Eddie Howe

[TBG]

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Edited March 22 by TBG

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, Wallsendmag said:

 

Didn't realise it had to run things past you. Thanks for letting me know. I'll bear that in mind in future.

Eh?  I was asking because we were having a discussion about alternatives and you hadn't mentioned either to me in that discussion. Calm your tits.

[Leemond]

3 minutes ago, vexred said:

 

He'll be at Liverpool next season. Out of the suggestions so far I like Iraola the most. 

Think we'd need to be proactive (lol) and get him now, otherwise you're right, he'll end up there.

[Kimbo]

6 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

People saying he needs better players but surely our players are better than Sunderlands, no?

 

They've outfought and outworked us twice now. Tactically they were better than us today as well 2nd half. That's nowt to do with talent.

Their mediocre players are mediocre but scrappy and hardworking, ours are mediocre and flimsy.

 

I think a lot of our squad are basically good midtable players when on form, and invisible when not on form. Ideally when not on form, the work rate and physicality would still be there.

 

It’s possible that only Bruno and Hall are more than that. Possibly Livramento, though he’s more limited than Hall technically. Joelinton and Tonali can influence games at a high level but also have their limitations. The rest are midtable or below IMO. We need a serious cull.

 

 

[Armchair Pundit]

I'm happy for the most part with Eddie tbh, I'm certainly not going to judge him based on playing the season we've had, with the squad we've got. The latter stages of all comps with a team outside the established, septic six and a severe mess of the previous summer transfer window, being forced to make emergency signings late on after being stitched up with our main striker being turned. That's without mentioning the lack of continued training all season, where we've actually had any weeks where there's been more than three days to put schedules together.

 

None of the 'bad' results we've had this season have been totally unexpected to me, albeit some being more sickening than others. The things that have wrong have been a perfect storm, combined with unfortunate realisms imo.

[500bhp]

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

Interesting a lot on here are now blaming the board, opposite of what was being said about them for a while. They have been poor since Ashworth left imo. 

Yes, Ashworth and Mitchell were both top level for their roles. The former made some great signings before he jumped ship, which was a sliding doors moment for us. The latter said some home truths which didn't go do well.......and following that we spent £180m on Wissa, Elanga and Woltemade. Guess who's laughing now 🤨

[Wallsendmag]

Just now, Kid Icarus said:

Eh?  I was asking because we were having a discussion about alternatives and you hadn't mentioned either to me in that discussion. Calm your tits.

 

Hahaha think you're the one who's getting yourself all worked up here. Just settle yourself down and stop being an arse 

[Kid Icarus]

4 minutes ago, Decky said:

 

How much money did we spend? We might not have been in the best position with a sporting director etc but we were where we were and we spent probably the most money we've ever spent in a transfer window in the clubs history.

 

The ownership of the club are responsible for not having the proper structure in place, no one is disputing that, but we still spent a fortune and Howe was at the forefront of it and his signings haven't delivered. We spent nearly 200m on Wolt, Elanga and Wissa alone and how many goals have they scored in 2026?

 

 

Fundamentally there just cannot be buts here imo. It's a "but apart from that how was the play Mrs Lincoln?" for me.

[Gola]

It's a shit season. We've gone far in the cups, we've had some memorable games, and we've had a lot of shit thrown at us.

 

Obviously if next season is the same then fair enough, but it was only a season ago he was a hero.

 

And remember we're very lucky to have a manager who actually cares, who works hard and is a genuinely decent guy. Those things also matter.

 

I get ppl are angry though, so vent if it'll make you feel better. 

[black_n_white]

Might feel against the trend especially after today but I’m still Howe in. 

[Doctor Zaius]

Difficult to think of a worse set of signings than the summer? Maybe how Spurs spent the Bale money. 

 

Thiaw has been good despite a few errors. Jury still out on Ramsay despite some improvement. Doesn't look value for money though.

 

Elanga and Wissa couldnt have gone worse.

 

Woltemade doesn't fit. 

 

Even Ramsdale as a #2 has been shite. 

[The Prophet]

19 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

I always got the impression that he wanted to choose his signings anyway, probably just needed someone else to do the negotiations and admin part of it. 

 

Perhaps, but it's contrary to everything he's said in public.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Just now, black_n_white said:

Might feel against the trend especially after today but I’m still Howe in. 

 

Me too. 

 

Actually feels like a weird privilege to be in a situation where I care who the manager is. For so long it was more about whether the football club should exist or not. 

 

I'm happy with the manager we have as long as we have improved the back office setup and we can deliver him some smarter players this summer. I still think we were quite unlucky with some 'safe' signings that have turned out to be shite though. 

[astraguy]

1 minute ago, Decky said:

 

Wissa is our only flop? Elanga has been awful and we signed Wolt as a forward and we're now playing him in midfield. That's near £200m worth of signings.

 

6 minutes ago, Decky said:

 

Wissa is our only flop? Elanga has been awful and we signed Wolt as a forward and we're now playing him in midfield. That's near £200m worth of signings.

but he played 22 games (Not sure on starts or subs) and scored 10 all season? Wolt had played 26 and scored 10 mainly from midfield? whats ur point? Wolt was a rushed signing not bought in to replace isak but as wissas back up

[Decky]

4 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

 

Fundamentally there just cannot be buts here imo. It's a "but apart from that how was the play Mrs Lincoln?" for me.

 

Then you aren't judging the transfer window properly. The ownership are responsible for the state of it but those who were here and did the business carry the blame too, it can't just be ignored. 

[Wilson]

Before delving into this cess pit that I can't be arsed to trawl through

 

For the Howe out lot, who are the suggested replacements? 

[London Mag]

6 minutes ago, Gola said:

It's a shit season. We've gone far in the cups, we've had some memorable games, and we've had a lot of shit thrown at us.

 

Obviously if next season is the same then fair enough, but it was only a season ago he was a hero.

 

And remember we're very lucky to have a manager who actually cares, who works hard and is a genuinely decent guy. Those things also matter.

 

I get ppl are angry though, so vent if it'll make you feel better. 

This.

Remember that this manager is having to gamble on mid range signings that he feels he can improve as PSR won't allow us to pay the wages of finished articles. He is bound to get some wrong but has got the majority right. The big mistakes have been the panic buy of Woltemade and also Wissa. I'd cut my losses and move them on.

 

 

 

Edited March 22 by London Mag

[Decky]

Just now, astraguy said:

 

but he played 22 games (Not sure on starts or subs) and scored 10 all season? Wolt had played 26 and scored 10 mainly from midfield? whats ur point? Wolt was a rushed signing not bought in to replace isak but as wissas back up

 

We signed Wolt before Wissa and paid £10m more for him and you think he was signed as Wissas backup? And what do you mean he scored 10 goals mainly from midfield? He hasn't scored any from midfield. He had a purple patch as a forward then was shit for about 20 games before they tried something new with him. 

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, Decky said:

Then you aren't judging the transfer window properly. The ownership are responsible for the state of it but those who were here and did the business carry the blame too, it can't just be ignored. 

 

I think you can. If someone at work is asked to fill two roles to keep things afloat, one of which isn't their job, I don't think many are going to blame the person put in that position.

[SUPERTOON]

1 minute ago, London Mag said:

This.

Remember that this manager is having to gamble on mid range signings that he feels he can improve as PSR won't allow us to pay the wages of finished articles. He is bound to get some wrong and the big mistakes have been Woltemade and Wissa. I'd cut my losses and move them on.

 

This i what i would disagree with, we missed out on our top targets, Pedro, Sesko, Ekiteke etc, however, there are many players in between these and the likes of Wissa and Wolt who we could have gone for. Hopefully we have scouted better for the summer. 

[Drewboy74]

3 minutes ago, Wilson said:

Before delving into this cess pit that I can't be arsed to trawl through

 

For the Howe out lot, who are the suggested replacements? 

Alanso been mentioned as well as the Bournemouth manager. Still Howe for me, even after that mess.

[Decky]

1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said:

 

I think you can. If someone at work is asked to fill two roles to keep things afloat, one of which isn't their job, I don't think many are going to blame the person put in that position.

 

We're not asking a nurse to perform surgery here though. A manager at this level should be comfortable taking the reigns of a transfer window, infact id be fairly confident most if not all would prefer it that way. 

[astraguy]

1 minute ago, Decky said:

 

We signed Wolt before Wissa and paid £10m more for him and you think he was signed as Wissas backup? And what do you mean he scored 10 goals mainly from midfield? He hasn't scored any from midfield. He had a purple patch as a forward then was shit for about 20 games before they tried something new with him. 

I didn't mean he has scored 10 from midfield,I was making the point because the "Fans" we're moaning he wasn't scoring with his fee eddie changed it up, And choose Gordon upfront who became our leading gs is the cl?

[Displayname]

Points per game.

 

January-June 22: 2

22-23: 1,87

23-24: 1,58

24-25: 1,74

25-26: 1,35

 

The stats are pretty clear about which direction we are headed in. And this is even considering that our squad has become more and more expensive as time has gone on. 

Now stats can lie and our eyes could tell us another story, but they don't. It's pretty much the exact same picture. 

We are on a downward trajectury. I'm sure you guys could come up with a lot of excuses, but imo you are a fool if you can't admit that looking at the bigger picture. 

Now trends can be broken, but I'm not seeing the signs of it. 

I'm sure we will do better next season without Europe, not that sure that it will be enough to break the overall trend.

 

Eddie is without a doubt a quality manager, but sometimes things just goes stale. 

I think him taking another break to come up with fresh ideas and refresh his mindset would do him a world of good. 

 

I won't go as far as saying that I'm "Eddie out", more like that if we have a very good replacement lined this wouldn't be the worse time to make a change.

[Shadow Puppets]

9 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said:

Difficult to think of a worse set of signings than the summer? Maybe how Spurs spent the Bale money. 

 

Thiaw has been good despite a few errors. Jury still out on Ramsay despite some improvement. Doesn't look value for money though.

 

Elanga and Wissa couldnt have gone worse.

 

Woltemade doesn't fit. 

 

Even Ramsdale as a #2 has been shite. 

I think Thiaw, Ramsey and Wolt have had very good spells in the team. Can absolutely see why we signed each, even if Wolt has been struggling slightly recently.

 

Elanga has shown some improvement. Jury still out.

 

Wissa is the massive disappointment like. Just crap.