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Yet there were more than a few people saying he should go / can’t see improvement from Bruce / times up etc throughout the last few weeks- and especially this morning. Hang your heads in shame at not seeing the much bigger picture. 

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Just now, Manxst said:

Yet there were more than a few people saying he should go / can’t see improvement from Bruce / times up etc throughout the last few weeks- and especially this morning. Hang your heads in shame at not seeing the much bigger picture. 

Yeah, that was the thing that was annoying me

 

Whether Howe has enough about him to keep us up, even if the owners support him is yet to be seen but it's not even up for discussion that he's much better than Bruce

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20 minutes ago, NWMag said:


And 5 of those 10 were against Arsenal, Man U, City, liverpool and Leicester - throw in missing his first game with covid and Clark’s howler against Norwich, not doing too bad so far. 
 

some of the stick he has got is undeserved and I really think people should wait to judge him until he has his own squad 

 

Much needed perspective. :thup:

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Eddie Howe’s Black and White Army!

 

Buzzing for him. I genuinely think this is the turning point. Centre half and a centre midfielder minimum and we will beat Everton and start to climb. There’s going to be some horrible moments but I reckon we will do it. Might be the peeve talking mind. 

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The team lacks quality, is ageing, has confidence issues and lacks fitness, for sure.

 

But the biggest thing it’s lacked this season, is luck. Finest margins make a huge difference, and the entire narrative would look different.

 

Brentford, Howes first game, buzzing atmosphere then lose him to Covid. Then Darlow mistakes etc. 2 points gone.

 

Countless incorrect VAR calls this season.

 

clark getting sent off against Norwich. 
 

There’s been more positive performances than negative ones under Howe. Even under Bruce, Watford away should have been a win. 
 

in terms of losses there’s been 10, 4 less than even Villa. The problem is lack of wins, but the draws show we haven’t been getting hammered like previous relegation seasons. 
 

the point of this post is that we’ve had a tough old season so far, and we’ve contributed to our own downfall with silly errors, but we’ve also lacked luck. I’d say, we had two more wins instead of the draws we’d not be saying these are dead certs to go down, instead that we’ve got enough quality to get out of it. 
 

so perspective is important and I do think we’ve got enough to get out of it, especially with key additions. It’ll go to the wire, though!! 

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5 hours ago, Pilko said:

 

 

The fact we kept playing and didn't revert to the 18 yard line after scoring hopefully shows he's starting to learn. Really pleasing to see us pushing up and forcing the issue even when in the lead because if we'd sat back like last week I'm convinced we're talking about another 1-1 here best case.

 

 


Could this not be the other way around, with maybe the players learning not to revert to the 18 yard line? Can’t remember it being a feature of an Eddie Howe side at Bournemouth, but it certainly was for the players under the last two managers (under one I think it was a necessity by the way).

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13 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:


Could this not be the other way around, with maybe the players learning not to revert to the 18 yard line? Can’t remember it being a feature of an Eddie Howe side at Bournemouth, but it certainly was for the players under the last two managers (under one I think it was a necessity by the way).

Yeah, it's definitely the players reverting to the type and playing a style that has been ingrained in them for so long, Eddie Howe is an attacking coach that has had to play a certain way due to the limitations of the current squad, long term he will 100% want to go for the jugular when we get ahead.

 

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Really want it to work out for him as he is likeable and what he’s said previously about how he wants us playing is what I want to see. The first half today was very poor, he wants to control games but we have no central midfield to do it. Fair play to him though, we looked much better secon half and managed the game well to hold onto the win which we didn’t do last week. 

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Just watched his NUFCTV interview, I love how honest he is, he doesn't try to pull the wool over people's eyes, he was asked about recent performances, and he mentioned "I thought we played really well against Man United, and against Watford, atleast until we scored".

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Certain things about him have me a little spooked, mostly team selection stuff, but supporting him and giving him the benefit of the doubt for as long as possible. Really pleased for him and good to hear he was giving it big licks with the away fans yesterday.

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1 hour ago, Dr Venkman said:

Certain things about him have me a little spooked, mostly team selection stuff, but supporting him and giving him the benefit of the doubt for as long as possible. Really pleased for him and good to hear he was giving it big licks with the away fans yesterday.

 

Not going to lie, his championing of Shelvey and Fraser worries me, neither look physically capable of competing at the highest level, but I'm hoping he's just trying to get the best out of them until he can bring in replacements. I really hope he brings in some players over the next week to give a pointer to where we are going. 

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https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/newcastle-transfers-eddie-howe-leeds-united-1417995?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1642936054

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ELLAND ROAD — The smell of the flare lit in the away end had only just cleared the nostrils when Eddie Howe and his players stood in front of the delirious chaos that was the away end at Elland Road, drinking in the acclaim.

There have been some grim days for Newcastle United this season, even in the wake of a transformative takeover that lifted expectations and unlocked possibility in the January transfer window. This, by virtue of their resilience, endeavour and reserves of energy, was not one of them.

Howe clenched his fist as he departed down the tunnel. This was a huge win for Newcastle and for the manager himself, who has been working 12-hour days laying the foundations for a revival which had stubbornly refused to bloom.

“We hope to use this as the turning point for our season,” he said afterwards.

“They have a belief that we’re not dead and buried and there’s more to come.”

In truth his record of one win in nine Premier League games is scant reward for the subtle tweaks Howe has made to the way Newcastle play, breaking with more pace and direction. The team’s shape looks sturdier – just two goals conceded in three Premier League games and a first away clean sheet of the campaign – and the midfield control he has been working on at the training ground is beginning to bear fruit.

Simple conditioning seems to have improved as well – Newcastle able to stop Leeds, in Howe’s words, from “blowing them away” in a chaotic second half.

“Fitness is a key fundamental for me, it’s still something we’re working on. It’s difficult to do in season,” he said. “Our athletes in the team came to the fore.”

Howe was never under any pressure from Newcastle’s supportive co-owners Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi, who have witnessed the meticulous nature of his work trying to right a ship that was listing badly under his predecessor.

But the embarrassment of defeat to Cambridge in the FA Cup and then a laborious draw against Watford prompted introspection. Talk of good weeks on the training ground sound empty when the team can’t buy a win.

On Saturday it said much that the big performers were those Howe needs to coax displays out of. For all the talk of importing a new team of expensive recruits, Newcastle need those written off to strain every sinew for the cause. It was another feather in Howe’s cap that Fabian Schar, Ryan Fraser and Jonjo Shelvey, the latter sweeping home the winning free-kick, were the chief beneficiaries in the win at Leeds.

“Jonjo’s very important to us,” Howe said. “His positioning was very, very important. He’s got that range of passing but he also stopped a lot of their attacks and made a difference.”

The turning point in the game came when Newcastle began to break up Leeds’ heavy metal pressing, Kieran Trippier snuffing out Jack Harrison’s threat while Raphinha faded from prominence.

For Howe, it makes the club’s mid-season training break in Saudi Arabia a much more comfortable proposition.

That trip has brought familiar, awkward questions about Newcastle’s new owners back to the club’s front door. But it will be easier to stomach with a victory that eases pressure and opens the door for the club’s transfer negotiators to bring in reinforcements before their next match – another clutch contest in an increasingly congested relegation battle against Everton.

“There will be signings,” a senior source said. There’s optimism that the countdown to deadline day will focus minds on the offers Newcastle have made and dissuade some of the wilder demands being made of a club that is now blessed with huge funds but determined not to stray into paying wild fees.

The Saudi PIF want value. “Wood and Trippier were magnificent for the team. I thought they made huge contributions to the match and that’s the power if you can get recruitment right, you can elevate the team,” he said.

Howe said afterwards “nothing was imminent” in terms of recruitment. But with nine days to go before the deadline that will surely change soon.

 

 

 

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That second half was very Rafa-esque tactically, we nullified them, kept our shape and discipline and eventually settled into the game and picked them off and were a real threat on the counter too. Very impressive, probably the best we’ve played that second 45 under Howe, not in terms of football played, but defending, attacking intelligently, discipline, tactically and seeing the game out. A snapshot of Howe’s defensive acumen I hope which he isn’t known for and rightly so given how many goals Bournemouth shipped in and how many we have too since he was appointed.

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1 hour ago, Optimistic Nut said:

I really, really hope he’s good enough to go the journey with us. Can’t help but like him.

 

 

Some of his decisions have puzzled me when it comes to team selections, but one thing which has been encouraging is we don't look wide open at the back even though we are pushing a bit further up the pitch collectively. Most of our goals have been individual errors rather than poor organisation.

 

If we can survive this season I think we'll see what he's really made of next time round. Maybe he'll be good enough, maybe not, but I am really enjoying having a manager who I don't feel embarrassed is representing us. He's a great ambassador for NUFC.

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As much as we all know of him from his time at Bournemouth, it’s exciting to think what he can do with a team of higher quality players here, that does really excite me as much as say us signing this Brazilian kid. It’s that kind of unknown…

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