Eddie Howe

[nufc4eva]

Playing Dummet and Kraft at centre half and the cunts barely did anything, Dubravka had a couple of saves the whole match and that's pretty normal for us.

[Stottie]

Season form for 10 mostly hard PL fixtures, 3 games in CL group of death, and now Man City home and Man Utd away in the Carabao.

 

P15 W8 D3 L4

 

That's in eleven games vs. top half of PL or better opposition.

 

[Disco]

 

[janpawel]

2 left backs and 2 right backs in defence, with 1 game between them in about 15 months. No striker 

 

That was half our C team never mind B team ?

[Mountain]

Started with Matt Targett and Matt Richie in a front 3 away at Old Trafford and won 3-0.

 

No words.

 

Get the copper melted lads, we need a new statue.

[Holloway]

Can,t remember a single clout from Dummet, or an aimless punt up the wing. Eddie has given the less talented lads a sense of purpose, you can see it a mile off. He is looking every inch a man on his way to the top 

[TRon]

The man is a legend in the making. Who else could put out a team with Dummett and Krafth playing centre backs when it's neither's natural position, play Matt Ritchie when he can barely run these days, and beat Man U at their own ground 3-0? It's unbelievable. It's like Keegan's been reborn in the modern era with an infusion of ice running through his veins.

[80]

Eddie Howe is a license to print money for any Board.

[Vinny Green Balls]

1 hour ago, Stottie said:

Season form for 10 mostly hard PL fixtures, 3 games in CL group of death, and now Man City home and Man Utd away in the Carabao.

 

P15 W8 D3 L4

 

That's in eleven games vs. top half of PL or better opposition.

 

Pretty mixed tbh

[Elma]

1 hour ago, Emotic said:

We started the match with six fullbacks  Insane.

 

We've done it before back in Keegan's first spell. Won 4-2 at West Ham. 

[alexf]

Anyone else really curious as to how the Matt Targett in the deep Bruno midfield role experiment would have turned out. ?

 

Was the most unexpected performance looking at the line up but it just proves why he is levels above the likes of Ten Hag. He makes perceived shit players look good and functional. 

[Nobody]

Easiest sub to make when Targett has to come off is to bring on Burn and have Hall play midfield (might have been the plan anyway tbh, even though in the first minute Hall was LB). Puts Miggy on instead who goes on and score, plays a big part in the second goal and could have got an assist for Wilson.

Such brilliant management from Eddie there, when 2 minutes into the game he had to change the game plan.

[Zero]

I simply hope we can see more of Livra and Hall in the future.

[teohgk]

I have no words, this dude is a wizard

[cubaricho]

1 hour ago, alexf said:

Anyone else really curious as to how the Matt Targett in the deep Bruno midfield role experiment would have turned out. ?

 

Was the most unexpected performance looking at the line up but it just proves why he is levels above the likes of Ten Hag. He makes perceived shit players look good and functional. 

Targett was at LB and Hall was in midfield for what it’s worth. 
 

The change brought on Miggy at LM and moved Hall back. 

 

 

Edited November 2, 2023 by cubaricho

[elbee909]

26 minutes ago, teohgk said:

I have no words, this dude is a wizard

 

He sure plays a mean Lewis Hall.

[Adam]

6 minutes ago, cubaricho said:

Targett was at LB and Hall was in midfield for what it’s worth. 
 

The change brought on Miggy at LM and moved Hall back. 

 

 

 

 

Eddies interview he says they were looking to play Targett in midfield, and on the highlights you can see Targett playing as a DM. Assuming they would have swapped around quite a bit anyways. Miggy at LM worked really well as we simply overloaded them with Joe W, Hall and Miggy down that side. 

[Nobody]

1 hour ago, Adam said:

 

Eddies interview he says they were looking to play Targett in midfield, and on the highlights you can see Targett playing as a DM. Assuming they would have swapped around quite a bit anyways. Miggy at LM worked really well as we simply overloaded them with Joe W, Hall and Miggy down that side. 

Aye, was great to see how there was always an extra man down our left hand side. Obviously Howe knows about Ritchies limitations, so preferred us attacking as far away from him as possible too

[GideonShandy]

Absolutely love the guy. Tactical genius. Extraordinary work ethic. Superb man-management.  Handles press conferences with class, modesty, intelligence and a nice sense of humour. Inspires confidence all round. A perfect match for the club. We're lucky to have him (and he's lucky to have us.) Hope he has a tenure comparable to Wenger and Ferguson.

[Optimistic Nut]

Just been nice seeing players like Krafth, Ritchie and Dummett have "their moment" even though domestic cup games are probably all they'll see for us. Might suit us playing the bigger clubs with these line-ups where we're starting the games with a more solid system, these players are stepping up above their normal level and the opposition are thinking they'll piss it, rather than someone like Everton or West Ham who'd take it as a sign to go all out at us as it's a chance to knock us out. 

[Lotus]

Think it was @Wullie who pointed out once that sometimes a manger just suits a club at a certain time. 

Think the example was Brendan Rodgers. I know he gets flack but he’s had some good teams and his Swansea weren’t bad at all considering the budget. His previous spell was a bit of a car crash at Reading. He obviously went on to some very very good teams after Swansea.

EH did exceptionally well at Bournemouth but not so much at Burnley. It would be hard to predict how well he end up doing here.

As much as it might him……it could also be the present incarnation of the club. The owners and the new ethos, the fan’s enthusiasm post takeover. Could just be a great match. Long may it continue.

[NufcJ]

I love this man, that's it. 

[STM]

So in one game he's found extra cover at CB (Krafth) an option in Brunos position (Joelinton) and someone who can do a decent job up front (Gordon). Fully expecting Richie to go in goal or some shit.

[wyn davies]

The point of having a lack of options placed him in a situ where he had to gamble and it proved to him that he hasn't anything to worry about in not picking the same bods as he has week in week out.

[ponsaelius]

8 hours ago, cubaricho said:

Targett was at LB and Hall was in midfield for what it’s worth. 
 

The change brought on Miggy at LM and moved Hall back. 

 

 

 

 

That would have been the logical selection (and some score apps have it that way) but I don't think it actually was. Targett was definitely in CM when we kicked off with Hall at LB.