Eddie Howe

[Ronaldo]

7 minutes ago, Rod said:

No they're not. Ridiculous statement.

We can’t score goals and win games on the road. It’s inexcusably bad. Especially in the context of what we’ve spent to improve on a 5th place squad.

[dcmk]

Just now, JoeyBartoon said:

See Elanga and Ramsey 

I get the criticism of Elanga.

 

Don't really know why Ramsey has been singled out with him.  

[Kid Icarus]

There are plenty of very easy excuses to grab for Howe tbh.

[Colos Short and Curlies]

6 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

Next to zero chance he can it turn around this season barring a miracle. Deserves until this time next year.

 

No he doesn't

 

He deserves to the end of this season but of there are no clear signs of progression it's absolute stupidity to keep him here effectively on trial for the start of next season. 

 

There will be a number of managers available this summer, we can't afford to miss out on a Rafa or Jose to end up with Souness again

[Jonas]

3 minutes ago, Erikse said:

 

Only 3 teams in the league has underperformed their xG more than us this season. It's a theme at this point. It was pretty obvious that they chose to sit deep. They have loads of injuries (and AFCON) to their attacking players.

 

 

 

We eeked late but deserved victories against Fulham twice for example, but it was the same story. 

[Kid Icarus]

The end of the season man. Honestly, what a joke some of you are.

[CPL]

Eddie Howe was let down in the summer and didn't get the support from the backroom staff.

 

This is the time he needs us to support the team when he needs it the most.

 

Easy to support the team when we are winning but shows the true fans when we are losing.

[dcmk]

3 minutes ago, Erikse said:

 

Only 3 teams in the league has underperformed their xG more than us this season. It's a theme at this point. It was pretty obvious that they chose to sit deep. They have loads of injuries (and AFCON) to their attacking players.

 

 

 

This is a Howe thread under performing Xg is totally on the players.  Missing good chances in games isn't something he can control.

 

Allowing us to cross ball after ball into the box with our physical presence is a lousy game plan, allowing our players to jog pass them is also pretty bad.

 

We were just terrible in the final third.  They didn't deliberately let us do anything.  

[Heron]

8 minutes ago, Decky said:

 

I agree with everything you've said but the whole team is off it if we're honest. 

I don't think it is. Ramsdale was okay tonight, the back four were okay. Bruno was ok. Sandro was ok. Ramsay was anonymous, Murphy played some dangerous balls in, Gordon was ineffective and so was Woltemade.

 

It was our creative outlets that let us down. Without training passages of play and strategisinghow to break teams down, we are reliant upon innovation and ingenuity and our forward men aren't providing that in the same way Cunha, Mbuemo et al are.

 

Because we lack creativity it impacts all other elements of our play as players such as Bruno often end up trying to do more or too much - which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.

 

 

Edited December 26, 2025 by Heron

[Jagten]

1 minute ago, CPL said:

Eddie Howe was let down in the summer and didn't get the support from the backroom staff.

 

This is the time he needs us to support the team when he needs it the most.

 

Easy to support the team when we are winning but shows the true fans when we are losing.

By his talent spotting abilities? He spent 250m mate.

[Erikse]

4 minutes ago, dcmk said:

This is a Howe thread under performing Xg is totally on the players.  Missing good chances in games isn't something he can control.

 

Allowing us to cross ball after ball into the box with our physical presence is a lousy game plan, allowing our players to jog pass them is also pretty bad.

 

We were just terrible in the final third.  They didn't deliberately let us do anything.  

 

It's safer to sit deep when you know that the opponent doesn't have efficient players on the field. I'm talking about why the game state in the second half happened, which was the original point. You're talking about something else at this point. Sitting deep is a tactical decision that some teams sometimes choose when they are leading the game. In the end it gave them their second clean sheet of the season, with some key players missing.

 

 

Edited December 26, 2025 by Erikse

[Donut]

4 minutes ago, CPL said:

Eddie Howe was let down in the summer and didn't get the support from the backroom staff.

 

This is the time he needs us to support the team when he needs it the most.

 

Easy to support the team when we are winning but shows the true fans when we are losing.

How exactly was he let down this summer? 

[Yorkie]

3 minutes ago, Ronaldo said:

We can’t score goals and win games on the road. It’s inexcusably bad. Especially in the context of what we’ve spent to improve on a 5th place squad.

 

I'm certainly not defending our away performances or the fact we're as low in the table as we are, but surely there's a pretty massive asterisk against this, given what we lost? We'd only invested a relatively small amount (Elanga) before our recruitment became about just trying to stay in the mix, as opposed to building on our position. 

[Heron]

3 minutes ago, Donut said:

How exactly was he let down this summer? 

The Isak debacle - depending on what version of events you believe. The facts though - are that we said we weren't selling him then sold him last minute when the season had started...

 

 

Edited December 26, 2025 by Heron

[AngelofTheFourth]

We can take not consistently being in the UCL (for now) but we can't have another season outside of Europe and we barely made UCL last season. We need stability. It feels like only 5 teams right now can go into a season knowing they are going to get a European spot and we ain't one of them. It's not like we haven't spent a lot of monet because we have. Next summer is going to be even harder. Idk what howe is going to do tbh.

[dcmk]

Just now, Donut said:

How exactly was he let down this summer? 

?

 

With everything.  Our DoF left on the eve of the window opening.

 

Our forward went on strike and divided the team.  We didn't sign a replacement until very, very late in the window.

 

The Isak situation caused us to panic. We nearly ended up with Strand Larsen

[The Prophet]

1 minute ago, Yorkie said:

 

I'm certainly not defending our away performances or the fact we're as low in the table as we are, but surely there's a pretty massive asterisk against this, given what we lost? We'd only invested a relatively small amount (Elanga) before our recruitment became about just trying to stay in the mix, as opposed to building on our position. 

 

Also spent next to nothing in the three transfer windows beforehand.

[Whitley mag]

Unfortunately the transfer window has killed him and only has himself to blame. He wanted Ramsdale, Elanga and Ramsey all due to being known quantities with PL experience.

 

I’ve never seen such a poor Man Utd team and we were clueless in the final third. The attacking patterns of play are so predictable, it was so easy for them to defend and see it out.

 

At this point the question has to be asked if we didn’t have that ‘bit magic’ from a world class centre forward for the past 2 seasons, would Howe have achieved anything like we have?

 

Every team would miss losing a world class forward but our current league position is unacceptable for the sum of our parts and money spent.

 

 

Edited December 27, 2025 by Whitley mag

[Deuce]

1 hour ago, Jesse Pinkman said:

1 in 23 away games. Even Pards did better than that. 

 

 

[Heron]

1 minute ago, dcmk said:

?

 

With everything.  Our DoF left on the eve of the window opening.

 

Our forward went on strike and divided the team.  We didn't sign a replacement until very, very late in the window.

 

The Isak situation caused us to panic. We nearly ended up with Strand Larsen

Aye.

 

Think folk are absolutely in denial and quite frankly fucking ignorant if they're not factoring that Isak fuckery into this season like.

[dcmk]

Just now, Whitley mag said:

Unfortunately the transfer window has killed him and only has himself to blame. He wanted Ramsdale, Elanga and Ramsey all due to being known quantities with PL experience.

 

I’ve never seen such a poor Man Utd team and we were clueless in the final third. The attacking patterns of play are so predictable, it was so easy for them to defend and see it out.

 

At this point the question has to be asked if we didn’t have that ‘bit magic’ from a world class centre forward for the past 2 seasons, would Howe have achieved anything like we have?

 

Every team would miss losing a world class forward but

our current league position is unacceptable for the sum of our parts and money spent.

He wanted Trafford, Mbeumo, Cunha and Ekitike to name a few. 

 

Stop making out they were his first choice.

 

[Heron]

1 minute ago, Whitley mag said:

Unfortunately the transfer window has killed him and only has himself to blame. He wanted Ramsdale, Elanga and Ramsey all due to being known quantities with PL experience.

 

I’ve never seen such a poor Man Utd team and we were clueless in the final third. The attacking patterns of play are so predictable, it was so easy for them to defend and see it out.

 

At this point the question has to be asked if we didn’t have that ‘bit magic’ from a world class centre forward for the past 2 seasons, would Howe have achieved anything like we have?

 

Every team would miss losing a world class forward but

our current league position is unacceptable for the sum of our parts and money spent.

Give over man.

 

Isak has done fuck all since going to England's best club.

[Whitley mag]

1 minute ago, dcmk said:

He wanted Trafford, Mbeumo, Cunha and Ekitike to name a few. 

 

Stop making out they were his first choice.

 

We were linked with Elanga for 2 seasons he clearly rated and wanted him, likewise with Ramsey.

 

Nobody asked him to pivot to the signings he made there were other options abroad.

 

 

[Heron]

I can absolutely take fair criticism of Howe but every time we lose it feels like there's a desperate attempt to question him on things that have zero evidence or substance tbh. Gets right on my fucking tits.

[Pilko]

Just now, dcmk said:

?

 

With everything.  Our DoF left on the eve of the window opening.

 

Our forward went on strike and divided the team.  We didn't sign a replacement until very, very late in the window.

 

The Isak situation caused us to panic. We nearly ended up with Strand Larsen

 

We quite clearly needed 2 strikers but Howe wanted to try and retain a blatantly finished Wilson. He then waited the whole window to get a specific replacement despite knowing he lacked match fitness and a pre-season, and we still allowed him to go run round some scrubland in Mozambique or wherever and get injured. The Isak situation was only half of the puzzle and we totally bungled the other half too.