Eddie Howe

Critchley to Bournemouth. 🤔.

Sorry don’t know what came over me. We’ve not had one of those threads in a while.
 
Over-rated.

Look at the money he’s wasted on Ibe and Solanke for starters and as the above points out failed at Dingles.

Will be interesting what’s next for him but I wouldn’t back him to set the world alight.
 
Left before and failed at Burnley before being successful back at a heavily backed Bournemouth
Not sure what it is but something about him winds me up
Seems very smug ,(only my opinion!)

I heard something about how he's really strict about doing it 'his way'

So when Bournemouth were doing shite, the players wanted to shift to an alternative formation and he went mental at them.

When they shifted finally they got a few results but too late.

He's very different to Ollie but he seems to have that quality that he's a great bloke when your on the right side of him and things are going well but if your not or they're not, he's perhaps slightly different than the urbane exterior suggests.

He looks like he needs a break tbh.
 
I don't think he out and out failed at our 4 fingered friends but he certainly did nothing of note there.

Personally, I think what he's done at Bournemouth was a great achievement and it's that thing about smaller clubs not being able to afford mistakes.

He definitely spent money badly at times but bigger clubs do too and people forget it completely.

People look at Bournemouth and notice Ibe and Solanki but you don't notice Drinkwater or someone being pointless at Chelsea cos they just buy another one if the first one doesn't work out so you forget their bad signings more easily.

I know Bournemouth are backed to the hilt, but they ain't in that league. Never understood why they let Defoe go.
 
Left before and failed at Burnley before being successful back at a heavily backed Bournemouth
Not sure what it is but something about him winds me up
Seems very smug ,(only my opinion!)

Failed at Burnley? He set them up to be where they are now.

But I agree with others there is something I dislike about him.

The fact he couldn't abide the North gives me the impression he's a bit of a soft southern tanned up mummys boy.
 
Did he fail at Burnley? He finished 8 th and 13 th in the Championship with them. Not a stunning success but he hardly left them on the bones of their arse. He also left because his mum had just died and he wanted to get back down south.
Agreed he needs a rest and then a new club and challenge.
 
I remember his Bournemouth Team absolutely battering us at Bloomfield road - one of the best performances by an away team I’ve ever seen.

think he’s a really good manager and doesn’t wind me up .

has spent a lot of money at Bournemouth but to keep aclub like that in the premier for that long is a massive acheivement IMO.
 
He will be one of those managers that takes a Holloway style sabbatical then returns to football again in a blaze of glory somewhere or other
 
Eddie Howe isn't a 'bad manager', yes his stock was highest a couple of years ago when he was linked with arsenal and England. People have mentioned Ibe and Solanke as bad signings, yes they haven't gone according to plan however Bournemouth are about to sell Aké for £40m, Wilson and King for who knows how much, so he will be well up on transfer revenue, that's before the likes of Brookes and Ramsdale who will more than likely find prem clubs due to his management/coaching.

No, he isn't a TOP manager, yes he has achieved success with Bournemouth. Will probably end up at a palace/fulham/newcastle/villa
 
I don’t get people having a go at him. He took Bournemouth from mid table League One to the Premier league. That takes some doing these days.

hard to compete in the big league year on year when you only pull in 15,000 or so as a regular crowd.

Don’t get the criticism on transfers either. Solanke and Ibe are average yes.
But we re forgetting:
Ake who’s about to go for double the money paid.
Matt Richie picked up for a pittance got them to the PL
Callum Wilson Danny Ings Lower league to PL regular goal scorers.
David Brooks, Lewis Cookn list goes on.

one of the best English managers there is. Will probably have some time off and come back stronger.
 
Eddie Howe isn't a 'bad manager', yes his stock was highest a couple of years ago when he was linked with arsenal and England. People have mentioned Ibe and Solanke as bad signings, yes they haven't gone according to plan however Bournemouth are about to sell Aké for £40m, Wilson and King for who knows how much, so he will be well up on transfer revenue, that's before the likes of Brookes and Ramsdale who will more than likely find prem clubs due to his management/coaching.

No, he isn't a TOP manager, yes he has achieved success with Bournemouth. Will probably end up at a palace/fulham/newcastle/villa

you read my mind.
 
He has been a decent enough manager who has had good financial backing. His teams alo played decrnt football.He does look like a younger version of Steve McClaren though
 
I don’t get people having a go at him. He took Bournemouth from mid table League One to the Premier league. That takes some doing these days.

hard to compete in the big league year on year when you only pull in 15,000 or so as a regular crowd.

Don’t get the criticism on transfers either. Solanke and Ibe are average yes.
But we re forgetting:
Ake who’s about to go for double the money paid.
Matt Richie picked up for a pittance got them to the PL
Callum Wilson Danny Ings Lower league to PL regular goal scorers.
David Brooks, Lewis Cookn list goes on.

one of the best English managers there is. Will probably have some time off and come back stronger.


Just to add he actually took them from -17 points in league two to the PL
 
Just to add he actually took them from -17 points in league two to the PL

so he did. I was counting his second time in charge after Burnley really. Because they’re two separate achievements really. Both equally stunning.
 
He comes across as an intelligent, articulate, decent man. And he has done an incredible job at Bournemouth. But as someone else has already said, he does look like he needs a break. A year off to recharge would be my advice.
 
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He wanted the Everton job and I think when he didn't get it twice, it might have put a bit of fire out for him as he's done as well as you could ask for Bournemouth and clearly didn't want to leave for just any old club.

I think he'd really have suited them as well.
 
He comes across as an intelligent, articulate, decent man. And he has done an incredible job at Bournemouth. But as someone else has already said, he does look like he needs a break. A year off to recharge would be my advice.

What I heard someone say (I think it was the Bournemouth equivalent of Scrafton) is that he is all those things and he's incredibly hard working but he's very inflexible and also a lot more 'steely' than he comes across.

They cited him doing things like press conferences at weird times like 7am as he was so obsessive about having focus for rest of day, he wouldn't do them at usual hours.

Their description made him seem slightly OCD which I think suits a manager building something more than one who has to simply maintain it.

Which is why I think Everton would have worked for him. I like Ancelotti but I think Everton is a club crying out for a single minded obsessive and a long term approach.
 
I think he’s realised he’s taken Boscombe Athletic as far as it can go.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he has got a job lined up or takes a year out.
Along with Lamps future England manager material.
 
I think he’s realised he’s taken Boscombe Athletic as far as it can go.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he has got a job lined up or takes a year out.
Along with Lamps future England manager material.

Not a massive lamps fan personally, he's alright but I think he gets an easier ride cos of who he is. I think him and Ole aren't in the class of Klopp or Pep or for that matter, Dyche or Wilder.

But I thought as he was being interviewed today "next Gareth Southgate" and he'd probably be quite good at it. He plays nice enough football and speaks well.
 
I think this season he/Bournemouth got found out & never had a plan B.
Seem incapable of grinding out a few ugly points here & there. Good for my goals galore coupon but in the main the opposition scored more.
 
so he did. I was counting his second time in charge after Burnley really. Because they’re two separate achievements really. Both equally stunning.
Cannot believe people talking him. You could have as much money as you want but you would still struggle to get top players to come to Bournemouth, that's a fact.

For comparison if we ever had a manager who achieved what he did there would be calls for a statue or a stand to be named after him at Bloomfield Road.
 
He was a good fit at Bournemouth, however I think his next job will tell us a lot about his ability as a manger and his ability to work in different situations. His time at Burnley was Ok but nothing more, I have a feeling his next job will be short lived as he gets found out as not being able to adapt, and yes I also find him to be smug at times.
 
He was a good fit at Bournemouth, however I think his next job will tell us a lot about his ability as a manger and his ability to work in different situations. His time at Burnley was Ok but nothing more, I have a feeling his next job will be short lived as he gets found out as not being able to adapt, and yes I also find him to be smug at times.
Personally, I don't find him smug at all. He just seems a quiet guy. He also doesn't trot out the usual football manager soundbites. I've always been impressed with how calmly and clearly he speaks, even in the heat of a post match interview. I'm sure a few clubs will be calling him over the next few days. But I hope he has a break before taking his next job.
 
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He'll never make it to the top with a name like "Howe".

He needs to get himself a fancy cosmopolitan name like Eduardo Vasconsellez Da Silva Howella and then one of the top clubs will take him.
 
The ironic thing is that other Championship sides will now be lining up to get his signature and Bournemouth will kick themselves in they finish below whichever side get him!
 
Considering he was a CB, Bournemouth's defensive record in the Prem is unbelievable. 60+ goals conceded every season.

Wherever he lands next, he'll have to prove he can set a team up that can at least be passable defensively.
 
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