Eddie Howe

[Lush Vlad]

11 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Pope has stopped doing the sweeper-keeper role of late - not sure if it’s age, instruction or insecurity.  Which isn’t helping as we’re dropping deeper as a result.

 

I’m really surprised that Howe hasn’t tried Ramsdale yet, but I’ll happily say he knows far better than I do.  

Has he? Seen him do it a good few times already. Usually followed by his trademark hoof. He was nearly on the halfway line against Liverpool in the first half  did it against Arsenal a couple of times and all when needed.

 

EDIT - I know Kaiz loses his mind if anyone mentions Fbref. But if you go on there and compare to other seasons. His average defensive actions are basically the same as his best season for us and higher than other seasons. I think it was 18.4 yards this seasons v 18.2. More defensive actions outside the penalty area, too. Albeit a much smaller sample size this season, of course!  

 

 

Edited September 30, 2025 by Lush Vlad

[Erikse]

Hope that we can at some point bring back the type of football we played about 2 years ago, when we beat Sheffield Utd 8-0, PSG 4-1, and Palace 4-0 in just 1 month. We played some amazing football in that run. Heck, even in the 22/23 season we won several games by a large margin. Trippier just needs to find the fountain of youth, and then we are all set.

[Dr Venkman]

18 hours ago, Curva Sud Milano said:

 

Now he will tell you that you have True Faith syndrome...

He’s got much worse than that.

[Coffee_Johnny]

19 hours ago, Curva Sud Milano said:

 

I think the club's intention was to sign a strong 9 (a pure 9) and pair him with Wissa, who could also replace him in a 4-3-3. With Wolt, you've signed an excellent player who has the qualities of a 10 rather than a 9.

I don’t think that is correct. We wanted Ekitike, when it was evident to the club but not yet the public that Isak really wanted to leave. He would have been the ‘replacement’. We would have still pursued others for the Wilson replacement, I’m including Wissa on that list. 

[Sibierski]

9 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

I don’t think that is correct. We wanted Ekitike, when it was evident to the club but not yet the public that Isak really wanted to leave. He would have been the ‘replacement’. We would have still pursued others for the Wilson replacement, I’m including Wissa on that list. 

I think if we got Etitike early on in the window, our 2nd signing would’ve been so much more different to what we’ve ended with. Like we wouldn’t have been pushed into signing Wissa for £50m. 
 

We will never know of course, but Woltemade and Wissa combo would’ve been something that was never ever considered until late August so that’s months of planning based on April onwards scrapped and something new required as the season is underway. Uphill task which we need to hope clicks soon, and potentially shifts the future direction. As what was planned team

wise moving forward may now be completely different with Woltemade here. 

[huss9]

Eddie had plans for this season but , as usual, fucked over by injuries.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

28 minutes ago, huss9 said:

Eddie had plans for this season but , as usual, fucked over by injuries.

Feel like we’ll be in much better shape after the break. It’ll be reet. 

[TRon]

7 hours ago, andycap said:

I don't know if it's just me but howe so far this season seems to be setting us up not to lose, Leeds Bournemouth arsenal them three games we've basically had no attacking intent because of his sudden defensive setup. 

 

 

Suggests he's not too confident in our forwards at the moment, and tbh, looking at their output it's not hard to see why. They aren't exactly creating a bucketload of chances. 

[Lotus]

It's the lack of desire to see the midfield play football that's confusing me a bit. I understand JL has his limitations but the other 2 could surely make up for them. We have 2 out of 3 of some of the best ball players in the Prem in Bruno & Tonali. Excellent 1st touch great technique, vision, quick thinkers.....

[nufc4eva]

I think at times we need more patience about us, play it about, recycle the ball more and try to work openings. We rush it, lose it and then defend a lot.

[The College Dropout]

8 minutes ago, Lotus said:

It's the lack of desire to see the midfield play football that's confusing me a bit. I understand JL has his limitations but the other 2 could surely make up for them. We have 2 out of 3 of some of the best ball players in the Prem in Bruno & Tonali. Excellent 1st touch great technique, vision, quick thinkers.....

We’ve never been that side under Howe. At times we might horse shoe but usually we either attack properly or give it away. 

[Lotus]

Just now, The College Dropout said:

We’ve never been that side under Howe. At times we might horse shoe but usually we either attack properly or give it away. 

 

It's been more of the latter tbh.

[Mattoon]

Just now, The College Dropout said:

We’ve never been that side under Howe. At times we might horse shoe but usually we either attack properly or give it away. 

 

He prefers the battering ram approach, we don't have a lot of players that can play and intricate pass to break the low block so we just try and get the ball through by brute force.

[The College Dropout]

Just now, Lotus said:

 

It's been more of the latter tbh.

Brentford are similar. Not great at keeping possession but they create and can score. I think Wissa suits the old style a lot.  
 

The squad is weirdly designed. Our CBs are great on the ball. But a CM and wingers aren’t.  So we are setup for defenders to setup attackers to run into space or for the transition with a high press. 
 

Eddie would’ve seen how Barca controlled injury time against us and said ‘we do not do that’.  It’s proper Atleti ball. 

[The College Dropout]

2 minutes ago, Mattoon said:

 

He prefers the battering ram approach, we don't have a lot of players that can play and intricate pass to break the low block so we just try and get the ball through by brute force.

Aye also don’t try to play through a high press.  Whoever’s on the ball will play it into the channels or for the striker to win. It’s a team built for the transition except for who looks like our best attacker. 

[TRC]

When is his presser?

[Curva Sud Milano]

3 hours ago, Coffee_Johnny said:

I don’t think that is correct. We wanted Ekitike, when it was evident to the club but not yet the public that Isak really wanted to leave. He would have been the ‘replacement’. We would have still pursued others for the Wilson replacement, I’m including Wissa on that list. 

 

I agree with what you're saying. What I meant was that Wolt's acquisition might not have been the prospect Howe was really looking for (Ekitike sure was)... let's be clear, Wolt isn't a second choice (in terms of value) but at that point in the transfer market it was an obligatory choice.

Similar thing happened to us (or even worse): we searched for a striker all summer, and then (when time ran out) we bought Nkunku ... who wasn't what we needed.

 

[Curva Sud Milano]

3 hours ago, Sibierski said:

I think if we got Etitike early on in the window, our 2nd signing would’ve been so much more different to what we’ve ended with. Like we wouldn’t have been pushed into signing Wissa for £50m. 
 

We will never know of course, but Woltemade and Wissa combo would’ve been something that was never ever considered until late August so that’s months of planning based on April onwards scrapped and something new required as the season is underway. Uphill task which we need to hope clicks soon, and potentially shifts the future direction. As what was planned team

wise moving forward may now be completely different with Woltemade here. 

 

Exactly this....

[AyeDubbleYoo]

2 hours ago, Lotus said:

It's the lack of desire to see the midfield play football that's confusing me a bit. I understand JL has his limitations but the other 2 could surely make up for them. We have 2 out of 3 of some of the best ball players in the Prem in Bruno & Tonali. Excellent 1st touch great technique, vision, quick thinkers.....

 

I definitely think we have potential in that area for sure. The front 3 of Gordon/Walt/Elanga also are very good at retaining the ball. Admittedly Gordon has had some brain farts recently but in general good. 

 

I wonder if it's because of the amount of work we put in off the ball, not sure. 

 

This is why I enjoyed the Bradford game so much, just not sure if we have the ability to execute a passing style like that against better sides. Certainly we would need to consider taking Murphy and Pope out and possibly Gordon if he can't find his best form. 

[The College Dropout]

27 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

I definitely think we have potential in that area for sure. The front 3 of Gordon/Walt/Elanga also are very good at retaining the ball. Admittedly Gordon has had some brain farts recently but in general good. 

 

I wonder if it's because of the amount of work we put in off the ball, not sure. 

 

This is why I enjoyed the Bradford game so much, just not sure if we have the ability to execute a passing style like that against better sides. Certainly we would need to consider taking Murphy and Pope out and possibly Gordon if he can't find his best form. 

There isn't evidence of this btw. Both pass completion % is low for wingers. A lot of it is down to the style of play of Howe/Nuno.

 

Interestingly, Longstaff said at Leeds they do a lot more training in possession/with the ball and that was a change for him. Sounded like a dig tbh. 

[Yorkie]

"Is winning important?"

 

Scott Wilson, Eddie's press conference.

[Danh1]

7 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

There isn't evidence of this btw. Both pass completion % is low for wingers. A lot of it is down to the style of play of Howe/Nuno.

 

Interestingly, Longstaff said at Leeds they do a lot more training in possession/with the ball and that was a change for him. Sounded like a dig tbh. 

Lercal lad Sean. Having digs and leaving one in in Ramsey. Fuck the cunt. 

[Yorkie]

23 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

"Is winning important?"

 

Scott Wilson, Eddie's press conference.

 

And the ever insightful Martin Hardy: 

 

"Are Newcastle United a Champions League club now?"

 

We're in the Champions League you absolute dullard.

[NEEJ]

They're hilariously bad at times. Did Ryder ask his regular question that isn't a question but just a super weird observation? 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

12 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

Lercal lad Sean. Having digs and leaving one in in Ramsey. Fuck the cunt. 

Not to mention he’s terrible at football.