Eddies play shit n win or play well n lose mags vs Cole Palmer

[ewerk 30554]

Bruno getting his pocket picked again. He was lucky to get the foul.

[Dazzler 9716]

Second bookable offence for nkunku should be off

[wykikitoon 20113]

Chelsea fans saying ref doesn't know what he's doing  

[toonotl 2977]

Pope

[Renton 21576]

Are people turning here? 

Seems an odd time to do it. We're playing a bit better without look (or a decent number 9 type striker). 

Lose on Wednesday though and it feels like it's slipping away for Howe. We've only got the domestic ups left. 

[aimaad22 4156]

Pope. Shambles all around

[toonotl 2977]

Palmer eats crayons.

[Gemmill 44805]

Just now, Renton said:

Are people turning here? 

Seems an odd time to do it. We're playing a bit better without look (or a decent number 9 type striker). 

Lose on Wednesday though and it feels like it's slipping away for Howe. We've only got the domestic ups left. 

 

I desperately want him to succeed, but we've only played well in flashes for at least the whole of 2024.

[Renton 21576]

Get Pope up

[Howmanheyman 33128]

Just now, toonotl said:

Palmer eats crayons.

 

He could walk from the garden to the street idly picking his nose balancing a hula hoop without dropping the hula hoop.

[OTF 7295]

4 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

Chelsea fans saying ref doesn't know what he's doing  

They're not wrong

[Ayatollah Hermione 13859]

Just now, Renton said:

Are people turning here? 

Seems an odd time to do it. We're playing a bit better without look (or a decent number 9 type striker). 

Lose on Wednesday though and it feels like it's slipping away for Howe. We've only got the domestic ups left. 

Sorry, like but we’ve been poor here. And largely poor away from home for a long time and it doesn’t look like changing sadly. I like Howe, think he’s done a fantastic job but there’s some things that he just isn’t course correcting at the minute. It’s on Mitchell to get him some players in January and we’ll see where we are 

[wykikitoon 20113]

Hard watch that, should have had it on mute.  Fuck me,

You would have thought Chelsea beat us 5-0.  That should have been a draw and they could have finished iwth 10 men.

[aimaad22 4156]

There it is. Another pathetic performance all around. 

[toonotl 2977]

This awkward adolescent phase of the takeover is getting old fast.

[Isegrim 9761]

We really need some kind of momentum. Every player is looking totally off the pace at the moment, shaky, wayward passing.

 

The only thing Howe can get accused of is not being able to motivate players. But our current stupidity is baffling. Isak‘s lack of form did cost us dearly today.

Chelsea were clearly the far better team today but in the end their two goals came after a counter attack just after we didn’t get a free kick in a very promising position and losing the ball easily in midfield and lacklustre defending.

 

Those 5 points we dropped before would probably have worked wonders to get players going.

[Renton 21576]

1 minute ago, Gemmill said:

 

I desperately want him to succeed, but we've only played well in flashes for at least the whole of 2024.

 

Yeah. I think the departure of Staveley was a big loss behind the scenes for Howe and some players. 

Happy to give Howe the season but no manager lasts forever. Anyway, it's only football. 

[Dazzler 9716]

2 minutes ago, Renton said:

Are people turning here? 

Seems an odd time to do it. We're playing a bit better without look (or a decent number 9 type striker). 

Lose on Wednesday though and it feels like it's slipping away for Howe. We've only got the domestic ups left. 

I feel as though we’ve plateaued recently. We always had an answer at one time but it seems like we’ve been sussed and have no way of changing things up to keep opponents on their toes.

[Renton 21576]

2 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Sorry, like but we’ve been poor here. And largely poor away from home for a long time and it doesn’t look like changing sadly. I like Howe, think he’s done a fantastic job but there’s some things that he just isn’t course correcting at the minute. It’s on Mitchell to get him some players in January and we’ll see where we are 

Agreed. 

[aimaad22 4156]

I really don't know how we've become so poor. And we have been for much of 2024. The lack of investment a big factor of course but dear me the state of the players on the pitch. One's who've done so well past two years, Bruno Isak etc. And ones who were playing above their levels, the Longstaffs Murphy's and Willocks have not only reverted but seem to be unable to string 5 yard passes together. 

 

Feel terrible for Howe honestly. He has to pull some magic out of the hat to fix this. I don't see any hope of trophies or European football this season and he may not be backed in January again. 

[Dazzler 9716]

4 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Sorry, like but we’ve been poor here. And largely poor away from home for a long time and it doesn’t look like changing sadly. I like Howe, think he’s done a fantastic job but there’s some things that he just isn’t course correcting at the minute. It’s on Mitchell to get him some players in January and we’ll see where we are 

He’s not getting to January unless he does something to address the issues with our chance conversion IMO. Another couple of weeks like this and he’ll be gone. As much as I hate to say it.

[OTF 7295]

2 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

 

I desperately want him to succeed, but we've only played well in flashes for at least the whole of 2024.

 

I don't think anyone else comes in and gets better results out of the players we have, but what is worrying to me is him sticking with a system for so long that we're rarely executing well for an extended period. Our players are two years older than when Howe got the best out of them, and for a number that two years has brought them to their decline (Almiron, Schär, Burn, Trippier, Wilson). Really missing Botman and Wilson, but in the scheme of things our current injury list is well under what we're used to.

[OTF 7295]

10 minutes ago, Renton said:

 

Yeah. I think the departure of Staveley was a big loss behind the scenes for Howe and some players. 

Happy to give Howe the season but no manager lasts forever. Anyway, it's only football. 

 

Hopefully Man City winning their case against the FA opens up our PSR options and Howe gets a chance to replace the aging/mediocre players in the squad.

[Gemmill 44805]

3 minutes ago, OTF said:

 

I don't think anyone else comes in and gets better results out of the players we have, but what is worrying to me is him sticking with a system for so long that we're rarely executing well for an extended period. Our players are two years older than when Howe got the best out of them, and for a number that two years has brought them to their decline (Almiron, Schär, Burn, Trippier, Wilson). Really missing Botman and Wilson, but in the scheme of things our current injury list is well under what we're used to.

 

He was also at one time getting performances out of some of those players that he had no right to be getting out of them. You can only do that for so long, and PSR has stopped us from replacing them and kicking on. 

 

If he does end up going, it's fair to say that he hasn't really been given the tools he would have expected following a takeover by the Saudis. 

[Isegrim 9761]

We aren’t getting hurt by a wrong system or tactical mistakes but just by poor confidence and team morale. We are still showing glimpses of the things the team is capable of but then fail to convert easy chances. Final decisions are poor as well as our passing. It is the opposite of two seasons ago when everything went right for us with even Miggy scoring wonder goals.

 

I think the next two games will be crucial for us and Eddie. I would hate to see him go just because our board are fickle and want a change for the sake of it.