Christmas Tree 4725 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) One day Eddie Howe caught Corona which gave Graeme Jones a big boner As the team was selected A buzzing was detected Graeme, can you come meet the owner Edited November 20, 2021 by Christmas Tree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 9188 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 eat your heart out pam ayres. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1333 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/11/20/hes-someone-ive-looked-at-eddie-howe-a-big-fan-of-29-year-old/ One for @Clarko's wankbank. I got a wee laugh at the "You do not get to play for Liverpool of you are not good" line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15518 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Christmas Tree said: One day Eddie Howe caught Corona which gave Graeme Jones a big boner As the team was selected A buzzing was detected Graeme, can you come meet the owner 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42378 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 3 hours ago, RobinRobin said: Please talk No. Fish’s fondness for natter is what drove his Mrs. to Aldi “Neck Massagers” in the first place. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42378 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Christmas Tree said: One day Eddie Howe caught Corona which gave Graeme Jones a big boner As the team was selected A buzzing was detected Graeme, can you come meet the owner There’s 15 seconds of my life I’m not getting back, and 6 hours of CT’s gone. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarboy 2311 Posted November 24, 2021 Author Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) According to Craig Hope, Howe still has a chance to be in the dugout for Arsenal. Tindall has been confirmed to be taking the pre-match press on Friday, but if Howe can pass a Covid test the same day, then he'll be cleared to take charge. Conveniently Eddie's symptoms appear to have started exactly ten days before the Arsenal game 😂 Or at least that appears to be what Hope is saying. Newcastle boss Eddie Howe will discover on Friday if he can lead the side out at Arsenal | Daily Mail Online Edited November 24, 2021 by Polarboy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugly Mackems 133 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 On 24/11/2021 at 19:36, Polarboy said: According to Craig Hope, Howe still has a chance to be in the dugout for Arsenal. Tindall has been confirmed to be taking the pre-match press on Friday, but if Howe can pass a Covid test the same day, then he'll be cleared to take charge. Conveniently Eddie's symptoms appear to have started exactly ten days before the Arsenal game 😂 Or at least that appears to be what Hope is saying. Newcastle boss Eddie Howe will discover on Friday if he can lead the side out at Arsenal | Daily Mail Online Apparently he's allowed back. Returned negative test. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20112 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Dr Gloom said: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30550 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Ugly Mackems said: Apparently he's allowed back. Returned negative test. Only allowed back because of the negative test and the fact that the club suddenly traced his symptoms (despite not having any) to ten days before the match. Funny that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 9188 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 bound to be an anti-masker too... string him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7295 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 This is not a direct criticism of Howe, because it's something we've seen with so many managers and I'm sure it happens elsewhere but how is it that he can't have realised that Fede is the best defender we have at the club? Simply watching back games from our recent history would have told Howe and his team this. It's one thing to train well, but if you can't do it during games then you shouldn't be selected over someone who can. Lascelles and Clark have been left wanting time and time again, and whilst Fernandez is not perfect he's clearly stood out as a better defender than both whenever he has played. I would have thought that even before accepting the job Howe would have been watching all of our games to get a real understanding of what he was working with, and then having been given the job again him and his team should be going back over games to help with player improvement but also critically with team selection. It's the same with Ritchie being played as a fullback, his extra enthusiasm and supposed free kick ability have to take a back seat to his poor defensive positioning. I just don't get it. Howe has come out now on several occassions saying that Fernandez is an absolute professional and that he had a great game etc, but why has it taken a sending off of an inferior player for this to be realised? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4247 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I feel like there must have been something going on with Fede and his fitness for him to miss out. It’s easy to say from the outside why isn’t this player playing?, but we don’t know what’s going on behind closed doors. It’s easy to come up with conspiracy theories about players, it’s harder to say for sure why some are playing or not. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3329 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Both Tindall and Howe have spoken highly, albeit evasively about Fernández in recent press conferences. Who knows why he has been ignored till now. Might be an old issue, and that would lead to me thinking it may have something to do with his relationship with Graeme Jones, or at least Jones’s opinion of him as a player. The overlap is there. But hey as strawb says that’s conspiracy theory stuff. Makes you think though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7295 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 It makes you wonder how many more points we may have if we'd been selecting our best defense; one that does not include Lascelles, Clark or Ritchie (or Darlow). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44805 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 If it's Jones that's been advising him that Fede is no good, I'd be looking to get rid of him (Jones) at the earliest opportunity, having now discovered that he's the best centre half at the club. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20112 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 IMO Jones should have been fucked off when Howe came. Hes deffo got too much of Staveleys ear to he made an assistant along with Tindall. He's clashed with Fede and that's clear. He also rates fucking Krafth and Clark. I hope Howe now turns to him and tells him he is cone man as his 'experiment' with playing shite is clearly wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7295 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Still though, watching a back catalogue of our games would have given him and his team this information regardless of what Jones said. Clark is unfortunately a hairs breath from a clanger far too often and Lascelles is all huff and puff when it comes to actual defending. Ritchie is too reactive and impulsive to defend, his positioning and marking is all over the place. It's fair enough as he's near the end of his career and has never been a natural defender. As for Krafth, you could probably carry him as a fullback if the rest of your defense was strong. We don't have that luxury so he's far from good enough to start. You're all right though, the retention of Jones is unnatural and appears to have had a disruptive effect. He did well for us historically, aiding some of Bruce's major deficiencies he should have been thanked and moved on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20112 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I also think Howe does have to shoulder some blame. Ultimately he is the gaffer and the one who the buck stops with him. He has said that he doesn't want to make too many changes too soon. I get that. But the three players that have ultimately cost us points in Darlow, Krafth and Clark should have been nowhere near the pitch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13857 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 At first, Ritchie was wing-back out of necessity and you can just about justify playing him there but at left back in a four is insanity. Definitely only in because he shouts a lot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13857 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 minute ago, wykikitoon said: I also think Howe does have to shoulder some blame. Ultimately he is the gaffer and the one who the buck stops with him. He has said that he doesn't want to make too many changes too soon. I get that. But the three players that have ultimately cost us points in Darlow, Krafth and Clark should have been nowhere near the pitch. Tbf, he’s also figuring out his best team. He can watch them in training all he likes but it can’t replicate actual games. Let’s not forget that Rafa actually played Steven Taylor once and that went about as disastrously for him as it did for Clark and he was never seen again. I’m certain this will be the same outcome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20112 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Aye. I am not knocking Howe because there are far more positives and I am optimistic the team because of what improvement we have seen under him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 hour ago, OTF said: Still though, watching a back catalogue of our games would have given him and his team this information regardless of what Jones said. Clark is unfortunately a hairs breath from a clanger far too often and Lascelles is all huff and puff when it comes to actual defending. Ritchie is too reactive and impulsive to defend, his positioning and marking is all over the place. It's fair enough as he's near the end of his career and has never been a natural defender. As for Krafth, you could probably carry him as a fullback if the rest of your defense was strong. We don't have that luxury so he's far from good enough to start. You're all right though, the retention of Jones is unnatural and appears to have had a disruptive effect. He did well for us historically, aiding some of Bruce's major deficiencies he should have been thanked and moved on. Schar has got a clanger in him too, even though he’s the best of them at playing out from the back. They’re all a bit shit in their own way. Fernandez is the only one you would say should definitely get a game every week, which makes his exclusion all the more baffling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11258 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: Schar has got a clanger in him too, even though he’s the best of them at playing out from the back. They’re all a bit shit in their own way. Fernandez is the only one you would say should definitely get a game every week, which makes his exclusion all the more baffling. Completely agree with the bit in bold. However, even Fernandez should not be starting, not because he is not the best of the bunch defence-wise, but because we should have a much better back four, which is yet another of Cashley and Cabbage's bequests to PIF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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