Eddie Howe

[et tu brute]

16 minutes ago, Vaj said:

Our performance at home to Brighton in the season we finished fourth was possibly one of our best under Howe in terms of the high intensity. So far from what we saw today at times 

I agree, the performance earlier in the season was far better also. We lost that and were pegged back today by burn being totally out of position, when he should have been in the middle of the pitch doing his actual role. Not the first time, so either Burn is not following instructions or following instructions to the tee. I know which one I would put my money on.

 

 

Edited yesterday at 17:17 by et tu brute

[JoeyBartoon]

I feel for Howe, as he’s been put in a tough position by the transfer window restrictions. However, I still can’t quite understand why he was willing to spend such a large portion of the budget on just one player (70m on Guehi). Surely he was aware that several players need to leave this summer, and many of them aren’t likely to bring in much money.

 

Is it fair to say that Howe might be too loyal to certain players in the squad? Perhaps he needs to adopt a more ruthless approach when it comes to squad recruitment.

[TheBrownBottle]

6 minutes ago, christ said:

I think he’s safe as houses personally.

 

The position he’s been put in has been absolutely shit. Yet he had us qualified for Europe last season until Man City didn’t turn up at Wembley, and he’s got us in a cup final and competing for the CL yet again this season.

 

What Howe has done has been outrageous. He’s saved the club from a whole heap of shit by keeping us competitive while they try to run down the clock on our PSR issues. Any ‘name’ manager would be acting the cunt every single day about lack of signings etc. 

 

Unless our form absolutely craters and we end up comfortably midtable I don’t think he’s under any pressure.

I’d have him in situ next season too with the same caveat as you - I’d genuinely like to see what the next stage of his build looks like.  

[J7]

We’ve been proper average since November 23 bar a good run, let’s be honest. Fuckin Pardew used to have the odd good run. 
 

Obviously I rate Howe far higher and he’s been good for us, but I do wonder what we’re trying to do. From the best defence in the league, to shipping them for fun. From our best goal scoring season in decades, to barely being able to score without Isak. From ‘intensity is our identity’, to tepid displays like today becoming more normal.

[kingxlnc]

10 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Who would people sell out of our supposed purples, if indeed it did come to that ? 

Gordon all day long. Perhaps Botman.

 

Is Joelinton considered a purple? Him also. 
 

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[Nine]

2 minutes ago, JoeyBartoon said:

I feel for Howe, as he’s been put in a tough position by the transfer window restrictions. However, I still can’t quite understand why he was willing to spend such a large portion of the budget on just one player (70m on Guehi). Surely he was aware that several players need to leave this summer, and many of them aren’t likely to bring in much money.

 

Is it fair to say that Howe might be too loyal to certain players in the squad? Perhaps he needs to adopt a more ruthless approach when it comes to squad recruitment.

Funnily enough, even though we all slated the fee we saw quoted for Guehi - he alone would have fixed a lot of the issues we are seeing now. 

[et tu brute]

4 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Completely different scenario.

Not when it effects the operation of the club and the effect it has on following seasons All aspects of the club will have an impact 

[TheBrownBottle]

6 minutes ago, nufc123 said:

Do we need a profit on Barnes? 

No, only an FFP profit would be necessary.  After this season his amortised fee would be roughly £24m - so a sale of more than that would be a ‘profit’ 

[Mikky]

6 minutes ago, BergenMagpie said:

One of the worst kneejerk posts I’ve seen here (if it’s satire it went over my head)

Plenty of examples this season if you want to look for poor performances 

 

Granted we haven’t strengthened for a long time but I won’t take back the list of players I said needed dumping  

[Matt1892]

Just now, kingxlnc said:

Gordon all day long. Perhaps Botman.

 

Is Joelinton considered a purple? Him also. 
 

i

All of them are replaceable, apart from Isak.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

8 minutes ago, et tu brute said:

I can't see Howe being kept on by the owners if we don't get European football this year. They already have shown with Staveley that they are fully prepared to move on personal if targets are not achieved. 

I thought Staveley left because she couldn’t match the investment of other shareholders? 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, Nine said:

Funnily enough, even though we all slated the fee we saw quoted for Guehi - he alone would have fixed a lot of the issues we are seeing now. 

He was a top player to target, the problem was just not getting him. 

[nufc123]

5 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Honestly, no idea, not got a clue how FFP works 

All I know is the Wan-Bissaka sale helped the red ones a lot, and that was a big loss.

[christ]

3 minutes ago, kingxlnc said:

Gordon all day long. Perhaps Botman.

 

Is Joelinton considered a purple? Him also. 
 

i

I hate coming on here after a loss because it’s impossible to tell whether people are serious, taking the piss or have a brain injury.

[et tu brute]

Just now, AyeDubbleYoo said:

I thought Staveley left because she couldn’t match the investment of other shareholders? 

Her shares were taken over, but it's been well reported that the shambles of last summer was down to her running of the finances. Eales and Ashworth also objected to her interference 

[Displayname]

Eddie is no doubt suffering from the state of the squad atm, but he does bear some of the responsebility of that himself tbh. 

[christ]

7 minutes ago, JoeyBartoon said:

I feel for Howe, as he’s been put in a tough position by the transfer window restrictions. However, I still can’t quite understand why he was willing to spend such a large portion of the budget on just one player (70m on Guehi). Surely he was aware that several players need to leave this summer, and many of them aren’t likely to bring in much money.

 

Is it fair to say that Howe might be too loyal to certain players in the squad? Perhaps he needs to adopt a more ruthless approach when it comes to squad recruitment.

Who is Howe being loyal to? And what would a more ruthless approach look like in your opinion?

[AyeDubbleYoo]

2 minutes ago, christ said:

I hate coming on here after a loss because it’s impossible to tell whether people are serious, taking the piss or have a brain injury.

We must be the only club in a cup final and challenging for the CL with half a squad of Championship players spending time talking about if the manager should be sacked or which of our best players we should sell. I’m not immune but it is mental when you think about it. 

[Weezertron]

I’m an Eddie fanboy but he was more than happy have Amanda overspend on his squad before it became the huge problem it is today. 

[Andy]

He needs to sort out the inconsistency, and not just between games but between halves. Performances like the second half today are so much more annoying when we looked perfectly fine before the break.

 

This is a recurring theme where we come out of the dressing room looking like the players have been pumped up with Nytol. It's mystifying to me how we can suddenly become so lethargic and completely incapable of passing the ball 10 yards. 

 

There are obvious issues with the squad that needs to be addressed in the summer, but the players on the pitch are still capable of a lot better than they're showing in large patches of games this year. At times lately we've looked disinterested and lazy, and that's unacceptable. 

 

[Jordan]

17 minutes ago, JoeyBartoon said:

I feel for Howe, as he’s been put in a tough position by the transfer window restrictions. However, I still can’t quite understand why he was willing to spend such a large portion of the budget on just one player (70m on Guehi). Surely he was aware that several players need to leave this summer, and many of them aren’t likely to bring in much money.

 

Is it fair to say that Howe might be too loyal to certain players in the squad? Perhaps he needs to adopt a more ruthless approach when it comes to squad recruitment.

Don’t say that. He dropped Longstaff so he must have no loyalty to any players. 

[Andy84]

7 minutes ago, Weezertron said:

I’m an Eddie fanboy but he was more than happy have Amanda overspend on his squad before it became the huge problem it is today. 

Don’t know how you can hold that against him. We haven’t breached PSR.  Amanda is a big miss from the club imo 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

8 minutes ago, Weezertron said:

I’m an Eddie fanboy but he was more than happy have Amanda overspend on his squad before it became the huge problem it is today. 

He’s not an accountant. 

[Colos Short and Curlies]

19 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

No, only an FFP profit would be necessary.  After this season his amortised fee would be roughly £24m - so a sale of more than that would be a ‘profit’ 

 

Don't even need that tbh.

 

Break even on the £24m and you can replace him with another £40m player without any impact on the SCR or FFP calcs.

[Groundhog63]

I'm not even going to waste my time reading this thread 😂

Just popped on to say it's great you lot know better than Eddie. It is great, he's a dud, I get that. He's reached his ceiling and isn't anywhere near Keegan, who also won fuck all, or Bobby Robson, who you hounded/booed out