wykikitoon 28542 Posted Monday at 16:30 Share Posted Monday at 16:30 I think he has a reputation for his 'favourites' I.e Burn, Big Joe etc. But when they're actually preforming can you blame him? Burn has been needed at LB this season due to injuries. However surely bringing him off earlier in some games to rest him would have been wiser? Big Joe. He hasn't been right all season yet has had a load of game time. In a way he did the same with Gordon, but when Barnes started producing he had no choice to play him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15593 Posted Monday at 16:31 Share Posted Monday at 16:31 31 minutes ago, NJS said: Might be result affected but my current thinking is that it won't be a bad thing if we lose on Wednesday. I just can't see us beating two from the remaining teams as it stands. It's a shitter but that's how I feel. We beat the top 4, as was, to win it last time though 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12383 Posted Monday at 16:36 Share Posted Monday at 16:36 34 minutes ago, NJS said: Might be result affected but my current thinking is that it won't be a bad thing if we lose on Wednesday. I just can't see us beating two from the remaining teams as it stands. It's a shitter but that's how I feel. I get the dilemma of this. In the ideal world I'd want us to go as far as we can in every competition we enter, but realism determines we're not going to win them all so there is a need to define priority. For me it's 1. Qualify for Europe (preferrably CL) 2. Go as far as well can in this season's CL (to boost our UEFA Coefficient) 3. FA Cup 4. Carabao Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 22498 Posted Monday at 16:39 Share Posted Monday at 16:39 He faced the same accusations of being too loyal to a core of players who eventually took the club down at Bournemouth. I don't think that's actually born out this season tbh but it is a perception that's out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12383 Posted Monday at 16:44 Share Posted Monday at 16:44 The jury is still out for me, but I do wonder if he lacks the dynamism to quickly recognise when something is no longer working, or his opponents have worked him out. Feels rotten to say it given how he played Slot like a fiddle for the Carabao final but there's been one too many times this season that he's put of the same game plan that quite clearly isn't working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12383 Posted Monday at 16:44 Share Posted Monday at 16:44 ... and the set piece coach truly does need binning off. We used to be so effective from them. WTF has gone wrong there?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63200 Posted Monday at 16:47 Share Posted Monday at 16:47 The mackems will be absolutely loving their visits to this place today. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12383 Posted Monday at 16:49 Share Posted Monday at 16:49 1 minute ago, Gemmill said: The mackems will be absolutely loving their visits to this place today. As I said to one of the ones I work with today, they didn't beat us ... we beat ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 6001 Posted Monday at 17:30 Share Posted Monday at 17:30 (edited) So despite all our our issues, and I agree with a lot of what has been said on here - the exec shit show, the attempt to change playing style, the piss poor show from some of our expensive summer signings, the drop off in levels of some of our top players etc etc - the nature of the league and inconsistency many teams are showing means we are still 4 points off 5th place. A half decent run can still propel you right up the table and things quickly start looking very different again. I just don't know what Howe tweaks this time to achieve that. Nothing seems to be working because at the end of the day individual levels have been largely terrible this season and the players do need to step up. I don't think Howe is blameless, I think he's tried to navigate a difficult summer and do the best with this squad given our CL commitments but it has not worked. We've been terrible to watch for a while now as well and eventually that catches up to a manager. But I find it hard to blame him for some of the absolute individual dross we've seen lately from mind bogglingly stupid goals conceded to the likes of Elanga, Joelinto, Gordon and Willock not being able to make 5 yard sideway passes. Edited Monday at 17:31 by aimaad22 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63200 Posted Monday at 19:45 Share Posted Monday at 19:45 https://archive.ph/GbGRb Calm heads prevailing. Exactly what is needed. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 8362 Posted Monday at 20:07 Share Posted Monday at 20:07 20 minutes ago, Gemmill said: https://archive.ph/GbGRb Calm heads prevailing. Exactly what is needed. Good. Hopefully part of that patience comes from the notion that rather than just 'sharing in responsibility' out of a sense of fraternity and team-building, they're also doing it because they recognise their own culpability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 28542 Posted Monday at 20:15 Share Posted Monday at 20:15 28 minutes ago, Gemmill said: https://archive.ph/GbGRb Calm heads prevailing. Exactly what is needed. Decent article. This was interesting Quote Newcastle want to add, as a minimum, a defender but may also look to sign a striker Apparently we have been looking at Tarik Muharemović. I wonder if they will look at another CB or go full back. Another CB would see the end of Schar I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15593 Posted Monday at 20:20 Share Posted Monday at 20:20 This is a decent listen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 11894 Posted Monday at 21:42 Share Posted Monday at 21:42 As frustrating as the season has been so far it should be noted that a lot of teams are struggling with consistency. I can’t remember a season where so many teams are totally underperforming and struggling with confidence. Even Villa had a very poor start with people starting to question Emery and his recruitment until they went on another run and breeding confidence. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 6697 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago Thought that was a poor presser from him yesterday. Bit tone death, poor answers and a bit rabbit in the headlights. First one he’s done that I thought was poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50743 Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago 13 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said: Bit tone death 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 43933 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago 1 hour ago, Christmas Tree said: Thought that was a poor presser from him yesterday. Bit tone death, poor answers and a bit rabbit in the headlights. First one he’s done that I thought was poor. 🎶 Did we ask for your opinion? Did we say share? Did we ask for your opinion? Did we say share? Did we ask for your opinion? Did we say share? No, cos we don't care, we don't care, we don't care.... (la-la-ta, ta-ta-ra-ra) 🎵 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 9340 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago I'm aware I'm stating the obvious, but this is an Important couple of weeks for Howe. Lose against Fulham, Chelsea and PSV and it's potentially a repeat of 2023 where we dropped out of the CL, race for the top 4 and lost the Carabao Cup a few weeks apart. PIF might start getting a bit twitchy as we head into the transfer window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 6001 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago (edited) In that case they'll do well to remember we won our first trophy in seven decades and qualified for the CL again the following season. Edited 8 hours ago by aimaad22 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63200 Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago (edited) Also, if all those things happened, we'd be having more or less the sort of season a club at our stage of development might expect to have. We're not Man City or Arsenal. If the ownership would like to make us more like them, they know what to do. And it's not sack the manager. Edited 7 hours ago by Gemmill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 9903 Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago Wissa and Murphy are going to love each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 11894 Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago He has won himself another game before the knives are coming out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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