He's a young manager - Eddie Howe

We are all well aware of how good Eddie Howe is as Newcastle United fans. Everyone else seems to be underwhelmed by just what he has managed to achieve this season, and, more broadly, since becoming Newcastle United Manager.

A lot like my self in my career, I got a lot of shade from older 'more experienced' engineers / Project managers. That was until we would sit having a beer as the project kicks off. In my mid-30s I'd already lead teams that delivered over $500million in projects globally and had been teams that had deliver hundreds of millions more. A lot of the older fella I was working with had been 'career company men'. Stable jobs but slow paced and it transpired that they had less hands on project experience than me, a lad, some 10-15 yrs younger than them.

Not saying I'm anywhere near the levels of Eddie Howe or what he has achieved but it got me to thinking about a comment made by some pundit or podcaster regarding the 2-0 win over Chelsea. Is Eddie Howe a 'Young manager?' What does that mean when MSM muppets sneer it through gritted teeth at a 'compli-neg'. My take is that they're implying lack of experience. Perhaps that's me thinking subjectively through my own lens.

"when we went 1-0 up I knew we'd win it. Maresca just doesn't have the experience to beat us as we are far too well organised with too much fight."

The thought provoked was related to Eddie Howe being 47, he'd have been 2 yrs above me at school (Mental), is considered a 'young, inexperienced manager', who according to the MSM muppets 'doesn't have what it takes to manage a Cartel club'.

Out of curiosity, I decide to take a look at Eddie's Managerial history.

We all Know that he had a short and unsuccessful stint at Burnley, sandwiched by two periods of progress with Bournemouth, establishing the South Coast outfit as a serious, consistent force in the Premier League.

That alone, his ability as a manager to turn the sleepy seaside team in 'gods waiting room' into a sustainable, well ran, competitive Premier League outfit is, in itself an astonishing achievement. Consider that in comparison to Harry 'The Bung' Rednapp's bankrupting of Pompi. Truly remarkable.

So here it is, to paraphrase the 1993 chart toppers Tag Team "Woop here it is.

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716 games as manager and counting for a manager of his age is exceptional. The levels of experience and knowledge gathered along that journey, coupled with EH's obsessive work ethic and competitive nature is the recipe for success we are seeing bare fruit this season.

Sure the Champions League is new to him but Football is Football. That one season in the UCL will pay dividends for next seasons foray into Football's most elite competition.

For reference Maresca's record - 121 games as manager. Age 45. The gulf in experience is unfathomable.

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Just for a laugh - The Cabbage stats. Stevie Sauerkraut's career in numbers - 1078 miserable matches at age 64. Night and day. Blackpool is a massive sh!t hole. I have affection for the place from the many many nights spent on stag doo getting mortal with my daft mates in my 20s. The property prices and general malaise of the place, I thought, couldn't get any worse, until they planted the cabbage patch. Property prices tumbled. However, sales in cheese chips and curry sauce sky rocketed.

In short Eddie, 19 yrs his junior is just some 300 matches behind the lying fat ballon heed.

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The more I think about it, the more certain I am that, Give time and resources, Eddie Howe is going to win the Premier League with Newcastle United, he will also take us to Semi-Finals, Finals & possibly even win us the Champions League.

Yeah, the term "young manager" is used to denigrate a manager like somehow you have to be 60 to be considered good enough. I think these days the younger the better as they tend to be more technology saavy, open to new ideas and less stuck in their ways than say a "Big Ron Atkinson" type. Modelling and analysis is the way its going anyway with players

Its a positive and lets face it I don't think 47 is THAT young.

IMO the MSM opinion is driven by lazy journalism.
Newcastles recent success? Ah, they were bought by PIF so theyve bought their success.

I think PIF buying the club was instrumental in the turnaround and not just because we got rid of Ashley. But also not mainly because of the money - how could it be unless we broke PSR?
Its Eddie Howe and the confidence factor.

I remember loads of people saying PIF were lost trying to find a new manager. I remember a supporter on a radio show being ridiculed for saying he wanted Howe as our manager by the expert pundits. Then came the choices: Emery and Howe (the rest is history - for both PIFs first choices who have taken the PL by storm.

I also dont underestimate the confidence factor. PIFs arrival pulled the city back to the club. When the city and the club are together and rocking, we are unstoppable. The joy of Ashley out and PIF in was huge and has literally catapulted us to where we are now and with having spent relatively little on the squad.

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Originally Posted by Sclox

Yeah, the term "young manager" is used to denigrate a manager like somehow you have to be 60 to be considered good enough. I think these days the younger the better as they tend to be more technology saavy, open to new ideas and less stuck in their ways than say a "Big Ron Atkinson" type. Modelling and analysis is the way its going anyway with players

Its a positive and lets face it I don't think 47 is THAT young.

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The older managers are done. Looking across the Premier League there isn't many 'old' managers. Moyes is the oldest manager at 62, Ange Postecoglou is 59, Vitor Pereira is 56.

Then Astonishingly Pep is next at 54. We don't consider Pep he's old.

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The days of the Roy Hodgson's and other dinosaurs getting jobs in the revolving door of old boys club.

Premier League owners have finally realised that hiring these cronies based on outdated reputations from bygone eras is no long enough to keep teams in the Premier League.

Everything is based on data and metrics now at most clubs.

The reason the middle order clubs Brighton, Brentford, Bournemouth, Fulham are all doing so well and squeezing the league and making it harder for the cartel to run away with the league is due to the data drive / money ball approach.

It's only the Frauds like the Filth who still deal in reputations and think that buying up the Casemiro's of this world make them relevant and now they are reaping what they sow.

The simple answer is that now the club is being run correctly, as it should be, and the rewards of that are beginning to show and build up, increasing for the future when we will be established as a club to be looked up to in the way we are run.

There hasn't been a magic formula of vast sums spent, and as an example you only have to compare those monies with those spent by our rivals lower, and significantly lower in the table than us.

Finally and ironically the exact same success could have been achieved, even easier and more cheaply, even in those days had FAT ASHLEY had the common sense to run this club with ambition.

Simply summed up it's there for the taking if done correctly. Every thing was in place and ready for the right combination to come along and see and recognise the potential, which in fact has ALWAYS been here.

Absolutely agree — it's clear that proper structure, ambition, and smart leadership have made all the difference. The current progress is a reflection of what was always possible with the right approach. It’s frustrating to think how much sooner this success could’ve come if the club had been run with genuine vision and intent back then. Thankfully, things are finally on the right track, and it’s exciting to see where this momentum will take us.

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Originally Posted by Curian

Absolutely agree — it's clear that proper structure, ambition, and smart leadership have made all the difference. The current progress is a reflection of what was always possible with the right approach. It’s frustrating to think how much sooner this success could’ve come if the club had been run with genuine vision and intent back then. Thankfully, things are finally on the right track, and it’s exciting to see where this momentum will take us.

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Yes, I was thinking that and wondering how much more the astute business man Ashley would have profited had he applied the correct principles, instead of greedily hiving off every penny he could in favour of Crap Direct.

All that would have been to much like hard work for Ashley though and he wouldn't have hired the relevant people because they'd have challenged him.

I hope he sees what we become and weeps at how he ****ed it up.

Great points made all, great thread Raga.

Here are Legoheed, Captain Scarlett 'dodgy ball' Arteta's stats

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He's completely amateur in comparison to Eddie Howe.

Probably explains why Eddie's punched his ticket pretty much every time we face the goons.

With all the riches at their disposal. I'm not surprised they have a good win ratio. Going into a cartel club with ?300m in interest free loans from the Kroenke family funding you is a lot easier than buying the kit and paying for the coach for players travel to matches in league 2.

I wouldn't swap Eddie for anyone in world football.

It's such a perfect fit for NUFC.