Eddie Howe

[r0cafella]

Just now, TheBrownBottle said:

I’m glad to learn that Eddie and the lads were ok to effectively sack off almost a quarter of the season as it was pointless anyway

 

That is no doubt why Eddie and the lads personally refunded everyone who paid for a ticket plus their travel to away games, as it’s the least they could do.  That must’ve happened if they were flip-flops on

They weren't ok to do it and it's not acceptable, not was our performances in the league this season, I'm not sure that's even debate worthy at this point. 

 

Judging from the reports, another such season will not be tolerated and both Eddie and the club are in agreement on this. 

[TheBrownBottle]

53 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

They weren't ok to do it and it's not acceptable, not was our performances in the league this season, I'm not sure that's even debate worthy at this point. 

 

Judging from the reports, another such season will not be tolerated and both Eddie and the club are in agreement on this. 

Too right mate - I’m scratching my head at reading effectively ‘they were ok to sack it off’.  It’s went from ‘new players need time to learn the club’s ways’ to ‘injuries’ to ‘transitioning’ to ‘fixture congestion’ to ‘we’re doing well in the cups’ to ‘fuck it, they were in flip-flops anyway, what more could be expected?’

 

Happy to draw a line under last season and get behind Howe and the team going forwards, but the excuse making has gone from understandable to ridiculous.  

[r0cafella]

29 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Too right mate - I’m scratching my head at reading effectively ‘they were ok to sack it off’.  It’s went from ‘new players need time to learn the club’s ways’ to ‘injuries’ to ‘transitioning’ to ‘fixture congestion’ to ‘we’re doing well in the cups’ to ‘fuck it, they were in flip-flops anyway, what more could be expected?’

 

Happy to draw a line under last season and get behind Howe and the team going forwards, but the excuse making has gone from understandable to ridiculous.  

I mean, people want to defend the manager which is fine they are entitled to that opinion. 

 

Ultimately, I think we are all best off drawing that like under it and moving onto the next season as the club has set out it's stall (if reports are to be believed). 

[TheBrownBottle]

8 minutes ago, r0cafella said:

I mean, people want to defend the manager which is fine they are entitled to that opinion. 

 

Ultimately, I think we are all best off drawing that like under it and moving onto the next season as the club has set out it's stall (if reports are to be believed). 

They’re absolutely entitled to defend him, no issues on that front - but I don’t understand how anyone can sanction them ‘downing tools’.  Personally I don’t think Howe did at all - it’s a smear if anyone thinks that - but I can think of little more shite for a professional football outfit to do.  

[Mattoon]

23 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

They’re absolutely entitled to defend him, no issues on that front - but I don’t understand how anyone can sanction them ‘downing tools’.  Personally I don’t think Howe did at all - it’s a smear if anyone thinks that - but I can think of little more shite for a professional football outfit to do.  

I actually agree with you, downing tools in any scenario is not a viable excuse. I also don't think that its true, for the most part. Some of the excuses for and against are becoming more and more ridiculous and rivisionary.

 

We definitely do need to just draw a line under it all at this point and get behind the club and the course its chosen.

[r0cafella]

41 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

They’re absolutely entitled to defend him, no issues on that front - but I don’t understand how anyone can sanction them ‘downing tools’.  Personally I don’t think Howe did at all - it’s a smear if anyone thinks that - but I can think of little more shite for a professional football outfit to do.  

Without wanting to dig too deep in to this, I think it's obvious that Eddie will have been unhappy with the state of some of those performances but unfortunately as the manager it's his responsibility to ensure they don't happen. 

 

Obviously they did happen, we all witnessed them but the past cant be changed, the issue for me does get compound though if those same lads who were on the beach are rocking up in August to play again. 

 

 

[TheBrownBottle]

23 minutes ago, Mattoon said:

I actually agree with you, downing tools in any scenario is not a viable excuse. I also don't think that its true, for the most part. Some of the excuses for and against are becoming more and more ridiculous and rivisionary.

 

We definitely do need to just draw a line under it all at this point and get behind the club and the course its chosen.

Absolutely - I don’t think it’s true either.  I think Howe was trying to win every match, as were the players (only the final match of the season was questionable). 
 

Fresh start for the season awaits, we still have a capable head coach and a talented squad - let’s hope the summer window goes well and we can look forward to putting last season down to experience. 
 

 

[cubaricho]

3 hours ago, r0cafella said:

They weren't ok to do it and it's not acceptable, not was our performances in the league this season, I'm not sure that's even debate worthy at this point. 

 

Judging from the reports, another such season will not be tolerated and both Eddie and the club are in agreement on this. 

Agreed.