Eddie Howe

[Wallsendmag]

Just now, STM said:

 

But weve been through this, yes last years transfers were poor but the ones before that were excellent and weve completely changed our approach/scouting structure.

 

Although, ill give you this. If they cock up this summer... absolutely nothing can save Howe.

 

But just to be clear, its not Howe on his own. Its a collective but ultimately the manager will carry the can.

 

Manager always carries the can for performance on the pitch. That's the way it's got to be. That's why they get paid the money they get paid now. Ultimately that is what they are accountable for.

 

I do ggree with you though. It's never the fault of one individual on his own for failure, same as it's not down to one individual for the success.

 

Aside from all the poor signings though there was also plenty of concerning signs on the pitch. The tactics were dreadful at times. You could almost set your watch by his substitutions. His HT team talks had the opposite effect that they needed to have and we had no real belief or conviction in how we played. In fact we had a noticeable mental fragility which seen us throw away loads of games from winning positions and concede so many late goals.

 

Lots of wrongs need righted for me. Firstly though we need, at worst an 8/10 transfer window.

[Wallsendmag]

4 minutes ago, Rod said:

Your negativity towards Eddie Howe and your witch hunt of late has been shocking man.

 

Witch hunt? Fuck off man Rodney 

[Rod]

14 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

Witch hunt? Fuck off man Rodney 

It's Roderick actually. You change your mind like a Reform voter. Make your mind up man. I've heard you've changed your Eddie Out/Eddie In vote about 15 times. Ya knacker. You used to be alright. I think it's your age. 😉

[TK-421]

8 minutes ago, Rod said:

It's Roderick actually. You change your mind like a Reform voter. Make your mind up man. I've heard you've changed your Eddie Out/Eddie In vote about 15 times. Ya knacker. You used to be alright. I think it's your age. 😉

[Wallsendmag]

11 minutes ago, Rod said:

It's Roderick actually. You change your mind like a Reform voter. Make your mind up man. I've heard you've changed your Eddie Out/Eddie In vote about 15 times. Ya knacker. You used to be alright. I think it's your age. 😉

 

If you're younger than me and were christened Roderick you have bigger problems than I have.

[Mike]

 

See you all next time on the next episode of The Eddie Howe thread. In 24 hours.

[Mike]

Things this thread covers: Eddie Howe

 

Things it does not cover: Everything in here currently.

[r0cafella]

2 minutes ago, Mike said:

Things this thread covers: Eddie Howe

 

Things it does not cover: Everything in here currently.

Im so ready to throw grenades in here and just let it go off again

[soyt]

Yeah, but i'm secretly gay

[Mills and Boon]

I'm not gay, I'm deeply closeted

[Kid Icarus]

 

 

 

[ffs]

i think Eddie Howe is an excellent manager, who has some limitations, on which i hope he's working to improve. 

 

there, i've said it.

[Holmesy]

4 minutes ago, ffs said:

i think Eddie Howe is an excellent manager, who has some mitigating circumstances, on which i hope he's working to improve. 

 

there, i've said it.

FYP

[Hhtoon]

1 hour ago, ffs said:

i think Eddie Howe is an excellent manager, who has some mitigating circumstances, on which i hope the club are working to improve. 

 

there, i've said it.

59 minutes ago, Holmesy said:

FYP

 

FYP x 2

[TBG]

You just know he's enjoying his break instead of wallowing in self pity reading the Tonali thread.  

[Weezertron]

1 hour ago, ffs said:

i think Eddie Howe is an excellent manager, who has some limitations, on which i hope he's working to improve. 

 

there, i've said it.

[bobbydazzla]

I went out with a lass for a few years. 

 

We had some great times. We were an ideal couple. Two peas in a pod.

 

But eventually, we ran out of enthusiasm for each other. It was the same old, same old.

We inevitably grew apart and even though she wanted to stay together, I decided we needed to split up. 

It was amicable. We had no kids or pets, just shared memories and some soft furnishings.

 

I ended up getting a new lass. A lass no-one would have said I was able to land. A lass who was able to take me forward in life in the way my ex-lass never could.

 

We've been happily together for two decades. Best thing I ever did in my entire life was ditching my ex-lass, even though we'd had those great times.

 

Cogito ergo sum, change isn't always a bad thing. Even if it feels painful at the time. And change, if it's neccessary, doesn't have to be nasty. 

 

Saying that, I did want to stay friends with my ex-lass and was never mean about her. But when she found out who my new lass was she refused to speak to me ever again and told everyone I'd ruined her life.

 

However, that's a whole other story.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by bobbydazzla

[Ben]

11 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

I went out with a lass for a few years. 

 

We had some great times. We were an ideal couple. Two peas in a pod.

 

But eventually, we ran out of enthusiasm for each other. It was the same old, same old.

We inevitably grew apart and even though she wanted to stay together, I decided we needed to split up. 

It was amicable. We had no kids or pets, just shared memories and some soft furnishings.

 

I ended up getting a new lass. A lass no-one would have said I was able to land. A lass who was able to take me forward in life in the way my ex-lass never could.

 

We've been happily together for two decades. Best thing I ever did in my entire life was ditching my ex-lass, even though we'd had those great times.

 

Cogito ergo sum, change isn't always a bad thing. Even if it feels painful at the time. And change, if it's neccessary, doesn't have to be nasty. 

 

Saying that, I did want to stay friends with my ex-lass and was never mean about her. But when she found out who my new lass was she refused to speak to me ever again and told everyone I'd ruined her life.

 

However, that's a whole other story.

 

 

 

 

Married 25 years next year, had loads of ups and downs but we've never been in a better place than we are just now, by sticking together we can take anything life chucks at us.

[Holmesy]

Couldn't give a shit either way, the only thing that matters is the club and our continued upward trajectory. If that's under Eddie, great (although I am bored with Eddie-ball). If not, who honestly cares as long as we're moving forward.

[gjohnson]

16 hours ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

Manager always carries the can for performance on the pitch. That's the way it's got to be. That's why they get paid the money they get paid now. Ultimately that is what they are accountable for.

 

I do ggree with you though. It's never the fault of one individual on his own for failure, same as it's not down to one individual for the success.

 

Aside from all the poor signings though there was also plenty of concerning signs on the pitch. The tactics were dreadful at times. You could almost set your watch by his substitutions. His HT team talks had the opposite effect that they needed to have and we had no real belief or conviction in how we played. In fact we had a noticeable mental fragility which seen us throw away loads of games from winning positions and concede so many late goals.

 

Lots of wrongs need righted for me. Firstly though we need, at worst an 8/10 transfer window.

I'm no Howe hater, but there quite a lot of alarming signs from things he was responsible for. Yes misplaced passes happen, crosses can be overhit, moments of monumental stupidity can happen, but these are on the players.

 

What Howe can and should have been responsible for is: Occasionally bizarre lineups and formations, predictable attacking (to the wing, cut back, no options back to defence or keeper) religious substitutions between 60-65 mins, motivation only obvious against 'bigger' teams, loyalty to favourites regardless of form or performance, failure to address the dropping of points after the 80th minute. The amount of times we also lost or dropped points after 90 mins is also pretty sickening.

 

The last one is the most galling...we lost something like 25 points from winning positions this season. If we'd kept even half of them we'd have been in CL again. 

A big if and everyone knows...if me auntie had b******s she'd be me uncle.

 

The transfers didn't help either, but ill not go into that much and ignore the money. In theory they should have delivered but for whatever reason they didn't. I doubt anyone would have thought Elanga would have totally forgotten how to football after his season with Forest, Wissa looked a safe bet for goals, Woltemade hasn't really been as bad as made out, but has been mis-used, Ramsey has been ok, and looks to be improving the more he plays. 

[bobbydazzla]

18 minutes ago, Ben said:

 

Married 25 years next year, had loads of ups and downs but we've never been in a better place than we are just now, by sticking together we can take anything life chucks at us.

 

Congratulations on the longevity. I've also had some ups and downs in my 20 year relationship and we've seen through the good times and bad times.

 

And what we can both demonstrate by our relationships is that there's more than one way to skin a cat.

 

So the Howe-outs need to see that sticking with what you've got isn't always bad.

And the Howe-ins need to see that changing for something new isn't always bad.

 

And everyone needs to calm the fuck down and be nice to each other and stop calling each other names for having different opinions.

 

 

 

 

Edited 47 minutes ago by bobbydazzla

[Nucasol]

29 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

Saying that, I did want to stay friends with my ex-lass and was never mean about her. But when she found out who my new lass was she refused to speak to me ever again and told everyone I'd ruined her life.

 

However, that's a whole other story.

Tell me you weren’t doing the nasty with either:

 

a) one of her close friends

b) one of her relatives 

c) Julie from Accounts

[bobbydazzla]

4 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

Tell me you weren’t doing the nasty with either:

 

a) one of her close friends

b) one of her relatives 

c) Julie from Accounts

 

It was 2 out of those 3.

 

But I never got caught, strictly speaking.

 

 

 

 

Edited 44 minutes ago by bobbydazzla

[Pilko]

9 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

 

Congratulations on the longevity. I've also had some ups and downs in my 20 year relationship and we've seen through the good times and bad times.

 

 

Congrats yourself. Just think how many blokes have been through Cindy Beale in 20 years though eh.

[bobbydazzla]

Just now, Pilko said:

 

Congrats yourself. Just think how many blokes have been through Cindy Beale in 20 years though eh.