Eddie Howe

[JoeyBartoon]

6 minutes ago, dcmk said:

Just out of curiosity who is an elite manager?

Tactically? Emery 

[Holmesy]

4 minutes ago, dcmk said:

Just out of curiosity who is an elite manager?

Emery is one of the very best at game management. You’d have to put Benitez in there in terms of game management specifically - not saying I would want him back btw. Mourinho, Klopp, Tuchel. Proven winners for a reason, because they’re tactically astute and excellent at game management. Unfortunately, Eddie just isn’t in their league. 

[Colos Short and Curlies]

Come the summer you have Poch, Tuchel, Nagglesman, Ancelotti all likely to be available.

 

Even if they are unrealistic or not your cup of tea for us that will lead to other managers becoming available from defeat clubs. So if you are thinking of making a move early summer is the time to make it so you don't get left behind.

 

If you are not looking to make a move then you get the signings in early before the world cup gets going 

[Pilko]

It's Anfield. He could have turned up with a World XI select pumped full of performance enhancers and we'd somehow lose.

 

Can't really find too much to grumble at today. Some of the defending wasn't so great but feel like it was individual shitness each time rather than any tactical or positioning stuff.

 

We looked good for about an hour and that's far beyond my admittedly miniscule expectations when we pitch up at this graveyard of scummers. Onto the next one.

[TheBrownBottle]

4 minutes ago, Mikky said:

He’s been here 4 years - for me that’s the max length of any project before you move on 

Not sure about that tbf  - surely if you’re doing well enough you don’t have to be peddled after the four year maximum ?

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, Holmesy said:

Emery is one of the very best at game management. You’d have to put Benitez in there in terms of game management specifically - not saying I would want him back btw. Mourinho, Klopp, Tuchel. Proven winners for a reason, because they’re tactically astute and excellent at game management. Unfortunately, Eddie just isn’t in their league. 

And yet many Villa goblins were calling it his head at the start of the season.

[Sir Joel Inton]

The Howe defend-at-all-cost members out in full force I see.

 

You can love Howe and everything he has achieved with us, beyond anything ever expected, but also recognise he has flaws and these are at times holding us back from progressing further.

 

Plenty of areas that are well worth discussing:

 

1. His in-game management

2. His substitutions

3. His rotation of the squad

4. The ginormous gap between our defence and midfield that he’s never addressed in four years

5. His influence over some signings (for example, Elanga)

6. His rose tinted glasses for some players and continuing to play them when we have more inform/better players available

7. His inability to use a system that works with Woltemade despite huge sum being paid for him

 

I stand by all my previous comments. He’s great but not elite and we’ll not progress further than this with him. A year in and a year out of the CL, with some good cup runs. That might be good enough for some.

[Famous Nick]

he needs to learn from these games. there is no reason Villa should be that much higher up than us. 2/3 more bad rounds and we are in lower half behind likes of Sunderland fucking nonsense.

starting too accept CL is not gonna happen next year which leads to revenue drop, and if we dont pick up wins even EL is unlikely. Conference would pay peanuts and mostly distraction really.

 

[La Parka]

1 minute ago, Sir Joel Inton said:

The Howe defend-at-all-cost members out in full force I see.

 

You can love Howe and everything he has achieved with us, beyond anything ever expected, but also recognise he has flaws and these are at times holding us back from progressing further.

 

Plenty of areas that are well worth discussing:

 

1. His in-game management

2. His substitutions

3. His rotation of the squad

4. The ginormous gap between our defence and midfield that he’s never addressed in four years

5. His influence over some signings (for example, Elanga)

6. His rose tinted glasses for some players and continuing to play them when we have more inform/better players available

7. His inability to use a system that works with Woltemade despite huge sum being paid for him

 

I stand by all my previous comments. He’s great but not elite and we’ll not progress further than this with him. A year in and a year out of the CL, with some good cup runs. That might be good enough for some.

Don't talk sense man.

[Holmesy]

Just now, Vinny Green Balls said:

And yet many Villa goblins were calling it his head at the start of the season.

Football fans are fickle. I doubt they’re calling for his head now. The guy has won multiple trophies with teams that weren’t the best in their respective leagues. He regularly changes things to impact the flow of games and he’s flexible tactically.  he’s a cut above IMO

[Sir Joel Inton]

2 minutes ago, Pilko said:

 

It's Anfield. He could have turned up with a World XI select pumped full of performance enhancers and we'd somehow lose.

 

 

PSV, Leeds, mackems, Forest, Palace and Man Utd have all managed to get a draw or win at Anfield this season. If we start writing games off because of historical outcomes we may as well never get on the pitch.

 

They’re shite and we played well for half an hour and then fell apart, which we’ve seen happen multiple times this season.

[Kid Icarus]

6 minutes ago, JoeyBartoon said:

Tactically? Emery 

[dcmk]

5 minutes ago, JoeyBartoon said:

Tactically? Emery 

The guy who subbed Rashford off against PSG when he was causing absolute chaos.

 

They went how many games at the start of the season without scoring?  Significant portion of fans wanted him out at the start of the season.

 

Not to mention Sancho, Harvey Elliot, Lindelof and Guessand signings.

 

There is no perfect manager unfortunately.

[Holmesy]

2 minutes ago, Sir Joel Inton said:

The Howe defend-at-all-cost members out in full force I see.

 

You can love Howe and everything he has achieved with us, beyond anything ever expected, but also recognise he has flaws and these are at times holding us back from progressing further.

 

Plenty of areas that are well worth discussing:

 

1. His in-game management

2. His substitutions

3. His rotation of the squad

4. The ginormous gap between our defence and midfield that he’s never addressed in four years

5. His influence over some signings (for example, Elanga)

6. His rose tinted glasses for some players and continuing to play them when we have more inform/better players available

7. His inability to use a system that works with Woltemade despite huge sum being paid for him

 

I stand by all my previous comments. He’s great but not elite and we’ll not progress further than this with him. A year in and a year out of the CL, with some good cup runs. That might be good enough for some.

He has taken us as far as he will ever take us, unless he changes his approach significantly. 

[dcmk]

3 minutes ago, Sir Joel Inton said:

The Howe defend-at-all-cost members out in full force I see.

 

You can love Howe and everything he has achieved with us, beyond anything ever expected, but also recognise he has flaws and these are at times holding us back from progressing further.

 

Plenty of areas that are well worth discussing:

 

1. His in-game management

2. His substitutions

3. His rotation of the squad

4. The ginormous gap between our defence and midfield that he’s never addressed in four years

5. His influence over some signings (for example, Elanga)

6. His rose tinted glasses for some players and continuing to play them when we have more inform/better players available

7. His inability to use a system that works with Woltemade despite huge sum being paid for him

 

I stand by all my previous comments. He’s great but not elite and we’ll not progress further than this with him. A year in and a year out of the CL, with some good cup runs. That might be good enough for some.

Who would you want to replace him?

 

 

[Sir Joel Inton]

Just now, dcmk said:

Who would you want to replace him?

 

 

 

I’ve not said I want him sacked, have I?

[dcmk]

Just now, Holmesy said:

He has taken us as far as he will ever take us, unless he changes his approach significantly. 

 

We beat these, the league champions, in a final recently.

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, Sir Joel Inton said:

The Howe defend-at-all-cost members out in full force I see.

 

You can love Howe and everything he has achieved with us, beyond anything ever expected, but also recognise he has flaws and these are at times holding us back from progressing further.

 

Plenty of areas that are well worth discussing:

 

1. His in-game management

2. His substitutions

3. His rotation of the squad

4. The ginormous gap between our defence and midfield that he’s never addressed in four years

5. His influence over some signings (for example, Elanga)

6. His rose tinted glasses for some players and continuing to play them when we have more inform/better players available

7. His inability to use a system that works with Woltemade despite huge sum being paid for him

 

I stand by all my previous comments. He’s great but not elite and we’ll not progress further than this with him. A year in and a year out of the CL, with some good cup runs. That might be good enough for some.

You lot will be broken clocks until you are finally right, and then pretend you weren’t horribly wrong for the last few seasons about a number of things. That’s what irritates me the most. The total lack of self awareness, or humility. If you lot are right in the end, your process of getting there has been dog shit. It’s really limbic system responses trying to disguise themselves as reasonable judgment. But we happen to have decent memories.

 

i mean FFS we literally went toe to toe with PSG a few days ago.

[Milburn]

We were the most naive side to visit Anfield so far this season.

 

I love Eddie, but it’s increasingly hard to escape the feeling that this is his end game.

[Pilko]

1 minute ago, Sir Joel Inton said:

 

PSV, Leeds, mackems, Forest, Palace and Man Utd have all managed to get a draw or win at Anfield this season. If we start writing games off because of historical outcomes we may as well never get on the pitch.

 

They’re shite and we played well for half an hour and then fell apart, which we’ve seen happen multiple times this season.

 

They'll all have their bogey grounds too. Ours is Anfield. They've been shite in the past and we've played better than them in the past and still lost during this 33+ year run.

 

I feel like you do sometimes when there's posters who won't hear a single bad word said against Howe no matter what, but I just don't think this is the time to be piling onto him. Ekitike choosing these scumbags versus us resorting to old man Wissa is literally the difference on the day.

[dcmk]

Just now, Sir Joel Inton said:

 

I’ve not said I want him sacked, have I?

You basically have.

 

"Great not elite".  Insinuating that to progress we need better.  Who though?

[LionOfGosforth]

1 minute ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

You lot will be broken clocks until you are finally right, and then pretend you weren’t horribly wrong for the last few seasons about a number of things. That’s what irritates me the most. The total lack of self awareness, or humility. If you lot are right in the end, your process of getting there has been dog shit. It’s really limbic system responses trying to disguise themselves as reasonable judgment. But we happen to have decent memories.

 

i mean FFS we literally went toe to toe with PSG a few days ago.

 

Aye but what have we done lately?

[Sir Joel Inton]

Just now, Vinny Green Balls said:

You lot will be broken clocks until you are finally right, and then pretend you weren’t horribly wrong for the last few seasons about a number of things. That’s what irritates me the most. The total lack of self awareness, or humility. If you lot are right in the end, your process of getting there has been dog shit. It’s really limbic system responses trying to disguise themselves as reasonable judgment. But we happen to have decent memories.

 

i mean FFS we literally went toe to toe with PSG a few days ago.

 

Playing well against PSG and then shite for 60 minutes at Liverpool and conceding 4 is literally a great point to prove some of the areas I’ve highlighted.

The rest of your post is just an irrational emotional ramble.

[Mountain]

39 minutes ago, elbee909 said:

 

Sounds like you have this football thing wrapped up. 

 

You can be sarcastic, I don't mind. A 20 million replacement for Trippier was not beyond the realm of possibility.

 

If you think so then fair enough.

[Milburn]

Just now, Pilko said:

 

They'll all have their bogey grounds too. Ours is Anfield. They've been shite in the past and we've played better than them in the past and still lost during this 33+ year run.

 

I feel like you do sometimes when there's posters who won't hear a single bad word said against Howe no matter what, but I just don't think this is the time to be piling onto him. Ekitike choosing these scumbags versus us resorting to old man Wissa is literally the difference on the day.

Like Aston Villa at SJP?