Eddie Howe

[LiquidAK]

1 hour ago, Lush Vlad said:

It’s the whole ‘you can’t say that these days or you’ll be cancelled/free speech isn’t allowed anymore’ argument and all. 
 

Well, people keep slating Howe and bringing their dreary, depressing takes to every thread. So you clearly can. But they get annoyed if they’re in the minority or they get pulled up for some of their points. 
 

They then just resort to saying you’re not allowed to criticise Howe on here  

"I want to be able to whinge as much as I want without being criticised for having terminally shit, turbo-miserable opinions" is what it boils down to.

[Vinny Green Balls]

1 hour ago, bigfella said:

 

Michael Palin.

Unless you're taking about Loretta/Stan, then that's in Life of Brian.

 

 

 

oh yeah you're right!!!!!

[Danh1]

Think “control the game” is a bit of a stretch, as not many in Europe could do that. But our results at the “big” clubs are pretty shocking under Howe. Definitely an area we need to improve, saying that our away results anywhere could do with improving. 
 

 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

How many teams win away at the best clubs though? Isn't that why they're the best clubs?

[Ilovetoon8788]

I like what's emery doing at villa. Great manager

[ExiledGeordie]

Howe definitely needs to be more proactive with his decision making but realism does tell me that we’re always going to yoyo around 4-5th to 8th with the 8th highest wage bill. Clubs above us have more wedge to spend on player contracts and that’ll always disadvantage us as long as it continues. Ofcourse smart recruitment and growing revenue can offset this to some degree. 

[Whitley mag]

Chelsea played well in 2nd half and was definitely a shift in approach after half time.
 

What’s clear is that it’s nigh on impossible to press and play with intensity for 90 mins. The first half was probably our best of the season but it’s what’s happening when we can’t press that is the issue.

 

Again he was reactionary with substitutes when it was clear a change was needed. Chelsea got well beat at Leeds and drew with Bournemouth in last 2 away games, I’m not sure they’re as good as we made them

look at times.

 

Boxing Day will tell us a lot more about where this season is heading and not the last 2 home games.

[ExiledGeordie]

11 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

Chelsea played well in 2nd half and was definitely a shift in approach after half time.
 

What’s clear is that it’s nigh on impossible to press and play with intensity for 90 mins. The first half was probably our best of the season but it’s what’s happening when we can’t press that is the issue.

 

Again he was reactionary with substitutes when it was clear a change was needed. Chelsea got well beat at Leeds and drew with Bournemouth in last 2 away games, I’m not sure they’re as good as we made them

look at times.

 

Boxing Day will tell us a lot more about where this season is heading and not the last 2 home games.

If you look at it in a positive light, we thankfully still aren’t that far away from teams above us (6 points off Chelsea and Liverpool, 4th and 5th place). Our issue is we can string wins together and the forum is wildly inconsistent. If we could beat Man U away and then we’ve got a run of home games we could really move up the table. I suppose the issue as well is injuries mounting up too.

 

Ramsey’s form improving, Wissa getting fitter, potential incoming in Jan. I do think our form can improve in the new year.

[TheBrownBottle]

3 minutes ago, ExiledGeordie said:

If you look at it in a positive light, we thankfully still aren’t that far away from teams above us (6 points off Chelsea and Liverpool, 4th and 5th place). Our issue is we can string wins together and the forum is wildly inconsistent. If we could beat Man U away and then we’ve got a run of home games we could really move up the table. I suppose the issue as well is injuries mounting up too.

 

Ramsey’s form improving, Wissa getting fitter, potential incoming in Jan. I do think our form can improve in the new year.

Playing Man Utd away next is part of the problem - we’ve burned through most of the easy away games for the season and now have most of the big boys to play which is a massive concern if the shit away performances don’t see a huge uplift. 

[Jamesmcc222]

6 hours ago, Ilovetoon8788 said:

I like what's emery doing at villa. Great manager

Yep based on his and Howes records since coming to their respective clubs strong argument to be made they have been the two best managers of the last few seasons. Iroala and Glasner up there too. 
 

Both consistently outperformed vs their respective wage bills and squads. Wouldn’t swap Howe for him but would be close. 

[TheBrownBottle]

6 minutes ago, Jamesmcc222 said:

Yep based on his and Howes records since coming to their respective clubs strong argument to be made they have been the two best managers of the last few seasons. Iroala and Glasner up there too. 
 

Both consistently outperformed vs their respective wage bills and squads. Wouldn’t swap Howe for him but would be close. 

Yep, all of them have done a cracking job - hard to split the difference between Howe, Emery and Glasner.  

[timeEd32]

On 21/12/2025 at 11:01, Smal said:

 

Also, when you look at outright defensive output I think that context helps too. I do agree that we defend deeper more often now, but when we engage our high press it is as effective - if not more effective - than ever really. Perhaps dropping deeper more often is more efficient as well because:

 

xG allowed p/90:

22/23: 1.14 (2nd best in league)

23/24: 1.52 (8th)

24/25: 1.36 (8th)

25/26: 0.87 (2nd, would be good enough for 1st in any of the 3 prior seasons, but Paellanonceball is at 0.65 this season ).

 

Indicates we are exceptionally good defensively despite our continued very average possession.

 

All of our issues are in possession this season, for me. Our xG p/90 over those 4 seasons is at:

22/23: 1.83 (4th)

23/24: 1.99 (4th)

24/25: 1.67 (7th)

25/26: 1.27 (9th)

 

Some great stuff in this and the preceding post and totally agree the biggest problem is very simply putting the ball in the back of the net. The best defense for a one goal lead is to score again and we we haven't been able to do that this season in the way we have in the past.

 

In recent weeks that is combined with having a keeper who is basically never going to help us out by making a big save vs. one who did regularly. The far right column is post-shot expected goals minus goals allowed.

 

 

[Dr Venkman]

On 15/12/2025 at 18:00, James said:

Also there was an article in the Athletic it was about Matt Ritchie but it suggested if I read it right that Tindall and Purches are still commuting from Bournemouth.

 

if true these two need to move up here permanently or move on.

 

 

 

JT was in Tynemouth last night with his kids and his Mam. It he’s commuting from Bournemouth that would seem odd.

[Scoot]

 

 

 

[Danh1]

On 24/12/2025 at 16:48, Scoot said:

 

 

 

Just watched this. Unreal. 

[duo]

Concerning comment from him with regards new Stadium / Training ground 

Quote

I know there’s a 99.9 per cent chance that I’m not going to see either in my position, but I’m still passionate about making sure it’s there for the future generations of Newcastle

 

[The Prophet]

3 minutes ago, duo said:

Concerning comment from him with regards new Stadium / Training ground 

 

 

Just the reality of the situation really.

[Heron]

"...Geordies have a unique outlook on life and it's one that I would recommend to anybody. Positive - even in difficult moments, and always believing that there's something better around the corner."

 

🥰🥰🥰

[McDog]

1 minute ago, Heron said:

"...Geordies have a unique outlook on life and it's one that I would recommend to anybody. Positive - even in difficult moments, and always believing that there's something better around the corner."

 

🥰🥰🥰

 

 

That is an awesome way to approach life. Very very hard sometimes but healthy nevertheless. 

[madras]

1 minute ago, McDog said:

 

 

That is an awesome way to approach life. Very very hard sometimes but healthy nevertheless. 

Its often all we've had. I dont mean that from a footballing perspective 

[McDog]

Just now, madras said:

Its often all we've had. I dont mean that from a footballing perspective 

 

 

I assumed that had zero to do with football. I don't know about the specific challenges in the Northeast but in general it seems the pay rate and costs in England are tough. I do feel for you guys as I've really enjoyed getting to know some and exchanging thoughts and ideas.

Hope the New Year brings great things to the region and to the country in general. If it's anything like the US, it can't possibly get worse, or can it?

[Heron]

6 minutes ago, McDog said:

 

 

That is an awesome way to approach life. Very very hard sometimes but healthy nevertheless. 

I think he's right. The vast majority of Geordies I know have this attitude to life too. I love it. I think it makes Geordies unique (on the whole).

[Vinny Green Balls]

 

 

1 hour ago, Heron said:

"...Geordies have a unique outlook on life and it's one that I would recommend to anybody. Positive - even in difficult moments, and always believing that there's something better around the corner."

 

🥰🥰🥰

He's obviously not talking about posters on the forum.

[El Prontonise]

7 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

 

 

He's obviously not talking about posters on the forum.

 

I was waiting for someone to say something along these lines.  You didn't disappoint. 

[Vinny Green Balls]

1 minute ago, El Prontonise said:

 

I was waiting for someone to say something along these lines.  You didn't disappoint. 

 I felt that the forum was slacking on this, and someone needed to step up.