Eddie Howe

[matta]

Just now, Jordan said:

Please stop playing 5 at the back. 

This. 

[Mountain]

2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Because we haven’t got enough players comfortable in possession.

 

True, you'd have thought the job of a manager is to make them more comfortable in possession.

 

Surley Bruno, Joelinton and Tonali could pass it around a bit.

[Shearergol]

2 minutes ago, HalloNUFC said:

Gone by Christmas.

 

This time it's written in stars.

You will be? Please make it sooner.

[Doctor Zaius]

Far, far from convinced that this 5-3-2 is going to work

[Ikon]

5 minutes ago, 54 said:

Because with won a cup and gotten Champions League twice in three seasons playing that way? Seems a solid enough reason to me.

But if you don’t evolve you stand still or go backwards. We’ve done greatly overall. But no one can convince me otherwise that improving the technical quality wouldn’t be the right way to take the next step and go up another level. Especially with so many more games it’s massive that you don’t have to play at 120% intensity all the time, never mind controlling games as well as conserving a bit of energy too. 

[Swissmag]

Abysmal in injury time, but i still have a lot of confidence. We will strike back

[The Butcher]

Eddie will never be a possession based manager.

[Zero]

Did we ever get any decent results when playing a 5 back formation?

 

I really wonder why Howe insisted keep trying this formation.

[SUPERTOON]

1 minute ago, Mountain said:

 

True, you'd have thought the job of a manager is to make them more comfortable in possession.

 

Surley Bruno, Joelinton and Tonali could pass it around a bit.

Joelinton ? He’s arguably one of the worst in possession. 

[nemtizz]

5 minutes ago, Jordan said:

Please stop playing 5 at the back. 

 

It's worked against them many times. Real issue was not playing Tino LWB.

 

 

Edited September 28, 2025 by nemtizz

[Swissmag]

2 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

You will be? Please make it sooner.

Post takeover forum member 😀

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, Zero said:

Did we ever get any decent results when playing a 5 back formation?

 

I really wonder why Howe insisted keep trying this formation.

really? It got us to the Cup final last year. Do some of you constantly bang your heads against a wall?

[Erikse]

Were good in the first half. I also feel like we were too defensive in the second, whatever the reason was.

[Mountain]

2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Joelinton ? He’s arguably one of the worst in possession. 

 

All of his stats relating to posession are above average. I have analysed them.

 

However yeah against good teams we are often shit and we need to find a way to deal with that.

 

Shouldn't be getting dominated at St James after spending 250 million.

[Kid Icarus]

Like I said in the match thread, these backs to the wall defensive displays againt the top teams have a feeling of inevitability about them at the moment that I haven't felt in previous seasons. 

 

 

Edited September 28, 2025 by Kid Icarus

[HaydnNUFC]

Our attacking play since the Palace 5-0 win has been utterly lifting.

 

 

Edited September 28, 2025 by HaydnNUFC

[Andy]

2 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

really? It got us to the Cup final last year. Do some of you constantly bang your heads against a wall?

 

Probably the only examples of us looking good with it though, to be fair, and we had two actual wingbacks on the pitch iirc. 

 

It's functional in a cup when you want to grab an away clean sheet or you have a decent aggregate lead and the other team needs to come on to you, but I'd rather not see it in a league game personally. I also think a lot of the better teams are more equipped to breakdown a low block this season. 

[joeyt]

15 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

It was a lot of that in the CL season.  Get an early goal and defend for our lives.  

 

When we only had about 11 fit players?

[Smal]

2 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Like I said in the match thread, these backs to the wall defensive displays againt the top teams have a feeling of inevitability about them at the moment that I haven't felt in previous seasons. 

 

 

 

there has been very little counter threat from us in these games. We've gone way too far in the other direction to hold onto games. 

[Geogaddi]

Remember reading the same sort of bollocks this time last year from those that know nothing about football . Eddie is the best thing that has happened to the club in the last 20 years and the only thing holding it together. Anyone questioning him automatically knows fuck all about anything in all honesty .

 

 

Edited September 28, 2025 by Geogaddi

[Vinny Green Balls]

2 minutes ago, Andy said:

 

Probably the only examples of us looking good with it though, to be fair, and we had two actual wingbacks on the pitch iirc. 

 

It's functional in a cup when you want to grab an away clean sheet or you have a decent aggregate lead and the other team needs to come on to you, but I'd rather not see it in a league game personally. I also think a lot of the better teams are more equipped to breakdown a low block this season. 

he asked if it's ever worked, when it clearly did 8 months ago against Arsenal in one of our most important games in recent memory.

 

 

Edited September 28, 2025 by Vinny Green Balls

[Displayname]

Will never understqnd why we didn't bring in another top quality CM if he had plans to go full throttle in all competitions.

[Pilko]

Worried we've lost the winning habit a bit. Really hope one of his long unbeaten or winning runs is round the corner cos we fucking need it.

[Andy84]

Where we’ve excelled against the top teams at home is we’ve been a menace and capable of carrying a huge threat. We know what we’ve lost like and we need to find a new way of doing things 

[Optimistic Nut]

Needs a "P5 W4 D1" sort of run between now and City. 

 

 

Edited September 28, 2025 by Optimistic Nut