Eddie Howe

[bobbydazzla]

10 minutes ago, gjohnson said:

Guess you missed how vlachadimos fee goes up every time he's mentioned?

We actually paid the world record fee for a goalie and he can’t even get in the starting 11

[bobbydazzla]

Latest Eddie quotes in The Athletic…
 

“What is the single most important thing for a football club? Is it the stadium? Is it the team? Is it the turnover?

It’s the people, investment in people. My proudest moment here wasn’t when I increased xG by seventeen per cent, or cut expenditure without losing a single member of staff. No. It was a young Greek goalie, second job in the country, hardly spoke a word of English, but he came to me and he went, ‘Mr. Howe, will you be the Godfather to my child?’.
 

Didn’t happen in the end. We had to let him go, he was rubbish. He was rubbish”

 

 

Edited December 1, 2024 by bobbydazzla

[midds]

42 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:

I think we’re rather lucky to be on 19 points personally.

I agree. To squeeze 19 points from a paltry 14 League goals is impressive but not sustainable. We've played 16 games in all comps and notched more than 2 only once (Forest A). Normally with these things the stats start to regress to the mean and level themselves out, there are clearly issues in the final third. He absolutely has been let down by some poor finishing but that happens, it's up to the manager to get the team playing in a way that creates enough chances to negate the poor finishing - it's extremely difficult but if they can't do it then they eventually get sacked

[Displayname]

1 hour ago, TRon said:

 

 

Don't think anyone could complain if we finished 6th/7th tbh. After the Arsenal game I even thought 4th wasn't out of the question. But that run of 3 games has been a blip so far this season, our current position of 10th looks pretty fair to me.

I wouldnt complain too much if we finished 6th/7th, not enough for him to get sacked atleast. Cant deny that i hoped for better at the start of the season though, considering we didnt have Europe to focus on.

 

I dont think 6th/7th is the direction we are heading for now though.

 

 

Edited December 1, 2024 by Displayname

[Heron]

1 hour ago, gjohnson said:

Guess you missed how vlachadimos fee goes up every time he's mentioned?

News to me like.

[Astroblack]

32 minutes ago, midds said:

I agree. To squeeze 19 points from a paltry 14 League goals is impressive but not sustainable. We've played 16 games in all comps and notched more than 2 only once (Forest A). Normally with these things the stats start to regress to the mean and level themselves out, there are clearly issues in the final third. He absolutely has been let down by some poor finishing but that happens, it's up to the manager to get the team playing in a way that creates enough chances to negate the poor finishing - it's extremely difficult but if they can't do it then they eventually get sacked

West Ham I agree inexcusable. But Brighton, we we're all over them, they won with a sucker punch. Followed up by Gordon’s pen miss against Everton and things would be looking a whole lot more different. 19 points in the 08-09 season would have us sitting pretty in 7th. Same for 19 points in the 98/99. Who’d have thought Brentford, Forest and  Fulham would hit this hot streaks? Btw in 08/09 game week 13, Hull had 21 points and finished 17th so anything can happen. 

[Erikse]

1 hour ago, huss9 said:

think its time to sacrifice a purple.

squad needs refreshing.

 

If the reports about january is true, it seems like we have to. Better than doing nothing imo. We need more balance.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, Erikse said:

 

If the reports about january is true, it seems like we have to. Better than doing nothing imo. We need more balance.

Who would you sell?

[The Butcher]

Anyone but Tonali, Botman and Hall.

[Dokko]

7 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Who would you sell?

 

Bruno. 

 

 

[Displayname]

13 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Who would you sell?

Whoever picks up a good form and can bring in some serious cash, dont think anyone should be "safe".

 

 

Edited December 1, 2024 by Displayname

[Erikse]

9 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Who would you sell?

 

Honestly thinking about it, it won't happen in january. And that would be a bad time to do it anyways. Who depends on the actual bids and what replacements that are available to us in the market.

 

 

Edited December 1, 2024 by Erikse

[SUPERTOON]

14 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Who would you sell?

Isak should be kept above anyone else imo. I doubt we sell anyone major in January mind. 

[Kid Icarus]

Our season is basically broken down pretty equally like this imo.

 

Matches we didn't deserve anything from but did.

 

Matches we deserved something more from but didn't.

 

Matches where, win, lose or draw, we got what we deserved.

 

Very much swings and roundabouts so far.

[Astroblack]

3 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Our season is basically broken down pretty equally like this imo.

 

Matches we didn't deserve anything from but did.

 

Matches we deserved something more from but didn't.

 

Matches where, win, lose or draw, we got what we deserved.

 

Very much swings and roundabouts so far.

could say the same for a lot of the teams in our quadrant. Spurs probably deserved to beat us, lost, beat City, draw to Fulham. Just the way the season’s going right now everyone’s taking points off each other and it’s too early to start making snap judgements. 

[TheBrownBottle]

2 hours ago, Astroblack said:

Exposed? He wasn’t allowed to refresh his squad in the summer, he’s lost a big character and our main creative base in Trippier and we’ve fluffed our lines a few times - Gordon’s penalty miss at Everton. Think we’ve been more unlucky than anything tbh. 

‘Wasn’t allowed’ is a stretch mind.  Despite being completely fucked in terms of FFP (because Howe has been backed to the tune of c.£420m) the club still pursued his no.1 target past the point of reasonableness.  Then we switched to an insane bid for Elanga which was thankfully rejected.

 

Trippier’s been lost it seems due to a complete failure of professionalism.  Perhaps some better management might have helped?  I’ve no idea on that front, but could a different manager have produced a different outcome there?  Shitload of counterfactuals and ‘what ifs’ on that score. 

[bobbydazzla]

54 minutes ago, Astroblack said:

West Ham I agree inexcusable. But Brighton, we we're all over them, they won with a sucker punch. Followed up by Gordon’s pen miss against Everton and things would be looking a whole lot more different. 19 points in the 08-09 season would have us sitting pretty in 7th. Same for 19 points in the 98/99. Who’d have thought Brentford, Forest and  Fulham would hit this hot streaks? Btw in 08/09 game week 13, Hull had 21 points and finished 17th so anything can happen. 

Comparing league positions from 15 and 25 years ago man. In 1995/96 we were 12 points clear in Jan and look how that turned out, Liverpool must be shitting it right now. It’s all ancient history. 

 

With the naked eye in 2024 it’s clear to see we haven’t been playing well for a sustained period of time. Our league position reflects this. Shoulda, woulda, coulda’s don’t put points on the board retrospectively. 

 

The swagger we had in 22/23 is long gone. We’re now sloppy at the back, struggling in midfield and lacking clinical finishing up top 

 

Given the stated ambition of our owners, either Eddie turns it round, or he gets the bullet. 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2024 by bobbydazzla

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

3 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

‘Wasn’t allowed’ is a stretch mind.  Despite being completely fucked in terms of FFP (because Howe has been backed to the tune of c.£420m) the club still pursued his no.1 target past the point of reasonableness.  Then we switched to an insane bid for Elanga which was thankfully rejected.

 

Trippier’s been lost it seems due to a complete failure of professionalism.  Perhaps some better management might have helped?  I’ve no idea on that front, but could a different manager have produced a different outcome there?  Shitload of counterfactuals and ‘what ifs’ on that score. 

 

And don’t even begin to get me started on the way he dealt with Fraser.

[TheBrownBottle]

2 minutes ago, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:

 

And don’t even begin to get me started on the way he dealt with Fraser.

 anything short of a mild beating wouldn’t have been enough with Fraser

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

Also when you have no idea on a front, maybe don’t articulate anything further.

[JonBez comesock]

48 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Who would you sell?

Our soul ?

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

Already did that.

[Kanj]

Guys act like this doesn’t happen in football or a manger doesn’t have some tough times. Or players don’t put it in the back of the nyettttt every time they play. We’re not consistent, we haven’t signed a single first team starter in 2 windows, our DOF left in that period, a new one came in, and our asset managers also have left. We’re hiring a new CEO now. Lots of noise around the club. Tons to sort out. 

 

YOU don’t get consistency all the time when you’re chopping and changing key players in an organization, and it applies to board, corporate, scouting, coaching. 

 

 

Edited December 1, 2024 by Kanj

[54]

5 minutes ago, Kanj said:

Guys act like this doesn’t happen in football or a manger doesn’t have some tough times. Or players don’t put it in the back of the nyettttt every time they play. We’re not consistent, we haven’t signed a single first team starter in 2 windows, our DOF left in that period, a new one came in, and our asset managers also have left. We’re hiring a new CEO now. Lots of noise around the club. Tons to sort out. 

 

YOU don’t get consistency all the time when you’re chopping and changing key players in an organization, and it applies to board, corporate, scouting, coaching. 

 

 

 

You shut your sensible mouth.

[The Butcher]