Lord Duckhunter

I suggest you read back through the thread, and you’ll see my opinion.

He got slagged for poor recruitment at Bournemouth, so surely good (or bad) recruitment in Jan should be part of the judgment.

Perhaps the experts slagging Howe can let us know where they think a decent premier league manager should finish this season with Newcastle. If Ralph was taking over today, where would they end up come May?

I don’t particularly pay much attention to the managerial musing of a bloke impressed with the job Rafa’s doing at Everton. Id probably say you spout as much sense on this front as you do over goal poachers.

You’d have been the first moaning if we’d appointed Moyes, after all he was relegated with Sunderland.

He wasn’t financially aided when they were bottom of the whole league with minus points and Eddie Mitchell wasn’t exactly rolling in it, when he was in charge. It makes me laugh, you bend over backwards to claim what a good signing Armstrong is, based on his lower league stats, yet you dismiss Eddie Howes record in the same league. If he was a foreign hipster coach with an exotic name who nobody had heard of, you’d be wetting your pants over that record.

I don’t like Eddie Howe as a bloke, don’t want him managing us, but to suggest he didn’t do a fantastic job at Boscombe is just ridiculous. Whether he can do it at another club is open to debate, but the lack of respect from some on here for what he did achieve there is pathetic.

People won’t give a shiny shite over this , whether you like it or not, the public think they’re all the same. What will do for them is their Gordon Brownish economic policies. The Thatcherettes need to reign Boris in, he’s like Johnny Major with charisma. I’m starting to agree with Peter Hitchens, they’re all Social Democrats now. I wrote from day one that he’s a raging pinko, but he was the vehicle to use if you wanted Brexit. Maybe it’s time for a new mode of transport.

Playing with Redmond as a partner, must be like playing as a lone striker.

Nah, too much creativity. A poacher is a bloke who can do fuck all but put the ball in the net. Half of them don’t even look like footballers, look at Mick Quinn. Gerd Muller, only came alive when the ball was around the 6 yard box, little fat bloke waddling about , then, bang, in the net. Ronaldo’s an interesting case study. I always put Messi & Maradona above him, but he’s definitely made me think again with his restyled game. His finishing is exceptional and his very cleverly redefined himself. For all his showmanship Bestie was a great finisher, shame the grog got him otherwise he could have done what Ronaldo is doing now.

Fuck me, the club wouldn’t be able to handle him. He’d sort the blaggers out.

Nowadays the club would probably send him on an anger management course, and the nods would want him sacked.

One thing for certain is Armstrong needs to start knocking one or two of these chances in. Adams hasn’t got a great record, we can’t afford 2 strikers that misfire so often.

Didn’t Ruddock head butt Craig Short during a Friday night game. Maybe The Gorilla will stick one on Ings as a tribute.

The goal poacher has pretty much disappeared from the modern game, so it’s funny to watch the modern hipster stato twisting himself in mental knots to try and justify his erroneous opinion of Broja. You just wouldn’t get in a modern side if you played like Gerd Muller.

That boat sailed years ago. It’s an international sport based in England.

What a load of old pony. The goal against Burnley, when he hit the post against West Ham, he picked the ball up and went at people. He’s not a “bit of a poacher “ at all, he puts himself about, wins headers and gets at people. You either don’t understand what a poacher is, or you’re so obsessed with ridiculous stats that you can’t see what’s in front of you. I know you made yourself look a bit of a chump over the lad, but I’d stop digging if I was you.

He’s scored 2 in 2, who gives a flying fuck what his xA is?

Classic SOG

Load of old pony

Howe won the league.

How’s he “proving” it?

You’d imagine wrong then. He’s a twat, up there with Oliver Holt & that arse Henry Winter.

It’s bizarre that in the era of dedicated football channels, Sunday suppliant and Goals on Sunday went. Both must have been pretty cheap to air, and both were pretty decent Sunday morning viewing.

I remember hearing Gab Marcoti when asked about Lovren having a “blip” at Liverpool. He said the blip “ isn’t that he’s off form now, the blip was his one season at Southampton”. I feel the same about Vesty, he had a decent period,but it was just a blip. He was shite before it, and shite since . We did well to get half decent money for him