Eddie Howe

[Ronaldo]

4 minutes ago, Andy84 said:

People will never learn with Howe.  He’ll be the toast of this place again in the near future.   The squad desperately needs a refresh which we haven’t been able to do.  He’s not above criticism but everything in context, he’s still performing well imo.  Keep the faith 

For our league season not to be deemed a failure I think he has just about his toughest challenge to date to be honest. 5th / 6th is there for the taking but we just consistently look out of ideas, one dimensional and vulnerable at home.

 

 

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[TheBrownBottle]

2 minutes ago, nufc123 said:

No need for that if we believe the journalists covering this club.

They’ve been wrong on this consistently for yonks.  I’m not sure any of them have used a calculator since they failed GCSE Maths. 

[nufc123]

Just now, TheBrownBottle said:

They’ve been wrong on this consistently for yonks.  I’m not sure any of them have used a calculator since they failed GCSE Maths. 

All are saying we are in a strong position, but we will see. Either way, we a need a little rebuild.

[SUPERTOON]

Who would people sell out of our supposed purples, if indeed it did come to that ? 

[JT24]

3 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Fresh ideas as in players? 

Yes. 

[CallumG6]

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

Who would people sell out of our supposed purples, if indeed it did come to that ? 

Not Isak, Bruno, Tonali, Hall or Botman.

[mouldy_uk]

Pretty hit and miss this season, however,

if he wins the cup then all will be forgiven and people will be tugging themselves raw at his greatness. 
 

I’d love to see him given a decent squad to show what he can really do 

[TRon]

3 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

You could argue that shows how limited the tools we have are though. If we had more than a handful of top players, we might not see that inconsistency so much. 

 

 

I don't think it's the losses against the top clubs which draws criticism though. It's when teams with less resources get the better of us. That's why the league is more important for me, don't think it's fair to expect a cup win against Liverpool, however negative that sounds.

[JT24]

Just now, CallumG6 said:

Not Isak, Bruno, Tonali, Hall or Botman.

Who’s left after that?

[nufc123]

1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said:

Who would people sell out of our supposed purples, if indeed it did come to that ? 

Just sell Barnes? That and Kelly will set us up good (if we arent already).

[CallumG6]

Just now, JT24 said:

Who’s left after that?

I daren’t say his name…

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, nufc123 said:

Just sell Barnes? That and Kelly will set us up good (if we arent already).

Not sure we would make a profit on Barnes ?

[christ]

6 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Yes, I also think that he might need European football to keep his position.  I don’t think we’d be able to get rid of that many players as we’d need to replace all of them.

 

It would be crazy not to sell at least one ‘purple’ this summer, mind.  It’s holding us back. 

I think he’s safe as houses personally.

 

The position he’s been put in has been absolutely shit. Yet he had us qualified for Europe last season until Man City didn’t turn up at Wembley, and he’s got us in a cup final and competing for the CL yet again this season.

 

What Howe has done has been outrageous. He’s saved the club from a whole heap of shit by keeping us competitive while they try to run down the clock on our PSR issues. Any ‘name’ manager would be acting the cunt every single day about lack of signings etc. 

 

Unless our form absolutely craters and we end up comfortably midtable I don’t think he’s under any pressure.

[Menace]

Gordon?

[Vaj]

12 minutes ago, et tu brute said:

People can have their opinion, but as with Rafa, a few will not have anything said against Howe. It was quite obvious those tactics today do not work, ;as they weren't for quite a few of the games recently . You're at home playing Brighton in the 5th round of the cup and with what should be an excellent chance to move to the quarter finals, take the game to them from the off, put the pressure on them, instead of allowing them to walk literally at will into our end of the pitch. He started those tactics (wrongly), but yet again no sign whatsoever of in game management or an improvement after halftime. He actually does a change quite sharpish, but again it's like for like

Our performance at home to Brighton in the season we finished fourth was possibly one of our best under Howe in terms of the high intensity. So far from what we saw today at times 

[et tu brute]

8 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

 No way he should lose his job this summer.

I can't see Howe being kept on by the owners if we don't get European football this year. They already have shown with Staveley that they are fully prepared to move on personal if targets are not achieved. 

[Big Geordie]

Did anyone catch would Howe said post-match?

[BergenMagpie]

13 minutes ago, Mikky said:

He needs European football to survive imo 

 

Secondly get rid of his boys - Pope - Schar - Burn - Trippier - Longstaff - Willock - Murphy - Wilson, waste of time the lot of them 

One of the worst kneejerk posts I’ve seen here (if it’s satire it went over my head)

[Displayname]

1 minute ago, JT24 said:

Who’s left after that?

Gordon I guess, Tino to a lesser degree.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, TRon said:

 

 

I don't think it's the losses against the top clubs which draws criticism though. It's when teams with less resources get the better of us. That's why the league is more important for me, don't think it's fair to expect a cup win against Liverpool, however negative that sounds.

Aye but some of our players are bottom-few quality. Quite a few of them actually. 

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, et tu brute said:

I can't see Howe being kept on by the owners if we don't get European football this year. They already have shown with Staveley that they are fully prepared to move on personal if targets are not achieved. 

Completely different scenario.

[nufc123]

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

Not sure we would make a profit on Barnes ?

Do we need a profit on Barnes? 

[BlazeT44]

His loyalty this summer might be his undoing.

 

We need fresh blood.

 

GK, CB, wingers and a second CF. Minimum

[Matt1892]

If we don’t beat Liverpool in the final and fail to qualify for the Champions League, then I think there is a good chance the club move him on, considering us not reaching Champions League will likely mean one of Forest, Bournemouth, Brighton or even Villa have.

 

His football looks every bit as stale as some of our players, it is hard to believe how bad we play at times with the quality of some of our midfield and attack.

 

He needs to freshen it up with what we have, before the season gets away from us.

[SUPERTOON]

3 minutes ago, nufc123 said:

Do we need a profit on Barnes? 

Honestly, no idea, not got a clue how FFP works