Eddie Howe

[jack j]

Have your opinions on Eddie Howe the manager nee problem at all and if you want him out or dont rate him then thats fair enough

 

But fuck me he isnt a coward like. He's a great bloke who has integrity

and he has gave me some of my best moments in my footballing life

 

Sunday i was fucking raging at them all but I could never label him as a coward

[r0cafella]

3 minutes ago, et tu brute said:

Aye he is, fucking shit himself on Sunday and trying to pull the wool by making excuses over the most cowardly Derby performance in living memory. You stick to your lies and bullshit about Mitchell walking away why don't you 

 

 

 

Come off it man. Eddie isn't a coward, he may have made a mistake but let's not exaggerate. 

[r0cafella]

8 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Bad atmosphere in the club and an average squad

Bad atmosphere? What? Why would whos larping around the boardroom effect the squad? 

 

Squad is better than average like, average clubs would have your hands off for a Tino, Hall Bruno etc. 

[et tu brute]

2 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

Come off it man. Eddie isn't a coward, he may have made a mistake but let's not exaggerate. 

He was on Sunday and then trying to justify it today. You think different that's fine

[Bimpy474]

I'm not sure a manager who got us to batter Liverpool in a very one sided cup final is now sitting himself. That's a rather mad take.

 

I do agree that he and the performance should be critised for how poor it was.  As much I love Eddie, critique should come with praise when it's deserved.

 

But shitting himself is nonsense imo.

[The Prophet]

If we put any stock into what Chris Waugh and George Caulkin write, the squad came into this season in good spirits, as opposed to the start of last season.

[et tu brute]

6 minutes ago, jack j said:

Have your opinions on Eddie Howe the manager nee problem at all and if you want him out or dont rate him then thats fair enough

 

But fuck me he isnt a coward like. He's a great bloke who has integrity

and he has gave me some of my best moments in my footballing life

 

Sunday i was fucking raging at them all but I could never label him as a coward

I certainly would on Sunday and today trying to justify it by saying it was the same set up as Everton is total bullshit and cowardly. Call it out for what it was a total shit show. Hey you disagree that's fine

 

 

Edited December 16, 2025 by et tu brute

[Miggys First Goal]

17 minutes ago, et tu brute said:

The bloke is a total coward

That’s as far as I got. 

[r0cafella]

2 minutes ago, et tu brute said:

He was on Sunday and then trying to justify it today. You think different that's fine

I'm as disappointed as anyone about both the approach we took and the performance but I wouldn't describe it as cowardly man. That's a step too far. It was a disgrace, a massive disappointment but I don't think you tar someone who's contributed what Eddie has a coward. 

[Wilson]

Mad

[et tu brute]

15 minutes ago, Bimpy474 said:

I'm not sure a manager who got us to batter Liverpool in a very one sided cup final is now sitting himself. That's a rather mad take.

 

I do agree that he and the performance should be critised for how poor it was.  As much I love Eddie, critique should come with praise when it's deserved.

 

But shitting himself is nonsense imo.

Maybe if he tried the same set up as that day, then I wouldn't be calling him that. He shit himself on Sunday as he saw that as a must not lose game and set a team up to sit back against a Sunderland team with one of the worst expected goals in the division. Again your entitled to your opinion 

 

 

Edited December 16, 2025 by et tu brute

[et tu brute]

2 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

I'm as disappointed as anyone about both the approach we took and the performance but I wouldn't describe it as cowardly man. That's a step too far. It was a disgrace, a massive disappointment but I don't think you tar someone who's contributed what Eddie has a coward. 

You have your opinion I have mine. I said exactly the same on Sunday also.

[et tu brute]

4 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said:

That’s as far as I got. 

do you want a medal or something?

[Dr Venkman]

Not this thread as well FFS.

[SUPERTOON]

12 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

I'm as disappointed as anyone about both the approach we took and the performance but I wouldn't describe it as cowardly man. That's a step too far. It was a disgrace, a massive disappointment but I don't think you tar someone who's contributed what Eddie has a coward. 

I actually thought the approach to the game on Sunday was a bit cowardly tbh. We went there to try not lose imo. Howe isn’t a coward mind.

[Whitley mag]

The defensive approach to the game was cowardly against that shower of shite.

[Cf]

16 hours ago, midds said:

There's context behind each game obviously and I'll accept we've been bang unlucky at times and been robbed in some games too. However, that stat is horrific, context doesn't mean much when you're scrambling for points in both comps and it's a fact that when we go behind we lose (somehow) every time so far. Couple that horror stat with the volume of points lost when taking the lead AND the number of late goals we concede these days AND the way we now score then immediately sit back and try and soak up pressure (in an attempt to save energy I assume) suggests that it's not a quirk and a regular facet of our game. Put all of that together and it paints a very poor picture for those responsible. We have little/no bottle to see games out and little fight at all to claw anything back and make it stick

 

Ok. Let's put it another way.

 

We've "only" actually lost 6 games in the PL. Two of them were last minute goals.

 

Of the other 4 yes we've gone behind and not got anything from the game.

 

Two of those games we went ahead and proceeded to lose the game.

 

But from our 10 wins/draws we've never gone behind. We haven't needed to get points from losing positions because we scored first. So going through all the games we scored first:

 

Wolves. Won 1-0.

Arsenal. Lost 1-2. (last minute goal)

Forest. Won 2-0.

Fulham. Won 2-1.

West Ham. Lost 1-3.

Brentford. Lost 1-3.

Man City. Won 2-1.

Everton. Won 4-1.

Spurs. Drew 2-2. (last minute goal)

Burnley. Won 2-1.

 

Given the stat of we haven't conceded in the first 30 minutes it does suggest there's something to shore up with the late goals. I don't dispute that. But the above list doesn't scream to me that we drop loads of points from winning positions - West Ham/Brentford being two awful performances.

 

Back to the stat of points from losing positions. Man City also have 0 points from losing positions (lost 4). Liverpool 1 (lost 6), Palace 1 (lost 4). I really don't think this stat is a big deal at all  

[gbandit]

Fucking pathetic posts. Calling Howe’s approach cowardly, fuck off. We played awful, the tactics were poor, the personnel choices (Elanga and Gordon) were poor. However, cowardly? Fuck right off 

[et tu brute]

2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

I actually thought the approach to the game on Sunday was a bit cowardly tbh. We went there to try not lose imo. Howe isn’t a coward mind.

He was on Sunday though. Today disagreeing with his captain (after his captain said what he should have done) and then try and say it was a similar set up to Everton is cowardly also.

[r0cafella]

3 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

I actually thought the approach to the game on Sunday was a bit cowardly tbh. We went there to try not lose imo. Howe isn’t a coward mind.

 

2 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

The defensive approach to the game was cowardly against that shower of shite.

Isn't cowardly a bit much? Wasn't it more of a case of sit deep to conserve energy and hit them on the break ? Again I don't like this plan against the Mackems but I do see the logic. 

[Earp]

3 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

I actually thought the approach to the game on Sunday was a bit cowardly tbh. We went there to try not lose imo. Howe isn’t a coward mind.

I'm not sure we did. I thought the plan was to keep it tight in the first 20 minutes or so and then start having a go.

[Lush Vlad]

Et tu brute’s hatred of sunderland has totally corrupted him  
 

What a fucking eggy aggro tosser. 

[Tiotes Witch Doctor]

I have no problem with us going there and keeping it tight and not going gung ho etc... but it wasn't just that, we were so so deep, the wingers were so deep most of the first half there was literally no option to counter, not sure if that was mentality or by design but either way it was cowardly.

[Whitley mag]

4 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

 

Isn't cowardly a bit much? Wasn't it more of a case of sit deep to conserve energy and hit them on the break ? Again I don't like this plan against the Mackems but I do see the logic. 

It was a surrender and emotions are running high, whatever you want to call our approach on Sunday it was unacceptable in a game of that magnitude and not a game you conserve energy in.

 

 

Edited December 16, 2025 by Whitley mag

[et tu brute]

Just now, Lush Vlad said:

Et tu brute’s hatred of sunderland has totally corrupted him  
 

What a fucking eggy aggro tosser. 

Shut up man you soft wet wipe