Keegans Export Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Must have given them an absolute rocket at half time. Goal early in the 2nd half drained all the life out of them, then kept our foot on their throats as we've come to expect from Eddie's NUFC. Really hope our luck with injuries changes next season, reckon we could have a fantastic 24/25 season if we get our transfer business right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Earned his crust today, whatever was said at HT clearly worked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keggy_Keagal Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Great second half but why are we starting so many games poorly ? Awful early doors against Fulham , poor and never got going against Palace and today was like the lads had been doped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Just a theory, but could the recent slow starts to games be down to him trying not to burn players out so we can stay play a good level up to the end? Winter the plan seemed to be playing for 60-70 minutes and hold whatever we had while the substitute options were non-existent, but if we were behind we had no comeback. Obviously the risk if we're not playing our normal game is starts like we're having, meaning we're not quite on it and the opposition are getting at us a bit and making chances. It happened at Fulham and we won, up to the first goal v Spurs it was pretty even, today they were the better team for 30 minutes or so. Other than Palace where we just didn't perform at all and you can get games like that, we've had a strong 30 to 80 minute period. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Piss poor 1 half. 2nd half Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
80 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 2 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said: Just a theory, but could the recent slow starts to games be down to him trying not to burn players out so we can stay play a good level up to the end? Winter the plan seemed to be playing for 60-70 minutes and hold whatever we had while the substitute options were non-existent, but if we were behind we had no comeback. Obviously the risk if we're not playing our normal game is starts like we're having, meaning we're not quite on it and the opposition are getting at us a bit and making chances. It happened at Fulham and we won, up to the first goal v Spurs it was pretty even, today they were the better team for 30 minutes or so. Other than Palace where we just didn't perform at all and you can get games like that, we've had a strong 30 to 80 minute period. It's a nice try, but I really don't think so. It wouldn't explain the headless chicken approach a lot of our players end up with, or the dressing down at Fulham. I think we just have much greater reserves of energy now than we did in December, which gives us a chance of bailing out of situations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Howe said it was a difficult first 45 and Sheffield were motivated. He’s clearly lost the plot. On borrowed time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Why can't we all just be brilliant every minute of every game? #supporters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Obviously, this season isn't as remarkable as last, but he's basically had to work with 3 fit midfielders for the last 5 months. For a team that needs energy and snap, it's impressive we've got to where we are despite very few options to rotate, make in-game changes, or even manage legs in a match in what is probably the most important area of the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingxlnc Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 1 minute ago, Gallowgate Toon said: Obviously, this season isn't as remarkable as last, but he's basically had to work with 3 fit midfielders for the last 5 months. For a team that needs energy and snap, it's impressive we've got to where we are despite very few options to rotate, make in-game changes, or even manage legs in a match in what is probably the most important area of the pitch. That’s why Bruno Gordon and Schar deserve huge credit this season, they’ve done a lot of heavy lifting across the entire spine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 11 minutes ago, Gallowgate Toon said: Obviously, this season isn't as remarkable as last, but he's basically had to work with 3 fit midfielders for the last 5 months. For a team that needs energy and snap, it's impressive we've got to where we are despite very few options to rotate, make in-game changes, or even manage legs in a match in what is probably the most important area of the pitch. not to mention that we are about to blow our PL record for goals scored out of the water Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 3 hours ago, Vinny Green Balls said: Howe said it was a difficult first 45 and Sheffield were motivated. He’s clearly lost the plot. On borrowed time. Will you stop winding people up? I nearly responded..... oh I have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Just now, Rod said: Will you stop winding people up? I nearly responded..... oh I have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 1 hour ago, Vinny Green Balls said: not to mention that we are about to blow our PL record for goals scored out of the water We’re a long way off our record in the top flight tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 7 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: We’re a long way off our record in the top flight tbf Top flight maybe but in terms of PL: United have scored 74 goals in the PL, the most we've netted in a 38 game PL season along with 2001/02 season. The only higher total than that was 82, during the 46 game 1993/94 campaign. In terms of home games only, Eddie Howe's side have 48 to their name. That's their third-highest total, exceeded only by 54 (1996/97) and 51 (1993/94). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 10 minutes ago, Nucasol said: Top flight maybe but in terms of PL: United have scored 74 goals in the PL, the most we've netted in a 38 game PL season along with 2001/02 season. The only higher total than that was 82, during the 46 game 1993/94 campaign. In terms of home games only, Eddie Howe's side have 48 to their name. That's their third-highest total, exceeded only by 54 (1996/97) and 51 (1993/94). 93/94 was a 42 game season tbf - and we’ll need to average 2+ in the remaining games to beat it. I think we will, though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Just now, TheBrownBottle said: 93/94 was a 42 game season tbf - and we’ll need to average 2+ in the remaining games to beat it. I think we will, though It’ll be tight- possibly need a similar result to Brighton (h) last year to get us over the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 2 hours ago, Nucasol said: It’ll be tight- possibly need a similar result to Brighton (h) last year to get us over the line. Yeah, I think you’re right. Still, it’s a fun target to aim for! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Eddie Howe is proving to be one of the best managers we've had, I only see Keegan and Robson ahead of him but he could surpass them if he's here long enough. Weird one, I only recently found out he was an Everton fan, his boyhood club, used to mainly watch them as an away fan because he could never get to Goodison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Just now, mighty__mag said: I only recently found out he was an Everton fan, his boyhood club Nobody's perfect. Not even Wor Eddie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumbheed Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 (edited) Just looked over the squad list and it's genuinely exciting to see how many players we can improve on if we're to assume the likes of Bruno, Botman and Isak are the standard. We're actually sooo far away where we'll eventually so it's pretty incredible to see us battling it out with the likes of Chelsea and Man Utd at this stage of our development. Honeslty excited to see what Howe can do with an even better calibre of squad. Edited April 28 by Thumbheed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis H Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Joint third in the league with Man City for clean sheets this season. One more than Liverpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalloNUFC Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 17 minutes ago, Ellis H said: Joint third in the league with Man City for clean sheets this season. One more than Liverpool. We were just one pope injury away from finishing in 4th and an UCL QF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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