Eddie Howe

[ikri]

39 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said:

 

 

As long as the meeting isn't at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul he's probably okay.

[Fak]

16 minutes ago, ikri said:

 

As long as the meeting isn't at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul he's probably okay.

 

oh boy...

[St1pe]

Needs the fan base rounding behind him in my opinion then. 

[Decky]

Happy to back Howe for the rebuild, just our luck we've to do such a major job in the middle of a World Cup window.

[Kid Icarus]

As an Eddie Howe fan who HATES Newcastle United that would be great news. 

[Moose]

I can imagine his last training session will go something like this: 

 

 

[TRon]

7 minutes ago, Decky said:

Happy to back Howe for the rebuild, just our luck we've to do such a major job in the middle of a World Cup window.

 

I have my reservations because I just don't see where we find a striker who will replace Isak, and I think we need that for a Howe team to work. 

 

But I can understand why we would want to go with what we know rather than take a risk on the unknown. We will have to downgrade our expectations next season though, unless we land some really stellar players out of the blue. 

[Mole]

16 minutes ago, St1pe said:

Needs the fan base rounding behind him in my opinion then. 

I think this is the right move, as much the lack of signs of improvement is concerning I do think he deserves the chance to right the ship where he doesn't have so much responsibility as he did last summer.

 

 

 

 

[HaydnNUFC]

If true and he’s here next season he has to get off a good start in terms of results and performances, which he’s been yet to do*, to get a good portion of SJP back on side. The ground would’ve been horrid if Bournemouth went 2 up on Saturday in the first half. If this season ends as expected and it’s another slow start next season I can’t see the ground being a nice place for Newcastle to play football. That only goes one way.
 

*performances were mostly there in 22-23 tbf but took until October for the wins to come

[Shearergol]

Who exactly are the underperforming "stars"? The whole team is underperforming but there's very few I'd label as stars.

[r0cafella]

11 minutes ago, Decky said:

Happy to back Howe for the rebuild, just our luck we've to do such a major job in the middle of a World Cup window.

Already got the next excuse lock and loaded respect.  

[AyeDubbleYoo]

12 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

As an Eddie Howe fan who HATES Newcastle United that would be great news. 

 

Classic

[AyeDubbleYoo]

2 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

Who exactly are the underperforming "stars"? The whole team is underperforming but there's very few I'd label as stars.

 

Stars are just what journalists call footballers I think.

[Mole]

2 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

Who exactly are the underperforming "stars"? The whole team is underperforming but there's very few I'd label as stars.

I imagine it's relative and means stars of this team and not stars in general.

[Shearergol]

Just now, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

Stars are just what journalists call footballers I think.

 

Thank God, I was worried Elanga wasn't included.

[TRon]

2 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

Who exactly are the underperforming "stars"? The whole team is underperforming but there's very few I'd label as stars.

 

 

They are the ones who are bolting for the exits because they have better teams bidding for them. 

[Chicken Dancer]

Fair play, he's definitely earned the right to have another pop at it but I do worry if this season lingers into next and we're forced to make a change, a new manager might be stuck with a bunch of players that don't suit/he didn't want.

 

Obviously you can say that about every team in history who's been in a position like this, but the most recent example I can think of is Man United keeping Ten Hag after they won the FA Cup only to bin him off before Christmas after letting him spend a bomb in the summer.

 

 

[Decky]

The rebuild is a massive task for Eddie and one that probably can't be done in one summer. We've to replace mistakes from last summer such as our strikers and possibly right wing, we've to replace players who want away like Gordon and Tonali potentially and we've to replace some aging players that Howe has relied on during his time here like Trippier, Burn and Murphy. 

 

Honestly the task is huge and another bad window like summer will set us back years. 

[r0cafella]

1 minute ago, Chicken Dancer said:

Fair play, he's definitely earned the right to have another pop at it but I do worry if this season lingers into next and we're forced to make a change, a new manager might be stuck with a bunch of players that don't suit/he didn't want.

 

Obviously you can say that about every team in history who's been in a position like this, but the most recent example I can think of is Man United keeping Ten Hag after they won the FA Cup only to bin him off before Christmas after letting him spend a bomb in the summer.

 

 

Goes to show we are a bit amateur tbh. Why not announce this properly right after the derby for instance? Instead we've had ambiguous comments from the CEO and radio silence  

[TRon]

3 minutes ago, Chicken Dancer said:

Fair play, he's definitely earned the right to have another pop at it but I do worry if this season lingers into next and we're forced to make a change, a new manager might be stuck with a bunch of players that don't suit/he didn't want.

 

Obviously you can say that about every team in history who's been in a position like this, but the most recent example I can think of is Man United keeping Ten Hag after they won the FA Cup only to bin him off before Christmas after letting him spend a bomb in the summer.

 

 

 

 

If Wilson is doing his job, we should be buying players to take us to the next level regardless of who the manager is. 

[Chicken Dancer]

Just now, TRon said:

 

 

If Wilson is doing his job, we should be buying players to take us to the next level regardless of who the manager is. 

 

Still think Howe will be the the one to have the say, based on nothing but my own hunch. He doesn't strike me as the type of manager who'd accept players he didn't want, think he's far too proud for that.

 

What he needs to do this summer is just be absolutely ruthless and understand for the first time in his tenure, he is under a lot of pressure. Last summer was a fuck up so we should be entertaining any bids for the likes of Willock et al and starting fresh. Dan Burn is a living legend and a Newcastle hero but he should be slowly phased into being a very capable backup, alongside others. Murphy shouldn't be anywhere near the XI next season.

[TheEntertainer]

Yeah I think if Howe stays over the summer, nothing changes and we start next season like we've ended this one and he's gone at Christmas. I also don't hate him having the chance to prove me wrong though as he's done so much for the club previously. 

[The Prophet]

1 minute ago, Chicken Dancer said:

 

Still think Howe will be the the one to have the say, based on nothing but my own hunch. He doesn't strike me as the type of manager who'd accept players he didn't want, think he's far too proud for that.

 

What he needs to do this summer is just be absolutely ruthless and understand for the first time in his tenure, he is under a lot of pressure. Last summer was a fuck up so we should be entertaining any bids for the likes of Willock et al and starting fresh. Dan Burn is a living legend and a Newcastle hero but he should be slowly phased into being a very capable backup, alongside others. Murphy shouldn't be anywhere near the XI next season.

 

There aren't many managers who would, at least not in the English game.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

9 minutes ago, Decky said:

The rebuild is a massive task for Eddie and one that probably can't be done in one summer. We've to replace mistakes from last summer such as our strikers and possibly right wing, we've to replace players who want away like Gordon and Tonali potentially and we've to replace some aging players that Howe has relied on during his time here like Trippier, Burn and Murphy. 

 

Honestly the task is huge and another bad window like summer will set us back years. 

More years or the same years last summer set us back? 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

7 minutes ago, Chicken Dancer said:

 

Still think Howe will be the the one to have the say, based on nothing but my own hunch. He doesn't strike me as the type of manager who'd accept players he didn't want, think he's far too proud for that.

 

What he needs to do this summer is just be absolutely ruthless and understand for the first time in his tenure, he is under a lot of pressure. Last summer was a fuck up so we should be entertaining any bids for the likes of Willock et al and starting fresh. Dan Burn is a living legend and a Newcastle hero but he should be slowly phased into being a very capable backup, alongside others. Murphy shouldn't be anywhere near the XI next season.

As I’ve said before, I think those changes were intended to happen this season, just every signing failed. It’s not that Howe loves Murphy, it’s that Elanga has failed. It’s not that Howe loves Burn (although I’m sure he does) it’s that Botman has been perma crocked. 

 

 

Edited April 21 by AyeDubbleYoo