Eddie Howe

[Surreymag 71]

I am just enjoying the ride after years of shit and false promises. I agree the WC could be favourable for us but let’s just see what happens. I am confident of top 6 at least which is a great improvement.

[Ayatollah Hermione 12756]

7 minutes ago, Alex said:

Btw, aren’t there going to be 48 teams in the next one? Fucking mental 

Aye, across three different countries to boot  

[Alex 30336]

8 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Aye, across three different countries to boot  

Fairly large ones at that  

[Dr Gloom 19779]

22 minutes ago, Surreymag said:

I am just enjoying the ride after years of shit and false promises. I agree the WC could be favourable for us but let’s just see what happens. I am confident of top 6 at least which is a great improvement.

 

yeah, we're at the stage where we're not used to being where we are so we should enjoy seeing how far up the table we can finish. a few years from now, when we're chasing the quadruple, it will be old hat and far less exciting. 

[Howmanheyman 26731]

25 minutes ago, Meenzer said:

Does Garang Kuol count?

 

 

I'm not dyslexic but I just think 'Kool and the Gang' when I see his name. 

[Anorthernsoul 1221]

Love the man!

 

 

[OTF 6134]

47 minutes ago, Alex said:

Btw, aren’t there going to be 48 teams in the next one? Fucking mental 

 

Yeah, crazy stuff. I guess reduces the chance of missing the otherwise inevitable big European countries a.k.a. Italy.

[Ayatollah Hermione 12756]

IIRC, UEFA get 3 more spots so with 16, it’s still fairly tight.

 

Just looked on Wiki and Asia are getting 8 spots and 6 out of the 10 South American sides are going  Let everyone have a go

[Alex 30336]

Have you seen some of the confirmed joint bids for 2030? Spain/Portugal/Ukraine is one but my personal favourite is a joint Egyptian/Greek/Saudi bid  
 

[Ayatollah Hermione 12756]

1 minute ago, Alex said:

Have you seen some of the confirmed joint bids for 2030? Spain/Portugal/Ukraine is one but my personal favourite is a joint Egyptian/Greek/Saudi bid  
 

Kazakstan would have been a belter   

[Monkeys Fist 38677]

2 hours ago, Anorthernsoul said:

Love the man!

 

 

Great interview that mind. 

[Gemmill 34331]

The rest of the league should be shitting themselves at the prospect of us getting a mini pre-season with Howe. 

 

Given the absolute magic he worked with his one full pre-season so far. 

[Craig 6300]

57 minutes ago, Alex said:

Have you seen some of the confirmed joint bids for 2030? Spain/Portugal/Ukraine is one but my personal favourite is a joint Egyptian/Greek/Saudi bid  
 

 

Well at least the Mackems wouldn't go if it went to the Saudis

[MMXXVIII 1041]

10 hours ago, Gemmill said:

The High Performance Podcast

 

 

Full episode here. Should be worth a listen. 

 

 

Absolutely mint listen. Found myself relating to him in so many ways, love the bloke.

[Craig 6300]

11 hours ago, ohhh_yeah said:

 

 

 

A really subtle point but I noticed him making reference to the Norwich game where "we had a player sent off early in the match." He didn't refer to Clark by name despite the fact he's still technically our player. 
 

I reckon Clark indelibly marked his own cards that day and further cemented it with his second red card in the Al-Ittihad friendly. It also sends a strong message to the rest of the squad as to who the boss is. 

[Alex 30336]

Aye, and he was an accident waiting to happen by that point. 

[Craig 6300]

Just now, Alex said:

Aye, and he was an accident waiting to happen by that point. 

 

There were others that had the potential to go down a similar path. IIRC Shelvey's red card against Spurs was stupid but he seemed to sort himself out. 

What is everyone's 'sliding doors' moment of last season? The win away to Leeds?

[MMXXVIII 1041]

13 minutes ago, Craig said:

 

There were others that had the potential to go down a similar path. IIRC Shelvey's red card against Spurs was stupid but he seemed to sort himself out. 

What is everyone's 'sliding doors' moment of last season? The win away to Leeds?

 

I felt the home performance against Man United gave belief and the Leeds result realised it.

[Craig 6300]

Over the course of the last 38 league games under Howe:

P 38

W 20

D 9

L 9

GF 56

GA 43

GD +13

PTS 69

 

In last season's table we'd have finished 5th - level on points and GD with Arsenal but ahead of them by virtue we'd have scored more goals - 56 vs 48.

[Diego21 1997]

In my books, Scotland goes to the World Cup.

(And I get paid to write about the World Cup, hahaha).

 

 

PS: At least I said Fraser. Could have been worse and said Ritchie.

[Chaser 1053]

Just watching the full length interview now. First time I've seen these Podcasts but there is some great content in this, even stuff you could use in your own line of work. 

[PaddockLad 14574]

3 minutes ago, Diego21 said:

In my books, Scotland goes to the World Cup.

(And I get paid to write about the World Cup, hahaha).

 

 

PS: At least I said Fraser. Could have been worse and said Ritchie.

You mean “2016 Scotland footballer of the year Matt Ritchie”?

 

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14464150.ritchie-named-sfwa-international-player-year/

[Gemmill 34331]

Diego gets paid to write about football. Some on here would pay The Fish NOT to write about football. 

[Diego21 1997]

5 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

You mean “2016 Scotland footballer of the year Matt Ritchie”?

 

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/14464150.ritchie-named-sfwa-international-player-year/

Our best player in the Championship year. He really gave us a couple of decent years. 

[OTF 6134]

1 hour ago, Diego21 said:

In my books, Scotland goes to the World Cup.

(And I get paid to write about the World Cup, hahaha).

 

 

PS: At least I said Fraser. Could have been worse and said Ritchie.

 

To be fair to you it's possible Fraser is going to the World Cup to be inside that La'eeb headdress ghost sting-ray mascot thing that they refuse to identify.