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1 minute ago, LionOfGosforth said:

Some of these comments are probably not far from the truth and it remains my only concern about him, potential for burnout. He's undoubtedly one of the finest, brightest and most adaptable coaches operating in world football but often comes across as borderline obsessive. This is great for NUFC in the short and medium-term but long-term, I worry about him burning out. Hard to imagine us without him and his staff.

He won’t  burn out, his passion/obsession effects him like a dynamo, it feeds him energy. Worry when he slows down! :indi:

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50 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

Some of these comments are probably not far from the truth and it remains my only concern about him, potential for burnout. He's undoubtedly one of the finest, brightest and most adaptable coaches operating in world football but often comes across as borderline obsessive. This is great for NUFC in the short and medium-term but long-term, I worry about him burning out. Hard to imagine us without him and his staff.

He’s had the same work ethics since becoming a manager and he knows how to cope I’m sure.

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He’ll stop working when he’s done working. He has said it over and over, he hasn’t achieved anything yet - certainly not obtained some of his higher end goals and his wife and family know that’s what drives him. It may be to their detriment at times but he’s said it before, his wife knows who she married. 

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48 minutes ago, Kanji said:

He’ll stop working when he’s done working. He has said it over and over, he hasn’t achieved anything yet - certainly not obtained some of his higher end goals and his wife and family know that’s what drives him. It may be to their detriment at times but he’s said it before, his wife knows who she married. 

 

I know why he says that, and ultimately for us sure, but saving Bournemouth from implosion then taking them to the premier league (and staying for for a fair few seasons) was a huge achievement. He is certainly a better coach now, he used the time away well, but I hope he either privately does, or one day give himself huge credit for that.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Kanji said:

He’ll stop working when he’s done working. He has said it over and over, he hasn’t achieved anything yet - certainly not obtained some of his higher end goals and his wife and family know that’s what drives him. It may be to their detriment at times but he’s said it before, his wife knows who she married. 

 

 

His wife will have married him FOR that reason, and his looks.

 

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Good lad young Eddie. He got 4th but didn’t win manager of the year. I got 5th and won manager of the year. In a way that evens it out. Both of us great managers. 
 

I had more plodders in my squad though. See ya later lads. 

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Hopefully by the end of the window he has a squad fully in his own image. 
 

 

Im finding his squad building and observing his tactics an interesting watch.  I think he’s really doubling down on Plan A. Really physical signings, maybe not as technical as I would like. But Howe’s way has nearly always worked for us so I’m optimistic overall.  I’d like to see him incorporate Tino in the first XI and to see what that means tactically. 

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I think the challenge is going to be a lot more teams are going to drop deep against us this season. The majority of the time I think the starting 11 will stay 4-3-3 as before, but now he has more options accross forward line (and maybe more to come) so that may get varied. I do think we are going to see Isak more than Wilson, I don't think Isak will return to being shunted out wide, but if Wilson keeps up his form who knows, the competition seems to bring out the best in both of them. 

 

Against teams that will sit deep I wonder if Howe will ever feel he can give up the security of a 3 man midfield and play isak and wilson together or something? Will be interesting. 

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15 minutes ago, Tiresias said:

I think the challenge is going to be a lot more teams are going to drop deep against us this season. The majority of the time I think the starting 11 will stay 4-3-3 as before, but now he has more options accross forward line (and maybe more to come) so that may get varied. I do think we are going to see Isak more than Wilson, I don't think Isak will return to being shunted out wide, but if Wilson keeps up his form who knows, the competition seems to bring out the best in both of them. 

 

Against teams that will sit deep I wonder if Howe will ever feel he can give up the security of a 3 man midfield and play isak and wilson together or something? Will be interesting. 

With Tonali and Bruno that's more than possible.

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9 hours ago, Tiresias said:

I think the challenge is going to be a lot more teams are going to drop deep against us this season. The majority of the time I think the starting 11 will stay 4-3-3 as before, but now he has more options accross forward line (and maybe more to come) so that may get varied. I do think we are going to see Isak more than Wilson, I don't think Isak will return to being shunted out wide, but if Wilson keeps up his form who knows, the competition seems to bring out the best in both of them. 

 

Against teams that will sit deep I wonder if Howe will ever feel he can give up the security of a 3 man midfield and play isak and wilson together or something? Will be interesting. 

You’re talking different options - can you believe it? I feel we will have to play either isak or Wilson most games as we only have 2 strikers and a shit load of games now we’re in the crème de la monfe of competitions as well.

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