Dr Venkman Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 3 hours ago, SteV said: This is it. Massively prevalent in football/sport, but also society in general, be it politics, or whatever. This is worth a read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted December 31, 2025 Share Posted December 31, 2025 2 hours ago, Dokko said: He's got a big 2026. Most important year in his career. Hopefully he's asking himself the correct questions, and not just the easy ones. I'd argue the year he won his first major trophy, and got a club into the Champions League for the second time in 3 years would be the most important year in his career to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 If your reading Eddie....Thank you and more of the same fella! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Dr Venkman said: This is worth a read. Not sure I have the patience… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 20 hours ago, RUHRLYASLEEVESUP said: There are people on social media (including on this forum) who prefer us to lose so they can moan convinced of it people never cease to amaze do they You want Elanga to fail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUHRLYASLEEVESUP Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 41 minutes ago, Fak said: You want Elanga to fail Nah man never ever want any player pulling on a toon shirt to fail, kinda defeats the objective innit whether he will fail or not is subjective & im sure we will have the answers soon enough you little deviant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Howepy New Year! (Desperate attempt I know!) Tis your Black and White Army. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Heron said: Howepy New Year! (Desperate attempt I know!) Tis your Black and White Army. Happy New Year! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 I just want to say, "Eddie, I love you and I always will, no matter how it ends. Thank you for everything you've done for us, and hopefully there is a lot more to come. I am desperate for you continue succeeding with us". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 New year and new hope (not Craig) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) X Wing should have a banner behind it "auf wiedersehen prem tyne to go" as I recall, to remind people how far we've come Edited January 1 by OpenC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTONEW Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Unbeaten in 2026! It's going to be another banger Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vedder Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Great chance to start 2026 with a strong run, get us up the league and quieten the doubters! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Win the next 7, lose 1-0 to a 98th min PSG pen after Gordon’s hair flicks Dembele in the face. See the ‘Yes’ vote go up by 10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTONEW Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Nah, such doom based off a small minority. If we win the next 7 he'll have new-borns named after him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 He's got a great set of fixtures to turn this around. It's now or never. Don't, and the season will just fade into nothing and the decision to change will be made. All in his hands. Hopefully the club do him a favour and bring a couple of players in, even if it's loans to plug the gaps in defence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 57 minutes ago, Dokko said: He's got a great set of fixtures to turn this around. It's now or never. Don't, and the season will just fade into nothing and the decision to change will be made. All in his hands. Hopefully the club do him a favour and bring a couple of players in, even if it's loans to plug the gaps in defence. ‘its now or never’ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: ‘its now or never’ Well it is. If he doesn't get the wins with this months fixtures, the club will be looking at a new manager come the end of the season. We'd be out of both domestic cups, and at best have a play off in CL before being dumped out next round (I'd still think that would be a successful CL campaign not judging the domestic comps) He gets the wins and it sets up the season and we have something to play for. He's had all season to turn it around, so far we've seen little sign of it. This isn't a blip, we've been poor all season and the back end of last one as well. You can't keep under performing and burning through winnable games and expect to stay in a job. The season is at the halfway point and at a crossroads. This is a massive month, it could decide not just the fate of the manager, but a lot of the players as well. Decision may already have been made with his 99.9% comments, and could explain why the players just aren't performing for him. That aside, it's crunch time for us and him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 10 minutes ago, Dokko said: Well it is. If he doesn't get the wins with this months fixtures, the club will be looking at a new manager come the end of the season. We'd be out of both domestic cups, and at best have a play off in CL before being dumped out next round (I'd still think that would be a successful CL campaign not judging the domestic comps) He gets the wins and it sets up the season and we have something to play for. He's had all season to turn it around, so far we've seen little sign of it. This isn't a blip, we've been poor all season and the back end of last one as well. You can't keep under performing and burning through winnable games and expect to stay in a job. The season is at the halfway point and at a crossroads. This is a massive month, it could decide not just the fate of the manager, but a lot of the players as well. Decision may already have been made with his 99.9% comments, and could explain why the players just aren't performing for him. That aside, it's crunch time for us and him. I'm not so sure about that, the Saudis seem to have checked out a bit, went long without a sporting director etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 14 minutes ago, Dokko said: Well it is. If he doesn't get the wins with this months fixtures, the club will be looking at a new manager come the end of the season. We'd be out of both domestic cups, and at best have a play off in CL before being dumped out next round (I'd still think that would be a successful CL campaign not judging the domestic comps) He gets the wins and it sets up the season and we have something to play for. He's had all season to turn it around, so far we've seen little sign of it. This isn't a blip, we've been poor all season and the back end of last one as well. You can't keep under performing and burning through winnable games and expect to stay in a job. The season is at the halfway point and at a crossroads. This is a massive month, it could decide not just the fate of the manager, but a lot of the players as well. Decision may already have been made with his 99.9% comments, and could explain why the players just aren't performing for him. That aside, it's crunch time for us and him. Come on. There’s no reason to think Eddie is going to be instantly shown the door with one down season. Sometimes managers and coaches go stale somewhere, but sometimes there’s just a down or transition season. I don’t understand this burning desire to move onto something new. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Dokko said: He's got a great set of fixtures to turn this around. It's now or never. Don't, and the season will just fade into nothing and the decision to change will be made. All in his hands. Hopefully the club do him a favour and bring a couple of players in, even if it's loans to plug the gaps in defence. While it's true we've got an easier run this month, we also have to play a lot of the bigger teams away from home later on, so the end of the season will tell the real story regardless of how we do in the easier run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 No offence but you sound entitled and deluded. but I’m not convinced you’re wrong about PIF. If we sack Howe we will see an era of mediocrity. Of that I’m so confident. IMO this season is about giving Howe a platform to succeed. The squad needs to be much improved. We need movement on infrastructure. We need to be a club on the up. This isn’t an Amorim situation where a decent coach gets an easy 15% improvement on the pitch. I don’t think there’s a massive underperformance happening. So this ‘has got x to turn it around’ just sounds silly to me. You think someone is going to come in and make this squad have CL form whilst competing on all these fronts? You’re deluded imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 1 hour ago, Dokko said: Well it is. If he doesn't get the wins with this months fixtures, the club will be looking at a new manager come the end of the season. We'd be out of both domestic cups, and at best have a play off in CL before being dumped out next round (I'd still think that would be a successful CL campaign not judging the domestic comps) He gets the wins and it sets up the season and we have something to play for. He's had all season to turn it around, so far we've seen little sign of it. This isn't a blip, we've been poor all season and the back end of last one as well. You can't keep under performing and burning through winnable games and expect to stay in a job. The season is at the halfway point and at a crossroads. This is a massive month, it could decide not just the fate of the manager, but a lot of the players as well. Decision may already have been made with his 99.9% comments, and could explain why the players just aren't performing for him. That aside, it's crunch time for us and him. Pop on the forum for first time in 2026 and read this tripe Still I refuse to change my policy of never ignoring anyone Happy New Year everyone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 9 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: No offence but you sound entitled and deluded. but I’m not convinced you’re wrong about PIF. If we sack Howe we will see an era of mediocrity. Of that I’m so confident. IMO this season is about giving Howe a platform to succeed. The squad needs to be much improved. We need movement on infrastructure. We need to be a club on the up. This isn’t an Amorim situation where a decent coach gets an easy 15% improvement on the pitch. I don’t think there’s a massive underperformance happening. So this ‘has got x to turn it around’ just sounds silly to me. You think someone is going to come in and make this squad have CL form whilst competing on all these fronts? You’re deluded imo. Never said CL form. Some decent football or a little winning run would be nice. And again, it's this month or not at all, as tron has pointed out, we've got a load of tough away games coming up. An identity. An execution of a plan. Maybe even a backup plan. Making decent subs at the right time. Stop throwing away points. Control a game. Stoop shitting the bed when we take a lead. Stop playing the same players who are letting him down game after game. It's not a high bar. Certainly not entitled or deluded. It feels directionless (and maybe he's got sick of picking up the slack the mess the club has made in the boardroom and that is now impacting what he does, even his energy levels) Yet this month coming up can go a long way to correct all that, and that's all I'm saying with now or never. If it's not this month, this season fades fast. Then I feel it'll be kicking he can down the road for a mutual departure in the summer. We're easily the most underperforming team in the league this season. You could argue wolves, even they should have a few wins (probably 1st against us no doubt) but we are poor by the standards you'd associate with us, and especially Howe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills and Boon Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 (edited) This "we've been poor this season and half of last season" is nonsense by the way. Edited January 1 by Mills and Boon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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