Why Eddie Howe needs patience & support at NUFC
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- čas přidán 15. 03. 2024
- The Daily Mail's Craig Hope reflects from the Etihad Stadium following Newcastle United's 2-0 defeat by Manchester City in the quarter-final of the FA Cup.
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As a paid up member of the “Eddie is our King” brigade I hope public opinion doesn’t sway the board . I am old enough to remember Charlie Mitten,Richard Dinnis,Bill Mcgarry,Ardilles,Kinear, Mcclaren , Bruce etc etc
We miss big Joe. He does for Newcastle what Rice does for Arsenal. On a plus I thought Hall had his best outing all season.
@@JordiBoy_ Because every time (insert player name) returns, we lose (insert player name), not to mention everyone else is playing tired or injured. We're still basically a team that was close to dropping to the championship and thanks to FFP, we're 3 or 4 windows away from having the quality and depth of squad to not be hit so hard when we lose a player.
@@JordiBoy_ Yup, but anyone who stops and thinks about things for more than 2 seconds already knew that. Man city didn't build their squad overnight and even they've got 'issues' due to potentially taking shortcuts. We're a minimum of 2 years away from seriously being challengers for anything, but on the plus side we've made some good first steps and have youngun's like Gordan, Liv, Miley (and Hall maybe?)- and that's forgetting players out on loan like Ashby, Minteh and Kuol.
It's more than big Joe even with him we would have lost if we played Longstaff Burn and Botman
@@JordiBoy_exactly…the major problem we’ve had this season has been stood there every game
@@JordiBoy_exactly and it's getting boring hearing the same excuse again and again.
Longstaff & Burn are awful again and are substituted, Miley and Hall do well, Longstaff & Burn start against West Ham
Because 1 is a 17 year old lad and the other os a 19 year old lad. You could see with Miley durkng his run in the saide he faded badly towards the end of games. They probably arent fit enough to start. As for Hall he didnt do anything amazing when he came on the game was gone at that point and there was no pressure
Agree fully Craig about Howe, anyone who wants him out is clueless
Very selective. Throw the kids on for 10mins they’ll always look lively in a lost cause situation. Starting is a different tactical beast.
Easier to come on and put right what you see going wrong. If they start the game, you can't say they'd do better. Both are younger and quicker and probably better on the ball... However they lack experience. Which is what we need right now. We just need Burn and Sean to do better.
That being said I really like the look of hall at LWB. Him and tino running the lines next season 👌
We will all be in are graves by the time we get a team like city
If we ever do .....3 score yrs and 10 .....and more ....
Aye my son said the other day he hopes he sees Newcastle win something in his lifetime. I laughed, he’s 15 years old.
@@tomp4867 more chance than me Tom I'm 58 this year will be my 50th anniversary of supporting the toon , my lad is 32 and I remember the days good and bad yet still never seeing us win nowt . Sadly I've moved away but not had a season tkt for 3 yrs and last season had a 3 season banning order for an allegation made against me inside the ground . Never proven guilty and I was spoken to by police in the ground and told to keep my language down such was the brucey days . Hey that's the way of the world these days , I noticed a young girl linzi I'm sure her name was , was banned for 3 seasons for posts she made online and was reported to the club . Her post simply said if a man is born a man he's a man if she's born a woman she's a woman....... It's a weird world we live in . Anyway Tom I hope your lad doesn't live as long as us marra before he sees us win a trophy 👍....keep the faith marra
Craig, really enjoyed your concise realistic review of the match and where we are at, heading into the last quarter of the season. We are really struggling in midfield and felt for Bruno given the as said limited input/output from Joe W & Shaun L. Can but hope Eddie and the squad come back from the break refreshed in mind and body to attack and go for max points, through to the end of the season. Regardless, Eddie and his coaches deserve a supported run into the 24/25 season, subject to the Physio/Medical team needing a full review/overhaul!
There’s ways to lose a game especially a quarter final and that wasn’t it. Barely laid a glove on Man City and looked like a national league side who had drew them in the 3rd round for the majority.
For me Howe deserves until Christmas but surely he must be getting worried with what he’s seeing? I haven’t seen a proper Eddie Howe Newcastle performance since Man U at home 4 months ago and despite players getting more rest and having more players available we’re seriously lacking any desire, fight, grit, intensity - basically everything we did have last season.
Unless Tino and Trippier are back Lewis Hall HAS to start the next game. Longstaff needs to come out as well ASAP it’s got to the point where a traffic cone would be more effective.
Fully agreed Craig! Without EH, NUFC would be STRUGGLING in the Championship now. He raised expectations for fans, which is great! Fans need to Empathise! Encourage! Energise! E- Eddie! Give your young English mgr support like MU for Fergie in his infant years,
Stop being sentimental
It's a results driven business as they say, and they are get well paid, + the England job is there for him waiting on a plate. Hope he can turn it around, but the signs are not good, the owners have big plans, and will make allowances for the odd step back such as this season, knowing full well Eddie probably over achieved last season, but their definition of a step back is probably a 5th or 6th finish or win the FA or League Cup, not finish 11th or 12th, with all the signs that the same thing could happen next season. I think they should persevere and support Eddie Howe, but a poor start to next season and I think they would act.
Utter nonsense,wake up and smell the coffee, there is no sentiment in football,sadly Craig has to think of his own job, tell the truth ,ask hard questions ...and that's you finished at nufc press questions.also the happy clappers would be slaughtering any other manager with this seasons results.
@@keithnicholson9100given the decent 15 man squad we started the season with followed by injuries and a season missing suspension what is your unsentimental answer to our problems 🤔
@@user-bn1dq6rb8hwho are the happy clappers ? Those that turned up season after season supporting a team under an owner who used it as a cash cow with no intention of building a youth squad and training facilities never mind the main squad. Or are they clapping a team who are doing their best despite the weakness’s until we are in a position to strengthen 🤔
ISAK didn’t have the best night. At one point he was sleeping when in attack - got the ball and ran out of space.
Very uncharacteristically bad.
Must be harder to play with a dressing gown and slippers on. At least he hadn't put his nightcap on yet.
Craig, on Eddie Howe I just think fans can be far too reactionary at times and like you say it seems that’s more on social media than in the ground or in the pub. I obviously like these players and really appreciate them for what they’ve done for the club (mainly last season) but some of them just aren’t good enough to consistently achieve what we did last year by going on several winning runs and it was going to catch up with then eventually, and it makes it even harder for them when a few are playing injured. Don’t really want to name names but how people think another manager can get that out of the likes of some of these is bizarre to me and although criticism is valid at times for Eddie’s team selections and occasionally tactics for certain games there’s far bigger issues and I just really hope ffp let’s us do something to fix them problems in the summer but we’ll have to use the money well as well. Feels like I’ve wrote loads there😂 Great video again from you👍🤝
At times I think those who shout the loudest have poor memories and forget that it’s FFP that stopped us from at least starting off a season with a strong 20 man squad never mind 15 the latter of which was badly affected by constant injuries and a suspension and we have to select from that very weakened 15 and even play injured players. I see a few players leaving the club in the summer and a few going down the ‘picking’ order.
Eddie could have started the game without Longstaff , Burn & Botman but the facts are that those players would have still been on the bench which highlights how weak is our squad. There will be a few players being moved out in the summer and a few going down the ‘picking’ order . We started the season with a decent 15 man squad but with only one out and out good striker who is obviously more out than in , did well in the champions league but injuries hit the squad and reduced us to what we have now. If we hit the very safe points total with 50% of our games left I see Botman going for an op sooner than later.
Eddie Howe should've been sacked 13 months ago. We've wasted a lot of time and money with him in charge
@@stephennutkin2477Eddie Howe spent £400m on chose not to sell the likes of Matt Ritchie, Lascelles, Targett etc. It's all his fault
@@stephennutkin2477Why was Anthony Gordon starting ahead of Miguel Almiron? Almiron is way better
You'll be grateful you weren't having to write a match report to a strict deadline for the other FA Cup tie today. Crazy scenes.
It’s about competing with the likes of Spurs and Villa. Ok we lost at Man City that was always going to happen but we lacked passion, desire, and intensity off the ball. Painful to watch. Eddie got the lineup wrong by playing Longstaff and Burn at LWB?!
Ok genius, so what would your starting XI have been?
Not rocket science is it? Hall and Miley should have started.
@@listeytry to be nice to others
Spurs have been living in the top 6 for years, plus have the added benefit of their new stadium helping with FFP, meanwhile Villa are having a similiar experience as us last season. It seems some fans spend too much time thinking of where they'd like us to be, rather than remembering where we've come from. As for passion, desire and insensity, those are fancy words, how do you expect tired/potentially injured players to attack every ball for 90 minutes against some of the best players in the world who can pass us into oblivion without breaking a sweat?
@@donmongooseWhy were Man Utd who we brushed aside a tougher nut to crack then? They have injury problems too you know. It’s just not good enough.
Very fair and balanced as ever. Good to see Lewis Hall get on at last and he did ok too. Would like to see Hall, Anderson and Livramento all start v WHU. Botman and Longstaff definitely need resting completely for at least the next 2 games in my opinion
Anyone who thought we had a chance was DELUSIONAL.
I knew we were eliminated when the draw was made. City, away. Bonkers. We cant compete with that. Even with fully fit squad, let alone current one.
No one can. At home thet lost only twice in last 2.5 years. Both times - after conceding goal after 90+ min.
The same people who thought that the tripple winners would put at least 5 past an injury riddled thin squad now shouting how shite we were and Eddie out blah blah blah. Until we can spend we are light years from City hence we still have championship players in the squad and have to have injury recovering players on the pitch or on the bench.
I agree, I don’t mind losing when we are outplayed it’s just frustrating when it’s Man City. It’s like they have a 6 litre engine and the rest of us have to squeeze what we can out of a 2 litre engine. The frustrating thing is that even if they do get penalised for their 100+ breaches, no matter what points deduction they have, they will still have the 6L going forward.
Bruno is off in the summer his expression at the end said enough for me.
Longstaff needs to go he's woeful, we need better service to isak. Dan burn needs to go also but something needs to be done about botman and shar they don't look the same.
I think the same bruno is going in the summer and fingers crossed we get good money fo him and and can buy 3-4 players.
Howe will buy Philip Billing
He played like he was on trial at Man City. He'll leave this summer
@@phil5357Yep, he'll sell Guimaraes for £23m and pay £45m for Billing. He'll also spend £50m on Kalvin Phillips and £65m on Solanke
Agreed he looked like he knew that was his last chance to win Newcastle a trophy before he goes.
Bottom line is, Man City have several players who are the best in the league in that position, we don't. Howe isn't a magician, but neither are any of the potential replacements for him that keep getting brought up. I've got some concerns about decisions made by EH but at the end of the day, we've barely started out on what's going to be a long process and people calling for him to be sacked shouldn't be trusted to run a kids lemonade stall.
It's a no brainer to sack Eddie Howe
The problem ive noticed in a few games is Newcastle dont stop problems at source. They back peddle when teams are attacking instead of stopping the player. Its like its drilled into them to not tackle or commit a foul. It also appears that they have been told not to shoot on sight. They try to walk it in rather than just taking a shot. Man City proved that if you buy a ticket you could win the lotto. They got into positions to shoot and they shot and scored deflected goals. Thats how games are won. I do get the feeling Howe was insulted by comments last season about Newcastle being timewasters or students of the dark arts. This season certainly beyond December that level of commitment is missing. The fact Pope, Trippier and Joelinton are missing is key but the whole team seem to be standing off the opposition. Its why we are leaking so many goals. They need to get back to closing down, breaking up play and putting out fires.
We also need to have more than one good striker and ones who are able to play game after game without fear of an old injury reoccurring but until we are allowed to spend the money we easily could (& without being in debt unlike the cartel) we are where we are
Yea i noticed with sufficient numbers back we still trace back and stand off. Liverpool even 1-1 parity at the back would try killing it off at the source
Dubravka was our man of the match again last night. He's ten times better than Pope
I thought Willock was really poor, his positioning led to the two goals. In contrast, our fans were excellent (as usual!).
He has 1 good game in 5. Never a starter
Seriously worried about Willock. Players lose a yard of pace and running power after an Achilles injury.
Take a look at Callum Hudson-Odoi. Pre Achilles injury Chelsea rejected a 70m bid from Bayern Munich. Post Achilles injury they accepted a 4m bid from Forest. Tells you everything you need to know about footballers and Achilles injuries.
@@Cory-lh3yp Willock is too similar to Gordon. They're just ball carriers and aren't technically good enough
Sometimes I feel we are just finding excuses for players who are either not good enough or haven’t had a good game. “Not 100%” is a new one. We’ve gone from players being injured to them not being “100%” or “not quite right”. I rate Howe - and support him completely but that excuse of players “not quite right” is also being used to mask some horrific performances (especially defensively).
Agree. If another club was using these excuses we'd be pulling them to bits!
Do we really think that after just two seasons we would be on a par with Manchester City? This is stage 1 of the project and Howe is the stage 1 manager are we ready to move to stage 2 not yet too many players who are not capable of that move up. My only concern is who we recruit Howe plays a certain way high press etc. that means he will bring players in for that system.
Is it a bird. Is it a plane? No, it's Lewis Hall playing half an hour at left-wing back for Newcastle.
Longstaff was so innocuous as usual hardly realised he was on the pitch,someone mentioned easier games this second half of the season, Spurs,West Ham for a start I don't see the ease,it will be a real struggle to make Europe.
Burn came into the team when we needed him. He played a part in the first 6 months after he signed. He also played a massive part of last season, being part of that brilliant defensive unit. However time has come to move him out of the starting 11. Same for Longstaff. Another game when he was anonymous. Botman is a concern, is he still injured? I want to see Hall starting now, our season is over give him some game time.
Craig, I agree with you about Eddie, sadly we live in a generation of immediate gratification, wanting it all in the here and now. The Summer with a decent recruitment will show if he can progress next season
Agree totally with the comments of support for the manager.
I agree and it’s worth remembering that City’s project took many years and that was without FFP!
What struck me was the two different styles; Newcastle’s high press and intensity versus possession play of City who were so patient with the ball. Men versus boys but…boys do grow up and mature.
I thought when Anderson and the other subs came on there was a new energy.
I think we have to accept that Bruno will go, bank the money and reinvest, especially with Tonali returning next season.
We have some great players at the club now,but I’m concerned by the way Eddie Howe picks his line ups and substitutions throughout the games.
I have to be honest I wasn’t over excited when Howe was appointed manager and although he’s done better than I expected I think it’s fair to say he’s done his best but we probably need a proven top flight manager at the club now.
There's a palpable sense of frustration at Newcastle, and it's clear that something's amiss. We're seeing the same old mistakes repeated, making it difficult to compete with top-tier teams like City. If this trend continues, we risk losing key players like Bruno and Isak. It seems Eddie Howe's tactical decisions might also be contributing to the problem, and there's a worry that the dressing room unity is slipping away.
I think the reason fans are becoming disgruntled with eddie is that as you point out it's obvious to all that changes need to be made but then the following week he's not making them. I've been right behind eddie through all the ups & downs since he came in & i still think he's a great manager & the right man for the job. However, there is an air of stubbornness that is beginning to grate with supporters. We can all see that injured or out of form players are playing week in week out & that along with an apparent lack of in game management is starting to generate a growing frustration amongst fans. It’s starting to feel like an outright refusal to explore different options, albeit he’s limited for choice. Cheers as always craig.
We've basically wasted a season. It started with the summer transfer window and ended last night. I think Lewis Hall wasn't an Eddie Howe signing and he never fancied him, we've given contracts to players who need moving on and why on earth we sold ASM and bought Barnes is baffling, especially when James Maddison seemed nailed on.
Love the posts. I do believe that the team responded ok.. we are sorely missing experienced players such as Kieran T. Joe L. without which the others can be expected to be less battle tested or hardened.
In the interest of sacrificing the short term in favour of the long term, I would play Anderson, Miley, Hall and Livramento as much as possible for the rest of the season.
Howe would gain credit for looking ahead to next season rather than fighting with unfit players like Willock and Longstaff for no discernable benefit in the current season.
Probably worth showcasing Wilson and Almiron and try and build their goals/assists up ahead of sales in the summer. Good lads but the club needs forwards who can play regularly (unlike Wilson) and with consistent quality (unlike Almiron).
Almiron is consistently good. He should be playing on the left wing instead of Anthony Gordon. He outshone him in the Champions league
He's made 40 appearances this season and has 5 goals and 3 assists overall (3 goals, 1 assist in the league). I wouldn't say that's consistently good for a team competing in the Champion's League myself, but you're entitled to your opinion of course.
If we could have purple patch Miggy from last season consistently I'd be right on board with you. But he's 30 now and only has 2 years left on his contract so it feels the right time for the club to get some value and try and upgrade that position.
All the hope & optimism from last season has now completely gone - back to the old days 😢😢
Succinct as usual and agree with your summary also as usual particularly in respect of support for Eddie Howe.
The rest of the season will be an uphill task mentally for the lads but keep trying to secure some kind of European slot and then they just need to keep eyes fixed on the horizon for what next season will bring - hopefully improved transfers and some better overdue luck with things like home draws for the cups, etc. 👍
For me Craig we should of played 5 in midfield not at the back as your still allowing Man City to come at us from the middle. You have to cut off the supply at the source not in the last 3rd. Saying that like you said its Man City so didn't expect a lot else TBH. Considering everyone of our FA cup ties have been away from home it was only a matter of time before we got knocked out and tonight was that night. We now focus on our remaining games and finish as high as we can. EH is still the man for me and name me a manager who would of coped any better with all the players we have had out this season ?
Can we not see that we will never have a fully fit squad to choose from? Howe's style of play won't allow it. Players will always pull up because of it over time. We need more ideas than just running more than the other team.
Exactly.
Yeah I agree, we need to keep the ball
We will never be successful until we keep the ball more and run less. The playing style is killing us.
I agree with you Howe is not the future, yes big up too him getting us turned around, but he has run out of ideas now, maybe a return to Bournemouth would be good for him. We need elite coaches and worldy players coming in numbers.
Agree, the problem is we have been compensating lack of quality with intensity. Now that we don’t have the intensity either we’re basically a nothing team.
In fairness to Howe Tonali was brought in to give us that extra control in midfield, keep possession, and maybe we could have reduced the intensity. His ban has been way more significant than people realise. The season was over the minute he got banned.
Longstaff just isn't good enough....Simple!! Burn is past it! Its criminal Hall is not being played!!!
@@JordiBoy_ Because those 2 arent Premiership quality....its like playing with 9 men!!
These two got to the champions league last season
@@JordiBoy_They are the weakest links. Other local lads do better than them.
@@davidmoore4232 Last season!!! Longstaff is not good enough! Bruno will leave in the summer because he is fed up trying to cover midfield with no help! Big Joe is a massive miss and tonali hopefully will come good but Burn and Longstaff have to be replaced!!
Mehdi Abeid and Moussa Sissoko were miles better
Spot on Craig.A very long way to go.Summer again is HUGE for us.
as always a very good review
Seriously worried about Willock. Players lose a yard of pace and running power after an Achilles injury.
Take a look at Callum Hudson-Odoi. Pre Achilles injury Chelsea rejected a 70m bid from Bayern Munich. Post Achilles injury they accepted a 4m bid from Forest. Tells you everything you need to know about footballers and Achilles injuries.
Good to see Hall getting a bit of match time. In my book you are so right in your assessment of the Newcastle performance.
I thought we were excellent. Remember we’re playing arguably the best team EVER. Away from home. With some injuries. Only 2 years from the takeover.
They got 2 goals both with a slice of luck. We had chances that didn’t go our way. C’est la vie. 🤷♂️
Totally agree on Howe. Plenty of commentators quick to stoke the conversation on him but not as close to the club or the fans.
Problem lies with the over achivment of last season, the team played out of its skin and did far more than ever expected. realisically this season should of been how we performed. but the expectations are now set so high that it was always going to be a drop off. 2 seasons ago we were winless in the PL sitting bottom of the table. we've had a cup final, 2 quater finals and qualified for CL. people need to take a breath and gain some perspective. yes its frustrating we arent playing to the same level as last season but that was unsustainable. all we can hope for is steady progress. rome wasn't built in a day, we'll get there its just going to take time.
We were in the away end and half way though the second half my son asked why we couldnt just train the players to play like the Man City players. Theres levels son and our players are well below that of the Man City players. Recruitment and clever recruitment is what we need. And patience. I thought our fans were magnificent yesterday and i hope EH heard the level.of support he was getting. Social media is a cesspit and is giving some people a dissproportionate share of the voice right now.
Great words on Eddie Howe,Craig.We need better quality players,moving forward.Not one of our players would have started for City tonight,but you cannot fault the effort,from them.City are a class apart.Once again,our away support was magnificent,and great to see them behind the manager 👏👏👏
Most importantly, we need a new manager
Nah
People forget that it has taken City 15 years to reach the status of best club side in World football and for most of the time they have not been hindered by FFP rules. We are 2 years into the project and bound by the rules.
Even Bruno would not be an automatic starter for City.
Eddie needs to try some of the squad out in the last ten games.
Don't know why he isn't giving the young ones a chance I.e Hall, Ashby try least then we might actually find a wonder kid
What have we got to lose at this point
@@prodoktordank4102a bigger losing score? Then more how will fans react….
@grahamskilling2147 true but look at what happens when you use the youth I.e miley it's done him wonders for his football why have one young player when you could.have a few waiting in the wings which could be better than longstaff the payoff could be good and at worse it might bump.their value up so it could ease of ffp aswell through selling them
City are the best team in the world, like what we tried tonight and think Tino would have played. Totally agree Craig, I love Eddie but keep playing players that are clearly injured, we gave them a game at home but had fit players, we cannot keep doing this and if Eddie insists then it will decline my support. Time to let’s some kids get some game time and repair our injured guts.
If Newcastle had got shots off in front of goal, they too might have benefitted from a lucky deflection, but their decision making was poor. No shame in getting beat off Man City, but I fear the current team will continue to struggle against lesser teams than City. Need to ship 5 or 6 of the current squad out in the summer, and replace with younger, fitter (and by that I mean less injury prone ) and better. Howe deserves more time, but I think a poor start to next season ....
Hall looked good when he came on. Why is Dan burn picked regardless of performance. Longstaff is clearly injured why not play Miley or Anderson. Howe is making a lot of questionable selections and repeating mistakes. Obviously livermento was injured today but he has not played enough. It’s not about the Man City game it’s the other games that are mounting up and questions must be asked. How can he be trusted with a budget if he had any say in last summer’s disaster.
Great.show.again.keep.it.up
Newcastle are miles away from being a top team still with infrastructure, spending power, player ability and the manager. All needs improvement going forward
Great analysis Craig , we need more good players…I still believe Eddie is getting the best out of what he’s got . Fingers crossed there’s a load of hard work going on behind the scenes that will come to fruition in the summer 👍
Well balanced report as ever Craig. I had an exchange of messages with a life long City fan, and he is also a retired very good amateur footballer so he knows what he’s talking about. My gripe is the whingers who because of the success last year expect massive progress this year, probably newbie Toon fans with very little grounding in reality🤔😂 He recalls City in the old 3rd division and the takeover and slow build, success wasn’t immediate. Yes City are now a class above us, but we lost to 2 deflections, both as outrageous as each other but for different reasons. They dominated us but didn’t blast us off the park. 2023/24 has been generally poor but with some outstandingly good games. We are 10th in the League with a good opportunity to scrape into Europe. Other than last year when could we aspire to that - Pardew rings a bell. We need to continue to build, we already have a £60 mn Italian to start in August, Lewis Hall had a decent cameo, Tino is top class and there are others. We will need a clear out of some underperforming & perennially injured players and subject to Eddie staying we should do well again. 🤞
Need Sesko in the summer. Play Hall instead of Longstaff.
Ultimately a comfortable win for city nothing unusual there, a fabulous team and a fabulous team of individuals. Newcastle tried their best, didn’t play that bad in the whole scheme of things but weren’t good enough. You can dissect why but an extra 15 + years of development and over £1 billion of players might have something to do with it.
I agree with all of the points you make. One question I would like to ask the club regarding Lewis Hall. Is the transfer fee contingent on the number of appearances he make this season? I just cant understand why he isn't getting picked in front of Burn. Not even at wing back.
Great to see the Geordie Journos working away in the background
The worrying thing for me for next season is what are we going to look like without Bruno if someone comes in and triggers his release clause. We are getting worse by the game and the damage we are doing to our confidence is a real concern. One thing Craig Hope keeps going on about is players not being 100% fit and carrying knocks, sorry but no player at any club is playing at 100% this time of the season. It’s about finding away and we don’t do that so stop blaming injuries, it’s simple we are not good enough and we have to accept that, we can’t keep using injuries as an excuse. Everyone has had injuries for Christ sake yet it seems we are the only team who whinges on about that. Just look down at Liverpool they won the carling cup with a team of toddlers and just get on with it
I think we will be absolulty fine without bruno he is a player of a quality that is higher than ours which causes its own problems. He is very good no doubt but I think our squad is so poor we need the 100 mil to then spend 300 mil on 4-5 players of a good quality and that how we improve. We have recruited generally very well I have faith with 300-400 million we will be chasing champions legaue
All these people shouting Howe out are probably the ones who shouted get joelinton out never wear a blk white shirt again who now shout our season gone because joe injured pay him what he wants
To be fair, very few weren't saying Joelinton out at the time
@@GH05T_hack they all were saying what a crap number 9 worse signing ever
@@GH05T_hackI said he should be utilised as a central midfielder and then weeks later, he changed position
I liked seeing the shift when hall and Anderson came in. Bodes well that these often overlooked players have something to them.
My main compensation for the loss was seeing Haaland get bullied and frustrated
Sick of hearing we over achieved last season no we didn't we finished were we deserved we might of exceeded expectations tho
Craig you are absolutely spot on my friend. Eddie needs a good transfer season, he's desperate for players to be back from injury especially Joelinton who we miss so much. We need players who are playing through injury to have surgery, Botman and Longstaff, and be back fighting fit in August. We need a striker who isn't always injured.....I could go on. Its been a difficult season for us and Eddie deserves our support. Where we would have been without him I dread to think. He must be allowed to contine to build our team and win our first trophy, which will come! Success isn't instant, it takes time, ask Alex Ferguson, it took him 8 yrs!
Thanks Craig, all the best mate 👍
You can't trust Eddie Howe with a war chest. He'd waste £200m on Solanke, Kalvin Phillips, Tyrone Mings, Lloyd Kelly and Phillip Billing
@@BrianPinas9 absolute rubbish mate, too much paper talk imho linking us with these names. Obviously when asked Eddie isn't going to say anything negative about any player. Also do you honestly expect Eddie to have a War Chest? Not a chance! We would not be at this stage of our development with a so called 'elite' manager. Eddie must be given the chance in my opinion.
the season is effectively finished , regardless of the view a european finish is remotely possible , all those with injuries get back in the treatment room until issues are sorted ready for next year , we are safe and its a perfect time to give pitch time and experience to Tino,Hall , Anderson,Miley etc there is absolutely no mileage in playing injured players,
Andersson is the dark horse, good at everything.
Qualifying for Europe this season would badly affect our form in the EPL next season. We simply don't have the quality in the squad to deal with Europe on Tues/Wed then EPL on Sat/Sun. Finishing higher in the league because of playing once per week will earn us more money than can be gained from a full Europa Conference League campaign. Revenue is very important. It will take a long time for us to catch up to the top clubs like Man City - mainly due to the unfair consequences of PSR/FFP, which is restricting our spending and progress.
There doesn't need to be an inquest after every game. We lost at the best team in the world. If Real Madrid lose 2-0 here in the Champions League would anyone be surprised? The remainder of the season is a chance to try some new things out and switch up the players. If we're keeping Hall we might as well bed him in and give him some minutes. Eddie's position is safe so he should see the next few months as an extended pre-season for 24/25.
I'm convinced that Bruno will be going this summer based on what ive heard from PSG and other Prem clubs. With that in mind I feel like we should build the team around Joelinton. Bringing in players who are agressive, technically brilliant, and have a good fitness record, qualities that Joelinton possess; is the best way to get Newcastle not just back into the top 4 but also challenging for titles.
Joelinton is a bit injury prone now and he isn’t technically as sound as Bruno and Tonali. He’s the most influential player in Eddies system. But we might change manager and style of play at the end of the season.
Craig you said it giving goals away by backing off! We have done all season not just tonight! Sounding like a broken record but just what do they see when watching these back and quite obviously they aren’t doing anything to try and put it right! It’s disappointing and frustrating to see the same mistakes week after week!
The result was no surprise at all in fairness.
I have no wishes for Howe to be under pressure or to get the sack, his work ethic, professionalism, coaching is brilliant.
But he has to be braver with some of his decisions now.
He is trusting his loyal players, who he likes as people a bit too much.
We néed to treat now until the end of the season as a free hit, go at it with something different and with a freedom. See how it ends up.
But we really do need to let players like longstaff, burn, willock botman, have some time away from the starting line up for the good of their fitness levels.
Trust in the likes of lewis Hall, miley, Anderson, white to do a job and I'm sure they will. We need to utilise the squad now and just mix things up towards the end of the season. We are way too predictable and have nowhere near enough quality to kill teams off at the moment with the set up of tactics and players.
Ovbiously Joelinton is the biggest miss from this team, he brings literally everything you could want in a midfielder for this newcastle team.
One of the big issues arising is the fact that Bruno is more likely to get twitchy feet with how things are going at the moment, and where will we be without Bruno. It'll be a huge step backwards to lose a player of his quality. We need to hope we can offer him some insight into next season with some good investment this summer to improve everything around him. Otherwise I'm afraid he's off to Barcelona.
Need to see a reaction now from this group to show they are still willing to work for this manager. And a reaction from howe to change up his current system and approach.
Agree Craig but FFP injuries and still a team full with championship players! Eddie needs another season to be fair
You're mad
Agreed, Craig. Long way off. But, honestly, I was ok with seeing a youth squad out there. Even if 5-0, we get to see the depth?
Time to reflect and a load of things to say.
Firstly thanks for this Craig. Honest as ever and I do go along with a lot of it.
Following the 4 FA cup games this weekend, it’s so disappointing to be the only team that never lay a glove on the opposition. Does feel like we waved the white flag before a ball was kicked !!
Liked a change in formation to try and stop them. But sat too deep and yes 2 lucky goals but game was done once the 2nd went it. Never looked like we could get back into it and although we stepped up 2nd half, was it us or city just back into canter mode.
Agree Longy and botman need to come out. But don’t buy the Longy injury since Everton last season. It’s never been mentioned before.
Disagree with Eddie for not being able to change, Anderson, hall and Miley all did well so there are options.
Bruno I know you have 3 stars to, but I’m just not convinced overall with him. Is it because he has no help in the middle, but I see a few great balls, but the lack of pace and the amount of times he is caught on the ball is too much.
Is it because he is playing deeper and is true game is forward more ?? Even pep called him a good defensive midfielder !!
I’m pondering selling for £100m if Tonali does that job well. Bear in mind FFP anyway and we can get in 2 players instead.
I’m not a Howe out fan, but depends where we finish, how we play and what games we win.
One thing I do know is you can’t have 1-2 shots on target each game and expect to win. That has been in a lot of games.
Craig I have agree with you very sensible balanced comments spot on
Thanks Ian.
Howe should not be starting these injured players. Not only are they not fit, they are not our future, so why persist with them. Madness!
Agree with the rhetoric here, spot on!
Didn't expect anything from this. We're way out of form, confidence is shot and we're out of ideas. I applaud the change of formation but Man City are one of the best sides on the planet.
They beat us 2-0 but if they wanted to go up a gear they could have wolloped us but there was no need. They managed the game brilliantly protecting their players for the league run in and the champions league.
On the plus side Hall got a run out he was probably more surprised than anyone and he did well.
Nowadays, I always go into games, thinking we can beat anyone on our day.
But this game I knew we would lose.
Sounds like you’re stuck in last season
Howe shouldn't be playing injured players, its not fair on the players themselves.
Bruno passed his audition for City, going to miss him so much
lmao, he’s not good enough for City
@@LEDC5000He's better than Kovacic and Rodri
I hope Eddie gets more time. Next season we will have Pope, Joelinton and Tonali back. That's almost like having 3 new signings plus hopefully Botman will have had the operation he needs. Add a couple of quality players and we are looking strong again.
4-2-3-1 formation next game otherwise we lose the majority of the next few games - Karius - Tino, Schar,Botman, Hall - Bruno, Miley - Barnes,Gordon, Murphy - Isak
Agree with that team. Botman needs to come out though his ACL obviously still isn’t right and if it goes he’ll be out for 9 months and it will be 14-15 months until he’s back to his best
Once Miley, Hall and Anderson came on, Newcastle looked steadier and more settled. Botman, Longstaff and Willock definitely need a rest.
Willock has played about 4 games all season??
@@phil5357 yes you're right. Meant to say he's just not right somehow.. Rather see Anderson there at this stage
Seriously worried about Willock. Players lose a yard of pace and running power after an Achilles injury.
Take a look at Callum Hudson-Odoi. Pre Achilles injury Chelsea rejected a 70m bid from Bayern Munich. Post Achilles injury they accepted a 4m bid from Forest. Tells you everything you need to know about footballers and Achilles injuries.
You've said everything I tweeted last night. Drop off too much. They've forgotten how to tackle. Never win 2nd balls. The midfield is a wilderness. Longstaff and Willock are completely ineffective, although Willock needs time after his injury. We miss Joelinton more than anyone else in the team.
Years ago you asked Steve Maclaren if the Newcastle United job was too big for,could you ask Eddie the same question please
Great vid as always Craig but Eddie is loosing the confidence of some of the supporters now. For the record, I don't want him sacked, but what I want him to do is to admit this side needs changed. He continues to play the same out of form & injured players time & time again, that's cost us a lot of points this season. Sadly managers can't dine out on past conquests forever (Ranieri won the league & got the bullet) huge improvements needed for the run in, or Eddie could be replaced with a higher calibre manager before the start of next season. I want him to succeed, but he's gotta stop bringing these problems on himself, be brave & innovative again like he was at the start of his tenure.
This post match review felt like such a contradiction. Talked about the result being a foregone conclusion, players in the team when not fit, lack of quality etc… but in the same breath saying the manager is doing great. If this was antics the tone would be totally different. We have been playing the same mediocre, lacklustre football since December and there has been no question from the media at all. Man City didn’t even have to try yet we did well because we changed shape and gave ourselves less problems than in previous games. Howe’s “credit” has gone and is already in his overdraft. He has a plan an and that’s it and it’s failed this year because every team has found us out (apart from Villa).
Totally agree Eddie Howe must stay
Crazy comment. He'd waste millions on average British players. We'd gradually get even worse
Look at the difference in salaries between the 2 teams, for starters Haarland and KDB are the 2 top earners in the EPL, that's not looking at the rest of the Man C team who are almost all in the top 30. We have 1 in the top 50. Howe is an amateur compared to Pepe no matter how Craig kisses his ass. The EPL is now all about FFP, if we had the opportunities under the rules Man C had to buy their team we would be up there with them.
Agree with every word you say 😉 With our best 11 (Tripps, Big Joe etc.) we can compete with City… but it’s just compete, they are the best team on the planet. We need a squad as good as our best 11 to be a top 4 side and even then, we’d be below City. They are best side in world with best manager. Good news is that hopefully as Eddie builds squad (and HE should) Pep will call time, Klopp is gone, and Eddie can imo win leagues & cups against the rest over next 5+ years. You may think I’m dreaming but up til Man U this season he showed how it can be… we have a team at mo (not just squad) packed with Ashley era players (Longy, Dubs, Murphy, Miggy etc.) and FFP means rotation and improvement will take a few windows.
Lewis Hall looked promising, Longstaff, Almiron,Dummet,Burn, Gillespie, Hendrick, Fraser,Lewis, Ritchie, Lascelles need gone for Newcastle to get to the next level
How come nobody mention Hall and what he did when he came on. He closed the leftside the moment he came on and did a far better job than "I desperatley want to be an attacking player/run out of position" Burn.
1 shot on target all match😮55 year wait goes on….😢
I think we need a striker. Isak seems to look better just off the left rather than being isolated up front. I can't believe that we spent so much money on Barnes and Livramento, who are essentially backup players.
Ive been very critical of Howe recently but i thought the team set up and tactics were good tonight ... Could see what he was trying to achieve with keeping it tight and hit them with pace up top in gordon and isak. Unfortunately individual errors cost us. Im a big fan of longstaff and burn but both need a rest ... Hall miley and Anderson looked decent when they came on... I think the last ten games its time to rotate the team snd give them a chance i also think lascelles clearly deserves his chance i love botman but hes not right
Gordon was awful. Almiron should've started
Man City simply don’t have a weakness. They have world class players in almost every position, in a squad built up over many years without FFP constraints. I agree that we were a bit disappointing last night but a lot of teams will come away from City having done worse. HWTL.
Agree with most of that Craig .
But thought Murphy was very disciplined and had a decent game.
We had kids and aging players on the bench and they had 50 million pound players .
Willocks job was to protect BDB on that side of the pitch, problem is Willock is not disciplined to do that role and it cost us twice even if they were both lucky goals via deflection .
Twitter has a lot of loons and is not a true reflection of our fan base .
Keep up the grear work Craig .
Ps i think its a compliment if Pep thinks we played a different game .
At the end of the season my guess is that we are more likely to be rueing points dropped against the likes of Luton, Bournemouth and Forest than losing 2-0 away to the best team in the league.
Craig, with this new bill that is coming in, does that mean that the so called top six are even further away from us and other clubs that are around us?
Can't disagree with anything in that account, lets hope Eddie rings the changes for the next two important home games... definitely Anderson in for Longstaff and Botman isnt firing on last seasons cylinders... and etc et al. Might have been a different game with Tonali and JoeL on the pitch, but there is a technical gulf between us and ManCity and perhaps if we had somehow managed to get level they would just have scored again. Anyway - Onward.