Andy Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 11 minutes ago, dcmk said: Delusional mentality. Considering we are 14th with nothing to play for. Surely that's damning in itself? Rewinding to before the Palace game, there was no reason why we should have been heading into the last few weeks in a position where the season was dying with a whimper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 3 minutes ago, Astroblack said: He will, he always does. This is a different fix though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmk Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Just now, SUPERTOON said: Shows how bad the quality of the league has been as well tbf. I’ve hated this season in general, not just from a Newcastle perspective. Aye. I thought the last season with Liverpool was the worst season going. But this season might top it. Doesn't help us that a lot of teams can take points off each other on their day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 I'm not particularly negative about tonight's result, a 1-0 defeat to the league leaders, it happens. It's more concerning that I have zero confidence that we'll beat Brighton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Just now, Astroblack said: If we’re getting rejected by every top prospect on the player end, it’s going to be the same on the manager end, too. We’re lucky to have Eddie, have to let him sort it out. He will, he always does. No other person I’d rather have to fix it than Eddie. He got Bournemouth from League Two to the Premier League. He won Newcastle United their first trophy in 50+ years, and it’s not like that was a fluke, we were in the final two years prior. But eras end. And what he’s getting out of the players he has on the pitch, who are part of the £700m he’s had to spend, isn’t good enough. The players he bought last summer are a symptom of the changing situation - he’s not shopping in Harrods, but he’s still buying premium labels in Waitrose, let’s not kid ourselves that he’s plucking players from the lower leagues. Football moves on and unfortunately he seems stuck trying the same formula. He admitted himself he burned out at Bournemouth ahead of their relegation season. After pneumonia and a summer where he had to wear multiple hats, it looks like history repeating itself. Again - last summer was a disgrace and he should never have had to do that but I just feel the mojo had gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 It’s pretty damning (not just on Howe), that the side we had at the end of his first season, would absolutely walk all over this current lot. Our attack then was light years ahead of these lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 1 minute ago, midds said: Don't think that result tonight changes much at all or tells us anything we didn't already know 24 hours ago. The season is petering out and has been a disaster overall imo, we're looking at a horrific league finish, we've lost a shitload of games, can't keep a clean sheet and struggle to score. There are massive issues with the squad and the formation and the signings and I'm not even sure he's going to be given the chance to correct it - that's completely ignoring the fact he looks like shit and could easily walk away from this mess despite him saying contrary. No idea why tonight has made or broken anything, everyone saw it coming and that's the worrying part - zero expectations tonight and it panned out like many said it would 4 games left 433 Press the ball, leave gaps in the back 4 to exploit Subs on 62, 75, 85 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Does feel like the football bubble has burst on the pitch. Fingers crossed it does off it as well. I'd love nothing more than for the whole thing to collapse, regardless of the outcome for ourselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmk Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 1 minute ago, Andy said: Surely that's damning in itself? Rewinding to before the Palace game, there was no reason why we should have been heading into the last few weeks of the season in a position where the season was dying with a whimper. It is yes. Not sure why we have capitulated so much in recent weeks. Just hope he turns it around in the summer, with some good, early and considered, signings. Don't believe today's performance was bad- I know majority of fans want him out- but is today's performance being exaggerated to the nth degree? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewboy74 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 13 minutes ago, UncleBingo said: Please give me an example of where NUFC have replaced a successful manager with someone better. Ossie to Keegan the only one I can think of Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monters Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Just now, Dokko said: Does feel like the football bubble has burst on the pitch. Fingers crossed it does off it as well. I'd love nothing more than for the whole thing to collapse, regardless of the outcome for ourselves. What on earth does that mean? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 7 minutes ago, Amir_9 said: If we were finishing 8th after last summer that is what you call a disappointing season but keep the faith in Eddie and go again next year 8th is basically par for us, especially after losing the Swedish cunt. Prime example how him doing a brilliant job for so long has raised the expectations too high. It’s been a grim season where everything goes wrong and it’s hard to stop that rolling boulder but we can do that in the summer and reset. Buy and sell well with an actual DoF in place. Would only sack him if Pep wants a new challenge, otherwise we are taking a side step at best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 6 minutes ago, St1pe said: Ahh yes a team who has been top all season would have definitely lost at home to them. They weren't top before KO and Bournemouth beat them 2 weeks ago tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Just now, Drewboy74 said: Ossie to Keegan the only one I can think of Bruce-Howe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramgram Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 14 minutes ago, TheInfiniteOdyssey said: By-and-large we played ok against the league leaders away from home. It took an excellent strike to separate the teams. That’s the problem though we turn up to an extent against those clubs. I bet a penny to a pound the same performance doesn’t happen against Brighton, forest and West Ham in the next 3 weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 5 minutes ago, dcmk said: I mean they are top now They are the best in the land right now It means they’ve been the best over the course of 8 months, it doesn’t mean they’re the best right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 (edited) 1 minute ago, Drewboy74 said: Ossie to Keegan the only one I can think of Gullit to Robson? Bruce to Howe? Edited April 25 by Wallsendmag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monters Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Just now, Drewboy74 said: Ossie to Keegan the only one I can think of In what universe was Ardilles a successful manager? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 7 minutes ago, Rich said: Arsenal were buckling under pressure and scored from their third consecutive short corner, which we totally failed to respond to tactically. We created next to nothing, potentially could have had a red for Pope, and there’s no doubt that they let us have the ball as a tactical ploy because they recognised we were next to no threat in that scenario. It’s not the straw that broke the camel’s back, but it’s further evidence that either the manager is done or this group of players is. Feel this is heavy handed. We look a lot better with the return of Bruno who isn’t fit. Botman looking great today. Miley getting sharper. Wolt offering something we’ve been missing. There’s some shoots of recovery from recent form there. Pope, Murphy, Willock (who played well) Burn (as something other than 4th choice cb) and maybe even Barnes are looking like they are nearing the end of their time with us. We’re talking a Wissa stumble away from a decent point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astroblack Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 1 minute ago, Ben said: 4 games left 433 Press the ball, leave gaps in the back 4 to exploit Subs on 62, 75, 85 Every manager makes the exact same subs at the same time. Every fan base does exactly what we do with the predicted subs. It’s been like that since the beginning of time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT24 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 8 minutes ago, Astroblack said: If we’re getting rejected by every top prospect on the player end, it’s going to be the same on the manager end, too. We’re lucky to have Eddie, have to let him sort it out. He will, he always does. No other person I’d rather have to fix it than Eddie. He got Bournemouth from League Two to the Premier League. He won Newcastle United their first trophy in 50+ years, and it’s not like that was a fluke, we were in the final two years prior. Does one of those fixes include overseeing a Bournemouth relegation, or not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 8 minutes ago, UncleBingo said: Massive investment under Keegan and Robson. How did those replacements go? Both replacements came mid season and in Robson's case in particular should have happend in the summer. Even with KK offering to resign summer of 96 feeling burned with hindsight that was the time. Bit even with KD coming in we finished second, had that night Vs Barcelona and a cup final whilst losing Shearer for lost of the season. If we had won the FA cup would there have been a clamour for him to stay on? I doubt it, it was clear that we had hit the end of the road Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stabmasterareson Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 10 minutes ago, Rich said: Arsenal were buckling under pressure and scored from their third consecutive short corner, which we totally failed to respond to tactically. We created next to nothing, potentially could have had a red for Pope, and there’s no doubt that they let us have the ball as a tactical ploy because they recognised we were next to no threat in that scenario. It’s not the straw that broke the camel’s back, but it’s further evidence that either the manager is done or this group of players is. All fair though I suppose I was responding to those who have acted as if this was the straw that broke the camels back for Howe, which your last paragraph hedges and as such I'm not sure my post was aimed at you or any of the points you're making Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmk Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 1 minute ago, Wallsendmag said: They weren't top before KO and Bournemouth beat them 2 weeks ago tbf. Bournemouth have only lost 1 game in 2026. They aren't exactly mugs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleBingo Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 2 minutes ago, Drewboy74 said: Ossie to Keegan the only one I can think of As much as loved Ossie, he was about as successful a manager as I am. 🤣 Lovely fella, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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