Eddie Howe

[El Prontonise]

I feel things have gone very stale and players need some different ideas or voices (coaching wise perhaps).

[Mountain]

4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

I think we just do it badly now. Woltemadd struggles to intiate the press consistently.  
 

We signed the same profile of player we already have apart from Woltemade who was 6th choice. 

 

The press is not the issue.

 

The ethereal vibe is.

 

We need to do some incantations.

[Holloway]

2 minutes ago, TheInfiniteOdyssey said:

Don’t think he can turn this around unfortunately. 

seems like you pop in to say this regularly, going back about 2 years

[nufc123]

He deserves some hard questions, doesnt mean turning on him.

[nufc4eva]

2 minutes ago, Weezertron said:

Nowt he does at the minute seems to be working. Must be annoying for him (and us). 

 

I want him here next season without all the extra Europe games. He needs to make sure his summer business is spot on though. 

What is he trying to do as I don't see it? Not being arsey, I just can't see the plan anymore.

[Collage]

3 minutes ago, oldtype said:

This is his fourth full season in charge. The seasons we don’t have European football, we finish in the top 5. The seasons where we do have European football, we don’t. (I’m assuming this season we don’t.)

 

I sense a pattern.

Europe cost us 

[Yorkie]

Find tonight difficult to assess personally. It's another dreadful result and the performance ultimately wasn't good enough, but I think he was let down by poor finishing more than anything. Lack of goals has been our biggest problem all season (I attribute the late equalisers to that issue, for instance) but tonight we did enough to put at least one away, but couldn't. 

 

Don't think there's any fresh conclusions to draw really. We're hopeless on the road and saying we were better than we were against Sunderland is just damning with faint praise. Just another game where the evidence suggests he hasn't fixed the problem and therefore he's accountable to the continuation.

[The Prophet]

16 minutes ago, timeEd32 said:

I will have zero patience for the entire regime without Eddie.

 

I agree on the ownership, but harsh on Hopkinson and Wilson.

[Amir_9]

Just now, Groundhog63 said:

 

Unless our transfer policy works wonders I don't see anyone else being able to turn thi gs around OTHER than Howe. 

 

Sick to death of soft cunts on here bailing out on him. 

 

I've not bailed on him completely but I have my doubts of him being the one to take us to the next level (I appreciate this isn't all on him and needs competent and smart people behind the scenes).  Some on here saying to give him all of next season as well. If there are no clear and obvious positive changes then that is ridiculous stance to have.

[JoeyBartoon]

2 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

The noise will grow louder but Eddie still has my full support 

 

Only fear of relegation is what should result in him losing his job

 

He starts next season but more of the same and I can see him being in bother

 

However, I do trust he will work things out, maybe not necessarily this season but certainly next 

Only fear of relegation! He’s spent a fortune, I’d imagine not qualifying for Europe should mean losing the gig 

[Ronaldo]

All I’d say regarding timing is I have significant reservations about him being in charge of spending money. We’re crying out for a different type of player.

[Ben]

1 minute ago, BUJ said:

Is the club currently:-

 

1. Progressing?

2. Stagnating?

3. Regressing?

 

3. For a good while now. 

 

 

 

 

 

League - still very much in contention for Europe

 

Champions league - very much in contention to qualify automatically in the top 8.

 

League cup - Semi finals (again)

 

Fa Cup - still in it.

 

Seasons falling apart man !!

[The College Dropout]

1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

And the conclusion is? 

It’s a poorly run club outside of the ability to spend money 

[BUJ]

1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

And the conclusion is? 

Make your own

 

[Casey]

Just now, black_n_white said:

I’d say that is pretty much nailed on now. All the more reason I’d like to give Howe the chance to sort it out during the summer.

Well, I don't agree but respect it.

 

For me, my biggest indicator of being 'done' with it is the footballing itself. Win or lose, I fancy being entertained and knowing we put it all out there, not this boring predictable dross.

 

Hopefully wor Eddie can sort it out cause I think we all like him and want him to succeed, but seems like he's being a bit naive to think you can just do the same thing over and again and expect better results.

[TheHoob]

1 minute ago, El Prontonise said:

I feel things have gone very stale and players need some different ideas or voices (coaching wise perhaps).

 

This is it for me, we look absolutely desperate for something to freshen us up. 

[nufc123]

1 minute ago, Yorkie said:

Find tonight difficult to assess personally. It's another dreadful result and the performance ultimately wasn't good enough, but I think he was let down by poor finishing more than anything. Lack of goals has been our biggest problem all season (I attribute the late equalisers to that issue, for instance) but tonight we did enough to put at least one away, but couldn't. 

 

Don't think there's any fresh conclusions to draw really. We're hopeless on the road and saying we were better than we were against Sunderland is just damning with faint praise. Just another game where the evidence suggests he hasn't fixed the problem and therefore he's accountable to the continuation.

Great summary that.

[black_n_white]

Just now, Yorkie said:

Find tonight difficult to assess personally. It's another dreadful result and the performance ultimately wasn't good enough, but I think he was let down by poor finishing more than anything. Lack of goals has been our biggest problem all season (I attribute the late equalisers to that issue, for instance) but tonight we did enough to put at least one away, but couldn't. 

 

Don't think there's any fresh conclusions to draw really. We're hopeless on the road and saying we were better than we were against Sunderland is just damning with faint praise. Just another game where the evidence suggests he hasn't fixed the problem and therefore he's accountable to the continuation.

I have to admit the performance was OK, and I’m sure Howe will echo that. The issue was we were toothless in the final third.

[oldtype]

5 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

This is insane

We live in an era where nobody other than Man City makes the CL every year and where basically everyone in the PL other than maybe 1-2 teams is competing every week.

 

The idea that as a fanbase we’d spend decades salivating over even the slightest possibility of silverware, get to the top of the mountain WAY ahead of schedule, and then immediately turn on the man who made it happen because we don’t get European football this season?

 

Now that is insane.

[Armchair Pundit]

I think, common sense pending, Eddie will get until the end of the season to start showing proper improvement - after another transfer window and seeing where we go in the various cups we're in. Then, if we finish mid-table and win nothing, with the team still looking arse, the owners will probably seriously look at the situation and put him on notice going into the 26/27 season. I just feel, unless we fell into the relegation slots Eddie still has too much in the bank to bin him off this season. Personally, I want him to come good, but I just can't see how that's going to happen without some serious changes to tactics, attitude and maybe some actual actions from the owners in showing that they really do want to take us to the next level - where's the new training ground? Where's the new stadium? The new academy? The dialogue between club and fans seems to have fizzled out in the last couple of years as well.

[dcmk]

8 minutes ago, timeEd32 said:

A tiny part of me wants him to get sacked so we hire an “upgrade” just to see how spectacularly that experiment fails.

Sounds like there are loads of world class coaches who are available and will come in and do the job.

 

It's not like our current manager has ever turned around our poor form previously and has fixed areas of the team that's not working  short memories.

[midds]

Genuinely think that pulling this back around is beyond him right now. I love the bloke and want the very best for him but he's looking a bit clueless out there. His players are letting him down to some degree but he's calling all of the shots but watching us is tear gas stuff. It's utter shite and the inconsistency between home and away performances swills away the whole "we had a poor window" nonsense. The same squad decides to show up for some games and hides 4 days later. That's not a transfer window issue, that's a management issue, don't buy it for a single second, it's an easy card to play to defend a manager who can't get consistent performances from his squad - it's harsh but it's also true

[Dr Venkman]

9 minutes ago, Pilko said:

 

"won't or can't impact games in flight with substitutes or changes to the system."

 

Did it impact the game? No, we lost and created basically one chance of note all night. Don't let your inability to read get in the way, though.

Touchy 

 

It impacted the game to the extent that we controlled it from then on. That’s an impact. 

[El Prontonise]

Just now, black_n_white said:

I have to admit the performance was OK, and I’m sure Howe will echo that. The issue was we were toothless in the final third.

 

I think performance in football includes the ability to look like you'll score.

[Mike]

Just now, oldtype said:

We live in an era where nobody other than Man City makes the CL every year and where basically everyone in the PL other than maybe 1-2 teams is competing every week.

 

The idea that as a fanbase we’d spend decades salivating over even the slightest possibility of silverware, get to the top of the mountain WAY ahead of schedule, and then immediately turn on the man who made it happen because we don’t get European football this season?

 

Now that is insane.

 

I'm mid turn but it's not about Europe it's about doing the same shit week in and week out and hoping that it works this week. I hope Eddie is the guy but he's not learning from previous matches.