Eddie Howe

[r0cafella]

5 hours ago, Deuce said:

 but I thought they were sworn enemies?

You believe they got on? 

 

The Mitchell situation doesn't add up at all. 

[LFEE]

3 hours ago, Thumbheed said:

 

Then pay the money for Trafford?

My sentiment. I’ll back EH to the hilt and obviously will always defend the club to a point when none of us know what’s really going on with each deal.

 

But with Trafford you’ve a player from the North west keen to join us for 12 months. Grab him and watch it pay off over the next decade. Can’t put a price on players wanting to join us as was said.

[UncleBingo]

He is being hung out to dry. Again.

 

They need to get their shit in order, sharpish.

[Gawalls]

5 hours ago, UncleBingo said:

He is being hung out to dry. Again.

 

They need to get their shit in order, sharpish.

Isn’t he in charge now of putting the team in place to get deals done? Isn’t his cousin or someone doing it? Isn’t it Andy Howe?

[PauloGeordio]

Just now, Gawalls said:

Isn’t he in charge now of putting the team in place to get deals done? Isn’t his cousin or someone doing it? Isn’t it Andy Howe?

His nephew Andy Howe and Steve Nickson.

[Gawalls]

Did he pick Steve Nickelson or not? Who is he? It seems that team are inept to me but I know nothing, I’m merely looking at the results.

[PauloGeordio]

5 minutes ago, Gawalls said:

Did he pick Steve Nickelson or not? Who is he? It seems that team are inept to me but I know nothing, I’m merely looking at the results.

Steve Nickson has been head of our recruiting since 2017.

[Gawalls]

2 minutes ago, PauloGeordio said:

Steve Nickson has been head of our recruiting since 2017.

Yeah just read it and ChatGPT for what it’s worth said neither him nor the two Howes have a reputation or background for getting deals done and that was what Mitchell had a solid reputation for. We certainly knew had to get deals over the line when Staveley was here, why not now? We need that someone imo. Again I get I’m being ridiculous and massively simplifying an area I know nothing about.

[PauloGeordio]

11 minutes ago, Gawalls said:

Yeah just read it and ChatGPT for what it’s worth said neither him nor the two Howes have a reputation or background for getting deals done and that was what Mitchell had a solid reputation for. We certainly knew had to get deals over the line when Staveley was here, why not now? We need that someone imo. Again I get I’m being ridiculous and massively simplifying an area I know nothing about.

System is a little broken atm. Let’s see what occurs over the next 6 weeks 

[GideonShandy]

Can't get much more authoritative than ChatGPT tbh.

[KaKa]

We should let ChatGPT negotiate the deals and all.

[The Prophet]

Sounds like Nickson and the Howes select targets and do the groundwork. Solis and Reuben negotiate the deals.

[Gawalls]

1 hour ago, GideonShandy said:

Can't get much more authoritative than ChatGPT tbh.

I get that but I know nothing about the back room setup, do hide it and wanted to know more so started there.

 

 

Edited July 20, 2025 by Gawalls

[Ben]

He looked really down yesterday, his soundbites are becoming repetitive, he needs help, Jamie Reuben and the Saudis are at fault here and it could have massive repercussions 

[Gawalls]

5 minutes ago, KaKa said:

We should let ChatGPT negotiate the deals and all.

Hey, I know you’re saying this to take the piss out of me but in my profession (IT, I’m a devops engineering Lead Architect) we’ve been told we have to use A tool called Cursor which is another AI tool no less then for 50% of our job, it’s being monitored and failure to do so ends in disciplinary. It’s coming for my / my colleagues jobs and it scares me.

[gbandit]

1 minute ago, Gawalls said:

Hey, I know you’re saying this to take the piss out of me but in my profession (IT, I’m a devops engineering Lead Architect) we’ve been told we have to use A tool called Cursor which is another AI tool no less then for 50% of our job, it’s being monitored and failure to do so ends in disciplinary. It’s coming for my / my colleagues jobs and it scares me.

This is dystopian shit 

[KaKa]

26 minutes ago, Gawalls said:

Hey, I know you’re saying this to take the piss out of me but in my profession (IT, I’m a devops engineering Lead Architect) we’ve been told we have to use A tool called Cursor which is another AI tool no less then for 50% of our job, it’s being monitored and failure to do so ends in disciplinary. It’s coming for my / my colleagues jobs and it scares me.

 

Oh I'm sure.

 

I also wouldn't be surprised at all if some club out there is using it to advice on how to proceed with transfer negotiations.

 

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

33 minutes ago, Gawalls said:

Hey, I know you’re saying this to take the piss out of me but in my profession (IT, I’m a devops engineering Lead Architect) we’ve been told we have to use A tool called Cursor which is another AI tool no less then for 50% of our job, it’s being monitored and failure to do so ends in disciplinary. It’s coming for my / my colleagues jobs and it scares me.

Grim that

[Gawalls]

3 minutes ago, RUHRLYASLEEVESUP said:

Grim that

Yeah but it’s biting them on the arse, brought it in several months ago and no less than six senior level devs with decades experience have quit so are they any better off? In my experience using it - it’s currently no better than a junior dev level, impressive but you have to push back, know your design patters and tell it what you want doing in great detail.

 

 

Edited July 20, 2025 by Gawalls

[Myleftboot]

8 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

Oh I'm sure.

 

I also wouldn't be surprised at all if some club out there is using it to advice on how to proceed with transfer negotiations.

 

Or how to beat a teams tactics/set up.

[black_n_white]

It’s not fair on Howe to expect him to repeat the highs of last season. We’ve already seen what can happen with a small squad in a champions league season. Hopefully the people higher up see this? At the moment we are an injury or two away from relying on Osula and Miley which is a big ask.

[Elliottman]

49 minutes ago, Ben said:

He looked really down yesterday, his soundbites are becoming repetitive, he needs help, Jamie Reuben and the Saudis are at fault here and it could have massive repercussions 

He was literally laughing and joking in the interviews after game man 

[Cf]

8 minutes ago, Gawalls said:

Yeah but it’s biting them on the arse, brought it in several months ago and no less than six senior level devs with decades experience have quit so are they any better off? In my experience using it - it’s currently no better than a junior dev level, impressive but you have to push back, know your design patters and tell it what you want doing in great detail.

 

 

 

 

Wrong thread but I'll reply anyway. I can see this sort of approach biting tech companies hard. The amount of tech debt that's going to be introduced into code bases by it and the smaller pool of devs who actually knows what the code is supposed to be doing will hit breaking point. 

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

2 minutes ago, Gawalls said:

Yeah but it’s biting them on the arse, brought it in several months ago and no less than six senior level devs with decades experience have quit so are they any better off? In my experience using it - it’s currently no better than a junior dev level, impressive but you have to push back, know your design patters and tell it what you want doing in great detail.

 

 

 

I was in China end April this year, AI more or less controls everything from BYD driverless to Robots checking you into hotels, everything's a tap, virtually no cash, ive a feeling were all sleepwalking into this, the Chinese don't miss with innovation, ive been going to China for nearly 30 years but not for 6 years prior to April, the explosion of advancement is absolutely staggering & whoever wins the AI race will be the strongest nation / company in the world imo. Will we be better off for it all ? who really knows but I share your concerns regarding jobs, not many companies are going to pay a human if a robot can do the same job I fear. Whether they can spot the next Messi or Isak Im not sure but they will have a role to play I think.

 

[KaKa]

Eddie Howe is taking the lead on transfers right now. It's what a lot of people called for, once Mitchell was deemed to be the source of every problem. Mitchell is now gone.

 

There were even some people saying that we didn't need a director of football and that Howe should just work with Nickson going forward.

 

Our decisions on who to move for and how much to bid is being completely headed up by the manager.

 

All this talk of the people upstairs holding Howe back or not backing him is not making sense.

 

This is the Howe transfer strategy and so we're now going to have to deal with it for better or for worse.