Eddie Howe

[Zero]

I don’t like that quote from Howe to be honest. At that time I already said it won’t be well received by the players.

[Jordan]

5 hours ago, Disco said:

Howe’s absolute disdain of Paperback Ryder being allowed to ask him questions is one of my favourite things about him. 

And Louise Taylor, always makes her repeat question after she’s waffled around it for 5 mins. 

[elbee909]

2 hours ago, Jordan said:

And Louise Taylor, always makes her repeat question after she’s waffled around it for 5 mins. 

 

The Guardian going on about 'superb Sunderland' while doing their customary Newcastle hatchet job etc. is getting frankly boring

[TheBrownBottle]

8 hours ago, Disco said:

Howe’s absolute disdain of Paperback Ryder being allowed to ask him questions is one of my favourite things about him. 

I still think that some of the other local hacks are pushing him to the front to ask the questions they don’t have the bollocks to ask

 

The problem is that Ryder can mangle the simplest sentence very easily

[Elliottman]

14 hours ago, Shadow Puppets said:

The idea of the question is fine… the disrespect in the way he asked it isn’t. “If you are a man of your word” for fucks sake.

100% this, so disrespectful. 

[Jesse Pinkman]

lol oh no a journalist asked him a difficult question, the humanity. Some of the lads in here need to give their head a wobble. 

 

 

Edited May 9 by Jesse Pinkman

[OverThere]

The ultimate question would be how much influence did you and your nephew have on the incoming transfers last summer. I would love to know the answer to that one.

[andycap]

This trusted player malarkey he talks about should be worrying aswell. 

Majority of his best players were on the bench against brighton sends out the wrong message. 

Tripps

Hall

Ramsey

Barnes

Gordon

Woltemade

Wissa

Elanga

That's crazy sending a team out like that you'd think we were in Europe or something. 

 

[Smal]

https://www.newcastleunited.com/en/video/955629

 

10 minute interview with him on the club site

[SUPERTOON]

1 hour ago, andycap said:

This trusted player malarkey he talks about should be worrying aswell. 

Majority of his best players were on the bench against brighton sends out the wrong message. 

Tripps

Hall

Ramsey

Barnes

Gordon

Woltemade

Wissa

Elanga

That's crazy sending a team out like that you'd think we were in Europe or something. 

 

We won the game though, only Hall on the bench can consider himself unfortunate to not start.

[Weezertron]

26 minutes ago, Smal said:

https://www.newcastleunited.com/en/video/955629

 

10 minute interview with him on the club site

I absolutely hate that interviewer. 

[LFEE]

3 hours ago, Jesse Pinkman said:

lol oh no a journalist asked him a difficult question, the humanity. Some of the lads in here need to give their head a wobble. 

 

 

 

The sensible amongst us probably balance out what benefit is to be gained from getting “difficult” questions asked/answered and the knowledge gained as opposed to where that leads a further line of questioning and the problems it can create.

 

So for argument sake I’d rather let EH man manage the squad he’s shown he can do magnificently over 4 years with absolute minimal fallouts or disciplinary issues than the need to know if and why AG will be playing the next 3 games and encourage any potential wedges between a current player and manager.

 

Which gives the team the best chance of getting 3 points on Sunday? Thats what you want surely? 

 

 

[Minhosa]

48 minutes ago, Weezertron said:

I absolutely hate that interviewer. 

Is it a fairly new guy now?

[Minhosa]

1 hour ago, Smal said:

https://www.newcastleunited.com/en/video/955629

 

10 minute interview with him on the club site

10 minutes of nothingness that tbf. 

[Smal]

yeah, posted it before watching. Nothing interesting at all  

[andycap]

2 hours ago, SUPERTOON said:

We won the game though, only Hall on the bench can consider himself unfortunate to not start.

In hindsight, but anyone looking at that team with a bench like that would've been scratching there head. 

[Ronaldo]

4 hours ago, andycap said:

This trusted player malarkey he talks about should be worrying aswell. 

Majority of his best players were on the bench against brighton sends out the wrong message. 

Tripps

Hall

Ramsey

Barnes

Gordon

Woltemade

Wissa

Elanga

That's crazy sending a team out like that you'd think we were in Europe or something. 

 

Get a grip, man. Ramsey, Wissa, Elanga and Trippier had no real claim to start and Gordon allegedly wasn’t fit enough.

[andycap]

2 hours ago, Ronaldo said:

Get a grip, man. Ramsey, Wissa, Elanga and Trippier had no real claim to start and Gordon allegedly wasn’t fit enough.

But Willock Murphy burn and a not fully fit miley did at right back? 😂 

[Heron]

But we won the game, our first in 6, right?

 

I don't get some of you folk like. It's not Hall FC just as it wasn't Tonali FC when he was tinkering with him and Longstaff. He eventually found a positive solution with some fine tweeking.

 

Of course we ideally want our best players on the pitch and in the best combination, but when the combination and the personnel isn't working, one, the other or both need to change.

 

The very thing half the folk on here whinge about.

 

He did that and he won.

 

Folk still whinge.

 

Absurd.

 

 

Edited May 9 by Heron

[TheBrownBottle]

6 hours ago, LFEE said:

The sensible amongst us probably balance out what benefit is to be gained from getting “difficult” questions asked/answered and the knowledge gained as opposed to where that leads a further line of questioning and the problems it can create.

 

So for argument sake I’d rather let EH man manage the squad he’s shown he can do magnificently over 4 years with absolute minimal fallouts or disciplinary issues than the need to know if and why AG will be playing the next 3 games and encourage any potential wedges between a current player and manager.

 

Which gives the team the best chance of getting 3 points on Sunday? Thats what you want surely? 

 

 

They’re meant to be journalists, not supporters.  It’s not their job to worry about any of the above. 

[Heron]

You're both correct. Results keep the fans on board - thats all that matters. Journalists are doing their jobs asking difficult questions that fans may otherwise be asking as paying customers of a product they may perceive to be below value for money (dare I say it). Albeit I don't personally subscribe to that way of thinking.

[LFEE]

46 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

They’re meant to be journalists, not supporters.  It’s not their job to worry about any of the above. 

Yes… but that was not my point and not sure how you missed it after making it so clear.

 

What do sensible fans prefer/choose…

 

Whats the gain? As opposed to the loss…

[TheBrownBottle]

18 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Yes… but that was not my point and not sure how you missed it after making it so clear.

 

What do sensible fans prefer/choose…

 

Whats the gain? As opposed to the loss…

I was responding to:

 

“The sensible amongst us probably balance out what benefit is to be gained from getting “difficult” questions asked/answered and the knowledge gained as opposed to where that leads a further line of questioning and the problems it can create.”

 

You said ‘the sensible amongst us’.  I’d dispute that. 

[The Prophet]

10 hours ago, OverThere said:

The ultimate question would be how much influence did you and your nephew have on the incoming transfers last summer. I would love to know the answer to that one.

 

I don't think it'd be a particularly insightful answer given it was obviously a fair bit. It's difficult to criticise them for the board's failure to act though.

[TheBrownBottle]

1 hour ago, Heron said:

But we won the game, our first in 6, right?

 

I don't get some of you folk like. It's not Hall FC just as it wasn't Tonali FC when he was tinkering with him and Longstaff. He eventually found a positive solution with some fine tweeking.

 

Of course we ideally want our best players on the pitch and in the best combination, but when the combination and the personnel isn't working, one, the other or both need to change.

 

The very thing half the folk on here whinge about.

 

He did that and he won.

 

Folk still whinge.

 

Absurd.

 

 

 

This is the one which usually makes me scratch my head.  Yes, supporters will have their own opinions re who should be in / out of the side, but Howe is clearly going to pick the side he thinks has the best chance of getting a result.  
 

If the results aren’t there, the manager will get criticised, of course.  But personally I completely saw Howe’s logic re Hall / BDB.  And it isn’t as if the back line has been so good this season that the players in it were undroppable.  Hall has been off the boil for a while. 
 

NB this doesn’t mean I agree with Howe’s comments re Hall.  Not sure if they were particularly helpful.  But he knows the player; I don’t.  Maybe he’s the sort of character who responds to that.