Eddie Howe

[Kid Icarus]

4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Thiago was signed to give them more control and creativity in midfield. And when fit, he started regularly. And this is Thiago replacing PL and CL winners.  
 

If Tonali is as good as we are led to believe. The coach should find a system where he’s not behind all 3 of Longstaff Willock and Joelinton

The point is that it's not about getting all the best players into the team, it's about whatever works. He does need to find a way that works with Tonali, but while the system works without him or anyone I don't think there's any reason to care in the short to medium term. Tonali has a responsibility to force Howe's hand too.

[Kanj]

Shite day in the office and the last 30 mins was utterly bizarre but thankfully he’ll study it and sort it. 

[Erikse]

Next one going to be a huge one.. If we bounce back with a win then we're still doing fine. Another bad performance against Palace would be really concerning (actively avoiding the word "worrying" for obvious reasons).

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Erikse

[Geordie Ahmed]

I do think long term he needs to push to get a proper 10 and tweak the midfield to support such a player

[Kanj]

Is there a football player out there who offers willock’s ball carrying, more fit often and is better in the attacking third? That’s probably the evolution. 

[TRC]

8 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

I do think long term he needs to push to get a proper 10 and tweak the midfield to support such a player

It is frustrating he seems incredibly loyal to this 4-3-3. Playing Isak as a second striker how he does for Sweden would be interesting 

[r0cafella]

1 hour ago, Heron said:

The coach should find a winning combination, primarily.

You are absolutely right but the problem is we spent 50+m on the guy who is meant to improve us, that's 50m we needed to deploy elsewhere. 

 

It's obviously a fine balancing act but to achieve our goals we either had to cheat or be flawless.