Eddie Howe

[HaydnNUFC]

1 minute ago, gjohnson said:

So which PFM Vs PFM would deliver the worst match?

 

Sooo many repulsive combinations, but I reckon Souness Vs Bruce could be the most eye wateringly hideous 

 

Question for the ages that.

 

But this game I remember as the most boring thing I have ever had the misfortune of suffering. 90 minutes where literally nothing happened other than Matt Ritchie calling a lino a 'wee dick'. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53385583

[Kid Icarus]

8 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

Post match from here if anyone fancies it. 

 

A 24 page match thread

[Pilko]

5 minutes ago, gjohnson said:

So which PFM Vs PFM would deliver the worst match?

 

Sooo many repulsive combinations, but I reckon Souness Vs Bruce could be the most eye wateringly hideous 

 

https://www.nufc.com/html/2005-06html/2005-11-05birmingham-h.html

 

This was shit, I was sat in L7, I have memories of the people around me shouting "play fucking football man" quite a lot. Seem to remember there were fuck all chances other than a long ranger from them that hit the bar, and our goal which was thrown in by the keeper.

[Yorkie]

18 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

A 24 page match thread

 

The Spurs one a game or two later (2-2 at home) had 12. The nadir was a nine-pager away to Chelsea, iirc winter 2020ish.

[gjohnson]

17 minutes ago, Pilko said:

 

https://www.nufc.com/html/2005-06html/2005-11-05birmingham-h.html

 

This was shit, I was sat in L7, I have memories of the people around me shouting "play fucking football man" quite a lot. Seem to remember there were fuck all chances other than a long ranger from them that hit the bar, and our goal which was thrown in by the keeper.

The one Vs Palace which was so dull everyone was making paper planes out of some advertising leaflets. Biggest cheer of the match was when one almost got all the way to Given

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

9 hours ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

Wasn't that match billed El Jurassico?

haha yes I believe it was, what a time to be alive man 

[NEEJ]

8 hours ago, Pilko said:

 

https://www.nufc.com/html/2005-06html/2005-11-05birmingham-h.html

 

This was shit, I was sat in L7, I have memories of the people around me shouting "play fucking football man" quite a lot. Seem to remember there were fuck all chances other than a long ranger from them that hit the bar, and our goal which was thrown in by the keeper.

Plastic Geordie Bruce said:

"I've never, ever publicly criticised anybody, but the goalkeeper knows he's made a howler, unfortunately."

 

worra cunt 

[Pilko]

This is quite funny/sad written by .com after that match I posted above in 2005. If only they/we knew what the years ahead would bring 

 

And there was extra glee in seeing the miserable mug of Steve Bruce glowering across the field and later into the TV camera lenses. 

How awful for him that he wasn't able to return to his "beloved" Tyneside and bless us all with the smug expressions that dominated the pre-match press footage - along with those oh-so-familiar conspiratorial quotes about how he could have been at the head of this black and white flock, if only he'd taken up Freddy's offer.

Quite simply there was a time to put up - and now there's a time to shut up.

When Sir Bobby carried his putter out of the training ground for the final time, Bruce had the chance to live his dream and be among his own folk (or some other cliche-ridden claptrap) but he didn't take it did he?

No, he preferred to stay where he was, in a grubby part of Birmingham, working for some grubby publishers.

Just like "Big Sam", who preferred life in his handy-for-the motorway retail park, with drummers,  daft mascots and all the big match atmosphere of an episode of "It's A Knockout." 

Just like Mike Baldwin preferring to remain in the shadow of the Transporter Bridge, with his 13,000 mad-for-it fans rattling round his tinshed of a ground on European nights.

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This place became what we all knew was a joke a decade earlier. If .com had slotted Kinnear and Pardew in there I would think they'd been playing with voodoo dolls.

[TRon]

19 hours ago, LionOfGosforth said:

 

Wasn't that match billed El Jurassico?

 

 

[The Prophet]

Interesting stuff on loyalty in his press conference , following some of the comments from the Bournemouth posters. In a nutshell Howe mentions that loyalty is a dangerous thing and he picks the team that he thinks is best suited to with the game based on what he sees on training.

[The College Dropout]

21 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Interesting stuff on loyalty in his press conference , following some of the comments from the Bournemouth posters. In a nutshell Howe mentions that loyalty is a dangerous thing and he picks the team that he thinks is best suited to with the game based on what he sees on training.

On a small evidence pool. This is lip service.

 

He's been loyal to Wilson and a few others.

[The Prophet]

2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

On a small evidence pool. This is lip service.

 

He's been loyal to Wilson and a few others.

 

Off the top of my head, I can only think of cases to give Wilson and Almiron a rest. Burn too, but it's not like we have a fully fit alternative to him at the moment.

[The College Dropout]

27 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

Off the top of my head, I can only think of cases to give Wilson and Almiron a rest. Burn too, but it's not like we have a fully fit alternative to him at the moment.

Manquillo is fit - no?

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4 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Manquillo is fit - no?

Manquillo is a right back not a left back, and while he can play their, isn't particularly great. 

 

He's also a massive drop off defensively.

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52 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

On a small evidence pool. This is lip service.

 

He's been loyal to Wilson and a few others.

I do think this is true, although I'm not labelling it as a bad thing at this stage.

 

I'm not against giving a player or team a period of time to play through bad form, dependent on what's going on around them. 14 games might be a bit much, mind...

[The Prophet]

24 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Manquillo is fit - no?

 

No idea on that one. 

[jack j]

39 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Manquillo is shit - yes?

 

[The College Dropout]

I like Dan Burn. But I don't think this iteration at left-back is considerably better than what Manquillo might be able to offer to that point Burn must play every week if he is fit.

 

Burn is also a weak point defensively 1v1. Considerably worse than Trippier who I always thought was poor defensively 1v1 prior to joining.

 

 

Edited March 10, 2023 by The College Dropout

[The Prophet]

 

[Jackie Broon]

On 10/03/2023 at 14:49, The College Dropout said:

I like Dan Burn. But I don't think this iteration at left-back is considerably better than what Manquillo might be able to offer to that point Burn must play every week if he is fit.

 

Burn is also a weak point defensively 1v1. Considerably worse than Trippier who I always thought was poor defensively 1v1 prior to joining.

 

 

 

 

With Burn at left back we've had one of the meanest defences in the league, our defensive record with Manquillo on the pitch is shocking.

 

Burn is critical to our defensive setup because he enables it to essentially become a three and gives Trippier more freedom to attack.

 

Maybe that has become a bit predictable and we need a different option, but Manquillo isn't that. He's shown time and time again he's not good enough to be anything but an emergency backup.

 

 

Edited March 12, 2023 by Jackie Broon

[Choppy Chop Chop]

On 10/03/2023 at 14:08, jack j said:

 

Could never understand our fans slagging off our players for no good reason 

[mighty__mag]

 

Unsure if this has been posted in the past, for anyone who hasn't ever managed to watch, it's an excellent honest interview and insight. 

[Gawalls]

1 hour ago, Jackie Broon said:

 

With Burn at left back we've had one of the meanest defences in the league, our defensive record with Manquillo on the pitch is shocking.

 

Burn is critical to our defensive setup because he enables it to essentially become a three and gives Trippier more freedom to attack.

 

Maybe that has become a bit predictable and we need a different option, but Manquillo isn't that. He's shown time and time again he's not good enough to be anything but an emergency backup.

 

 

 

I was about to reply half way through reading it then I read your last paragraph and there was no point as that was exactly what I was going to say.

 

i think tripps going forward has been poor recently as had his deliveries, it’s great this set up got us this far but maybe time to freshen up a little. Manquillo is never the solution to anything though.

 

 

Edited March 12, 2023 by Gawalls

[Yorkie]

Boss man.