Eddie Howe

[toontownman]

Great little interview that. 

 

Not to stereotype your average football players brain capacity, ok go on then, but you can see why finding the right players that can adjust and thrive under Howe can be challenging or bedding players in takes time. 

 

Credit to those with English not their first or second language!

[geordie_b]

Looks like Eddies having an eventful holiday

 

[Keegans Export]

2 minutes ago, geordie_b said:

Looks like Eddies having an eventful holiday

 

"...and what's even worse, I look like an absolute c*nt too"

[Optimistic Nut]

Don't think it'll happen, but I'd love to start the season with any new signings we get, just have a feeling he'll play safe and the likes of Pope, Burn & Murphy will start at Villa. Would just prefer to see us attack the season with the perceived best team (new keeper, Botman, new RW). 

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23 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Don't think it'll happen, but I'd love to start the season with any new signings we get, just have a feeling he'll play safe and the likes of Pope, Burn & Murphy will start at Villa. Would just prefer to see us attack the season with the perceived best team (new keeper, Botman, new RW). 

I mean, Burn & Murphy 100% deserve to start, Burn in particular was our best CB last season and was comfortably our player of the season, so for him to not start would be a banana's decision imo. 

[Optimistic Nut]

Disagree. It's a new season, we're likely to have a fully-fit Botman, a £50-60m right-winger, they start. 

[Toonpack]

Eddie won't pick a side based on last seasons performance or "ooh play the new kid" he'll do it based on the needs of the game who's doing the business in training.

 

He'll pick what he considers is the team likely best suited to win the game.

[Collage]

On 22/06/2025 at 21:45, geordie_b said:

Looks like Eddies having an eventful holiday

 

That’s what no football does to him

[PauloGeordio]

1 hour ago, Toonpack said:

Eddie won't pick a side based on last seasons performance or "ooh play the new kid" he'll do it based on the needs of the game who's doing the business in training.

 

He'll pick what he considers is the team likely best suited to win the game.

and the one that performed best in training! 

[OverThere]

49 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

and the one that performed best in training! 

That is all very well but that is not the way to share minutes around the squad to prevent fatigue and injury 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 09:14 by OverThere

[PauloGeordio]

1 hour ago, OverThere said:

That is all very well but that is not the way to share minutes around the squad to prevent fatigue and injury 

 

 

 

Agreed but Eddie how gives players squad time also based on how they perform in training. He’s said as much several times. Can’t be arsed to go looking for quotes.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

2 hours ago, OverThere said:

That is all very well but that is not the way to share minutes around the squad to prevent fatigue and injury 

I don’t think it’s one or the other. 

[Paully]

 

[STM]

1 hour ago, Paully said:

 

 

I never know how to feel when I watch back pundits opinions like that. I suppose we've all been massive wrong (well apart from TCD whos always right) in our footballing takes but there's an element cuntishness about them. 

 

Anyway. Howe is God.

[Coffee_Johnny]

38 minutes ago, STM said:

 

I never know how to feel when I watch back pundits opinions like that. I suppose we've all been massive wrong (well apart from TCD whos always right) in our footballing takes but there's an element cuntishness about them. 

 

Anyway. Howe is God.

If you look at the impact of Howe in that first season, I doubt there has ever been a more profound improvement made on a team second half of season (would have qualified for Champions League on the points per game for last 19 games; certainty for relegation challenging lowest ever points tally on ppg fir first 19 games). 
That impact, that remarkable improvement (with mainly the same squad) is possibly a greater achievement of his (and the wider club) leadership than the two CL qualifications or League Cup win.