Lush Vlad Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 30 minutes ago, mofo said: Is Jones still knocking around? I've not noticed him of late?? Yep. Never seems to be out on the touchline with Howe, though. As opposed to Tindall, who never leaves his side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 He’s the third wheel is Jones. Only still in a job because the owners insisted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, r0cafella said: He’s the third wheel is Jones. Only still in a job because the owners insisted. Which is still completely baffling to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, r0cafella said: He’s the third wheel is Jones. Only still in a job because the owners insisted. He’ll be gone at the end of the season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 34 minutes ago, mofo said: Is Jones still knocking around? I've not noticed him of late?? Yep. Spent most of the warmup on Saturday with one foot on a football just chatting. Also noticed Tindall’s hands must be glued inside his pockets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 35 minutes ago, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said: Yep. Spent most of the warmup on Saturday with one foot on a football just chatting. Also noticed Tindall’s hands must be glued inside his pockets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomson Mouse Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 44 minutes ago, r0cafella said: He’s the third wheel is Jones. Only still in a job because the owners insisted. How true is that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 46 minutes ago, r0cafella said: He’s the third wheel is Jones. Only still in a job because the owners insisted. Wasn't he assistant to Jason Tindall when he was Bournemouth boss? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Not sure if posted in here but: https://www.planetsport.com/soccer/news/newcastle-start-under-eddie-howe-worst-this-century-bruce-carver-roeder/?bc-1 Oof. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Bloody hell, forgot how long it took for Keegan to get rid of the Allardyce stink. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I think I read somewhere that one of the conditions of Jones joining us was that if there was a takeover and Bruce was sacked then he would be kept on in some sort of capacity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 22 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said: Bloody hell, forgot how long it took for Keegan to get rid of the Allardyce stink. We all need to keep that in mind I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Keegan transformed that team though. By the end of that season we were playing some good stuff. Lost only two of our last 9 games and had a couple of thumping victories. Converted Michael Owen into a kind of deep lying forward and he was excellent. Utilised Viduka well and was even getting the best out of the likes of Butt and Geremi. His second spell here is often painted as a failure, which it absolutely wasnt footballing wise. He kept us up and turned that team around. Won our first game of the next season under him too. Sadly, that 07/08 team had some very good players and Eddie Howe certainly isnt Kevin Keegan. The performances under Howe have picked up, for sure but that hasnt translated into results. 1 win in 10 given the opposition is desperately poor. We really needed a bounce for him and its becoming clear that its going to take time for him to get us playing the way he wants, if at all. Thats time we dont have and its starting to look like a very poor appointment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, Doctor Zaius said: Keegan transformed that team though. By the end of that season we were playing some good stuff. Lost only two of our last 9 games and had a couple of thumping victories. Converted Michael Owen into a kind of deep lying forward and he was excellent. Utilised Viduka well and was even getting the best out of the likes of Butt and Geremi. His second spell here is often painted as a failure, which it absolutely wasnt footballing wise. He kept us up and turned that team around. Won our first game of the next season under him too. Sadly, that 07/08 team had some very good players and Eddie Howe certainly isnt Kevin Keegan. The performances under Howe have picked up, for sure but that hasnt translated into results. 1 win in 10 given the opposition is desperately poor. We really needed a bounce for him and its becoming clear that its going to take time for him to get us playing the way he wants, if at all. Thats time we dont have and its starting to look like a very poor appointment. Interestingly, Keegan changed his preferred formation to get results out of that team, he played Owen in a withdrawn striker role, and IIRC he also moved Barton to the left. Howe doesn't seem interested at all in changing anything, he's playing his way whether the players are capable of it or not. Although tbf, they weren't getting results when they parked the bus with Bruce either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Doctor Zaius said: Keegan transformed that team though. By the end of that season we were playing some good stuff. Lost only two of our last 9 games and had a couple of thumping victories. Converted Michael Owen into a kind of deep lying forward and he was excellent. Utilised Viduka well and was even getting the best out of the likes of Butt and Geremi. His second spell here is often painted as a failure, which it absolutely wasnt footballing wise. He kept us up and turned that team around. Won our first game of the next season under him too. Sadly, that 07/08 team had some very good players and Eddie Howe certainly isnt Kevin Keegan. The performances under Howe have picked up, for sure but that hasnt translated into results. 1 win in 10 given the opposition is desperately poor. We really needed a bounce for him and its becoming clear that its going to take time for him to get us playing the way he wants, if at all. Thats time we dont have and its starting to look like a very poor appointment. Sorry to nitpick - but believe the first game of the next season was 1-1 draw away at Old Trafford. Won first home game - 1-0 Bolton, Nolan missed a pen for them. (obviously doesnt make difference to your point) Edited January 17, 2022 by Inferior Acuña Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Zaius Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Inferior Acuña said: Sorry to nitpick - but believe the first game of the next season was 1-1 draw away at Old Trafford. Won first home game - 1-0 Bolton, Nolan pissed a pen for them. (obviously doesnt make difference to your point) Yeah you're right. Jonas had a stormer I remember. Always wonder what KK would have made of that team. Wouldn't have been relegated, I know that fine well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Shearergol said: We all need to keep that in mind I think. I remember a few games in and we lost 0-1 at home to Blackburn I think it was to an injury time winner and I thought that it was never going to come right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) I'm definitely not comparing Keegan with Howe here, but the situations have some similarity in that we were a team in transition and it took a period of getting through shit results with improved performances to getting the results to go along with it. It clicked against Fulham at home and by the time we played Reading (still the best football I've seen Newcastle play since Keegan 1.0 - as pathetic as that is) we were fully off and running. The Sunderland 2-0 was about as comfortable and dominating a derby as I can think of, even the 5-1. Up until we properly got going, we had a run of 4 goals in 8 matches and 0 wins in 12, with a frontline of Owen, Viduka, and Martins. Edited January 17, 2022 by Kid Icarus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 3 hours ago, DJ_NUFC said: Not sure if posted in here but: https://www.planetsport.com/soccer/news/newcastle-start-under-eddie-howe-worst-this-century-bruce-carver-roeder/?bc-1 Oof. Eddie has started with comfortably the worst squad we've had in the last 20 years. Wouldn't read too much into this kind of click-bait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokerprince2004 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Its fair to say Howe has found it tougher than he thought it would be and our squad is even worse than he thought. Dare I say that perhaps Bruce deserves a bit more credit for keeping this shower up for 2 seasons?! Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Lack of linked CM's is really worrying. What is this man seeing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 9 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Lack of linked CM's is really worrying. What is this man seeing? Could quite easily be the mistake that takes us down. I worry that Howe has a strange take on certain players; Lascelles and Shelvey are dangerously bad and he seems to see them as key players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 13 minutes ago, The College Dropout said: Lack of linked CM's is really worrying. What is this man seeing? Fwiw Chris Waugh in the athletic said we want 2 new CMs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Fantail Breeze said: Could quite easily be the mistake that takes us down. I worry that Howe has a strange take on certain players; Lascelles and Shelvey are dangerously bad and he seems to see them as key players. Who else do we have in midfield that could have replaced Shelvey?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I’m not sure who the media links us with has much to do with how Eddie Howe sees the team. We do desperately need them though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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