Eddie Howe

[1unluckyjill]

15 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

You do have to ask yourself though, how well would Steve Bruce have done if he was given £600m? 

At the same time, what would have howe have done with steve bruces budget? We still would have been compeditive, and would not have been blackballed by nearly three quarters of the clubs as well as having the saudi tax in getting players in

 

 

Edited December 11, 2025 by 1unluckyjill

[AyeDubbleYoo]

The lass cheating analogy makes no sense. I mean, I agree if he loses the derby on purpose he should be sacked, but I feel that’s unlikely

[Theregulars]

1 hour ago, Dokko said:

 

Loads of glaring weaknesses from Howe, but all are over looked for me due to the good he's done. This is unforgiveable for me. Just the way I feel. He should feel the same. If should mean that much to him. 

😂 

[Holmesy]

The poll is a bit simplistic and dramatic. Do you want him sacked?!

 

I don't want him sacked but I am starting to think that he's hit his ceiling, and if there's a replacement available with better pedigree who has the gravitas to attract top players, we should at least be exploring it. And that's based on our shocking summer, our appalling away form and the fact that we look like shadow of the team we were a couple of seasons back, despite having spent a stupid amount of money on new players. We don't have a cohesive playing style any more, we've signed some very average players for big money and I don't think Eddie's methods lend themselves to competing in the PL and CL simultaneously, which is the goal of the football club (this has been backed up by the quote about hardly training at the moment, concentrating on recovery instead because of how many fixtures we're playing). Unless he changes his entire way of working, I fear we'll always struggle in the league when we have a European campaign running alongside.

 

[Theregulars]

56 minutes ago, Dokko said:

 

I'm praying with every ounce of my being we don't get beat. As a curse, I'm probably not even watching. I'll do anything I can to assist.

 

Like I said, he has many weaknesses in his management (which manager doesn't?) all of which are allowed, but a loss to these would make it unforgiveable for me, and everything will be questioned. 

 

Call it short sighted. Cant help how I feel, if I could, I wouldn't even be bothered.

Would you stop sharing insane takes and talking about the match like it’s your ex if it assists us? Certainly would assist me. Get a grip of yourself. 

[Theregulars]

54 minutes ago, Dokko said:

 

100%.

 

Its unforgiveable. Bit like a lass cheating on you. We're done. 

 

Tbh, I'm so close to being done with football anyway, it might be the thing that tips the scales. I hate what it's become. 

Would be the game’s loss, no question.

[Shearergol]

55 minutes ago, Dokko said:

 

100%.

 

Its unforgiveable. Bit like a lass cheating on you. We're done. 

 

Tbh, I'm so close to being done with football anyway, it might be the thing that tips the scales. I hate what it's become. 

 

I agree with this tbh. The game is full of entitled fans who think that they should never lose a game, like that's how football works. Game's gone.

[jack j]

1 hour ago, Lush Vlad said:

So a draw on Sunday and then finishing outside of the European places would be ok. But lose and he doesn’t get the rest of the season to try and win another trophy or finish top 6?! 
 

Sound logic. 
 

We could do a cup double this year and lose both derbies. But Dokko would rather just not lose to the mackems  

 

That is pure mackem behaviour that. Gauging our success through how we do against our rivals 

 

 

 

And hes not even watching the game!!! Ahaha

[Yorkie]

Tbh one of the biggest reasons for that ghastly run of defeats against them was because Pardew clearly overhyped the occasion and we went into each one bricking it. You need to respect the fixture but I think the manager's job is to make it as close to a typical league game as possible.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Just now, Yorkie said:

Tbh one of the biggest reasons for that ghastly run of defeats against them was because Pardew clearly overhyped the occasion and we went into each one bricking it. You need to respect the fixture but I think the manager's job is to make it as close to a typical league game as possible.

Which he absolutely will do. 

[Interpolic]

9 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

Tbh one of the biggest reasons for that ghastly run of defeats against them was because Pardew clearly overhyped the occasion and we went into each one bricking it. You need to respect the fixture but I think the manager's job is to make it as close to a typical league game as possible.

 

as we did with the cup final. Worked canny iirc. 

[Lucky]

Tactically he was schooled in the first half. We had some passing patterns that time and time again are absolutely useless in a low block situation. They picked us off on the counter at will.

 

We don’t do well at all with beng pressed and teams seem to do it more against us than other teams. I watched a bit of Brighton last week and the way their defence was able to just play it out from the back with the opposing team sitting way off made me wonder why we don’t enjoy the same privilege.

 

The penalty changed everything and we grew into it and realistically should have won that game in the end. I’d have taken a point beforehand so I’ve no major issue with the result other than throwing away the win again.

 

Our game management this season aside from the City match has been some of the worst in the league.
 

Is it all down to not having a fit and younger Trippier in the side to bark out orders and keep heads calm?

We could have done with Ramsdale sitting down during the spell they were all over us in the last 10 mins. Where has the shithousing gone?

 

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

2 hours ago, Dokko said:

 

I'm praying with every ounce of my being we don't get beat. As a curse, I'm probably not even watching. I'll do anything I can to assist.

 

Like I said, he has many weaknesses in his management (which manager doesn't?) all of which are allowed, but a loss to these would make it unforgiveable for me, and everything will be questioned. 

 

Call it short sighted. Cant help how I feel, if I could, I wouldn't even be bothered.

 

If we did lose, would you watch the game back before deciding he should be sacked or does performance/context not matter?

 

[Menace]

Dokko just say you never warmed to Howe, its far easier 

[Dr Venkman]

We all know the late subs are not intended to change the game, right? They’re to waste some time/stall momentum, right? Is everyone complaining about them in on a joke?

[Dr Venkman]

9 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said:

It’s crazy if we’d been operating within Ashley’s NUFC for five years.  We’re not. 

Eh? Thought Howe had no help at all from the people running the club?

[Ronaldo]

2 hours ago, Yorkie said:

Tbh one of the biggest reasons for that ghastly run of defeats against them was because Pardew clearly overhyped the occasion and we went into each one bricking it. You need to respect the fixture but I think the manager's job is to make it as close to a typical league game as possible.

That and the fact we had an absolutely spineless team who were here for money and little else.

[El Prontonise]

8 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said:

We all know the late subs are not intended to change the game, right? They’re to waste some time/stall momentum, right? Is everyone complaining about them in on a joke?

 

Is it more that we should've made them earlier to get some fresh legs on?

[El Prontonise]

2 hours ago, Yorkie said:

Tbh one of the biggest reasons for that ghastly run of defeats against them was because Pardew clearly overhyped the occasion and we went into each one bricking it. You need to respect the fixture but I think the manager's job is to make it as close to a typical league game as possible.

 

I think that's 1/2 of it, but we did have a team that didn't really care as well.

[Dr Venkman]

2 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

 

Is it more that we should've made them earlier to get some fresh legs on?

I’ve seen that. I’ve also seen a lot of ‘what’s the point of making those subs?’

[El Prontonise]

Just now, Dr Venkman said:

I’ve seen that. I’ve also seen a lot of ‘what’s the point of making those subs?’

 

Right I see, yeah it's all about time wasting etc and all managers do it.

[Sibierski]

3 hours ago, Big River said:

imagine caring so much about the fucking mackems  it's very mackemy

 

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If it was anyone else top half away, it would be equally as important to me because of context of our weak away form and the need to start getting ahead of teams. 
 

We can’t just brush this game (against Sunderland or anyone) as a defeat doesn’t matter. It absolutely does, as we fall back off the pace, continue to play catch up as we come into a very challenging period and our next away game being Man Utd, another side we have to get ahead off. 

[Lotus]

Tbh we were completely out done tactically 1st half against BL. 
 

Sorted it at half time though. Teachable moment.

[The Prophet]

Social media dissecting his reaction to our second

[Dr Venkman]

On 12/11/2025 at 03:19, Lucky said:

If things don’t massively improve I can see us only getting another 3-5 points before the end of 2025. We have a tough run of games after the break. Burnley at home is the only one I’m looking at thinking we have a chance there.

 

Maybe Wissa will change the dynamic completely but I just think, where is the service going to come from if the rest of the side doesn’t transform.

 

If we don’t sort it out this could be a likely set of results.

 

City (h) - L: WRONG, W (+3)

Everton (a) - L: WRONG, W (+3)

Spurs (h) - D: RIGHT, D (-)

Burnley (h) - W: RIGHT, W (-)

Mackems (a) - D

Chelsea (h) - L

Man Utd (a) - L

Burnley (a) - L

Overall point differential (how wrong): +6

 

 

 

Edited December 11, 2025 by Dr Venkman