Eddie Howe

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, Sir Joel Inton said:

If you could have any Ashley-era signing for Howe’s team today, who would it be and why?

 

The player would join us at the same age and profile they were when they signed under Ashley.

Being sensible: Wijnaldum

Not being sensible: You know who.

[TBG]

First manager in the clubs history to get a win in 2026.

 

Add it to his ever growing achievement list at the club.

[The Fountain]

11 minutes ago, Sir Joel Inton said:

If you could have any Ashley-era signing for Howe’s team today, who would it be and why?

 

The player would join us at the same age and profile they were when they signed under Ashley.

Cabaye maybe?

[Nucasol]

11 minutes ago, Sir Joel Inton said:

If you could have any Ashley-era signing for Howe’s team today, who would it be and why?

 

The player would join us at the same age and profile they were when they signed under Ashley.

Cabaye.

[Nucasol]

Just now, The Fountain said:

Cabaye maybe?

Great minds…

[Smal]

12 minutes ago, Sir Joel Inton said:

If you could have any Ashley-era signing for Howe’s team today, who would it be and why?

 

The player would join us at the same age and profile they were when they signed under Ashley.

 

he'd have probably made a good player out of Santon I think. Could play both sides as well, which is what we actually need in the squad. 

 

[Kimbo]

14 minutes ago, Sir Joel Inton said:

If you could have any Ashley-era signing for Howe’s team today, who would it be and why?

 

The player would join us at the same age and profile they were when they signed under Ashley.

Ba would score buckets.

 

I’d like to say Ben Arfa but I don’t think Howe would be a fan.

[TBG]

4 minutes ago, Smal said:

 

he'd have probably made a good player out of Santon I think. Could play both sides as well, which is what we actually need in the squad. 

 

 

Santon has just moved back to the north east......

[Sir Joel Inton]

Ba and Cabaye were my first thoughts.

 

I do wonder what he could’ve done with Mitro but equally not sure he would put up with him.

[The Butcher]

HBA or Ba.

 

Not that the former would work out under Howe.

 

 

Edited January 4 by The Butcher

[Fak]

Sissoko would have been a tank under Howe. 

[Fak]

Perez would have been really smart under Eddie too. 

[Ronaldo]

HBA again, man.  He’d last a few weeks, at most.

 

Ba certainly, Sissoko, Merino. 

[Dr Venkman]

Quiet one in here tonight then, lads?

 

[kingxlnc]

Less obvious ones

 

Townsend would have been great in that Almiron role to cut in from right 
 

Tiote to give us a pure DM enforcer 

Coloccini and Botman would be a good pairing

 

Cisse especially that first season one

[The Butcher]

We have 4 CBs better than Colo now.

[kingxlnc]

Joelinton - so we have him 5 years younger:) 

[Colos Short and Curlies]

Remy would look good up top

[Yorkie]

I don't think we learned a huge amount today; I think both the good bits and the bad bits of our typical game revealed themselves in parts.

 

Said it in the match thread but I felt the win was accountable moreso to several outstanding individual performances rather than a slick team effort. Miley the obvious shout, but Joelinton and especially Bruno dragged us to the win. The captain yet again delivering in crucial moments; I never pictured him so routinely becoming an actual match-winner for us.

 

We were solid enough but felt we succumbed to our usual issues of failing to grasp real control, primarily by missing chances, being sloppy in possession, and displaying an absence of well-defined relationships between players in certain areas of the pitch. We're some way off having the seamless combinations between full-backs/wingers/CMs we had been 2022-24. Hopefully we'll get there though, and Wissa and Bruno certainly appear to understand each other. You hope the manager can find ways to improve relationships on the pitch without that time on the training ground.

 

Nevertheless, I thought we always looked quite dangerous and battled really well, finally taking total control once Palace pretty much conceded the game at 2-0, when Thiaw bodied Mateta off the ball on a possible breakaway. A symbolic moment that our opponents were truly cooked.

 

We were good value for the win and deserved a wider scoreline - but I thought we faced a very toothless opponent. Their one shot on target falling to that soft bastard Brennan Johnson was a gift; Thiaw won the physical battle with Mateta hands down; and Schär did just enough to put Hughes off for their only other real chance. Feel like Palace come here for a 0-0 every season and never get it; that's six games up here without them scoring. Pointless fucks.

 

Leeds will be harder. Hopefully people won't revert to mind-losing if we drop a couple of points. They've already taken some off Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, ourselves and took Man City into injury time before narrowly losing. Got to be confident, but it'll be a tough game.

[PauloGeordio]

 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

45 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

I don't think we learned a huge amount today; I think both the good bits and the bad bits of our typical game revealed themselves in parts.

 

Said it in the match thread but I felt the win was accountable moreso to several outstanding individual performances rather than a slick team effort. Miley the obvious shout, but Joelinton and especially Bruno dragged us to the win. The captain yet again delivering in crucial moments; I never pictured him so routinely becoming an actual match-winner for us.

 

We were solid enough but felt we succumbed to our usual issues of failing to grasp real control, primarily by missing chances, being sloppy in possession, and displaying an absence of well-defined relationships between players in certain areas of the pitch. We're some way off having the seamless combinations between full-backs/wingers/CMs we had been 2022-24. Hopefully we'll get there though, and Wissa and Bruno certainly appear to understand each other. You hope the manager can find ways to improve relationships on the pitch without that time on the training ground.

 

Nevertheless, I thought we always looked quite dangerous and battled really well, finally taking total control once Palace pretty much conceded the game at 2-0, when Thiaw bodied Mateta off the ball on a possible breakaway. A symbolic moment that our opponents were truly cooked.

 

We were good value for the win and deserved a wider scoreline - but I thought we faced a very toothless opponent. Their one shot on target falling to that soft bastard Brennan Johnson was a gift; Thiaw won the physical battle with Mateta hands down; and Schär did just enough to put Hughes off for their only other real chance. Feel like Palace come here for a 0-0 every season and never get it; that's six games up here without them scoring. Pointless fucks.

 

Leeds will be harder. Hopefully people won't revert to mind-losing if we drop a couple of points. They've already taken some off Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, ourselves and took Man City into injury time before narrowly losing. Got to be confident, but it'll be a tough game.

Hmm, yes and no, I mean Bruno did win the game but surely it’s tactical for him to be in those positions anyway. And we did score another 2 offside goals, force a couple more saves and miss an open goal. 
 

Palace were wet obviously, and in that sense we didn’t need to improve that much to win. 

[Heron]

On 30/12/2025 at 23:30, Heron said:

Howe

Glasner

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Iraola

 

Those replacements going well. 

#TongueInCheek

 

 

 

Howe

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Glasner

Iraola

 

Carabao up Semi Final

CL knockout phase qualifier

FA Cup

 

 

Edited January 5 by Heron

[Heron]

6 hours ago, Yorkie said:

I don't think we learned a huge amount today; I think both the good bits and the bad bits of our typical game revealed themselves in parts.

 

Said it in the match thread but I felt the win was accountable moreso to several outstanding individual performances rather than a slick team effort. Miley the obvious shout, but Joelinton and especially Bruno dragged us to the win. The captain yet again delivering in crucial moments; I never pictured him so routinely becoming an actual match-winner for us.

 

We were solid enough but felt we succumbed to our usual issues of failing to grasp real control, primarily by missing chances, being sloppy in possession, and displaying an absence of well-defined relationships between players in certain areas of the pitch. We're some way off having the seamless combinations between full-backs/wingers/CMs we had been 2022-24. Hopefully we'll get there though, and Wissa and Bruno certainly appear to understand each other. You hope the manager can find ways to improve relationships on the pitch without that time on the training ground.

 

Nevertheless, I thought we always looked quite dangerous and battled really well, finally taking total control once Palace pretty much conceded the game at 2-0, when Thiaw bodied Mateta off the ball on a possible breakaway. A symbolic moment that our opponents were truly cooked.

 

We were good value for the win and deserved a wider scoreline - but I thought we faced a very toothless opponent. Their one shot on target falling to that soft bastard Brennan Johnson was a gift; Thiaw won the physical battle with Mateta hands down; and Schär did just enough to put Hughes off for their only other real chance. Feel like Palace come here for a 0-0 every season and never get it; that's six games up here without them scoring. Pointless fucks.

 

Leeds will be harder. Hopefully people won't revert to mind-losing if we drop a couple of points. They've already taken some off Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, ourselves and took Man City into injury time before narrowly losing. Got to be confident, but it'll be a tough game.

Get what you're saying but we had the ball illegitimately in the net twice, hit the bar, Wissa and Willock missed sitters and we scored twice and they had (checks Fotmob) 1 shot on target. So even with that it could have between 4 and 6-1.

 

Was frustrating at times but a professional and deserved win, for sure and that is somewhat down to Howe.

 

 

Edited January 5 by Heron

[Conjo]

8 hours ago, Sir Joel Inton said:

If you could have any Ashley-era signing for Howe’s team today, who would it be and why?

 

The player would join us at the same age and profile they were when they signed under Ashley.

 

Easy. Ben Arfa, because he's the best.

 

If Howe couldn't figure out how to accommodate and get the best out of him, lead boots on and into the tyne with him.

[Yorkie]

2 hours ago, Heron said:

Get what you're saying but we had the ball illegitimately in the net twice, hit the bar, Wissa and Willock missed sitters and we scored twice and they had (checks Fotmob) 1 shot on target. So even with that it could have between 4 and 6-1.

 

Was frustrating at times but a professional and deserved win, for sure and that is somewhat down to Howe.

 

Yeah I said we deserved a wider scoreline. 

 

I'm not being particularly critical of Howe at all really; I think we're getting there and clearly moving in the right direction. I just think that yesterday there was a reliance, to some extent, on the brilliance of individuals and a soft opponent. Things haven't clicked yet tactically but you could say evidence points to it happening eventually.

 

It's not all about tactics though; the team is growing in confidence and he's clearly got them incredibly motivated to get things going this season. I love that his faith in the players from the Burnley game has been rewarded with two great results.

 

Despite some ropey league form it's clear he still has control over the situation.