Eddie Howe

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, Matt1892 said:

Joelinton and Willock cannot play in midfield together, as neither of them can fill the right sided midfield position and it makes us unbalanced.

 

It is why we missed Longstaff so much at the end of last season.

 

I wish Longstaff would turn up this season because he's been an embarrassment for a while. He's older than Bruno yet he looks like he's the 17 year old kid at the minute.

[The Prophet]

10 minutes ago, Matt1892 said:

People on here said it was down to fatigue and that we were playing multiple times a week.

 

Now we are playing once a week we are going with the nursing players back to full fitness excuse, despite playing pretty much the same defence and midfield every single week.

 

Anyone who watched our games from circa November to January and didn't notice we were incredibly fatigued must have impaired vision. Even dimwit commentators picked up on it.

[Yorkie]

1 minute ago, Wandy said:

 

This is my worry too. If we blow £50m on Solanke this summer then that will be confirmation for me that things are going in the wrong direction.

 

Solanke's a great striker.  

[TheBrownBottle]

Just now, Kid Icarus said:

Stick the Black and White videos on, it was poor once the injuries caught up, I promise you.

 

 

 

 haha I used to get those VHS tapes every couple of months, forgot about them

 

I was at the Spurs 4-2 and the Everton 2-0 at Easter.  Everton in particular was terrible - Rob Lee had a ‘mare. 

[Wandy]

Just now, Yorkie said:

 

Solanke's a great striker.  

 

Good, not great. IMO.

 

And definitely not worth £50m.

[jack j]

Be a sad day for me when the idiots get their way and force him out.

[Matt1892]

 

Just now, The Prophet said:

 

Anyone who watched our games from circa November to January and didn't notice we were incredibly fatigued must have impaired vision. Even dimwit commentators picked up on it.

Nobody is saying we were not struggling with fatigue. 

[Kid Icarus]

Just now, Myleftboot said:

We certainly weren’t tonight. Absolute embarrassment to the travelling fans.

Embarrassment would be not trying Ashley era for me. Arsenal were brilliant tbf, they played - gut feeling - at a pace beyond what we're capable of at the moment. They played how we do when we're at full strength.

[Yorkie]

Just now, Optimistic Nut said:

 

I wish Longstaff would turn up this season because he's been an embarrassment for a while. He's older than Bruno yet he looks like he's the 17 year old kid at the minute.

 

Longstaff has pinched some goals this season but fuck me he's been ineffective beyond that. I've always liked him and he runs all day and all day night, but fucking hell he contributes so little. 

[Matt1892]

Wolves is looking like a must win, potentially we could be in the bottom half if we don’t beat them.

[KaKa]

3 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

I just hope that if Howe does turn it around, some of you grow a pair and admit that you may have continually overreacted during every rough patch.  
 

if he doesn’t last, he doesn’t last. But once again, he deserves a little latitude for what he has done for us up until now.

 

Almost at the point I actually want him to leave and predictably go on to do brilliantly elsewhere.

 

 

 

[black_n_white]

In dire need of technical players in midfield who can keep the ball, including a deep playing number 6.

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, KaKa said:

 

Almost at the point I actually want him to leave and predictably go on to do brilliantly elsewhere.

 

 

 

Why ? I wouldn’t let other fans opinions affect your enjoyment. 

[M1tche]

I thinknl he got it wrong today not going with a back 5, but some of the efforts levels today were shocking. Having Willock back is massive because he does thing none of the current 3 can do. Him Bruno and Miley should be the main 3 until other come back.

[Hhtoon]

I remember when Liverpool and Arsenal wanted Klopp and Arteta gone after bad seasons. 

 

Don't lets turn into Chelsea fans.

[KaKa]

3 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

I wish Longstaff would turn up this season because he's been an embarrassment for a while. He's older than Bruno yet he looks like he's the 17 year old kid at the minute.

 

Feels like we're playing with ten men with him at the minute. It's ridiculous.

[Hanshithispantz]

1 minute ago, Matt1892 said:

Wolves is looking like a must win, potentially we could be in the bottom half if we don’t beat them.

If we don't get a bit of luck with injuries we'll likely finish bottom half.

 

Prepare yourself for it and don't freak out. Just look forward to next season when we can blow teams out the water again.

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

Why ? I wouldn’t let other fans opinions affect your enjoyment. 

Why he said “almost” maybe?

[The Prophet]

2 minutes ago, Matt1892 said:

 

Nobody is saying we were not struggling with fatigue. 

 

You referred to it as an excuse and said "people on here said it was down to fatigue..."

 

Sounds awfully like you don't think it was an important factor like.

[nufc123]

3 minutes ago, Matt1892 said:

Wolves is looking like a must win, potentially we could be in the bottom half if we don’t beat them.

Need to score at least three goals, because we will ship at least two.

[Orphanage]

From The Guardian ...

Not that I think Newcastle are terrible but the project has stalled somewhat, or perhaps found its profit-and-sustainability glass ceiling,” begins Dave Watton.

“They’ve been hovering around 10th all season, 15 points off Villa in 4th, despite the dramatics they still went out of the Champions League in the group stages and as usual barely made a ripple in the cups. West Ham are supposed to be a crisis club and they’ll probably finish above Newcastle.

“My theory is that Guimaraes (who is a really good player) checked out a while ago, and the doors for FFP chicanery as patented in other stadiums backed by petro-state public investment funds are much harder to open in this brave new world where FFP punishments have teeth.

“I understand comments like ‘laugh now, before they are our overlords’ but I think people overstate it. With profit and sustainability rules as they are right now, I don’t see an obvious path for a team like Newcastle to be able to compete with the true elite, and I think their best players know it, hence the drop-off. Maybe they’ve already reached their high water mark.”

[huss9]

31 minutes ago, chapdelaine said:

We have options of 523 343 or 541 with available players and the stubborn prat sticks to 433

ffs. criticise all you want but fuck off with that shite.

[BergenMagpie]

11 minutes ago, Matt1892 said:

People on here said it was down to fatigue and that we were playing multiple times a week.

 

Now we are playing once a week we are going with the nursing players back to full fitness excuse, despite playing pretty much the same defence and midfield every single week.

Well we still have Joelinton and Pope out injured who are both instrumental to how we can minimize goals conceded. Miley and Longstaff should be competing for one position, but without a destroyer in mid we will still be exposed no matter how frequently the same players start. 

 

What do you think is the problem and solution? Such a weird fucking post

[Gottlob]

Our bad run of form started with a couple of whoopings against Everton and Tottenham in which Joelinton played the full ninety minutes. He also featured against Nottingham Forest and played for most of the defeat against Liverpool. Discounting the Forest game, we let in 11 goals over those 3 matches.

 

Going back 12 games to the Everton match, we sit 17th in the form table with 11 points from 12 matches and a league-leading 31 goals against. That isn't down to any one player or any one player's absence. It's a collective failure born of an unprecedented injury crisis, fatigue, a loss of form and the ensuing loss of confidence, and our inability so far to mitigate any of those things, change things up or find real room for improvement. Howe ultimately bears responsibility for how easy we've been to play against and for our inability to keep the football.

[aa5773]

I think an elite manager/coach should be able to at least put up afight with whatever he has at his disposal at any given moment.

 

Still, top 6 and/or a cup is the target. Fail that...