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Eddie's tactical inflexibility, bias for his favourites, lack of squad rotation, predictable subs strategy, poor treatment of Hall, terrible away record, catastrophic injuries, poor record against the big teams, selling Maxi, Anderson and Minteh, all mean he needs a much better start this season than last or else he'll be out before Christmas.

I love Eddie Howe but if the club has to future proof itself. Of course I don't know anything about what is going on but on the face of it I'd say that the club is doing the right thing by putting a model in place which can persist even if Eddie / his team moved on.

Maybe Mitchell & Eales told Eddie the club isn't going to waste the summer transfer funds on the likes of DCL or McTomminey as they don't really improve the squad.

Eddie is playing a dangerous game. He is employed (and paid 6m pa) by PIF, not the other way around. Ask Amanda!

If Eddie wants to grow as a coach, he needs to embrace change. Most top clubs have Sporting Directors, Performance Directors etc. They will enable him to become a better coach. If he wants old school management he’ll have to drop into the football league and take the pay cut that goes with it…

Hopefully they can work this out. I believe they will I don't think Eddie is going nowhere

I feel like Eddie’s time is up with all the changes happening! He’ll be taking the England job and I can see us getting Rubén from Sporting as our new Coach.

Poch on his way unfortunately.

Howe has the leverage of the England job but with the greatest of the respect he is not Pep Guardiola. He does not have the track record to be able to dictate to the Saudis that he wants control of everything. As you quite rightly said, Paul Mitchell is one of the most coveted sporting directors in the game and he would not have come to Newcastle without assurances/guarantees over recruitment which is going to be 90% of his role whereas with Ashworth it was not. Howe's recruitment has largely been good in Pope, Guimaraes, Botman, Isak, Burn, Trippier etc but it has not been without it's faults. Matt Targett on a rumoured 100k a week and can't get a game when the clubs only recognised left back was a young unpolished Lewis Hall who Howe did not trust until towards the end of last season. Harvey Barnes for 40 million when we already had Anthony Gordon and were crying out for a right winger and started last season with Miggy and Murphy going into the Champions League. The Tonali situation and the lack of due diligence though I'd put that more on Ashworth's head than Howe's. Those are some of the problems with recruitment and then we go to the injuries which were absolutely out of control last season. The club did the right thing bringing in a sporting director who specializes in recruitment and a performance director to look into our injuries. We think the world of Howe as a coach but football has been evolving for some time. Can't give all the power to one man then that manager doesn't work out and you bring in a manager who wants different players to fit his system but FFP doesn't allow that so you end up with 1/4 of your squad of new players and 3/4 of the old players botched together that doesn't fit. It's too expensive and too ineffective. The club will dictate the playing philosophy and recruitment and the manager (whose playing style aligns with that of the clubs) implements that on the training pitch. If that manager does not work out, then you bring in a manager who fits your philosophy but you feel can do it better, you're not ripping up the rulebook and signing all new team to fit a new system.

A brilliant breakdown and insight to the Eddie interviews 👍🏻, really hope he stays 🙌🏻

To be fair there has to be scrutiny over his training methods due to the amount of injuries to players. It was the same at Bournemouth

Considering the injuries last year, it's no surprise to see a performance analyst come in. I said a couple of videos back the players' training outside the club needs looking at, and this guy will do all that. Eddie needs to realise the best leaders delegate and trust those below him. If he relinquishes some of his duties it gives him more time to concentrate on training and matches, all he has to do is give those people as much info as possible about what he wants and needs to do his job. To me, all he said is he's happy, but he needs clarification on the new setup and his role in it. Nothing he said worries me.

I love Eddie as much as any fan. But where exactly is he going to go that doesn’t have this structure? Even some lower half PL teams have a DOF in charge of recruitment? He certainly isn’t going to have total control at any other club challenging for European football

Think you're reading too much into it fella's (just in my opinion), we've just had a few months of "Bruno is not happy at newcastle and a number of teams are going go trigger his release clause" .... didn't happen, "Isak wants to leave and is going to Arsenal" ... didn't happen, "trippier has put his house up for sale, and his time may be up" .... gone nowhere ..... Eddie said the sale of Elliot Anderson didn't sit well with him, but went on to say that was a critic of financial fair play, change was inevitable and I would bet that wouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

Great channel guys. Gives a great insight, keep it up!

I don’t think he’s unsettled at all

Eddie Howe is a wanted man (by the FA). He is not in contract negotiations so it's a no brainer that he is using this situation to leverage as much influence and assurances from NUFC as possible

Eddie is way better head coach than he is manager. None of this needed to he played out in public. Pretty unprofessional. 2 things last year that didn't go well: transfer and injuries. The club is simply addressing that in a pretty typical way.

What’s the actual point of having a meeting with Mitchell if you can’t talk about it that just doesn’t make any sense. Unless you can tell me otherwise what was the point talking to journalists and not be able to talk or print it, no offence but if I wanted to keep things in house I certainly wouldn’t say right I’ll have a meeting with local journalists who cover Newcastle and tell them you can’t disclose what we talk about. It’s a journalists job to get info not well we can’t talk about it🤷‍♂️ or am I missing the point of the meeting with Mitchell.

im sorry but the injuries under howe have been horrendous hes needs to be accountable

Yea, I'm pretty much agreed with you fellas, and change can always be challenging, the Saudis won't be held to ransom by Eddie or anyone, the turbulence has started early hasn't it.

he might have been told he's getting his wings clipped and his nephew is getting the bullet. hopefully they have told him the jobs for the boys culture that pervades the club is over

Look at Eddie's record at picking players at Bournemouth?

Pochetino

They got him rattled. For all his talk on podcasts of how he evolved and he continuously tries to improve, to grow and work better... when the opportunity comes to work with the best sporting director this club has had, he gets rattled and causes a media stir. Things change, nothing stays the same. Time to buckle up and do the work or otherwise ride into the sunset.

I think Howe has also ruled himself out of England job because of his behaviour. He gets pressure, has been asked to fit in a structure and snipes in public, England hierarchy will not like that and I bet Ashworth will be asked his opinion also. How can he question a performance director when our whole season was fucked through injuries and exhausted players.

The whole thing makes me feel uneasy because I thought Howe was better than this. He is washing his laundry in public and despite his comments on wanting to do his best for the club he is doing his worst for the club and best for him. Our Chairman will watch that and no doubt be getting his board to start looking for a new manager. In any business you can’t have employees giving veiled threats in public. No one person is bigger than the club. He will be gone and we move on HWTL!

Guys, you are 101% right!

Fantastic analysis again guys, really look forward to your videos. Keep it up

I’ve been supporting this club since 96. Eddie is by far and away the right man for this role. Trust him. He’s allowed us to slap our rivals to the point where they are changing rules.

soooo wheres the inside videos etc BS U BOTH TALK....

Great content again, I'm so jealous of your experience there. Enjoy lads

Did anyone think after the appointment of Mitchell and Bunce, things were going to end well? I thought there would be trouble ahead but not as quick as this has blown up! Howe is an old school coach who has basically had everything his own way for years at Bournemouth and up until now at Newcastle. Lets be honest here, Howe is being worked out and his cryptic criticisms will play straight into the hands of PIF who are looking for him to metaphorically hang himself. He's popular with the fans so this approach being used is to force Eddie's hand so he will leave the club. Amanda & Mehrdad were the first to go with Eddie set to complete the changing of the guard. Howe is coming across like a little demagogue here but he is going to lose and rightly so in my opinion. Things did go wrong last season with recruitment, results, injuries, performance so PIF have brought in professionals to help with that, Howe will have to go along to get along otherwise... He has to realise that he will not have that level of control within a modern ownership and that is why it is only a matter of time before he leaves. Whether it is England or the dole queue, Howe pressed the Doomsday Clock on his Newcastle career yesterday! This will not be popular with fans but we might have to dispense with Howe's services so we can move forward as a club with our new structure in place. What good is Howe going to be within that when he is knocking back everything they advise to him. Everyone has had a pop at Ashworth but the rumours of Howe having too much say for Dan to do his job now looking like it could all have been true. Howe will definitely lose his little game of brinkmanship because PIF will side with Mitchell who they have tasked to find rough gems for polishing while Eddie argues the toss over an injury prone mate of his who gets injured again not being available for the start of the season! I have always said Eddie would just be a bit part player in this journey and not be at the destination of events.

As a manager, surely Howe will want the best transfers possible to give him the best squad possible. If that’s what Mitchell offers then he will have to understand it gives him the best to do his job.

I hate the abuse yous get when fans don't get the information they want to hear on social media, it's vile and people need to realise, that yous have feelings and deserve respect.

EH wanting total autonomy at Newcastle ain't going to happen and won't happen at any top club. With EH wanting to constantly keep players who are past it and never get used (Dummett and Ritchie etc), along with the constant injuries ie Miley and Wilson and we've hardly started pre season. With the all the above it's no wonder the club have acted and tried to seek resolutions.

Well I was Howe out after Brighton away. Lost patience after Milan at home. Have had to bite my tongue ever since. I just hope everyone is happy and ready to go before we play Southampton.

I reccon he is making a show to make it look like IF he does leave its not cos he wants to its because he's been pushed, to curry favor from the fans. Its a dicey game he's playing.

Have you Never thought that Amanda and Mehrdad when appointing Eddie that they gave him Assurances that he would have Total control over All Football matters at the club and would stand by Eddie by all means then for Paul Mitchell to come in to the Club one of his Requests to take the job would be for PIF To give him all Control over all Football matters then since Amanda and Mehrdad couldn't keep there end of the Bargain they Left And Mitchell came then since Pif gave him the Keys to the Castle just putting the dots together and with Eddies Attitude towards all this and his Comments and also thinking back the Reason Mitchell turned down Man U was Because he wanted Ashworth's job being under control of Everything and being at the top Job and im Sure he Knocked us back Before and this time Round was giving everything he Wanted

What an informative podcast. I can understand Eddie feeling unsettled, but this is way modern aspiring football clubs work. It wouldn't be any different at any other top club in Britain or Europe. I do hope we don't lose his incredible skills of player development. Thanks for the insight boys!

Following the Eddie press conference I’ve learnt that everybody is now an analytical expert. Paul Mitchell was quoted not once but twice saying the coach was one of the reasons he took up the job. He also mentioned the number of injuries we sustained and whether or not players were returning too earlier (weren’t we all thinking/saying that ?. What short memories !.). Paul Mitchell,also stated that he would be working on the juniors , academy as well as the women’s team so how the hell is he going to interfere with the senior squad or has Eddie been doing these jobs too !.

I only saw Eddie’s interview with Keith Downie for Sky, which didn’t set off any alarms for me, but apparently there were other interviews I missed? Eddie’s surely too clever to try to “negotiate” with PIF via the media? I hope Eddie embraces Mitchell and Bunce. They can only make his life as manager easier.

Hello guys, great show as always. I agree with you both completely when you say there was a definite change to Eddie Howe's body language ect. It seemed as if he was ready to come out fighting & draw a clear & viable line in the sand. The arrival of Paul Mitchell & Steve Bunce looks as if it could have an effect? Also the departure of Amanda & Mehrdad. How was that actually played out behind the scenes?

Good report lads, I would be surprised if that discussion has not already taken place between EH and PM, and Eddie is just preparing for his departure with the blessing of the club. Eddie keeps the fans onside with the club progressing at a faster pace. Everybody's happy.

so you journos pissed him off with your questions... end of!

Eddie just setting boundaries I think only fair. He’s the man.

Worrying about nowt! Can’t be worse then 3 years ago

Dear all, Canny video as always👍 Great content & views as always👍✊🤘👏😎😁 Regards,

As soon as Mitchel came in I thought Eddie will go, Poch will come in. Probably why Amanda went too. Saudi are shaking things up