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1 hour ago, nufcjb said:

What has been evident is we seem to have minimised our individual errors. We were making clumsy and comedic mistakes not so long ago that would lead to goals or fouls or penalties or even red cards. Everyone has been well drilled and discplined whil playing with focus.  Howe and the coaching team are doing some job. Well done.

 

Yep, great point. We were absolute perverts for a points-dropping individual error, right up until the end of Watford. Basically none now. 

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4 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

Yep, great point. We were absolute perverts for a points-dropping individual error, right up until the end of Watford. Basically none now. 

 

 

The difference now is that even with an individual error players are well drilled enough to cover.

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1 hour ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

Vote for Eddie (February MotM) here:

 

https://www.premierleague.com/news/2509232

 

Up against these three in the shortlist

 

Mikel ArtetaP3 W3 D0 L0 GD+3; Ralph Hasenhuttl: P4 W3 D1 L0 GD+5; Jurgen Klopp: P4 W4 D0 L0 GD+11.
 

Eddie Howe: P4 W3 D1 L0 GD+5.
Newcastle United moved out of the bottom three for the first time since September with 10 points from a possible 12. Howe's men beat relegation rivals Everton and Brentford in that run.


Up against managers doing jobs they should be with budgets/teams that should be getting those results.

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1 hour ago, loki679 said:

Thought he left it a bit late to change things today, like.  Was clear from the beginning of the 2nd half we were struggling.

We looked jaded. Proactive team selection would have been helpful to overall performance 

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Think you’re going a bit far like, Keegan is in a league of his own for me, with Bobby in a league of his own after. Keegan wasn’t just a revolutionary figure for the club but just a man of pure class. I think Eddie has some of those classy qualities and if he wins something for us and stays for years he could prove to be right up there but let’s give him a few seasons first 

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55 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Think you’re going a bit far like, Keegan is in a league of his own for me, with Bobby in a league of his own after. Keegan wasn’t just a revolutionary figure for the club but just a man of pure class. I think Eddie has some of those classy qualities and if he wins something for us and stays for years he could prove to be right up there but let’s give him a few seasons first 

 

If he stays with us for a few years and actually wins something I wouldn't just say he's "up there" :lol: If he does well, stays with us and wins us trophies he will surpass Keegan for me. There's nothing to suggest Keegan has/had more "class" than Howe for what I've seen so far.

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1 hour ago, Yorkie said:

 

Yep, great point. We were absolute perverts for a points-dropping individual error, right up until the end of Watford. Basically none now. 

 

Fraser got it spot on in his interview. We do still make individual errors, but now we respond to them:

 

“To a man, we fought and worked for each other. If somebody made a mistake, somebody else bailed them out. The togetherness is unbelievable."

 

Largely the same players, but Howe has got them running through brick walls together. Bruce had them sat on brick walls eating their second lunch.

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4 hours ago, Yorkie said:

 

I said immediately after that game that I was a bit disappointed with him cos he wasn't giving us any sort of edge at all. Turns out that was totally wrong, and that edge has been gained on the training ground and through fashioning this incredibly functional 4-3-3.

 

Play well and win, play badly and win - the edge is definitely there now. 

The Edge is fine.

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1 hour ago, gbandit said:

Think you’re going a bit far like, Keegan is in a league of his own for me, with Bobby in a league of his own after. Keegan wasn’t just a revolutionary figure for the club but just a man of pure class. I think Eddie has some of those classy qualities and if he wins something for us and stays for years he could prove to be right up there but let’s give him a few seasons first 


I was kinda thinking in line with Kev saving us from league 2 relegation and it was just onwards and upwards thereafter.

 

Eddie has a long way to go to become a club legend but he’s well on his way.

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He puts the work in and it shows. 

 

I also appreciate how his message doesn't change. We're in great form and he could be lapping it up like some of our former managers would. Instead he doubles down and preaches the need for the same level of hard work, focus, and commitment. We've heard a few players - most notably Ryan Fraser - talk about the level of detail that goes into our preparation and I'm delighted.

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Interesting comments from Howe post match, saying how aware they where that we have 4 consecutive away games coming so they knew how important it was to win. Think it explains the second half performance a bit more, and hopefully that pressure is released on Thursday.

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The man never has and never will rest on his laurels. It's not in his nature. None of this "letting our hair down" before a 0-5 howking like Pardew or taking massive credit for an occasional win and threatening reporters like Bruce. He's a workaholic and we're incredibly lucky to have him. There may come a time in the future when we need more to make the big leap, but i'd like to think he could be our boss for many years to come and we can achieve our goals with him and nobody would deserve it more.

 

 

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