Eddie Howe

[bobbydazzla]

16 minutes ago, nufc123 said:

And there it is again. Tiresome..

 

 

 

[wormy]

19 minutes ago, pubteam said:

Eddie is always so respectful to the other team, Arteta take note!

 

Too respectful iyam. Weak. 

[pubteam]

4 minutes ago, Big Geordie said:

Has he said owt, post match?

Said we looked tired, wasn't happy from the start. Bournemouth pressed well and it disrupted our play. Hinted at the fact they were as good as we were bad. Didn't blame anyone, didn't blame the ref, but recognised we weren't good enough. Again respectful and classy as you'd expect.

[Ben]

Mitchell needs to give Eddie a boost with a new player 

[SUPERTOON]

Nice and honest 

 

 

[joeyt]

Someone get Stifler a new pair of knickers

 

Embarrassing meltdown

[TRon]

3 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

This is what gives me confidence. I started doubting his ability to turn it around after Brentford. Then we hit a 9 game winning streak after making a fair few tweaks. 

He will be fuming about how bad we looked and how we seemed incapable of beating their press or having any meaningful possession leading to chances. 

 

 

 

 

Not every team will be as successful at snuffing us out either, Iraola has been coaching this Bournemouth in that way of playing all season. I think normally we would punish teams who push that hard by hitting them on the break, but tbf, they were really well set up. The only way you beat that is with better quality players who can beat the press.

[ExiledGeordie]

15 minutes ago, LiquidAK said:

Like it's completely rational to be fucked off with that result and performance, but the desperation from some to catastrophise every time the team has a bad result is utterly tiresome. It's exhausting when we're having a normal run, it's especially embarrassing when we've just won 9 in a row and sit in 4th.

 

It's just so transparent that some have been sat waiting for a slip so they can blow their misery loads. It's going to get called out because it's fucking laughable

 

 

 

Spot on

[The Bonk]

3 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Nice and honest 

 

 

Hate that it had to be Bournemouth giving us a hiding.  Onto the next one, Eddie!

 

 

[Lush Vlad]

2 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

Not every team will be as successful at snuffing us out either, Iraola has been coaching this Bournemouth in that way of playing all season. I think normally we would punish teams who push that hard by hitting them on the break, but tbf, they were really well set up. The only way you beat that is with better quality players who can beat the press.

True. But if teams decide to get a bit braver and try to do that to us at SJP. We need an alternative other than slowly pass it about at the back until we lose it  

[pubteam]

5 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

 

Not every team will be as successful at snuffing us out either, Iraola has been coaching this Bournemouth in that way of playing all season. I think normally we would punish teams who push that hard by hitting them on the break, but tbf, they were really well set up. The only way you beat that is with better quality players who can beat the press.

Which on our day we are fully capable of beating. If we'd started well, it would have made Bournemouth more hesitant about pushing so far forward, but our passing was way off and they bullied Bruno off the ball. Tonali really showed his level today, that man doesn't get bullied by anyone.

[El Prontonise]

My only criticism or critique of him would be he might of fallen into the trap of not changing a winning team despite the signs of fatigue etc being there.

 

Remember when Rafa would rotate etc.

[54]

 

Bang on here really.

[r0cafella]

Just now, El Prontonise said:

My only criticism or critique of him would be he might of fallen into the trap of not changing a winning team despite the signs of fatigue etc being there.

 

Remember when Rafa would rotate etc.

Contrast with Rafa is interesting very different approaches. Rafa would have traded a lot if he was in charge us with pifs money imo. 

[El Prontonise]

Just now, r0cafella said:

Contrast with Rafa is interesting very different approaches. Rafa would have traded a lot if he was in charge us with pifs money imo. 

 

Yeap.  Maybe it's a Spanish thing as many of their managers do rotate their squads more.

[The Bonk]

3 minutes ago, 54 said:

 

Bang on here really.

 

 last time we saw him give a post match presser like this, we went on a winning run. Class as always, we'll be better next weekend down south, no doubt in my mind. 

[Thumbheed]

10 players who weren't sharp from the start who were never allowed to regain any rhythm at any point during the game.

 

Think it's as simple as that. 

 

Not really a Howe issue. 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 15:52 by Thumbheed

[LionOfGosforth]

6 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

My only criticism or critique of him would be he might of fallen into the trap of not changing a winning team despite the signs of fatigue etc being there.

 

Remember when Rafa would rotate etc.

 

For me, it's not so much lack of rotation, more in-game subs and general proactiveness. If he changes a winning team and it goes tits up, he'd never hear the end of it. I think it's his only major blind spot, he's reactive in-game and it's glaring sometimes.

[hakka]

23 minutes ago, joeyt said:

Someone get Stifler a new pair of knickers

 

Embarrassing meltdown

 

 

Can we get Stifler back on the phone to Amanda? Perhaps he can offer a supreme hockling if she can sort out another take over asap and once she's part back in charge immediately replace Eddie for that unacceptable loss.

[SUPERTOON]

At this point, I don’t think he has much faith in any of his subs to either change, or see out a game. Barnes the only one.

[El Prontonise]

1 minute ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

For me, it's not so much lack of rotation, more in-game subs and general proactiveness. If he changes a winning team and it goes tits up, he'd never hear the end of it. I think it's his only major blind spot, he's reactive in-game and it's glaring sometimes.

 

That's fair, I think we needed changes at HT personally today such was the first half performance.

[TRon]

8 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

My only criticism or critique of him would be he might of fallen into the trap of not changing a winning team despite the signs of fatigue etc being there.

 

Remember when Rafa would rotate etc.

 

Agree, he does tend to rely on his blue chip players to slog through the majority of the season, remember Gordon was playing a crazy amount of games last season, but we had less options due to being decimated by injuries.

[Nine]

1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said:

At this point, I don’t think he has much faith in any of his subs to either change, or see out a game. Barnes the only one.

To be fair, in that game any change he could have made wouldn’t have turned it in our favour. If the entire first 11 can’t get it going then our bench isn’t going to change much, we were blown away by them simply put.

[LionOfGosforth]

1 minute ago, El Prontonise said:

 

That's fair, I think we needed changes at HT personally today such was the first half performance.

 

Also fair. I felt we needed to get in at 1-1 and assess it, then we conceded at a bad time. Felt like just everyone was off today though and even proactive subs may not have made much difference but we'll never know I suppose.

[joeyt]

12 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

My only criticism or critique of him would be he might of fallen into the trap of not changing a winning team despite the signs of fatigue etc being there.

 

Remember when Rafa would rotate etc.

 

Not sure our bench options would have changed anything today. Schar was just as terrible when he came on. Willock hasn't done anything all season