Eddie Howe

[Heron]

Just now, Ben said:

TBF Brighton are total class. West Ham beat them last week through shear luck, the stats were mad in Brightons flavour, this team could really finish second this season. Give Howe at least till Christmas, at the very least he deserves that.

West Ham entirely deserved their win through both tactically and physically outperforming Brighton. Stats don't always tell the full picture.

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, Displayname said:

One or two, but they may not even be newcastle fans for all we know.

They dont mean anything.

Fans come in all shapes and sizes. I wouldn't speak for them whether they are fans just because they are bordering on insufferable. Ronaldo really is a WWE referee when it comes those few though. This is like the fifth time he has said that in the last week.

[Abacus]

2 minutes ago, Heron said:

Absolutely, but that's all part of good man management. He wasn't going to come out and say we were shite with the exclusion of maybe two or three players. I mean, we'd have admired his honesty as fans bur it would suggest gaps in the armour and would potentially upset individuals in the team, or the whole team.

 

Luck doesn't really exist. We all use the term but it's bollocks really. We use luck to explain what we cannot be bothered to explain, cannot explain or simply don't want to explain, really. All opinion this of course...

 

Howe answered questions designed to open cracks and make them holes and instead papered over them whilst he establishes the more long term solution, which he absolutely will find, for me.

 

(Not meaning to be defensive with you by the way )

 

There's nothing defensive in your post there, mate, nor any need to be.

 

Because I completely agree - suspect it was just him straight-batting questions because he doesn't feel any value in a public inquisition, when he's got a group of players that will probably be feeling a bit bruised. He probably will be himself.

[LiquidAK]

3 minutes ago, Orphanage said:

Anyone know what a ' coshhh ' is ? An english translation would be nice 

 

 

 

 

 

"Under the cosh" basically means under constant pressure.

[Ben]

1 minute ago, Heron said:

West Ham entirely deserved their win through both tactically and physically outperforming Brighton. Stats don't always tell the full picture.

I don't agree, if you have 17% possession in a game of football you do deserve to win.

[UncleBingo]

As disappointing as this evening was, some of the disrespect I've seen towards Howe tonight has sickened me. Going to stay off social media for a while I think.

 

Fickle cunts.

[Orphanage]

1 minute ago, LiquidAK said:

 

"Under the cosh" basically means under constant pressure.

Nah its when he refers to people taking coshhhes 

[Holloway]

Sorry lads, a few Stella"s deep and talking shite tbf. But Brighton aren"t total class, they are doing brilliantly for there status,that's it. ?

[Holloway]

*their

[Displayname]

3 minutes ago, Ben said:

I don't agree, if you have 17% possession in a game of football you do deserve to win.

Football is about getting chances to score goals, not maintaining possesion.

[Vinny Green Balls]

1 minute ago, Holloway said:

Sorry lads, a few Stella"s deep and talking shite tbf. But Brighton aren"t total class, they are doing brilliantly for there status,that's it. ?

Nothing wrong with anything you said, dude. Except I do think Brighton are a really solid team.

[LiquidAK]

2 minutes ago, Orphanage said:

Nah its when he refers to people taking coshhhes 

Ah sorry - to be honest I didn't watch the video and just assumed you were a non-English speaker who hadn't heard that phrase before. My bad

[Heron]

7 minutes ago, Abacus said:

 

There's nothing defensive in your post there, mate, nor any need to be.

 

Because I completely agree - suspect it was just him straight-batting questions because he doesn't feel any value in a public inquisition, when he's got a group of players that will probably be feeling a bit bruised. He probably will be himself.

Exactly. I reckon of all people Howe is probably feeling most frustrated and disappointed, dare I say it, fans included.

[Heron]

7 minutes ago, Ben said:

I don't agree, if you have 17% possession in a game of football you do deserve to win.

Goals win games not having the ball. There's more than one way to skin a cat.  West Hams defensive organisation and rigidity had Brighton passing square and backwards around the middle third for a lot of the game and every time they broke into the final third they got batted away. West Ham then (as planned) broke and scored with conviction numerous times.

[Gallowgate Toon]

1 hour ago, Smal said:

Not really. Teams can analyse you and work you out. Both City and Brighton relentlessly exploited the half spaces between our midfield and defence.

 

You need flexibility to counter that and we don’t have a specialist 6 in the entire squad.

A specialist 6 isn't going to stop multiple players tucking in though. 

 

E.g. City, Bruno already had a man marked but Foden ran off Joelinton. We'd effectively have needed 2 DMs there not just one.

[Scoot]

16 minutes ago, Holloway said:

What a ridiculous post , like you can' t criticise the most abject performance since Bacon Butty days

 

I never said you can't criticise a bad performance. I said its pathetic that people are saying Eddie Howe has taken us as far as he can. 

[Vinny Green Balls]

15 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Do people who say 'you can't criticise anything' really think people can't see through what you're doing? Like, do you think people are that thick?

Some on here have derailed their otherwise decent arguments because of saying that. A pet hate that rivals "I'm exercising my first amendment rights" for me.

[Orphanage]

9 minutes ago, LiquidAK said:

Ah sorry - to be honest I didn't watch the video and just assumed you were a non-English speaker who hadn't heard that phrase before. My bad

I think its Adam thats non english speaking ?

[Optimistic Nut]

28 minutes ago, Orphanage said:

Anyone know what a ' coshhh ' is ? An english translation would be nice 

 

 

 

 

 

This kid is a fucking prick.

[The College Dropout]

Our low block is shit as well. Giveaway a lot of space - easy to play through into half spaces. If we sort that out we’ll be much better for it. 

[Sempiternal]

21 minutes ago, Ben said:

I don't agree, if you have 17% possession in a game of football you do deserve to win.

 

[Ben]

14 minutes ago, Heron said:

Goals win games not having the ball. There's more than one way to skin a cat.  West Hams defensive organisation and rigidity had Brighton passing square and backwards around the middle third for a lot of the game and every time they broke into the final third they got batted away. West Ham then (as planned) broke and scored with conviction numerous times.

If West Ham played them next week would you say the same result would happen 

[Collage]

1000?

 

No, not yet

 

 

Edited September 2, 2023 by Collage

[Jonas]

16 minutes ago, UncleBingo said:

As disappointing as this evening was, some of the disrespect I've seen towards Howe tonight has sickened me. Going to stay off social media for a while I think.

 

Fickle cunts.

Two days since a Champions League draw no less.

Qualifying a relegation bound team for the champions league the year after doesn't get you very much equity with some people.

A galling lack of humility.

[Heron]

1 minute ago, Ben said:

If West Ham played them next week would you say the same result would happen 

No, because there a probably more than 100 variables that would effect that from happening. One of them being that Brighton could also win with 17% possession.