IMO Eddie Howe has exactly what we've been missing under Southgate. He can get the best out of his players, and isn't afraid to change things up if they aren't working. He's done this over and over at Bournemouth and Newcastle. He's also very tactically astute.
I would massively disagree with pope's assertion that he doesn't have anything Southgate doesn't have. They are completely different managers.
More than anything I think we just need a change. We aren't going to improve any more in my opinion, and we should be aiming for a tournament win given our results under Southgate.
That's not to say I think our squad should always be winning tournaments - I don't think there's enough of a difference between the top international teams to ever say that one team should be winning any given tournament, but it should definitely be what we're aiming for, because we are one of the top teams, and I can't see us winning anything under Southgate at this point.
But Eddie Howe isn't getting the best out of the players he has.
We've been the better team in both games against Newcastle this season. The referee gave them one win.
He is under pressure right now.
His CV involves winning promotion with Bournemouth, relegation with Bournemouth and one top four place with Newcastle after strong investment.
We aren't looking for "get the best from what we've got". We are not Wales or Scotland.
We are looking to get the best from the best, apparently. Howe doesn't have any experience of that and I don't see much in his CV that suggests he'll step up to it. No major club has even looked at him and rightly so.
Getting the best out of limited players, using tactics and maximising what you have to minimise the opposition is one aspect of the game.
Getting the best players to perform at their best
against those tactics, getting them to outsmart disciplined opponents, operate in no space and use their talents in the right way at the right time- while keeping their respect- that is totally different.
You reckon we have a world class squad. There is absolutely no way Eddie Howe is a world class manager. You would need Pep or Klopp for something like that, but the problem is, England should not be taking foreign managers.
The only thing Howe has got going for him is that he isn't Gareth Southgate, which is enough for many to massively inflate his credentials. I understand that, people are sick of Southgate. But there isn't a single argument you can make against Southgate that isn't applicable to Howe or any of the other English candidates. That's the problem
