Neil Dawson
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Velvet isn’t it?Asking Brian about performances is like asking Stevie wonder what his favorite colour is.
Velvet isn’t it?Asking Brian about performances is like asking Stevie wonder what his favorite colour is.
He didn’t do it. The players did. Once they’d secured their wages for the following season they set about showing they weren’t that bothered if he stayed.Gary well beaten by a far superior manager today.
Wolves are safe flip flops on like he did last season.
So, I’ll try asking again and see if you answerIraola has had two bad spells so far this season and one very good spell...likewise the players as a team....individually the players are much varied in terms of good and bad spells....the team selections haven't been set regular or consistent in any way ......plus better players have been sent out on loan...namely Brooks, Rothwell and Anthony; Anthony being the most bizarre loan imo...the Rothwell loan quite displeasing when you weigh up his assets..the Brooks one I guess is forgivable on the fitness front....but hardly on that destination !
So basically the Jury is still out on the Iraola appointment...or it should be....
The odds are that he will ultimately be seen as successful in May whatever the position of safety....and it IS his 1st season in the PL..
I really hope it ends well because we need the continuity to progress next season.
So, I’ll try asking again and see if you answer
Which of Cook/Christie are you dropping for Rothwell (who can’t get in the starting XI for a Championship side)?
I’m guessing that the thing that’s fckng wrong is that Rothwell isn’t deemed good enough for a team in a lower division to us and has shown in his time with us that he’s probably not quite good enough for the PLRothwell was a good back up for both...what f√ck is wrong with that...not as if Lewis hasn't been injured before !!!
Christie works extremely hard..maybe needs a break before the end of season !
Vaguely superior at best...bloody hell !...Gary well beaten by a far superior manager today.
Wolves are safe flip flops on like he did last season.
It's early days for him there. Bit early to judge whether he can/can't get in their team. He played a blinded of a match, then a terrible one, got benched and hasn't started since. He will likely get a chance to start again, though unless Martin has also written him off this early.I’m guessing that the thing that’s fckng wrong is that Rothwell isn’t deemed good enough for a team in a lower division to us and has shown in his time with us that he’s probably not quite good enough for the PL
Ebony and ivoryVelvet isn’t it?
I think it could be argued that GON was a bit lucky getting his first managerial job with us in the Prem, rather than having to start out with a lower league club.We haven't Won in 7 league games since the Fulham 3-0...so obviously something has gone wrong...hence my moaning sh*t...I think some complacency was induced by the win at Old Trafford...I could be wrong , I often am.
Tomorrow and the two following games will tell us a lot .
Are all the others...or any of them apart from say Brooks ?I’m guessing that the thing that’s fckng wrong is that Rothwell isn’t deemed good enough for a team in a lower division to us and has shown in his time with us that he’s probably not quite good enough for the PL
I think that the Boscombe way is NOT to defend the six yard box if we go 1-0 up after two minutes plus!I fail to understand what is a 'Boscombe..or Bournemouth Way'
- from What Period ? Which Managers ? Which Fans ?
Is there an Arsenal way ? ; Or a Crewe Alexandra Way....or a Portsmouth Way ...or Scunthorpe or Paris St Germain Way....or Weymouth Way...or Inter Milan Way ?....or Tranmere ?
Goal Posts...Corner Flags.....Feet.... Ball... Get it and Go !
After fine counterattacking goals from Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon and Tino Livramento secured Newcastle a 3-0 home win against Wolves a verbal contest kicked off. While the visiting manager, Gary O’Neil, claimed his side’s dominance of possession was down to their “quality” and the defeat attributable to “bad errors”, Eddie Howe maintained Newcastle’s first clean sheet and home victory of 2024 was all about “tactical change”. Few locals would disagree; in place of the gung-ho high press that, in recent weeks, led to the concession of far too many goals, Newcastle retreated into safety first, contain and counter, mode. With the right-back Kieran Trippier rarely venturing over the halfway line and the latterly vulnerable left-back Dan Burn well protected by Joe Willock, Fabian Schär was able to showcase stellar distribution skills as he created three goals from central defence. O’Neil remained insistent that Howe choreographs teams one way but, for once, he got it, largely, wrong. Louise Taylor
My dad always said ‘Surman will be back in next week’ as that was always the other thing that happened when Eddie went back to basics.Haven’t seen the game. But that pretty much sounds like when Howe, during both stints, would hit the reset button and go back to basics. He’d do it when a string of results would go against us, he’d hit a button, slate wiped clean, back to basics, uncomplicated football and build again.