He's a young manager - Eddie Howe

[Ragatino]

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.



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.



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.



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.