Eddie Howe

[Stifler]

We need to do a lot of work in the training ground.

We are nowhere near where we should be. Also after a great defence in his first full season, I’m starting to feel that he is defensively naive as I thought he was before he joined.

We have a lot of work, a lot of work.

[Newcastle Fan]

Honestly feels like we never had a pre-season and just started working our way in the game against Southampton.

 

He's got a lot of quality in the squad now and happy he's using them from the bench but we need to be better.

[Disco]

32 minutes ago, Heron said:

Can we fuck off Eels instead?

[Geogaddi]

I just don't understand what has happened to our press and running from two seasons ago? I presumed last season was down to injuries, as we did it well up until that Man United home game when we blew them away and somehow only won 1-0, ever since then though its been non existent and the early signs this season are that it's not returning .

[Pata]

4 minutes ago, Stifler said:

We need to do a lot of work in the training ground.

We are nowhere near where we should be. Also after a great defence in his first full season, I’m starting to feel that he is defensively naive as I thought he was before he joined.

We have a lot of work, a lot of work.

Did Forest have any chances outside of set pieces? I’m drawing a blank here.

[Lush Vlad]

Not seen the game tonight. But not sure we’ve ever had a fast, out the blocks start to a season under him, have we? No idea what he was like at Bournemouth. So not a big sample size of 3 for NUFC, granted. But I Can’t say it’s ‘worrying’ me yet. 

[Keggy_Keagal]

The old maxim used to be that if you can play poorly and get results it's the sign of a good side. Let's hope it's true and that we start looking far more cohesive at the weekend. 

[jonny1403]

1 minute ago, Geogaddi said:

I just don't understand what has happened to our press and running from two seasons ago? I presumed last season was down to injuries, as we did it well up until that Man United home game when we blew them away and somehow only won 1-0, ever since then though its been non existent and the early signs this season are that it's not returning .

 

We've had one home game where we went down to ten men early and then two hard away games where we are naturally less likely to press. Maybe wait for a bigger sample size?

[Wandy]

He's a very lucky man because, apart from the final 15 mins of open play, that was absolutely dreadful. 3 games in and we have been garbage in all of them and this simply cant continue. The whole club has been a shambles this summer and this has obviously affected morale allround but that still does not excuse the passive performances we have seen so far.

[LionOfGosforth]

Just now, Wandy said:

He's a very lucky man because, apart from the final 15 mins of open play, that was absolutely dreadful. 3 games in and we have been garbage in all of them and this simply cant continue. The whole club has been a shambles this summer and this has obviously affected morale allround but that still does not excuse the passive performances we have seen so far.

 

Are you ok?

 

[Menace]

Sign of a good team if we keep winning despite not playing well...

[Shearergol]

Just now, LionOfGosforth said:

 

Are you ok?

 

I don’t think he is 

[Geogaddi]

2 minutes ago, jonny1403 said:

 

We've had one home game where we went down to ten men early and then two hard away games where we are naturally less likely to press. Maybe wait for a bigger sample size?

We were playing a Forest team that made 10 changes tonight , I wouldn't class that as a hard away game really .

[Wandy]

2 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

Are you ok?

 

Anyone who watched that tonight and thinks that things are ok has their head in the sand.

[LiquidAK]

Don't think we've really played well yet but are still picking up points/getting to the next round. It's both concerning and encouraging at the same time

 

Very confident with the manager we've got he'll figure it out. Wonder if there's just an air of uncertainty around the club at the moment with struggling in the transfer window and we see a more settled squad moving up the gears in September 

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 22:01 by LiquidAK

[Pata]

2 minutes ago, Geogaddi said:

We were playing a Forest team that made 10 changes tonight , I wouldn't class that as a hard away game really .

I saw their squad called better than ours here couple of days ago.

[midds]

We're still miles away from clicking and there's something not quite right about how we're playing, it's disjointed and looks a bit shit to be honest. But we're unbeaten in 3 and into the next round of the cup so there's definitely positives there, we have to crank it up a bit though and decide how we're going to play. 

 

Sunday will be both interesting and informative. First proper team we'll have to try and match, we'll know much more about us at 5pm on Sunday

[Guest]

Just now, Wandy said:

Anyone who watched that tonight and thinks that things are ok has their head in the sand.

 

[Kid Icarus]

Someone build Wandy a stadium ffs 

[Yorkie]

We're not even playing that badly really. It's definitely not sustainable and our sloppiness in possession will see us punished by better teams, but we've started and finished the last two games really well. Neither would have been a smash and grab if we'd nicked it in 90 minutes. Worth reminding ourselves also that there's also another team on the pitch and we're away from home - not the hardest places to go but those fixtures are hardly gimmies.

 

The squad doesn't look totally settled and we look like we're playing with some anxiety; touches are heavy, pace is often half a yard off, and there's a few ounces missing from the physical battles. But you can optimistically say that we're battling through an imperfect period and coming out with good, well-earned results. 

 

Onwards and upwards.

[Wandy]

1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said:

Someone build Wandy a stadium ffs 

Is there ever a moment where you are not a sarcastic prick? 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

We played class at the start and good at the end, just a bit dodgy in the middle. 
 

We’re vulnerable to energy at the moment because we’re not playing confidently and fluidly, but it’s just the start of the season. 
 

PS Tonali is bellisimo. 

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, Wandy said:

Is there ever a moment where you are not a sarcastic prick? 

Take the joke ye girl

[CheikBoom]

1 minute ago, Wandy said:

Anyone who watched that tonight and thinks that things are ok has their head in the sand.

And likewise anyone with their head screwed would acknowledge we’ve typically started seasons slowly under Howe.

 

22/23 - 2 wins from the first 7 or 8

23/24 - 3 wins from the first 7

 

We aren’t quite firing and grinding out results. A promising sign.

[LionOfGosforth]

3 minutes ago, Wandy said:

Anyone who watched that tonight and thinks that things are ok has their head in the sand.

 

Not sure anybody said that in here like? I'm of the opinion it can't get much worse performance-wise and yet we're unbeaten. Plus Sandro is back and looked good and Barnes had a nice cameo in a problem position, so don't really see the need for borderline suicidal-gloom, maybe it's just me though. The whole "club has been a shambles" patter is getting old.