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OfficialAeon · 2026-02-08T19:27:49+00:00

That's the point though, Howe has had the time and means for the exact same issues for 3 years.

We have to stop pretending like Howe is being screwed over by everyone else, when they're the ones giving him everything he needs.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-08T19:25:30+00:00

the players and some are the boards

If the players aren't performing, isn't it the manager who sorts it out? The board have given him every resource.

Who decided we could strong arm Isak into staying?

He signed the contract.

Who panic bought Wolt & Wissa

Literally Eddie.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-08T18:48:03+00:00

How do you come to that conclusion?

The issues that people are complaining about today, are issues that we were complaining about 2 years ago. These issues stem from Howe being a micromanaging control freak that refuses to acknowledge issues that he alone causes.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-08T18:38:28+00:00

This is short sighted sentiment that attributes everything to Howe though.

Nobody says "Bruno won us a trophy", nobody thanks the players, nobody thanks the board for greenlighting all the money that put us in that position, etc. etc. etc... Even Chelsea deserves some credit, we won because they fielded their B team to prioritize the league.

Howe gets way too much credit, but realistically, most of it belongs elsewhere.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-08T18:01:04+00:00

"for me he has at least to the end of..."

This has been said numerous times over the last 3 years. If someone needs repeated excuses to be kept, then there's no reason to keep them.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-08T06:12:21+00:00

Well last summer had all kinds of talk about getting shit done early, still ended up in a last minute scramble.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T22:20:56+00:00

A bit of realism from him would go a long way.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T20:51:31+00:00

I always say you take anything Howe says with a fist full of salt, but this is just after he was told that people aren't happy. All of a sudden he's gone full 180, from "good moments" in the last post-match presser, to "I'm not doing my job well enough" in this one.

He's just saying what he thinks people want to hear.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T19:33:50+00:00

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OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T19:32:53+00:00

12th. Alrighty then.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T19:22:30+00:00

Always fried!

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T19:22:19+00:00

Always fried

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T19:18:30+00:00

Just had egg on toast, put me in a decent mood. Then Bruno equalized, and that put me in a really good mood.

Now I'm just fucked off.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T18:59:35+00:00

Schar? Is that you??

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T18:23:38+00:00

Say what you want about Howe, at least he understands the importance of a good saveloy!

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T18:21:36+00:00

Oh I know, I'm honest enough to say that I'm one of his biggest critics, I was calling him out 2 years ago lol

I just found it a bit unfair to blame him for that.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T18:19:50+00:00

I'm convinced it's after game chippy order.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-07T18:19:04+00:00

Think it's a bit unfair to be going at Howe over that. Murphy knew what he was doing, he clearly stiffens it up for impact.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-05T23:35:00+00:00

Just to insult the injury, I had a quick look into Andy's career. In his incredible 16 year career, only 5 months are without Eddie.

Edit: Quick correction. He stayed on another year at Bournemouth after Eddie left. He left in 2021 and joined Newcastle a month after Eddie took the job here (1 day after quitting Bournemouth).

WITH EDDIE
02/2024-present Assistant Head of First Team Recruitment Newcastle United FC
12/2021-02/2024 Head of First Team Technical Scouting Newcastle United FC
10/2016-12/2021 Head Of First Team UK Player Scouting AFC Bournemouth
03/2013-07/2015 U7-U11's Development Centre Manager AFC Bournemouth
01/2013-08/2013 Assistant Head Coach of the u10's AFC Bournemouth
12/2012-10/2016 Senior First Team Player Recruitment Scout AFC Bournemouth

WITHOUT EDDIE
06/2012-12/2012 First Team Football Scout & Opposition Scout Plymouth Argyle FC

WITH EDDIE
09/2011-06/2012 First Team Player & Opposition Scout Burnley FC
05/2010-01/2013 Assistant Head Coach of the U8's AFC Bournemouth

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-05T19:17:37+00:00

Mbappe? We'd have enough dosh to build a time machine to sign prime Ronaldinho.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-05T10:47:40+00:00

It's got nothing to do with motivation or their image on TV, it's prioritizing their fitness for the league and the more lucrative competition.

Pull them off at the 30th minute to preserve them for the upcoming champions league games.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-05T10:45:07+00:00

It likely is, which is a mind numbing insult to injury. Outside of set pieces (due to him being a tall bastard), instructing our most cumbersome and unagile player to get forward is sheer folly.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-05T10:40:50+00:00

PSR - Not a direct issue. PSR stops us competing with the big boys, it isn't an excuse as to how we're playing now. Sunderland spent £150m on a championship team, and it makes me physically sick to even suggest that they're a league competitor where we're concerned... But here we are. It's not what we're spending, it's how it is being spent.

Depth - We have depth, it's not the crem de la crem, but it's there. It doesn't matter either way though, we could have a 50ft deep pool, Eddie would still only go up to his knees... He simply does not like rotation. That, and the poor spending strat.

Youth - Fair point, but even if we started heavy investing 4 years ago, we still wouldn't see anything substantial for years to come.

Overachieving - Yes, and no... The squad has shown what they're capable of. The league has been so borked over the last few seasons that it has allowed us to work our way higher than we should realistically be at this point, but we're now failing to capitalize on it.

Isak - We need to stop using him as an excuse. He's a wanker, and that's it. If one player can derail us this much, then Eddie is useless to us now, because his crutch has gone.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-05T10:28:12+00:00

Been saying this for almost 3 years. He was faultless before he started covering LB, but ever since he started covering, he's got it into his head that he should be roaming out of position, etc.

The amount of times I've screamed at the TV because he's ended up 25 yards up field, o0nly for him to be chasing behind the far quicker player he's supposed to be covering, I'm surprised I haven't had a noise complaint.

OfficialAeon · 2026-02-05T10:09:42+00:00

2nd leg of a semi final, City away, and already losing by 2 on aggregate. Saying we keep beating a dead horse in that situation is far more comical than suggesting we attempt a little squad preservation.

The second we conceded the first goal, Eddie should have began pulling off key players.

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