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For the most part the team has picked itself, and we've had few games with a long break in the middle of the season so there hasn't really been a need to rotate players to keep them fresh. There were some signs that some players were starting to look fatigued a few weeks ago. Will be interesting to see how he manages the squad next season if he intends to play with the same intensity with the additional amount of games. 

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1 hour ago, arnonel said:

I really hope we have more faith in our management and team now. We have all been hurt by the Ashley years, but lets put that behind us.

The terrible Dan Burn, one footed Miggy, championship Murphey..... buying/selling wood......Shelvey leaving a "massive" hole.... etc

All of that noise this forum had to endure, and we still got champions league

 

We need less of that and more Jennifer Aniston please :P

 

 

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agreed! :clap:

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what is it with luke edwards?

ffs.

on radio newcastle this morning - giving Eddie the credit he deserves and then having a sly dig at Rafa.

something about surpassing/being better than Rafa.

just unneccessary.

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Not to start sending expectations sky high, because if we do have a drop off next season I wont be upset as I imagine we'll still be seeing progress. But I can see us not doing so to any major extent and still grabbing Europa League or something.

 

With the way Howe gets so much out of his players, I really do think the big aspect is reasonable reinforcements for rotation. Who would we really want to upgrade in the first xi right now? LB, maybe a CB (unfortunately, purely from a pace perspective), an extra CM, wide player? And I'm not saying I expect four purples in one summer (even though it wouldn't surprise me if we find the right deals). But any such players would immediately be moving a bloody handy player to the bench for rotation purposes (if they're happy to play that role).

 

Add a few bargains brought in on the understanding of being a serviceable backup and we can point to the likes of BDB as proof of what can happen if you take your chance with both hands.

 

 

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Just now, huss9 said:

what is it with luke edwards?

ffs.

on radio newcastle this morning - giving Eddie the credit he deserves and then having a sly dig at Rafa.

something about surpassing/being better than Rafa.

just unneccessary.


He’s an absolute weapon. 

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13 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said:

Edwards it’s usually pretty sound on various podcasts and sticks up for the club consistently, it’s just on Twitter and in print he seems to enjoy being a wind up merchant.

 

How strange that it's the two places he's gagging for the most engagement possible.

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I can’t remember feeling so emotional after a season. It’s not just the scale of the achievement but also how it’s been done.

 

He hasn’t gone out and bought a load of elite players and I wouldn’t say he’s changed ordinary players into great ones. What he’s done is get ordinary players to play at their peak on a consistent basis, and get the team to hit their max as near on every game as you can expect.

 

Football can be strange. We’ve all seen particular players and teams hit a purple patch but those periods are elusive and difficult to engineer. We call that good form and somehow our guy has generated it like it was on tap.
 

The only parallel I can think of is Brian Clough’s Forest team of the late 70s. Very different management styles, but the same kind of effect.

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I knew Eddie had it in him. I never understood why a bigger club hadn't taken him on before because he tried to be ambitious in his football even within the limitations of our budget. Something you would think would be welcomed further up the table and the reason why a manager like Dyche will always only get jobs at struggling teams. He improved so many players with us and you only have to look at how many actually went on to better things after they left us, very few, to see he his influence drags up players to more than they thought they could be. The way people would go on about Jordon Ibe was weird, like there isn't a manager that hasn't made transfer mistakes and ignored the multitude of successful signings. Even then, I think Ibe's well documented problems outside of football show it wasn't a lack of ability that held him back. Anyway, you took the plunge on Howe and it's paid off. Congratulations to you all!

 

Normally, I never watch European football as it's just a boring playground reserved for a few clubs that have done everything they can to pull up the drawbridge and ensure they get to keep even more of the money in football to themselves. However, I might make an exception next season as I'm interested to see how Eddie gets on. He deserves a crack at it and I think with Champions League as an incentive, he might make some really interesting signings this summer.

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1 minute ago, WillDanceForChocolate said:

I knew Eddie had it in him. I never understood why a bigger club hadn't taken him on before because he tried to be ambitious in his football even within the limitations of our budget. Something you would think would be welcomed further up the table and the reason why a manager like Dyche will always only get jobs at struggling teams. He improved so many players with us and you only have to look at how many actually went on to better things after they left us, very few, to see he his influence drags up players to more than they thought they could be. The way people would go on about Jordon Ibe was weird, like there isn't a manager that hasn't made transfer mistakes and ignored the multitude of successful signings. Even then, I think Ibe's well documented problems outside of football show it wasn't a lack of ability that held him back. Anyway, you took the plunge on Howe and it's paid off. Congratulations to you all!

 

Normally, I never watch European football as it's just a boring playground reserved for a few clubs that have done everything they can to pull up the drawbridge and ensure they get to keep even more of the money in football to themselves. However, I might make an exception next season as I'm interested to see how Eddie gets on. He deserves a crack at it and I think with Champions League as an incentive, he might make some really interesting signings this summer.


And likewise congratulations on staying up mate. Absolutely buzzing for you as a former BH resident and it is criminal Gary O’Neill wasn’t up for manager of the year.

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Although the video doing the rounds of O'Neil refusing to shake hands with Mad Dog is still funny. Tindall's bemused look like he doesn't know what that's all about is priceless. He must have been winding up their bench something rotten. :lol:

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2 hours ago, huss9 said:

what is it with luke edwards?

ffs.

on radio newcastle this morning - giving Eddie the credit he deserves and then having a sly dig at Rafa.

something about surpassing/being better than Rafa.

just unneccessary.

But no dig at Bruce I guess?

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Fucking love Howe man. Amazing job and a great bloke to boot. 
 

If we do take a backward step next season, as we challenge on four fronts, with a guaranteed extra 6 games to boot (minimum), we have to back him and the process. He’s earned it 1000x over. 
 

I do have a big fear that if we were to finish say 6th or below, PIF may well get restless and look for a ‘bigger’ name to charge back for the Champions League. Seeing as we’re already probably around 3 years ahead of schedule - it may take a little time for us to really consolidate ourselves regularly into the Top 4. Just look at Arsenal, it’s taken them 6-7 years to get back into the top 4. Liverpool now likely to miss out too. It can happen. And I’m sure the Big 6 will be gunning for us next season.

 

FYI that is something I have been told previously and it is the only thing that worries me about PIF having a majority say on certain footballing matters.

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2 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

I'm not sure who else has done this, but

 

Jamie Carragher

James Lawrence Allcott

 

have Eddie Howe as their manager of the season

 

 

 

I found this utterly hilarious to be honest, obviously the only person not rating Howe (Doesn't even have him in his top 5 fyi) is a Sunderland fan :lol: 

 

He also only mentioned Trippier in his TOTS, which is laughable on its own :lol: 

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5 minutes ago, 54 said:

I found this utterly hilarious to be honest, obviously the only person not rating Howe (Doesn't even have him in his top 5 fyi) is a Sunderland fan :lol: 

 

He also only mentioned Trippier in his TOTS, which is laughable on its own :lol: 

 

The higher stakes his claims are the funnier it is like. Wouldn't put him in the top 5 managers of the season :lol: but you can absolutely see on his face how clearly out of spite it is. 

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