The key with this appointment is what we do next in all honesty. Rumours of DoF or Sporting Director type roll as well as the positions that need to be created/filled around scouting/player recruitment etc etc. This is why this could well be a perfect appointment for us given where we are. Fonseca/Favre/Emery would have been nice but with that comes immediate expectations from all angles. Howe has managed two clubs and has done reasonably well at both, he has a chance to kick on now and prove himself with a far bigger challenge. Having thought about it a hell of a lot more I'm rather quite excited by the appointment. Don't get me wrong it could massively backfire and he could be an absolute pile of horse-****. At the end of the day he's a young English manager who has 2½ years (at least) to prove himself worthy of the step up, no disrespect to Burnley or Bournemouth of course.
We need at least 6 points from our next 4 games which is an absolute must for me. Our fitness levels are ****ing shocking which is no great surprise when you read reports of the players only training ****ing 3 days a week or whatever under Bruce which is just madness. Hopefully he will sit and watch the games this season thus far (god that will be ****ing painful) and pick up where things need to change with the personnel we have at the club at the minute and with a few choice additions to the squad in January I reckon we will be fine. I don't think anyone is expecting Mbappe/Haaland type signings truth be told. We need to be looking at players not getting game time elsewhere as well as overseas, even if we bring a few loans in from clubs who don't want to sell...I honestly couldn't care less.
We need at least 6 points from our next 4 games which is an absolute must for me. Our fitness levels are ****ing shocking which is no great surprise when you read reports of the players only training ****ing 3 days a week or whatever under Bruce which is just madness. Hopefully he will sit and watch the games this season thus far (god that will be ****ing painful) and pick up where things need to change with the personnel we have at the club at the minute and with a few choice additions to the squad in January I reckon we will be fine. I don't think anyone is expecting Mbappe/Haaland type signings truth be told. We need to be looking at players not getting game time elsewhere as well as overseas, even if we bring a few loans in from clubs who don't want to sell...I honestly couldn't care less.