NUFC vs Bournemouth

[OwdBillCook]

This man has so much credit at the club and I think back to the regret when Sir Bobby left.
I hope he?s here at the start of next season, after a good window and we go again.

Aye, totally agree about his credit, and Sir Bobby.
But, did Eddie's success stop because our fixture list exploded? Or did it stop coincident with our fixture list exploding? I'm not sure.
As I said on another thread, I started to worry (OK, only a wee bit at first) that things didn't seem quite right after Amanda and Mehrdad left.
Then, more recently, the bonkers pressure that Hopkinson put on Eddie by saying that we should be in the mix with the world's top teams by 2030.
Surely he knew that financial constraints make this all but impossible? Why the hell did he say that??
For me, the implication was that Newcastle had to qualify for the Champions League every year, without fail, up to 2030. If not, we had failed in our objective. Did he say that, at the time he did, because he wanted Eddie to fail??????

I hate conspiracy theories as much as I hate VAR. But I have to wonder.......

[Marat18]

For me, the implication was that Newcastle had to qualify for the Champions League every year, without fail, up to 2030. If not, we had failed in our objective. Did he say that, at the time he did, because he wanted Eddie to fail??????

I hate conspiracy theories as much as I hate VAR. But I have to wonder.......

If we go that road then Eddie is get out of jail card for Hopkinson.
he can always claim his share of success and blame everything on previous setup

[HughieG]

No matter what happens, if he goes or not, Eddie will go down in the history of our club. The day he leaves will be an infinitely sad one, even if it's the right decision - which I am unsure of.