We are already relegated in my mind. 4 points after 10 games and we won't get more than 5-7 points out of our next 9 games meaning if we don't spend our entire FFP budget on 5 world class player who hit the ground running and settle in on day dot we AND THEN we have to be able to win at least half of the second half of the seasons fixtures - we won't hit 36 points.
I'm going to put it out there - neither are coming to play for 19th place, Howe-led Newcastle. We won't be getting Tarkowski or Lingard level players with him in charge, which I suspect the owners know (or at least SHOULD know).
Nah, wrong attitude mate - Pearson turned Leicester around after way worse. But I'll say this - if they appoint a useless fecker like Howe and even then dither about it for as long as they have then, yeah, we're ****ed. This is why it's SO stupid to move slowly. Expectations build, but then on the other hand performances drop. You end up digging a bigger and bigger hole, shrinking the number of viable appointments. Chaos talked about them "getting it right" - was anybody expecting or hoping for a four week delay followed by "AnnounceHowe"? What's "right" about Howe? Nobody would be surprised if we went down with that kind of thinking - you know this, because the media will be delighted with the appointment. "He's the right guy, loads of experience, looks where Noocastle are, they're lucky to have him". Then, post relegation, "well what did they expect? They didn't support the manager before him, they don't support Howe, these ungrateful bastards deserve to go down".
None of them have come sniffing. Utd wanted Conte. As it turned out Ole saved his bacon yet again. Villa want Gerrard and Nuno. Everton aren't looking.
We have 11 games till those 2 can start a game,20 pts or minimum 15 needed from those games,can see it happening!
We won't get either of them. Apparently when Howe was going to Celtic he asked for Josh King and Harry Wilson. He likes his young Liverpool players and ex players he's worked with. That's where we would be looking.
Can't see it mate, wish i was optimitsic but look at the state we are in 4 points from 10 so far - out of our next 9 games (including Leicester, Arsenal, Liverpool, City and United) Brighton, Burnley, Norwich and Brentford are the only ones we can HOPE to get anything out of. How many points do you see there? Maybe 7 more like 5 if we are lucky - so we'd be sat on 9-11 points after 19 games means we HAVE to win 9/10 games in the second half of the season. Like I say January can't come soon enough and we'd be better off trying to get games postponed for watterlogged pitches and covid to save as many games for after January IMHO.
As it stands, I think Nuno's the only feasible appointment. Knows how to defend, counter attack (done properly), which suits us right now. And we might be able to get away with it. "Sure, we've talked to others, but you weren't available at the time and now you are, lucky us."
Completely agree here - Nuno out of the list of others linked is probably the best shout, what happened to Fonseca, people were creaming themselves over him a while back
I like this post. I said Gerrard from the start: even had a bet on it. I will be underwhelmed by Howe and think it’s to big a job for him if I am honest. I still think there is a plot twist. Emery is still a possibility.
I’m still positive chaps. I have been for 24 hours and look at where it got me. I promise I won’t complain. Please please if there is a god let a good manager come.
Another thing that has me really concerned is the obsession with Graeme Jones. He cost £250k from B'mouth. Yeah, he went to Southgate's England camp, but is he the guy we should be building a ****ing backroom team around?! Seems weird. Seems weird he was promised a job.
I must emphasis we have not even offered Emery a contract or even the job yet. Villarreal are immaterial because we simply have to give them £5,5M and that will remove them from the picture. If today we offer Emery a deal and he says yes, he could be manager by this evening.
