Eddie Howe needs to go it’s absolutely embarrassing watching us lose to Sunderland twice in one season on top of that we look absolutely shit in any match that isn’t a big home match. It’s been 2 years now of Eddie Howe slowly losing his touch and it is only going to get worse. We need a new manager and a new boardroom.

r/NUFC, where the Newcastle United fanbase gathers in all its glory. It’s the place where the phrase “forever optimistic” is taken to a whole new level, even when optimism looks like it's on life support. Here’s to you, the subreddit that loves to discuss the team’s future success in excruciating detail, even though you’re still waiting for that “future” to arrive.

You guys have mastered the art of turning transfer rumors into full-blown soap operas. If you put half as much effort into your team's tactics as you do into dissecting every transfer speculation, maybe Newcastle wouldn’t have so many mid-table finishes. But hey, who needs tactical acumen when you have the unshakeable belief that this season is “definitely” going to be the one?

And let’s not forget the weekly threads about the club’s financials. It’s like you’re all on a mission to turn every post-match discussion into a debate about whether the owner is secretly a Bond villain plotting to take over the world.

But despite it all, there’s something endearing about your undying loyalty and passion. Because at the end of the day, whether it’s defending Steve Bruce, dreaming of big signings, or reliving every glorious but distant moment of the past, you keep the spirit alive, one post at a time. Keep it up, r/NUFC. The world needs more dreamers... even if they’re stuck in a perpetual cycle of hopeful disappointment.

There's trusting in your starting 11 despite playing European football, and then there's showing absolute zero faith in the rest of your squad.

This one is on Eddie - if you play for 2-1 then bring on those 5 fullbacks you have available. Then when the strategy fails we make 1 sub, 1! And we are instantly much better. Imagine what two or three more subs could have done.

We're all Howe boys through and through but imho this was just straight up waiting for them to score...

I know this is probably not needed, but I thought I would post it anyway and I am happy to take any down votes that come my way.

Please respect the minute's silence for Jota and if they do it as a minute's applause when we play them at our first home game, respect that too.

I know a lot of people blame Liverpool for the situation with a certain player, but this to me, feels bigger than this.

We need to show right there that we are the bigger people and can separate the business from the personal.

Thanks for your time and feel free to roast me, but it won't change my stance.

We’ve hit our ceiling under Howe.

2 Champions League qualifications and a League Cup are amazing achievements and he will go down as a Newcastle legend but if we want to be “in the debate about being the top club in the world” By 2030, David Hopkinson’s words, then we need a world class manager.

We will never challenge for league titles or be in the latter stages of the Champions League with Howe.

We can be proud of the effort to get to this stage, but the season has been a disaster and its getting worse.

We've conceded 88 goals in all games this season, with 43 of those coming in 2026.

I know Eddie is untouchable for the majority in this sub, but I think it would be best if we parted ways with him this Summer, because there is no defending this. Any other manager in the world would be under intense pressure.

He's done remarkable things, but a team is a reflection of its manager, and this team is in need of an overhaul

With that passion of keeping the ball in, hunger for a goal, it's what we need for our club. He deserves to start next match and if he shows to keep that hunger we need him

If he does not start in next matches, we have a management issue. Simple as that. We need hunger, not slow tactics

Unpopular opinion but more attention should be cast on our dreadful away form and failure to produce meaningful results away from home.

At home, it seems like the team ride on the passion of the fans, fearlessly pressing, attacking with passion and actually looking like the team that got us in the Champions League in the first place.

Away from home, however, I never feel confident with us at all. We lose any of our aggression, tempo and attacking flair. It feels like we are already beaten before we've even kicked the ball. We get 2 minutes of a decent spell and then collapse if they score first.

And if we score first, we basically fall into a low block AND lose. It's infuriating. We can't even grind out wins anymore. What is wrong with our team? It feels like we have no plan B. Ever since that dreadful draw with AC Milan, we think we can just defend for 90 minutes without a) tiring the players and b) conceding a goal. This is a valid criticism imo.

I get that we are fatigued but this is why we have subs. People say we are injury-proned but look at today, Eddie doesn't even put on Lewis Hall who we basically bought for 30 million to now warm the bench. I think Eddie's weakness are the lack of bravery in putting on subs and also squad rotation. I hear you cry, we have no one good on the bench. I agree, but to grind out even the last 10-15 mins, a fresh sub is better than a tired, and now broken down player.

Away games against Spurs should have been the best time to throw some youngsters or rotation players in. We were never winning that game but instead we decided to play an obviously fatigued team and lose anyways.

Give me Dummett, give me Hall, just put on decent-enough players that can fill in the gap and do a job. I bet with you that if Burn didn't get injured against Fulham, Krafth wouldn't have started today either. And he was one of our best players today before he gone off. Eddie can't make a proactive decision and only does reactive ones.

Eddie needs to trust in his squad. Because this slow breaking down of this team will be his fault at the end.

All I can say is FFS

Feel stupid even saying it, but i’ve seen enough now, we are tactically inept under Eddie. I’m ready for a change. Ultimately when “intensity is our identity” goes we don’t have an identity.

We cannot get 2 of the best midfielders in the league to play football, constantly make like for like changes instead of adjusting in the game. We could’ve played 2 up top against Utd while they sat back but we decided to take off Woltemade who causes problems in the box just based off his height alone.

This isn’t all down to the manager either, but I don’t see him taking us any further. Would rather give it a punt with Iraola from Bournemouth if we could get him, at least we’d have new ideas.

I’m aware i’ll get some hate for it, but its just my opinion and of course you’re entitled to yours too!

This would be my Newcastle United lineup for the rest of the season.

GK - Aaron Ramsdale - Nick Pope showed again vs Arsenal that he is unreliable as a Sweeper and ball player. Aaron Ramsdale is better on the ball and has better distribution which will be much needed especially against Brighton's high press

RB - Lewis Miley - Shown on many occasions this season that he is comfortable covering at RB and with Livramento's Injury and Trippier's age and lack of sharpness, Miley's versatility will be much required to end the season

RCB - Malick Thiaw - With Schars injury, he is our only natural right footed CB. Even though he's had some poor performances at times, he's still been quality and needs to form that connection with Botman

LCB - Sven Botman - On his day he is top quality and is a colossus. He needs to rediscover that form and build that connection with Thiaw

LB - Lewis Hall - One of our best players this season and I have no idea why he was benched vs Arsenal. He's our only natural LB so has to play for the rest of the season

RCM - Bruno Guimaraes - Captain, leader, legend. He's the heartbeat of our team and another contender for our POTS. Our performances seem to be better when he's in the side

LCM - Sandro Tonali - One of our most creative players and an engine. May possibly be playing for a move away so should be looking to perform

RW - Anthony Elanga - He may not have performed well this season but he's shown in certain games what he's capable of and think he needs a run in the team to build his confidence and start firing

LW - Harvey Barnes - With Gordon's injury and potential exit we need Barnes to step up and perform at the level we know he can, especially if he's going to be our starting LW next season

CF - Nick Woltemade - Looked very good when he came on vs Arsenal and I think he should continue in that role just behind the striker where he has use his strengths of his technical ability and hold up play

ST - Yoane Wissa - Similar scenario to Elanga where obviously he hasn't been good this season but hasn't been given a consistent run in the side. I think with a consistent run he could potentially find and bit of form for an inflated sale or to be our ST next season

Am I the only person wondering where our ruthless manager went?

When Eddie Howe came in, he saw the standards that were being set by the previous manager, and he changed things overnight.

Ciaran Clarke was out after letting Eddie down, Gayle didn't get a sniff even when we were desperate for a goal in the latter stages, and Maxi was shipped off to Saudi (despite what Howe says, he was definitely not going on strike for Maxi to leave).

This manager used to be ruthless. Stood by his principles.

Of late, or rather, this season, he has refused to be ruthless.

For me, it started at the beginning of the season when the Bruno <> Tonali midfield wasn't clicking.

Then, Isak who wasn't firing was preferred over a fit Wilson (with the former being the far superior player, but just wasn't doing it at the start of the season).

Miggy, picked ahead of Murphy week in week out with no output this season.

Kieran Trippier who went through a run of games where he cost us points single-handedly.

Dan Burn.

Sean Longstaff.

I could go on.

Where has ruthless Eddie Howe gone, and how is he not lighting a fire up these guys arses by playing young players, or backup players, ahead of them.

If for nothing other than proving a point that certain performances are unacceptable and that you must be accountable.

It's up there with the videos you see of the MLS chants. We're better than that guys

Look. I’m an optimistic person. I’ve embraced this season at every turn, taken the bad luck with grace, not spat my dummy out or thrown my toys out the pram.

Sandro Tonali’s gambling charge, “terrible luck but we’ve still got a class midfield we’ll survive”.

Carabao cup draw. Fuck that’s unlucky. Carabao cup draw. Fuck that’s unlucky. Carabao cup draw… I could go on.

FA Cup draw… you get the picture.

Champions League vs PSG. Closest I got to flipping out, but stabilised to “I’m so proud of this team”.

Champions League / Europa League woes. God we didn’t deserve to finish out of the knockouts, but we should be fucking proud of ourselves. What an experience UCL has been.

Nick Popes shoulder. Jacob Murphy’s shoulder? Fucking Dan Burns broken back! Elliot Anderson’s fucking broken back!! The rest of the fucking injuries… even still, I suppose this is just what happens with loads of fixtures and a thin squad.

Today I was getting my hair cut in the barbers and the FA Cup Final was in the background. “man united are shite, it’s a foregone conclusion”…. Or so I thought. I was seriously sat thinking about whether I’d managed to get Conference League tickets with my membership. St James’s Park under the lights on a midweek European spectacle.

At half time of that game, the wheels came off. Barbers (I’m in London) in silence as I descended into a fit of rage. Poor bloke was trying to sort my sideburns as I was hurling spit and fury into the mirror.

That sent me over the edge. I’ve had it. What sort of disgusting curse have we had put on us to leave us with this level of luck, at every single fucking turn of the season??? I can’t fault the players and Eddie, I just can’t. I think it’s a divine miracle that managed so much with the luck that I quoted above.

But please someone tell me, how can we find ourselves in this situation. How can Man United, a team that in my opinion are not close to our level, be stood with FA Cup and Carabao in the last couple of seasons, and us left with sweet fucking all. It literally blows my fucking mind.

And at half time, you’re telling me that I should just hope to god that Man City come back and win another trophy??? They make me sick to fucking death, why should I be hopeful for that shit to happen???

I fully believe that on another day we could have found ourselves with a trophy and a Champions League final from this season. People can call me as silly as they like I do not care.

This is a level of fucking bullshit that I don’t think I have ever seen.

None of this is against the lads, up the mags we’ll fucking get it next season, but fuck me that sent me into a level of rage I have never felt while watching football.

Not enough imo. A captain failing to leave the pitch and shouting "you're a fucking joke" right in the ref's face is exactly the kind of behaviour that PGMOL should be making an example of.

One It was a good performance. When you’re not testing the keeper and looking like scoring, whatever else you do with the ball doesn’t matter very much. It might be that ball retention was good - but the performance overall cannot be.

Two Remember it was 70 years before we won anything. Yes. True. But we came really close to bigger prizes in the 90s. Little before. Little since. Why? Because when the team is backed financially, it does well. The real question is whether or not we’re making effective use of the resources at our disposal. Are we? To some degree.

Three Eddie’s earned a bit of time to sort it all out. Yes. But it doesn’t feel like he’s asking the right questions. Why isn’t it working? What do we need to change? Feels like his plan to improve is just doing the same things better - but what works when you’ve got week to train most weeks needs amending when it’s two gams a week most the time. A style of play that’s effective - always - and also isn’t balls to the wall the whole time. This is the big question for me. I’ve seen no sign that he’s capable of doing that. We know flat out doesn’t work with our schedule - can he adapt and win? Or is this where we need coaching that is more tactically adept?

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If you look at the othe top teams they have signed some pretty decent players and we only signed two players and let ASM go. Is this enough to help us keep a top 4 premier league finish and a cup final to match last year's performance....?

I just fear with the extra games we are going to struggle more than last year and we go slightly backwards. finish around 6th with current squad. . What are peoples thoughts....?

With Spurs seemingly a bit hesitant to make his signing permanent, I feel he could be a decent backup option to Isak who wouldn’t cost that much, especially for how experienced he is.

I know he’s certainly not the best finisher, but he can press well and his speed coming off the bench could always be handy.

Thoughts?

They came out with a plan to wind Bruno up and it was pulled off with ease.

Bruno cannot handle being targeted. All game he was having digs at players and way over hitting passes.