Eddie Howe

[Manxst]

Just now, neesy111 said:

He needed that result today.

We all did! 

[Disco]

Shut a few reactionary dafties up for a while if nowt else. Nice one Eddie. 

[WillingtonMag]

51 minutes ago, TRon said:

"Eddie Howe's Black and White Army!" ringing loud in the away end when it was still 0-0 will have lifted him right up. Felt really proud of our support today. 

Aye good job this place isn't a true representation of our fan base.

[Collage]

Pleased for him.

[Consortium of one]

This was not an easy game to manage with guys getting hurt and cramping up.  He kept the team focused and reminded them constantly to defend further up the pitch.  Nice, nice win.

[Elephant]

Delighted for him, I would love to be completely wrong about him, because I love this club more than I want to be right about something. Hopefully he can build on this, he has made big mistakes in previous games and hopefully he’ll learn from those. It’s still only one result and long way to go.

 

He needs now support from our board with new players. We need to back him and get the necessary players in. Hopefully today convinced that we still have fight left and need players in for it.

[GWN]

Better 

[LionOfGosforth]

I like the man a lot and you can just tell that, although things haven't been great and we've often thrown points away, he's absolutely working his bollocks off to put it right. You can only admire that. He's probably put more work in since he came than Bruce bothered with the entire time. I desperately want him to succeed. Ultimately it comes down to results and so let's hope that's the first of a good few wins.

 

 

Edited January 22, 2022 by LionOfGosforth

[Thumbheed]

Really pleased for him.

 

Said it in another thread but he's done brilliantly to galvanise the squad under these circumstances. 

[joeyt]

21 points we've dropped from winning positions this season. We and he definitely needed that today

[NWMag]

And 5 of those 10 were against Arsenal, Man U, City, liverpool and Leicester - throw in missing his first game with covid and Clark’s howler against Norwich, not doing too bad so far. 
 

some of the stick he has got is undeserved and I really think people should wait to judge him until he has his own squad 

[Geordie Ahmed]

This is a massive week, especially on the back of this result, it's now on the owners to really back him and give him at the very least 3 good players 

[Geordie Ahmed]

9 minutes ago, NWMag said:

And 5 of those 10 were against Arsenal, Man U, City, liverpool and Leicester - throw in missing his first game with covid and Clark’s howler against Norwich, not doing too bad so far. 
 

some of the stick he has got is undeserved and I really think people should wait to judge him until he has his own squad 

 

Questioning some of his team selections (Clark v Norwich) and his subs (should Lewis have come on against Watford and go to a back 5?) was fine but it's those suggesting he hasn't been any better than Bruce that were being ridiculous

 

Prior to this result if you extrapolate his results across the season it gave 29.55 points across the season, after this result it jumps to 38 points. Bruce had us on 14.25 points, not even comparable 

 

He needs to try and string some wins together but the owners really need to have his back and get an absolute minimum of 3 players in 

 

 

Edited January 22, 2022 by Geordie Ahmed

[Jackie Broon]

1 minute ago, NWMag said:

And 5 of those 10 were against Arsenal, Man U, City, liverpool and Leicester - throw in missing his first game with covid and Clark’s howler against Norwich, not doing too bad so far. 
 

some of the stick he has got is undeserved and I really think people should wait to judge him until he has his own squad 

 

For balance, the other 5 were all against teams in the bottom 7 and all but today at home.

 

But some very positive signs today.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Anyone who evens mentions a comparison to Bruce should be exterminated. 
 

[Manxst]

Yet there were more than a few people saying he should go / can’t see improvement from Bruce / times up etc throughout the last few weeks- and especially this morning. Hang your heads in shame at not seeing the much bigger picture. 

[Heron]

1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Anyone who evens mentions a comparison to Bruce should be exterminated. 
 

[Shearergol]

1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Anyone who evens mentions Bruce should be exterminated. 
 

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Just now, Manxst said:

Yet there were more than a few people saying he should go / can’t see improvement from Bruce / times up etc throughout the last few weeks- and especially this morning. Hang your heads in shame at not seeing the much bigger picture. 

Yeah, that was the thing that was annoying me

 

Whether Howe has enough about him to keep us up, even if the owners support him is yet to be seen but it's not even up for discussion that he's much better than Bruce

[TRon]

20 minutes ago, NWMag said:

And 5 of those 10 were against Arsenal, Man U, City, liverpool and Leicester - throw in missing his first game with covid and Clark’s howler against Norwich, not doing too bad so far. 
 

some of the stick he has got is undeserved and I really think people should wait to judge him until he has his own squad 

 

Much needed perspective. 

[Danh1]

Eddie Howe’s Black and White Army!

 

Buzzing for him. I genuinely think this is the turning point. Centre half and a centre midfielder minimum and we will beat Everton and start to climb. There’s going to be some horrible moments but I reckon we will do it. Might be the peeve talking mind. 

[huss9]

said his family were moving up after the new year. will do him the world of good.

[kingxlnc]

The team lacks quality, is ageing, has confidence issues and lacks fitness, for sure.

 

But the biggest thing it’s lacked this season, is luck. Finest margins make a huge difference, and the entire narrative would look different.

 

Brentford, Howes first game, buzzing atmosphere then lose him to Covid. Then Darlow mistakes etc. 2 points gone.

 

Countless incorrect VAR calls this season.

 

clark getting sent off against Norwich. 
 

There’s been more positive performances than negative ones under Howe. Even under Bruce, Watford away should have been a win. 
 

in terms of losses there’s been 10, 4 less than even Villa. The problem is lack of wins, but the draws show we haven’t been getting hammered like previous relegation seasons. 
 

the point of this post is that we’ve had a tough old season so far, and we’ve contributed to our own downfall with silly errors, but we’ve also lacked luck. I’d say, we had two more wins instead of the draws we’d not be saying these are dead certs to go down, instead that we’ve got enough quality to get out of it. 
 

so perspective is important and I do think we’ve got enough to get out of it, especially with key additions. It’ll go to the wire, though!! 

[Oregon_Geordie]

Love the guy. Decent, respectful, hard working and a gentleman. Dropped into a circus and he's working it out.

Needs some time and players.

 

I hope it works out for him.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 22, 2022 by Oregon_Geordie

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Pilko said:

 

 

The fact we kept playing and didn't revert to the 18 yard line after scoring hopefully shows he's starting to learn. Really pleasing to see us pushing up and forcing the issue even when in the lead because if we'd sat back like last week I'm convinced we're talking about another 1-1 here best case.

 

 

Could this not be the other way around, with maybe the players learning not to revert to the 18 yard line? Can’t remember it being a feature of an Eddie Howe side at Bournemouth, but it certainly was for the players under the last two managers (under one I think it was a necessity by the way).