Eddie Howe

[Rod]

2 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

Superior Acuna is one of the nicest posters on here, dude. You were out of line.

Ok, sorry.

[Fak]

Just now, Rod said:

Fak man, love you too but I'm starting to think your allegiance is elsewhere.  🥲

 

My allegiance is peace, love and alcohol. I want us all to be as one. 

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, Rod said:

Ok, sorry.

At the same time, don't change. Your cantankerous optimism is fantastic, especially as a counter to a few of the doom mongers.

[Fak]

Careful Rod. I think I Vinny just made a pass at you 

[bobbydazzla]

This is how online grooming starts isn't it

[Vinny Green Balls]

3 minutes ago, Fak said:

Careful Rod. I think I Vinny just made a pass at you 

He rejected my Kevin Spacey advances years ago. I know my place.

[Fak]

1 minute ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

He rejected my Kevin Spacey advances years ago. I know my place.

 

My inbox is always open for stuff like that.

[nemtizz]

Just now, Fak said:

 

My inbox is always open for stuff like that.

 

Can confirm

[Vinny Green Balls]

5 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

This is how online grooming starts isn't it

Which is why I haven't set foot in Romania since 2020.

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, Fak said:

 

My inbox is always open for stuff like that.

A little too open for my size tbh

[Fak]

Just now, nemtizz said:

 

Can confirm

 

[alexf]

29 minutes ago, midds said:

 

 

This is quite interesting to look at. 

 

So of the 4 home games we lost, I'd say 3 of those we should have won. Only Bournemouth came and fully outplayed us and deserved the points. 

 

The two draws against City and Liverpool against could have easily been wins with abit more luck. 

 

To only win once away against the current top 13 is abit concerning. If it wasn't for the cup game against them then Arsenal next week looks like a guaranteed loss going by this record. 

 

However it should mean we hopefully do the business against Everton. If we do, then bar the West Ham anomaly, we have beaten all of the rest of the bottom 9 and most of them we did the double aswell. 

 

Come on boys, one more win 🙏.

[Pata]

36 minutes ago, Rod said:

By the way, if you are joking then why say it in the first place?

 

Exactly Rod!

[Smal]

we're still on just 7 points lost from winning positions this season then, the best in the league. 

 

I know it's not natural for a Newcastle fan but I'm starting to feel more comfortable when we drop into a defensive block that we'll just see it through now. Always feel like if we score early then we'll win. It's obviously not even how Howe wanted us to play in the second half but the fact we're so good at it regardless is a massive credit to him, the staff and the players. 

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Smal

[TRon]

8 hours ago, HalloNUFC said:

Testing a new formation right before the most/2nd most important match of the season?!

 

I don't have any words other than praying for Howe being the genius we all think.

 

Even if Willock was fit I was pleased when I found out we were going to a back 3 again. It just felt like the right fit for the players we had available. What did surprise me was how dominant we were even in that formation, I would have expected us to be a bit more circumspect, but we got after them like sharks sniffing blood.

[TheBrownBottle]

What’s Howe’s record vs the sky six + Villa?  I’m not sure how to look it up, but it must be fucking incredible by this point.  We just seem to be set up right nine times out of ten for any game against a good side

[looneytoon]

 

 

[Heron]

6 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

What’s Howe’s record vs the sky six + Villa?  I’m not sure how to look it up, but it must be fucking incredible by this point.  We just seem to be set up right nine times out of ten for any game against a good side

So this season we have;

 

Pl: 13

W: 7

D: 2

L: 4

Pts: 23

 

GF: 22

GA: 19

GD: +3

 

This is just in the league but then factoring in the cups as well (using points for cup wins):

 

Pl: 17

W: 11

D: 2

L: 4

Pts: 35

 

GF: 29

GA: 20

GD: +9

 

Which is actually, really, really good (I'd think) - by comparison, in the league Liverpool have 29, Arsenal - 24 and Man City - a surprisingly, lowly, 18.

 

Given that one of the losses was Liverpool where we deliberately played an alternative way to throw them off the scent for the final. For me that leaves a poor showing down at Villa but which was offset 4-4 and 0pts over two games, Chelsea who also offset to 0pts over two games but we have a GD of +1 against (+3 and +3pts if you factor in the cup win), then Man City who are seemingly the only side for Howe to really crack this year with -3points and -4GD.

 

When factoring in Forest as well as the next placed club that is +6points and +3GD and an away cup win on penalties. So we'd have won 13 from 20 (65%) and drawn 2 (10%) meaning unbeaten in 75%.

 

[Yeah - I'm bored and the wife is watching some shite on tv ]

 

Outside of these teams Fulham are the team who've probably had our number most with 2 defeats. Then Brighton with a loss and a draw to them, but compounded by a cup defeat. Then Bournemouth with a loss and a draw versus them.

 

Other than those 4 team we've held our own against everyone.

 

The form shown against the top 7 sides though (especially once the cup run is factored in) to me suggests the league (as cliché as it is) doesn't lie overall. The teams who've done well against the 'Sky 7' are largely where they should rank within the overall league table except Man United have only 8 points and Tottenham 12 and Tottenham are lower in the table.

 

[I'm now bored of editing this post and looking into it ]

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Heron