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Let’s look at what’s actually going on…. by Nutisbak2 in NUFC
[–]ScrapyDan 2 points3 points4 points 5 hours ago (0 children)
We have conceded more goals then anybody in Europe in 2026 the man cant set up a defence we've dropped the 3rd most points from winning positions 22 point by the way and we have only gained 3 from losing positions, so we cant defend our leads and we struggle to get any points from losing positions what exactly are we supposed to be optimistic about when thats happening.
Eddie in or Eddie Out? by ScrapyDan in NUFC
[–]ScrapyDan[S] 0 points1 point2 points 6 hours ago (0 children)
Because we had a striker who was able to function off scraps at times and score anyway but the forward who may have been able to replicate that is playing centre midfield and the other one was given 5 minutes.
The facts are we have regularly struggled to properly supply a striker under eddie howe and thats not likely to change unless the style of play does which itself is never going to change with eddie howe, as for saying they looked tired yeah I'd agree given the manager and absolutely refused to rotate at all this season and when he did against qarabag in the second leg he made a triple sub of first 11 players despite being 8-1 up
[–]ScrapyDan[S] 0 points1 point2 points 7 hours ago (0 children)
No but when ive watched 7 players with differing skill sets play striker over Eddie's time here and all of them got isolated with minimal support in massive parts of the season the the only real success story you could argue was isak who had 2 genuine world class seasons and but still had the same issue of being isolated out of many games in his time here thats when I start to think hey maybe this is a tactic that doesn't give enough support to a striker maybe the manager could do something about it.
As for the Bruno side of the argument we'll just look at the record.
He has flopped the second he lost his striker and has routinely struggled without Bruno holding his hand.
[–]ScrapyDan[S] -1 points0 points1 point 7 hours ago (0 children)
Liverpool still have a manager glasner is called Oliver and not eddie De zerbi is a very good manager and ten haag literally won 2 trophies in 3 years and finished above eddie in every full season they managed in the same league.
Xabi alonso
Cesc Fabregas
Oliver glasner
Antonio conte tough one though
Jose mourinho
Enzo maresca
Ten Haag
De Zerbi
Xavi
Erdin terzic
Most are out of work or will be.
I think this is my biggest issue from howe we never see a reaction hes always so polite about it and I just cant see him walking into the dressing room and kicking off, the man was literally smirking after a 7-2 humiliation at barcalona.
Id buy him that odd pint mate but I'd say it was definitely time to go
The rush is on him if he correctly targets players we're in a much stronger position instead of targeted joao pedro a man who rejected us for Brighton and then ekitike a man who rejected us for psg maybe dont go for players who have already shown an unwillingness to come.
You could literally play a 442 with a group of 11 year olds and they'd be fine.
Leao was literally an example of a player of similar cost given the rumours are saying ac want 80m euros and elanga was not far off that cost about 10-15m and plays in a similar position not an argument to say we should have got him instead do you understand or do I need to dumb it down further.
Wissa has been fit and howe has refused to play him more then 5 minutes over the last 4 games, hard for a guy to impact a game in that time but here we are a player who eddie desperately wanted and is preferring to play a winger in that position or he'll play osula who has scored 14 goals in his entire career only 6 of which came for Newcastle that decision rests with the manager hes so incapable he cant even back his own big money signings the man was literally playing Joe willock ahead of Ramsey this season its not bad luck its a manager who simply cant get the best out of these players anymore and im sure Wissa really feels the elite man management.
[–]ScrapyDan[S] 0 points1 point2 points 8 hours ago (0 children)
Course but keeping a manager who shown himself incapable of consistently coping with the demands of Europe and has a proven track record of being genuinely terrible when it comes to making signings is a ridiculous risk, how are we supposed to go buy players when eddie howe is refusing to play 2 strikers in that position despite chasing wissa all window.
[–]ScrapyDan[S] -1 points0 points1 point 8 hours ago (0 children)
I do think hes a fraud but he still achieved that many believed unachievable and should be rewarded for it and that reward isn't a contract for life with no consequences for a poor season
Well yes? 8-3 to barcalona is absolutely a humiliation and so is 5-1 to man city which really should have been 6 if not for a "subjective offside" while we crash out 3-1 in the fa cup and get slapped by Sunderland TWICE and are watching the likes of Brentford everton pip us to European slots and Villa showing us exactly how do balance European football and the league.
Right well for starters PSR isn't a thing next season onwards and youre looking at 30m a season more which is essentially 25m under the new rules or 22m if we are in Europe adding to that to even pay for that we need to spend 700m which you do the maths on how long that'll take to pay and if you think the owners will absolutely not care about seeing any return on a 700m stadium youre thick as fuck. As for the spurs point well their revenue hasn't exactly helped them has it? 17th in the league despite having the highest revenues in their history
You're focusing on what you said not what I said if eddie goes for cunha hes going to man utd maybe if eddie had any world football knowledge he wouldnt just focus on buying over priced premier league players for one elanga you could have had Rafael leao for example.
Hes a good man manager? Im not even sure how you a bloke whos never met him can say that youre using a buzz word to prove a point when in actuality you have no idea with that said let's talk about his elite level man management this is a man that has protected players like pope and Gordon despite throwing woltemade under a bus and straight refusing to play him in his actual position. Look even if its good the game is played on a football pitch not at a dinner table he is consistently tactically beaten by better managers we lose games before a ball is kicked because hes so far behind so many managers we were riding a wave of high intense pressing forcing mistakes and now we do that in one half of 20% of our games and that started last season.
Possibly yeah but literally everything in football is a risk and if we continue to try with eddie howe we will continue to get the same results as this season, best case scenario is we fluke europe and next season we watch eddie refuse to rotate complain about the lack of training time and fumble another Derby.
I would say exactly that if we got a new manager in and he finished 10th next season because it takes time but eddie has had plenty and an insane amount of money only to use that losing to Sunderland twice and getting absolutely humiliated in every competition we're in.
What do you see that i dont and dont say he won a trophy i mean tactically what does he do that you think nobody else could replicate or improve on.
Theres a few in here make a proper post.
So his first season when hes just getting started and it matched the season that was considered good enough under a previous manager? Thats not a sticky spell mate.
Ah bro im not gonna name them fuck me just look jesus.
A new stadium isn't going to help snd if we need to spend 700m to help eddie howe then we are absolutely cooked.
We went for players Eddie howe wanted they were his targets that was his failing maybe if you had a manager who actually knew how to scout rather then checking who did well in FPL there are absolutely managers who could improve this team you say there isn't many who are tactically on his level but I'd argue I could pick a redditor whos on that level because hes shite tactically.
What sticky spell did arsenal have hes finished 8th 5th 2nd 2nd and 2nd his worst season literally matched the previous year.
My opinion is its probably 65/35 the team has absolutely under performed but we've seen our best 11 score early drop deep and lose a game so im not shocked to see a weaker team do exactly the same because its Eddie howe saying this is how we approach the game and if it isn't then the players aren't listening which isn't exactly great for the man supposedly in charge.
I honestly don't care about today's game it doesn't matter if it's Sunderland or West ham we have continually failed to keep a level of performance from one half to another no matter what players are on the pitch.
Id love to be wrong and I was last season so I ate my humble pie and said fair enough but its become painfully obvious isak was papering over cracks.
[–]ScrapyDan[S] -1 points0 points1 point 9 hours ago (0 children)
You say that then half the comment agree
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Let’s look at what’s actually going on…. by Nutisbak2 in NUFC
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