Eddie Howe

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Fantastic manager, but I think you could say that building and managing a squad to last a whole season isnt his strong side.

Rotating is a thing he needs to learn if he ever is going to be counted among the absolute best. 

Cant really blame PSR for not having options to rotate since he has had enough to spend during his time here to build a full squad of decent options.

 

Now before you get all worked up, its not at all like I want him gone. His qualities more than make up for his weaknesses. But we should be allowed to voice our frustrations after a second home loss in a row

[jigen]

With your game you must be physically at top. Because you lack creative players on the wings. 

[Kanj]

I have never seen a clear answer to what a plan b actually is in real life given it seems like most teams use plan A, bring subs to continue with the same plan and then if that’s not working it’s hoy it in the box. 

[Dokko]

I'll say it again, he needs to surround himself with new people with different ideas. 

[J7]

20 minutes ago, Menace said:

Why do we always have to hyperbole after every defeat? It's really tiresome. Stevie Wonder would tell you the performance wasn't great, but I feel like some people post on here just for the sake of posting. Shit performance aside, we're still just 6 points off 2nd place. Had someone offered you that at the beginning of the season with no signings you would've snapped their hands off.

 

Howe's not perfect, but its getting tiresome reading the same stuff after every defeat man.

Why do some people get so precious about others discussing the football?

[Yorkie]

Happy to lazily just point at PSR again tbh. The investment we've done so far has got us so far but the inability to keep going really undermines the progress made. It seems we are now hopeless at trying to overturn a deficit at home and the lack of meaningful bench options is a significant reason for that. Willock in theory should be a help but it's been four years of stop-start with him; it ain't happening now. 

 

The Barnes injury, on top of the Wilson situation, was an absolute sickener. 

[Menace]

1 minute ago, J7 said:

Why do some people get so precious about others discussing the football?

 

No one is getting precious, when people make valid points it's refreshing, however go through this place when we lose... You'd think we're the worst team in the league and our manager is Sunday league at best. It's tiring.

[Skeletor]

If we won the League Cup (which we already have the advantage for the second leg) then I could care less really what happens the rest of the season. We'd have achieved something I started to believe I'd never see.

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Skeletor

[Superior Acuña]

Of the teams below us (5th) and above 16th, we've only beaten Villa at home. And they're a quality 'big' club in a game everyone is up for before it's even started. For me beyond just the problems of depth we have a really issue against good to half decent sides who are not 'big' teams. We'll raise our game for Liverpool, Man City, Villa, Tottenham etc, and we'll beat Wolves, Leicester, Southampton cos they're shit. Anything in between we're poor for at home. Luckily this season we've had good away form though.

[Yorkie]

5 minutes ago, Skeletor said:

If we won the League Cup (which we already have the advantage for the second leg) then I could care less really what happens the rest of the season. We'd have achieved something I started to believe I'd never see.

 

We're still well in the driving seat for Europe too. There'll probably still be plenty of rotation in the part of the table we're in before the end. Chelsea hit a bit of a wall recently too (one win in seven). These things are bound to happen in a competitive league where we've had our coat tails yanked back by the rules.

[Skeletor]

1 minute ago, Yorkie said:

 

We're still well in the driving seat for Europe too. There'll probably still be plenty of rotation in the part of the table we're in before the end. Chelsea hit a bit of a wall recently too (one win in seven).

 

Sure, but I'd be riding a cloud for the rest of the season so 5th, 6th, 7th - who would care at that point. Winning the League Cup would be a life time memory for most of us.

[Dokko]

Go all out for the semi and if we make it, final. Games around it, put the stiffs. Die on the pitch in terms of intensity in the LC games and leave nothing behind. 

[Weezertron]

20 minutes ago, Menace said:

 

No one is getting precious, when people make valid points it's refreshing, however go through this place when we lose... You'd think we're the worst team in the league and our manager is Sunday league at best. It's tiring.

 

tbf, theres nowt else to talk about.

[TheBrownBottle]

Wednesday night is what matters for me.  Our home performances vs midtable sides have been an issue for some time and need addressing, but I think that would require further overhaul of the team and tweaking of tactics which isn’t likely to happen until the summer.  Not going through to the LC final would feel sickening. 

[TRon]

2 hours ago, Menace said:

Why do we always have to hyperbole after every defeat? It's really tiresome. Stevie Wonder would tell you the performance wasn't great, but I feel like some people post on here just for the sake of posting. Shit performance aside, we're still just 6 points off 2nd place. Had someone offered you that at the beginning of the season with no signings you would've snapped their hands off.

 

Howe's not perfect, but its getting tiresome reading the same stuff after every defeat man.

 

 

You said it right there yourself. Generally people only criticise after a poor performance, even Eddie Howe does the same thing. If we'd put in a good show and it was a ding dong battle then you just put it down to bad luck. Two home defeats in a row, a poor showing, and the players looking well off it, and obviously it will cause concern.