Shadow Puppets Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 minutes ago, TRon said: Or continue to drift into mediocrity, let's be fair. We are going backwards at the moment. Or dare see what happens when you actually buck the trend in football and don’t sack your manager? (especially one who’s proven time and time again to be excellent). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leemond Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) Lost all confidence in this bloke and don't think he will ever get it back. He must go this summer, or else we are Spurs next season. Edited May 10 by Leemond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hovagod Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 1 minute ago, Ikon said: My biggest worry is that Howe will continue to be stubborn and go with the same style/setup and similar type of players (especially out wide). This isn’t a worry. He has confirmed that he is going to do exactly this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 minutes ago, Shadow Puppets said: I’m not willing to lay the blame solely at Eddie’s door for last summer’s window like. You can paint your agenda that way if you want, but if you have no structure in place to go out and get the players that were much higher on the list, what do you expect. The owners should take far more responsibility for that. (Eddie’s not blameless of course, but 90% of his transfers in his tenure have been outstanding… there’s no reason why we can’t move forward with another good run of transfers) We were trying to sign players that Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea were also trying to sign which is a complete waste of time. Getting the lesser known players from the Continent was the way to go, that's how we ended up with Bruno and Isak but for some reason we deviated away from that and went for names that everyone knows, or PL proven. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 4 hours ago, TRon said: You are reading far too much into it IMO. I'm sure there are journalists who look for the controversial angle, but sometimes they are just asking a genuine question which the fans want to know the answers as well. I'm sure Scurr could have worded it better, but he doesn't strike me as a deliberate cunt. Won’t let it go though… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills and Boon Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 5 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said: He's our record signing He's shite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Thought Howe was pretty unlucky today TBH. Went for a different formation, mixed it up well, we had loads of attacks we wasted due to individual lack of quality. Subs were great, led to a goal, we let one in at the end to throw away the win. What was the different formation? I was expecting 3-5-2 but that would have been with Hall and Murphy as the wing backs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawalls Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 minutes ago, Shadow Puppets said: Or dare see what happens when you actually buck the trend in football and don’t sack your manager? (especially one who’s proven time and time again to be excellent). Also proven time and time again that he can't juggle a season and the prem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) 4 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Thought Howe was pretty unlucky today TBH. Went for a different formation, mixed it up well, we had loads of attacks we wasted due to individual lack of quality. Subs were great, led to a goal, we let one in at the end to throw away the win. he chose to go back to his Plan A. I won’t say he is unlucky. Had he continue his first half set up, even if it’s just a 0-0 draw he would have got lots of praises here already I praised him in the game thread for the first half setup. I am fucking furious to see him going back to his Plan A. Just why? Edited May 10 by Zero Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Just now, LFEE said: Won’t let it go though… It's a fair question to be asking why Gordon didn't get on but that waste of space Wissa did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 I’ve never seen an NUFC as mentally weak as this one in terms of closing matches out. We’d have dropped points last week if old Minty didn’t miss an open goal. It’s went beyond being annoying and arrived at being hilariously expected. It isn’t bad luck, it’s bad coaching. If Howe’s here next season, the first priority signings should be new backroom staff - get some new ideas and new faces into there. Whatever is happening on the training ground and in the dressing room isn’t working. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 1 minute ago, Hanshithispantz said: It's a chicken and egg situation though. We saw Man City completely fold without Rodri, not a single person on this planet would have guessed how mentally fucked the would look after losing 1 player. It’s not chicken and egg for me. It’s a manager who can’t get his team to do what’s needed to see out winning or drawing positions and convert them into points. And whose side concede late goals game after game after game. It’s a mentality issue across the entire group. And for me, that’s down to their gaffer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 1 minute ago, LFEE said: Won’t let it go though… Neither will you tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Just now, Mills and Boon said: He's shite And we wasted 70 million quid on him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Puppets Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Just now, Zero said: he chose to go back to his Plan A. I won’t say he is unlucky. Had he continue his first half set up, even if it’s just a 0-0 draw he would have got lots of praises here already What? So you’d prefer that he didn’t change to 4-3-3 to get us the goal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) Howes comments re: Hall playing RB instead if Trippier.... "Obviously, Kieran's future has been revealed, so I'm focusing on the players that I know are going to be here next year." Edited May 10 by TK-421 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 minutes ago, TRon said: What was the different formation? I was expecting 3-5-2 but that would have been with Hall and Murphy as the wing backs. 4231 wasn’t it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills and Boon Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Just now, Wallsendmag said: And we wasted 70 million quid on him. I know. It was a mistake as I've already said Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Really don't like the tendency to single out individual players when the entire team has been dogshit. Of course no individual is performing, the entire structure of the football team is broken and setting up everyone for failure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 minutes ago, Mills and Boon said: He's shite 2nd highest goal scorer for us in the league this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 2 minutes ago, Zero said: he chose to go back to his Plan A. I won’t say he is unlucky. Had he continue his first half set up, even if it’s just a 0-0 draw he would have got lots of praises here already It didn’t look like Plan A to me. Has he ever played Woltemade behind a striker before? Or a double pivot midfield. We had lots of promising attacks, the players just wasted them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidg Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) I'd like to know how many games we've played at least one player out of their preferred position. Feels preposterous (and desperate/irrational). He's done this from the very start of the season. A few examples: Gordon CF Burn LB Woltemade CM Barnes RW Hall RB Murphy RWB Any more? The disastrous first half at home to Everton was the nadir of a staggering pattern. It's all a bit "might as well" from such a supposedly methodical thinker. Edited May 10 by Sidg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 You can blame the setup (above Howe) to a degree. Elanga however was high up on his list even if not the #1 target maybe, there's no denying that. Even then, buying him because we couldn't get Mbeumo or whoever for example is like going into a Mercedes Benz store and just because you couldn't buy your main target you go out with a sink instead of looking elsewhere. I'm dead certain that Nickson would have liked us to sign other players than Elanga and that he had other better options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianbeany Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 "I’m looking at the team and the team is playing well" I think the answer to all our problems is a lot simpler than we all thought. Eddie just needs to get himself a pair of specs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Just now, Ikon said: You can blame the setup (above Howe) to a degree. Elanga however was high up on his list even if not the #1 target maybe, there's no denying that. Even then, buying him because we couldn't get Mbeumo or whoever for example is like going into a Mercedes Benz store and just because you couldn't buy your main target you go out with a sink instead of looking elsewhere. I'm dead certain that Nickson would have liked us to sign other players than Elanga and that he had other better options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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