Eddie Howe

[Nobody]

14 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:

No idea who you are or what your tenuous link the club is, but that the second half was genuinely an unacceptable mess due to substitutions that were indefensible. I love Eddie but that was wasn’t good enough and we have a right to say it.

At least he's stayed on this board through the bad times and the good. Where have you been the last however many years Mr Superfan that knows better than everyone else?

[Collage]

2 minutes ago, Fromwallsend said:

We’ve outgrown him man we need a big name manager! Zidane or Jose, we know Jose is a Geordie at heart!

Steve Bruce IMO. From Wallsend

[Ronaldo]

Everyone on here loves Eddie, that’s a given. But today really needs to be a catalyst for being ruthless and admitting that front 3 doesn’t work, namely because Almirón despite his efforts isn’t good enough for the level we need to maintain and the midfield is simply too flat. Maddison was the player we desperately needed and whatever reason we didn’t prioritise him.

[Vinny Green Balls]

4 minutes ago, Away Toon said:

I don't think he's an elite manager and I don't think he'll take us to where the supporters and owner's want us to be. Just my opinion. Hope I'm wrong.

I’m a little skeptical that you would ever have the capacity to hope that you’re wrong. 

[Rod]

11 minutes ago, Paullow said:

There's loads of undercover Newcastle fans on RTG, so suspect there will be some on here, but some of these posts are embarrassing. 

 

There's a Champions League draw coming up on Thursday, and for the first time in over 20 years Newcastle will be a part of it, and Howe was one of the main reasons for that. Crazy stuff.

I am yet to see an embarrassing comment.  Is it not ok to say we (the manager) got it wrong today?

[Nobody]

1 minute ago, Ronaldo said:

Everyone on here loves Eddie, that’s a given. But today really needs to be a catalyst for being ruthless and admitting that front 3 doesn’t work, namely because Almirón despite his efforts isn’t good enough for the level we need to maintain and the midfield is simply too flat. Maddison was the player we desperately needed and whatever reason we didn’t prioritise him.

Almiron who could very well have had a brace today? Where would you even have played Maddison i out starting 433? Or are you saying Howe should have ditched his system thst got us fourth last season? 

[Vinny Green Balls]

2 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:

Everyone on here loves Eddie, that’s a given. But today really needs to be a catalyst for being ruthless and admitting that front 3 doesn’t work, namely because Almirón despite his efforts isn’t good enough for the level we need to maintain and the midfield is simply too flat. Maddison was the player we desperately needed and whatever reason we didn’t prioritise him.

Away Toon would disagree 

[54]

2 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:

Everyone on here loves Eddie, that’s a given. But today really needs to be a catalyst for being ruthless and admitting that front 3 doesn’t work, namely because Almirón despite his efforts isn’t good enough for the level we need to maintain and the midfield is simply too flat. Maddison was the player we desperately needed and whatever reason we didn’t prioritise him.

Worked first game of the season ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Vinny Green Balls]

2 minutes ago, Rod said:

I am yet to see an embarrassing comment.  Is it not ok to say we (the manager) got it wrong today?

Even someone who says that Howe should be replaced?

[Away Toon]

15 minutes ago, astraguy said:

isak up top on his tod doesn't fucking work,Stop it 

Now this is the truth. Isak is a fine player but he is not a CF and never will be. He's a Nunez using his pace and dribbling from wide to get behind the defense. Howe needs to find a way to play Isak and Wilson together and not by playing Isak as a Left Winger.

[Nine]

Gordon was subbed instead of Miggy because he isn’t as cut out for 90 mins as Miggy is yet, the lad openly talked about how he needed to be fitter to fit within our system/style and no doubt he will get there with some time. 

[Pata]

1 minute ago, Away Toon said:

Now this is the truth. Isak is a fine player but he is not a CF and never will be. He's a Nunez using his pace and dribbling from wide to get behind the defense. Howe needs to find a way to play Isak and Wilson together and not by playing Isak as a Left Winger.

Nunez is nothing like that.

[Coffee_Johnny]

1 minute ago, Nine said:

Gordon was subbed instead of Miggy because he isn’t as cut out for 90 mins as Miggy is yet, the lad openly talked about how he needed to be fitter to fit within our system/style and no doubt he will get there with some time. 

Did you miss what he spent the summer doing? His stamina wasn’t why he was subbed. 

[HaydnNUFC]

Subs negatively affected us. When Isak is isolated, subbing him for Wilson makes absolutely zero difference. Tonali and Gordon for Longstaff and Barnes also negatively affected us. 

 

Obviously shielding his players with his comments post match. But game management today was really poor. That second half was lifting.

[Big Geordie]

Almost seems that today Klopp used the 'rope a dope' tactic - Newcastle (and Howe) had no answer for it 2nd half.

 

As I said in match thread - no panic. Learn the lessons and move on. Trust in the manager - he has taken us this far (top 4 and back into the CL)

 

Bedwetters can get to fuck.

[Theregulars]

Not the man for the big occasion, at all.

[Nine]

1 minute ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

Did you miss what he spent the summer doing? His stamina wasn’t why he was subbed. 

It can take more than the summer break to get up to the type of fitness it takes to dish out a high intensity pressing game that is demanded from our wide play, it wasn’t the only reason he was subbed but I’d bet it was the biggest one.

[Interpolic]

26 minutes ago, TBG said:

 

Annoying thing is, you can guarantee it's coming from those who were happy to point out how difficult a start it is

 

The same folk who probably have us down as finishing outside of the top 4 given the extra games this season.

 

But three games in (and yes we should've gotten a result today) to that difficult start and people are questioning whether Howe is good enough to take us forward.

 

Baffling.

 

 

It's not baffling like, they're thick as fuck. Thankfully (hopefully) they are a minority who can be easily ignored. 

 

 

Edited August 27, 2023 by Interpolic

[Vinny Green Balls]

1 minute ago, Theregulars said:

Not the man for the big occasion, at all.

Yeah he really botched our top 4 run last year. Shocking lack of bottle 

[Away Toon]

7 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

Away Toon would disagree 

I don't disagree that we would be a better team with Maddison and Diaby in it.

[Away Toon]

6 minutes ago, Pata said:

Nunez is nothing like that.

Nunez is like Isak in that he looks for space from out wide and he has serious pace. Isak is a much better dribbler. Neither are CF's

[mighty__mag]

Isak wasn't used by his colleagues at all today hardly, even when we were doing well. The midfielders constantly look for the wide players, and the wide players particularly today, wanted to try and do it all themselves.

 

I'd have been seriously fucked off if I was Isak today.

 

 

[ilikenewcastle]

8 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

Not the man for the big occasion, at all.

Apart from all those times we won big games.

[hakka]

10 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

Not the man for the big occasion, at all.

 

Wtf

[ponsaelius]

Predicting any manager will lose their job in the medium term future is basically the safest, most milquetoast football opinion it is possible to have, mind. You pretty much can't lose and it's dull as fuck.

 

There is far, far more chance of the above happening than Eddie Howe going on to have a Fergie/Wenger/Simeone style dynasty for the next decade. That's just football.