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8 hours ago, The Prophet said:

I was a fan of Howe before his appointment, what he achieved at Bournemouth was incredible. That said, his first year in charge is way beyond any form of expectation.

 

I felt he could be the man to keep us up and transition us into a mid-table team, but he's emphatically ripped up that script.

 

I love the bloke and genuinely believe he could be the one to end the trophy drought.

 

He wasn't top of my list, but in the end I was impressed by the way he had clearly convinced the club that he had the right ideas and motivation to take us forward, and I was happy with his appointment. 

 

I didn't know what had happened at Bournemouth (and still don't) and I wondered how that and his lay-off had affected him. It turns out that he's come back stronger, with renewed energy, ideas and conviction. He's turned a setback into a springboard. 

 

Analogies can be dangerous, but I can't help but think back to the Clough / Notts Forest episode. He'd had success at Derby, but failed at Leeds and got nowhere with Brighton. Then he took on an ordinary bunch of players at Forest and it all took off. What I can remember from that season when they won the league in their first season after promotion (Imagine that happening now) was that everyone was initially seeing it as the sort of temporary boost that a promoted club often gets. A commentator (I think it was David Coleman) then said after Forest had beaten Man U 4-0 at Old Trafford, 'If you think the Forest bubble is going to burst, forget it'. 

 

I've been expecting us to hit some kind of mid-table brick wall, but it hasn't happened and I no longer expect it to happen. 

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From the “High Performance” podcast:

 

Asked to outline his guiding principles in management, his answer included the following, evidenced by the overwhelming majority of the current squad:

"The best way for the team to do really well is for the individual to excel. If I can try and improve those 25 players and invest in them, then the team and the club will never look back."

 

:smitten:

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9 hours ago, Disco said:

That I’m actually watching this corporate drivel with Jake Humpo is the biggest endorsement I could ever give the bloke tbh. 
 

Wonder that bellend who has fascinated with him years before he arrived is up to now? 


I listened to it and I found it incredibly cringey. I know these things often are and dossers like me are not their target audience. But for all that Humphrey was always fair about us and supportive of the fans under Ashley. He is a bit awful, IMO. 

 

The other bloke that sounds like a character from Two Pints of Lager, was not much better. All felt a bit Ant Middleton. “ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU JUST PUT YOUR MIND TO IT.” 
 

I did enjoy listening to Edward, for the most part. 

 

 

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28 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:


I listened to it and I found it incredibly cringey. I know these things often are and dossers like me are not their target audience. But for all that Humphrey was always fair about us and supportive of the fans under Ashley. He is a bit awful, IMO. 

 

The other bloke that sounds like a character from Two Pints of Lager, was not much better. All felt a bit Ant Middleton. “ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU JUST PUT YOUR MIND TO IT.” 
 

I did enjoy listening to Edward, for the most part. 

 

 

I know what you mean, but it's about improving performance and overcoming stuff. A bit pointless unless you actually believe it's possible. Have to just ride out the cringe a little.

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13 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

I know what you mean, but it's about improving performance and overcoming stuff. A bit pointless unless you actually believe it's possible. Have to just ride out the cringe a little.


I get that. I do understand what some of these kind of things are getting at. Self-confidence or self-help, performance, positive mentality. They are all a bit like that and I can accept it up to a point that they are going to be a bit cheesy. 
 

I just found the two hosts on this really grating, a bit smug and awful to listen to.  

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On 22/01/2022 at 00:06, midds said:

Howe has inherited an utter shitshow but it's his job to try and fix it. I think everyone hopes he can and he certainly talks a good game but it's got to translate into results at some point. He was appointed to fix the problems, he either does or he doesn't. He's under no illusions and neither are the fans, another few shit results and he'll be struggling to hang on imo, which would be a real shame as I think he's a nice bloke with many qualities. 

 

I don't want him out and I want him to turn it around but something's got to happen soon. 

Narrator - it did :aww:

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9 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

But at least Pilko did a mea culpa. He's a sound poster, and appeared to lose  the plot a little on this topic, like we all do on occasion.

 

A few still haven't admitted how fucking awful their takes were.

I can't remember the poster but after 2 or 3 weeks he wanted Howe gone.  I told him to "give your head a shake" and he went into a right strop.  Informing me that we had dropped a huge bollock in appointing Eddie.

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10 minutes ago, gbandit said:

Can I get some page references for some anti-Howe takes? Trying to remember what my take was, think I was fairly supportive once Emery dropped out but I think most in the board were, weren’t they?

Try page 80. Gerrard over Howe is a particular highlight. 

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Just now, Rod said:

I can't remember the poster but after 2 or 3 weeks he wanted Howe gone.  I told him to "give your head a shake" and he went into a right strop.  Informing me that we had dropped a huge bollock in appointing Eddie.

Plenty of us had encounters like that. Some of the takes on here were just awful.

 

But fuck it, we've been on a great run for awhile. All is forgiven, as long as they don't do the same whit when we hit a bad patch.

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There was some absolute bollocks being floated about Howe in December and January. I remember a lot of people acting like utter minges when Bruno wasn’t starting every game. That thread was a fucking nightmare.

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17 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

But at least Pilko did a mea culpa. He's a sound poster, and appeared to lose  the plot a little on this topic, like we all do on occasion.

 

A few still haven't admitted how fucking awful their takes were.

Ah I know Pilko's sound as owt like, it's not a personal slight. It's just his posts that stick in my mind, particularly the 'P.E teacher with a LinkedIn account' one, or whatever it was. :lol:

 

Tbf Howe didn't give much room for criticism imo, the improvement was immediate with results not that far behind.

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22 hours ago, LiquidAK said:

That podcast was fantastic. Could listen to that man speak about his methods and his philosophy all day. We really hit the jackpot with him

I'd been earlies at work. Came home, had a bite to eat, cup of tea, put that on and after about 45 mins drifted off onto the most blissfully conteted sleep I've had in years. 

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28 minutes ago, christ said:

There was some absolute bollocks being floated about Howe in December and January. I remember a lot of people acting like utter minges when Bruno wasn’t starting every game. That thread was a fucking nightmare.

 

Aftermath of the FA Cup game was utter tosh in particular.

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I notice we haven't heard from "Yelevats" lately, another big bonus of Eddie's success. Some of his posts back then, what a WUM twat. At least the majority who were being needlessly negative, their posts came from a position of being passionate fans who want the club to succeed.

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I’ve got nothing against debate and people being critical whilst backing it up but I can’t stand the lads who have an agenda and pop up when it suits to spout negativity, or the people who lose their heads after a run of two bad results 

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19 minutes ago, gbandit said:

I’ve got nothing against debate and people being critical whilst backing it up but I can’t stand the lads who have an agenda and pop up when it suits to spout negativity, or the people who lose their heads after a run of two bad results 

I did a bit digging and the main Howe haters were et tu brute, duo, minhosa and away mag.  They seem to have disappeared.

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