognise the strengths of his attacking players sooner rather than later he's gonna bomb. 

 

Even trying to play Joelinton further up the pitch was the wrong decision, and yet inspite of watching him absolutely excel in a deeper position he still managed to end up upfront. That's inexcusable imo.

 

 

[MrRaspberryJam]

2 minutes ago, loki679 said:

 

Is there a plan B?

 

Spend spend spend. 

[Ronaldo]

I haven’t liked his team selections since he came in, must admit. I’m happy to defer judgment till we’ve made a few signings this window. 

[Ben]

100% agree with people letting off steam but personally I'm not blaming anyone who joined the club over the last few months 

[Ste]

As soon as Eddie Howe said in his press conference that he'd been hammering it home all week that this game was must win, I was worried. 

 

These players cannot deal with expectation. They have no drive or standard that they strive to meet. Most are here because they were offered a contract and they knew the club would, at worst, yo-yo between the top two divisions.

 

No disrespect intended to Cambridge whatsoever, but you'd be fuming about this result as a bottom half Championship side, never mind a team that is supposed to be fighting for their future.

 

 

[Jaqen]

Regardless of the selection or tactics it's kind of irrelevant when most of the players our there looked like they'd never controlled or passed a ball before. The amount of bad touches and overhit balls was like a Sunday league team.