Eddie Howe

[Miggys First Goal]

I don’t think he’ll be here at the start of next season. 

[Yorkie]

5 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

Last season was poor, but

 

A season bettered only by those under Keegan, Robson and Howe himself, but aye alright. 

[et tu brute]

4 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

A season bettered only by those under Keegan, Robson and Howe himself, but aye alright. 

You forgot the king 🤣

[Ellis H]

8 points off 4th, an FA Cup final away from Europe and averaging 2.5 goals a game is near miraculous considering the circumstances. How spoiled are we that it’s considered underachieving?

[DiddyLevine]

7 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

Need the new CEO in urgently. All well good club saying a lack of one won’t effect January plans, but it will. If there’s doubts about Howe for 25/26, then that’s going to impact January. 

With Eales stepping down due to ill health , who exactly is in charge ?

Maybe a reason why Eddies not getting pushed till the end of the season ?

[nufcjmc]

Just now, Ellis H said:

8 points off 4th, an FA Cup final away from Europe and averaging 2.5 goals a game is near miraculous considering the circumstances. How spoiled are we that it’s considered underachieving?

That quote only a few weeks ago would have been 3 or 4 points off the gap is widening and the performances are consistently inconsistent 

[dcmk]

41 minutes ago, midds said:

First 4 games of the season we collected 10 points and no-one could believe it, it was wizardry and an open joke. It took another 11 games to get the next 10 points with lots of (perfectly valid) criticism thrown in too. We've been poor for the majority of the season and it's been a familiar story. It poses the question 'If Howe was capable of solving the issues then why hasn't he?' Most on here, myself included, love the bloke and respect what he's achieved but he's now seen the problem and hasn't come close to fixing it yet. This is his job, to get his team up and running and functioning and it's just not. We get the odd 20/30 minutes of good play and then it slips back into the same things we've seen for months. If he could fix it then why is it still the same more often than not, that's the key point for me. 

Isn't the obvious answer is the squad is stale.  It had no investment in the summer.  We also have players which should have been moved on along time ago now.

 

Transfer window was chaotic.  The background changes were chaotic.  

 

It all adds up.

[El Prontonise]

8 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

A season bettered only by those under Keegan, Robson and Howe himself, but aye alright. 

 

You forgot 

 

Also Glenn Roeder got us to same position in 7th.

[Mike]

2 hours ago, Pokerprince2004 said:

Starting to sound a bit like Alan Pardew 👀

 

 

 

I love eddie but We was done in by the weather is worrying.

[Ellis H]

4 minutes ago, nufcjmc said:

That quote only a few weeks ago would have been 3 or 4 points off the gap is widening and the performances are consistently inconsistent 

That was last season. We’re currently 5 points off 5/6th which is fine in December. Long term? We’ll see.

[El Prontonise]

Do think today is probably when he's lost quite a bit of the fanbase.  This season hasn't been good enough.

[cannybagoftudor]

IMHO the players who ran through brick walls for Eddie have stopped doing so. The passion is not there - I think there is more than just a "change the manager" scenario going on. My belief is not all is well behind the scenes - we have heard Trippier is in a bit of personal bother - Mitchel will need time to bed in his ideas - and dare I say it - I don't think Eddie and his backroom team are part of that. Love him and mad eye but perhaps it is the right time for change.

[Joe1984]

12 minutes ago, Mike said:

 

I love eddie but We was done in by the weather is worrying.

He said it was a factor but not the reason for the defeat tbf.

 

The weather has been chaotic.

[Gawalls]

1 hour ago, et tu brute said:

Only because they haven't played one of the top teams at home yet. In fact they have only played Bournemouth in 10th out of the top ten

 

 

 

And they still haven’t, regardless of what a lot on here might think we’re not one the top teams either. We had no reason to expect to beat them.

[Mike]

1 minute ago, Joe1984 said:

He said it was a factor but not the reason for the defeat tbf.

 

The weather has been chaotic.

 

Brentford didn't seem to mind it. It's definitely something Alan would say, and get rightfully ridiculed for.

[ExiledGeordie]

35 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

He's overseen the rise and now he's overseeing the decline. I said on here after the Brighton game (and it's the only time I've ever said it) but I felt he'd taken this team as far as he could and it would be downhill from here on in.

 

Last season was poor, but there was mitigating circumstances. European distractions and injuries, plus Tonali. This season the fixture list is light and the injuries have been few. Only really Botman missing out of regular 1st teamers, maybe Wilson but Isak plays ahead of him anyway. Performances are even worse than last season though and worse still we've gone from having the tightest defence 2 years ago to leaking goals left, right and centre.

 

We aren't going down. We aren't qualifying for Europe. Personally I'd keep him till the end of the season and then shake his hand and pay him off. I actually think that's what they'll do as well. I think they'll try for Mourinho and I also think he'd walk here from Turkey for a job he's always wanted.

 

My choice however would be Iraola at Bournemouth. He's different class and I'd love to see what he could do with a bigger budget.

Yes my worry is Howe looks pretty worn out and like he doesn’t have the answers for this, he’s even said that in so many words. I think he’ll be here the rest of the season and go in the summer unless the arse completely falls out of it. The question would be who would they go for and are they available, that’ll probably dictate the timing of things. Someone also made a good point that there’s going to be a fair few to pay off if there’s a sacking. 

 

Im not vehemently Howe out, I do think there’s an inevitable feeling about it though. 
 

 

[et tu brute]

3 minutes ago, Gawalls said:

And they still haven’t, regardless of what a lot on here might think we’re not one the top teams either. We had no reason to expect to beat them.

Thai's the whole point of the last 100+ pages

[McDog]

Just now, Mike said:

 

Brentford didn't seem to mind it. It's definitely something Alan would say, and get rightfully ridiculed for.

 

 

I agree, unless we're in an alternate universe both teams played in the same weather. Maybe he meant the wind gusts only happened when we had the ball. 

[et tu brute]

2 minutes ago, Mike said:

 

Brentford didn't seem to mind it. It's definitely something Alan would say, and get rightfully ridiculed for.

Exactly what a load of bollocks

[TheBrownBottle]

Fucking hell, if I need to get the Alan Pardew Excuse Bingo cards out then we’re more fucked than I thought.

 

Ever blame the weather, king?  @Alan Pardew

[Kid Icarus]

26 minutes ago, Mike said:

 

I love eddie but We was done in by the weather is worrying.

He didn't say it tbf, Chronicle shit-stirring basically 

[Rafalove]

Im fully behind him, but quotes like that are often a sign a manager is running out of ideas. We’ve seen it countless times. Most notably with Pardew and Bruce.

[Mike]

1 minute ago, Kid Icarus said:

He didn't say it tbf, Chronicle shit-stirring basically 

 

Thank fuck for that.

[DiddyLevine]

Anyone remember how long Eddies contract is ? 

[Joe1984]

11 minutes ago, McDog said:

 

 

I agree, unless we're in an alternate universe both teams played in the same weather. Maybe he meant the wind gusts only happened when we had the ball. 

If any of you actually read the article you would know he said "I don't know if it was a factor. But both teams seem to have a better time of it when shooting the direction the wind was blowing".

 

Not seeing the issue here. If the gale force wind is blowing towards the goal you're shooting at, that obviously gives you an advantage.

 

Which was the case for both teams for 1 half each.

 

Likewise if you're attacking the opposite goal that the gale force wind is blowing towards, then the wind acts like an extra defender making it much harder to score.

 

Again this was the case for both teams for 1 half each.

 

So what Howe said was common sense and not an excuse.

 

But let's all react to the headline and not use our brains, right. 🤣

 

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2024 by Joe1984