Eddie Howe

[Myleftboot]

Use your subs man FFS.

[ExiledGeordie]

Just now, Myleftboot said:

Use your subs man FFS.

Exactly this, bring Wissa and Elanga on for some pace to push them back 

[Pilko]

Good thing he spent massive money on players he doesn't trust whilst the ones on the pitch are blatantly out on their feet.

 

I'm sure he's trying really hard to fix the late goals problem but he's not helping himself and it's happening too often.

[nemtizz]

In game management doesn't exist currently 

[Turnbull2000]

Fucking sort it out ffs

[ExiledGeordie]

He’s got this conservative sitting back and trying to hold a lead thing but it never fucking works

[Decky]

These late goals are beyond a joke now. 

[Skeletor]

Genuinely don't know what's going on. We concede late more or less every game. Bringing Wissa on in the 92nd minute when we needed to kill them off earlier. Just really don't get it.

[GEFAFWISP]

Oh dear.

[matta]

Just now, Skeletor said:

Genuinely don't know what's going on. We concede late more or less every game. Bringing Wissa on in the 92nd minute when we needed to kill them off earlier. Just really don't get it.

Has to be a major concern this. Good time to turn it around now 

 

 

Edited December 10, 2025 by matta

[Skeletor]

Just now, matta said:

Has to be major concern this. 

 

Where's the Eddie that loved to annihilate teams?

[mouldy_uk]

Way too reactive, needs to use his subs more to be proactive and try control a game 

[Aiston]

What is even the point in the final subs 90 seconds from the end

 

Should have been making those subs when we still were leading !

 

He never will be but I wish he was proactive.

 

 

Edited December 10, 2025 by Aiston

[Mikky]

We are in December and repeating the same mistakes every week 

 

Surely you learn 

 

So many stupid goals aswell 

[ExiledGeordie]

1 minute ago, Skeletor said:

Genuinely don't know what's going on. We concede late more or less every game. Bringing Wissa on in the 92nd minute when we needed to kill them off earlier. Just really don't get it.

It doesn’t make sense, stick Wissa and Elanga on with some pace and it pegs them back a bit. But we sit back inviting them on and then concede…. again

[KingArthur]

I think our play will definitely get better now that Wissa is fit. He is a threat in behind that Woltemade is not, so we can actually go and counter. Now we just sit in 4-5-1 and hope for the best.

[Big River]

I still love you Eddie. don't let the haters get you down

[Ronaldo]

Yeah it’s one of those games / occasions where you really are loathe to criticise the bloke who got us there but you know a more tactically astute manager gets far more out of that. We cowered away practically queuing up to give a goal away and no changes, no proactivity, no clue what to do.

[nemtizz]

Run Nick into the ground and start him Sunday. Makes perfect sense. 

[Likelylad]

That was absolutely abysmal in game management from Howe. Honestly, genuinely pathetic. I’m so angry. Tonali and Wolte were absolutely shattered. You saw it coming a mile off and it’s not the first time either. 

[Doctor Zaius]

He says he wants to keep physical players on the pitch for set pieces to defend leads, yet we keep conceding late on. 

 

Why not bring on players to stretch them? 

 

 

[nufc123]

Just now, nemtizz said:

Run Nick into the ground and start him Sunday. Makes perfect sense. 

Not sure what the plan is here, but if he starts next game its quite baffling really.

[54]

I don't get the whole "He never changes games" thing, we where pretty poor in the first half, and then he made a couple of tactical tweaks at half-time and we where infinitely better, and could and should have scored a couple more. The issue also isn't seeing games out, its not scoring more when we are on top to make sure we don't have to see said game out. 

[timeEd32]

Before everyone has a completely sane discussion in here I'd like to point out that since the last international break we've W3, D2, L1. 

 

The difference between beating Everton 4-1 and drawing tonight 2-2 is the Murphy or Thiaw chances going in. The goals we've conceded include our GK losing his mind in Marseille, letting a CB score a ridiculous slow motion bicycle kick, a brainless handball for a penalty, and a ball bouncing in off our captain's ass. 

[Lucky]

We played well second half. But that goal was just poor, they tried that dummy several times.
 

He was far too late to make subs, when we were leading we should have changed it up and gave them something to think about.