He needs to do something about his transfer dealings, Lermer was £25m, Solanki £19m, Rico £13.5, £12m for Chris Mepham and then this year £16m on Danjuma and £13m on Lloyd Kelly. That's a lot of shit brought for a lot of money, and I suspect Howe made the call on all of them
Are they his decisions though or as we've seen from "Sunderland Till I Die" is that the fault of the board? - Take the Will Grigg fiasco for example
Eddie Howe will surely just go to them with his transfer targets and those with the actual money will do the negotiating - I remember from Curbishley's book that it was Richard Murray who dealt with Grimsby when we tried to get Clive Mendonca and Curbs was actually on holiday when those talks happened
Even in our case now its Gallen who makes the financial decisions (transfer fees / wages etc.), Bowyer just confirms if he wants the player or not and goes along to help sway the player
Seems to be a common perception (Maybe from Football Manager I dont know) that the Manager will simply be given a war chest and will be allowed to do what they want
In this situation I imagine the way it becomes Howe's fault is if the board go back to him and say they couldnt do a deal only for Howe to put pressure on them to state that whoever they're after would be an important signing etc. Even then though the board can still put their foot down if they want and say no surely?
A managerial appointment that seems to have gone under the radar is that Eddie Newton has been given the Trabzonspor job.
He left Chelsea a few months ago to go there as assistant boss, then when they fucked the league up in the last few games they sacked their manager. Newton took over as caretaker, won the Turkish cup and has been given the job permanently.
Fair play to him, hope he takes his chance after many years as an assistant.
He needs to do something about his transfer dealings, Lermer was £25m, Solanki £19m, Rico £13.5, £12m for Chris Mepham and then this year £16m on Danjuma and £13m on Lloyd Kelly. That's a lot of shit brought for a lot of money, and I suspect Howe made the call on all of them
Not to mention Brad Smith for £6m who ended up on loan in the MLS and Jordon Ibe £19m and has been released.
I think there's some merit in the argument he was better at putting a team together that was greater than the sum of its parts but in addition to the "flops" signed above he also signed David Brooks, Ramsdale, Ake, Wilson, Cook, etc. and turned them into established Premier League or International level players.
He needs to do something about his transfer dealings, Lermer was £25m, Solanki £19m, Rico £13.5, £12m for Chris Mepham and then this year £16m on Danjuma and £13m on Lloyd Kelly. That's a lot of shit brought for a lot of money, and I suspect Howe made the call on all of them
Not to mention Brad Smith for £6m who ended up on loan in the MLS and Jordon Ibe £19m and has been released.
I think there's some merit in the argument he was better at putting a team together that was greater than the sum of its parts but in addition to the "flops" signed above he also signed David Brooks, Ramsdale, Ake, Wilson, Cook, etc. and turned them into established Premier League or International level players.
Our ex-player Harry Arter too, signed him for 4k from Woking, ended up a premier league and international player. Ryan Fraser for 400k, again ended up a premier league and international player.
Koeman a near certainty to take over at Barcelona .. after his great success at Everton ((:>) .. how does he keep getting jobs at top kloobs ?
Being a Barcelona legend helps, but he's done well with Holland.
Not sure it'll make much difference who takes over though. They have an ageing squad, don't have much money to spend and with their Presidential election taking place in March, it's almost a certainty that the new President will want to employ his own manager.
But in the interim at least Koeman will know how best to play De Jong (as Valverde and Setien didn't), and he'll clear out some of the older players. It might even mean a lifeline for Coutinho too.
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Eddie Howe will surely just go to them with his transfer targets and those with the actual money will do the negotiating - I remember from Curbishley's book that it was Richard Murray who dealt with Grimsby when we tried to get Clive Mendonca and Curbs was actually on holiday when those talks happened
Even in our case now its Gallen who makes the financial decisions (transfer fees / wages etc.), Bowyer just confirms if he wants the player or not and goes along to help sway the player
Seems to be a common perception (Maybe from Football Manager I dont know) that the Manager will simply be given a war chest and will be allowed to do what they want
In this situation I imagine the way it becomes Howe's fault is if the board go back to him and say they couldnt do a deal only for Howe to put pressure on them to state that whoever they're after would be an important signing etc. Even then though the board can still put their foot down if they want and say no surely?
He left Chelsea a few months ago to go there as assistant boss, then when they fucked the league up in the last few games they sacked their manager. Newton took over as caretaker, won the Turkish cup and has been given the job permanently.
Fair play to him, hope he takes his chance after many years as an assistant.
bowyer signed hemed!!!
bowyer signed Lockyer, Matthews, Bonne, cullern etc
depends how you want to read it
Fair analysis of Eddie Howe in this BBC article. Good that it mentions the FFP fine and the Russian owner too
Was the Assistant Manager under Paul Cook
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53704987
Jason Tindall appointed Bournemouth manager
Though the league is easy for Juve I guess and the Champs Lge is everything.
Pirlo is the replacement
Vladimir Ivic looks like becoming this month's Watford manager
Allardyce 2-1
Pardew 8-1
Curbishley 16-1
Not sure it'll make much difference who takes over though. They have an ageing squad, don't have much money to spend and with their Presidential election taking place in March, it's almost a certainty that the new President will want to employ his own manager.
But in the interim at least Koeman will know how best to play De Jong (as Valverde and Setien didn't), and he'll clear out some of the older players. It might even mean a lifeline for Coutinho too.