Eddie Howe

[Moose]

Eddie, I love you, you're my king, but for crying out loud please learn how to hold onto a lead!

 

Thankfully our next opponents aren't renowned for their tendency to score late goals right?!

[timeEd32]

3 minutes ago, Likelylad said:

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. 

 

The problem is if he had taken Tonali off and we conceded you (or others) would be raging about taking off the engine of our team. 

[STM]

Lost 1 in the last 6 and even in that game we should have got something.

 

Doing a great job eddie. 

 

Going well in the Champions league, quarter final of the league cup and 3 points off "title challengers" Chelsea. 

 

Cant say im surprised about how this man keeps knocking it out of the park. 

[Likelylad]

Just now, timeEd32 said:

 

The problem is if he had taken Tonali off and we conceded you (or others) would be raging about taking off the engine of our team. 

Not when he couldn’t move. Christ 

[Super Duper Branko Strupar]

Think he did well today. We continued to attack well second half, Tonali was done like a kipper. Probably should have got Wissa on earlier but Tonali and Bruno looked good all game so not sure there was a rush to change one for Ramsey.

 

 

Edited December 10, 2025 by Super Duper Branko Strupar

[LiquidAK]

Impressed at how he changed the game at half time, we were comfortably the better team that half and should've been 4-1 up were it not for the post. Good performance and a good point all things considered, frustrating as it is to concede late again 

[Ellis H]

Hit the post twice and Thiaw scores if not for a great save but we didn’t win a hard away game in the Champions League so let’s all be furious.

[Andy]

Our mentality when we take the lead is a massive problem that he needs to solve, assuming it isn't instructional to drop back. Before our second goal and after their equaliser we were 10-15 yards further up the pitch.

 

We're completely incapable of playing our way out once we sit in and have zero concentration, so if it is instructional, it's suicidal. 

 

Don't think he helped himself today with those late subs either as others have said, that was just bizarre. 

[Collage]

We clearly can't defend one-goal leads, also we miss too many chances, and never go in to the last 15 minutes with more than a one-goal lead (expect against Everton)

 

 

Edited December 10, 2025 by Collage

[54]

This thread post full time is so very bi-polar  

[LionOfGosforth]

Not sure what it is, a lack of ruthlessness in general, but we never ever seem to capitalize on periods of domination anymore, or very rarely, like we did in past seasons. We'd go a goal up and always be looking for the second and then a third. Losing count of the games we've missed more than decent chances in and left it tight and then it's a weak mentality thing or lack of confidence mixed with tiredness, that we're conceding late in games. Thought we should have won tonight though and it's a decent result overall, just the usual frustration when you concede late and draw a game you should win.

[Ben]

I hope Eddie gets a Subs board for Christmas 

[M1tche]

Annoyed by how late the final subs came to be honest, it felt like we needed some pace in behind to give them something different to worry about. 

[Novocastrian]

Game management has been shit all season. Those subs with two minutes to go beggars belief.

[STM]

1 minute ago, 54 said:

This thread post full time is so very bi-polar  

 

Its just because some cant control their emotions when we concede a goal or dont get the result they want.

 

Step back for one second and it's a decent result and a decent performance. Could have got more but we are in a good spot.

[Collage]

Just now, LionOfGosforth said:

Not sure what it is, a lack of ruthlessness in general, but we never ever seem to capitalize on periods of domination anymore, or very rarely, like we did in past seasons. We'd go a goal up and always be looking for the second and then a third. Losing count of the games we've missed more than decent chances in and left it tight and then it's a weak mentality thing or lack of confidence mixed with tiredness, that we're conceding late in games. Thought we should have won tonight though and it's a decent result overall, just the usual frustration when you concede late and draw a game you should win.

Think a big part is that we don't have a talismanic goal scorer anymore. Hopefully Wissa gets up to speed soon

[johnny36]

We talk about not burning Woltemade out then proceed to give him 92 mins.. We have 5 subs, use them..Wissa should have been given 15 mins at least..what good is 90 seconds 

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, STM said:

 

Its just because some cant control their emotions when we concede a goal or dont get the result they want.

 

Step back for one second and it's a decent result and a decent performance. Could have got more but we are in a good spot.

It takes a bit of pressure off the final games, because we are likely already in the playoffs. We are in a good place in the CL.

[Scoot]

7 minutes ago, STM said:

Lost 1 in the last 6 and even in that game we should have got something.

 

Doing a great job eddie. 

 

Going well in the Champions league, quarter final of the league cup and 3 points off "title challengers" Chelsea. 

 

Cant say im surprised about how this man keeps knocking it out of the park. 

 

Lets ignore all that though and start questioning him eh?

[Likelylad]

Love Eddie but he clearly has some blind spots. You’d like to think with his continuous improvement type mindset he’ll sort them out but the quicker the better please. 

[LionOfGosforth]

1 minute ago, Collage said:

Think a big part is that we don't have a talismanic goal scorer anymore. Hopefully Wissa gets up to speed soon

 

Agreed and I couldn't work out why he didn't get more minutes tonight. Thought we did more than enough to win second half though and they're not a bad side at all.

[The Prophet]

4 minutes ago, Andy said:

Our mentality when we take the lead is a massive problem that he needs to solve, assuming it isn't instructional to drop back. Before our second goal and after their equaliser we were 10-15 yards further up the pitch.

 

We're completely incapable of playing our way out once we sit in and have zero concentration, so if it is instructional, it's suicidal. 

 

Don't think he helped himself today with those late subs either as others have said, that was just bizarre. 

 

Whilst I completely agree with your general point, we didn't drop back tonight, the last ten minutes were incredibly end to end.

[ExiledGeordie]

3 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

Not sure what it is, a lack of ruthlessness in general, but we never ever seem to capitalize on periods of domination anymore, or very rarely, like we did in past seasons. We'd go a goal up and always be looking for the second and then a third. Losing count of the games we've missed more than decent chances in and left it tight and then it's a weak mentality thing or lack of confidence mixed with tiredness, that we're conceding late in games. Thought we should have won tonight though and it's a decent result overall, just the usual frustration when you concede late and draw a game you should win.

I think we still lack lethal goal scorers to finish teams off and there’s the Achilles heel of us getting edgy at the end of matches when we haven’t killed teams off. Plus Eddie could probably be a bit more proactive rather than reactive. 

[Pata]

Very happy with that second half performance, unlucky not to have scored more than two. Think the equalizer was just a good goal too, Tonali could've done better but can't blame him too much. It's just a fact that a good home team down a goal is going to push up in the final minutes, don't think we consciously sat back tonight.

[nemtizz]

6 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

Not sure what it is, a lack of ruthlessness in general, but we never ever seem to capitalize on periods of domination anymore, or very rarely, like we did in past seasons. We'd go a goal up and always be looking for the second and then a third. Losing count of the games we've missed more than decent chances in and left it tight and then it's a weak mentality thing or lack of confidence mixed with tiredness, that we're conceding late in games. Thought we should have won tonight though and it's a decent result overall, just the usual frustration when you concede late and draw a game you should win.

 

All boils down to our striker. Not even close to being his fault that he's been thrown in and played into the ground, mind.