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by **account deleted by request** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:49 pm

This is howe you overcome adversity Rafa.
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One question left... Howe the hell did Eddie achieve promotion with Bournemouth? - mirror.co.uk

People say Roy Hodgson has performed miracles at Fulham this season.

Well, he has performed great feats of management that mark him out as a man of outstanding ability in his field.

But if it's miracles you want, let me tell you the story of Eddie Howe, the manager of AFC Bournemouth. He is 32 and the youngest manager in the English leagues.

He knew all about adversity before he got the job.

His playing career ended at the very moment he glimpsed the big time.

He had spent eight years as a player at Bournemouth, loyal and popular with the fans.

He was capped for the England Under-21s.

Then Harry Redknapp made him his first signing at Portsmouth. In his first game, Howe got a knee injury that ruled him out for the season.

He battled his way back to fitness. In the first game of the next season, he injured his knee again. His playing career at the top level was over.

But Howe (right) was always an old head on young shoulders. He had been captain at Bournemouth.

He might have looked like a cherub, but there was a steel about him that made other players respect him.

He took over at Dean Court at the start of last year after the club had been docked 17 points for a variety of financial problems.

Bournemouth were 10 points adrift of safety at the foot of League Two. Howe lost his first two games.

Then something r e m a r k a b l e happened.

B o u r n e -mouth started winning and finished the campaign five points clear of the relegation zone.

That was the easy part. Then things started to get tough. The Football League imposed a transfer embargo on the club before the start of this season. Last season, the wages of players and administrative staff were not paid for three months.

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But Bournemouth won their first match 3-0 at Bury and by mid-September, Howe had steered them to the top of League Two.

He was only able to field a full quota of substitutes 10 times this season, and played half the campaign with one recognised centre back. On several occasions, he only had three on the bench, usually one professional and two boys from the club academy.

"Whoever was left standing, basically," Niall Malone, the Cherries' public relations boss, said.

Malone, by the way, is a student at Bournemouth University. Like most of the other people at the club, he punches above his weight. He does a better job than plenty of his equivalents in the Premier League.

He mentioned the time Howe found himself in even worse trouble than usual the morning of a top-of-the-table clash at Shrewsbury at the end of February. So Howe rang a 16-year-old schoolboy from the academy called Jayden Stockley and told the GCSE student to travel 145 miles by taxi to Shrewsbury. Stockley was preparing to watch Chelsea v Manchester City on television when the phone rang. He called a cab and arrived at the New Meadow 20 minutes after kick off. But he still played. Howe brought him on in the second half of a 1-0 defeat.

The transfer embargo was finally lifted on the day after the transfer window closed and 10 days ago, Howe led his side to promotion when they won 2-0 at Burton Albion.

On Saturday, after they had thrashed Port Vale 4-0 in front of a capacity crowd at Dean Court, the fans invaded the pitch and chanted for the players to reappear and take a bow. Howe, who had never moved from the touchline, had already been named man of the match.

Now, there was only one name on the supporters' lips. "Eddie, Eddie, Eddie," they chanted over and over again. Afterwards, when the stadium was empty, Howe stood near the entrance to the players' tunnel.

He talked softly and thoughtfully. There was no triumphalism, no thought of taking the credit for himself.

"I want to stay here," he said.

"I'm only young. I haven't been in the job very long. I'm not getting ahead of myself."

Others have spoken of Howe's calmness, a thoroughness in preparation that rivals Jose Mourinho, a clever football brain and an excellent manmanagement technique. "Last season, we believed that if we had gone down the club could have gone out of existence and I desperately didn't want that on my CV," he added.

"This year, we have carried the momentum on and it is a collective spirit and togetherness that has got us through. The players deserve huge credit."

Inside, Port Vale's boss Micky Adams, spoke about how far Howe could go. Adams was a wunderkind once, too, who has been to the top and is starting again.

"Eddie's made the biggest step as a manager," he said. "These days, if you don't get the first job right, you're never seen again."

Eddie's got the first job right. No one could have got it more right. If he ever decides to move on, there will always be a job for a miracleworker.

by **Ben Patrick** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:54 pm

Great read that saint.

I had heard a little about what Howe had done but seriously that is remarkable.

by **LFC2007** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:56 pm

lakes10 wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:
lakes10 wrote:lol love the name.

it all comes from reports that have said to have been made in the media over there about them looking at other managers, when asked it seem they stated that talks with Rafas agent ended.
i only have the word from the Press Association on this, they feed the bbc with a report in it this morning but BBC run with Rafas agent saying that Rafa was happy to stay at Liverpool instead of the talks ended

Why did the Daily Mail print basically the opposite of that? Is the bloke who works at THEIR news hub a total numpty? You must be able to report on what other news hubs do, surely?

i only get to hear the stuff that comes into the bbc one mate.

this is the bbc news hun

by **dawson99** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:00 pm

lakes10 wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:
lakes10 wrote:lol love the name.

it all comes from reports that have said to have been made in the media over there about them looking at other managers, when asked it seem they stated that talks with Rafas agent ended.
i only have the word from the Press Association on this, they feed the bbc with a report in it this morning but BBC run with Rafas agent saying that Rafa was happy to stay at Liverpool instead of the talks ended

Why did the Daily Mail print basically the opposite of that? Is the bloke who works at THEIR news hub a total numpty? You must be able to report on what other news hubs do, surely?

i only get to hear the stuff that comes into the bbc one mate.

this is the bbc news hun

I think we found a new game

by **red37** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:04 pm

Lakes while your there gerrus a job at the Radiophonic workshop! If it even exists anymore

Whatever its called, Studio 'thisthatortheother...' - get me in

by **account deleted by request** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:13 pm

Oliver Kay:
Well I'm sure there will be some people out there who accuse the papers of scaremongering and of taking every opportunity to pour ignominy the club. But realistically, yes the situation behind the scenes is every bit as bad as portrayed. Everything I've been told over the past week or so has left me 99 per cent certain that Benitez will be leaving, whether he jumps or whether he's pushed. The only real light at the end of the tunnel would be a sale to wealthy, responsible owners.

by **lakes10** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:19 pm

LFC2007 wrote:
lakes10 wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:
lakes10 wrote:lol love the name.

it all comes from reports that have said to have been made in the media over there about them looking at other managers, when asked it seem they stated that talks with Rafas agent ended.
i only have the word from the Press Association on this, they feed the bbc with a report in it this morning but BBC run with Rafas agent saying that Rafa was happy to stay at Liverpool instead of the talks ended

Why did the Daily Mail print basically the opposite of that? Is the bloke who works at THEIR news hub a total numpty? You must be able to report on what other news hubs do, surely?

i only get to hear the stuff that comes into the bbc one mate.

this is the bbc news hun

by **lakes10** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:21 pm

dawson99 wrote:
lakes10 wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:
lakes10 wrote:lol love the name.

it all comes from reports that have said to have been made in the media over there about them looking at other managers, when asked it seem they stated that talks with Rafas agent ended.
i only have the word from the Press Association on this, they feed the bbc with a report in it this morning but BBC run with Rafas agent saying that Rafa was happy to stay at Liverpool instead of the talks ended

Why did the Daily Mail print basically the opposite of that? Is the bloke who works at THEIR news hub a total numpty? You must be able to report on what other news hubs do, surely?

i only get to hear the stuff that comes into the bbc one mate.

this is the bbc news hun

I think we found a new game

no wonder you dont get sex looking lkie thst mate.

I take it thats you idea of having sex on the web......it done mean that mate, it means meeting some in the real world and not shagging the pc itself

by **dawson99** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:24 pm

oi, im just the one taking the picture!

by **lakes10** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:25 pm

I hear the club have a new way of making sure our players stay at the club, they handcuff them

by **lakes10** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:26 pm

dawson99 wrote:oi, im just the one taking the picture!

self timer?

sorry mate

by **lakes10** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:28 pm

JC hears the news that Rafa might stay

by **dawson99** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:34 pm

lakes10 wrote:
dawson99 wrote:oi, im just the one taking the picture!

self timer?

sorry mate

lol

by **bigmick** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:42 pm

And still it drags on. Now he wants to stay at Liverpool, he never wanted to leave in the first place etc etc (now Juve's interest is cooling). Can someone not just tap him on the shoulder and tell him the games up, that there has been enough duplicity, manipulation, posturing and self promotion.

Not content with masterminding a nosedive into seventh, four points ahead of the mighty Everton, he now wants to drag the clubs name through every back page this Summer. Do people STILL think despite everything that he's Jesus reincarnatred, or is the mask starting to slip just a fraction?

Time to go, it has been for a long time and it really really is now.

by **lakes10** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:50 pm

I feel like giving up on it mate to tell you the truth.

every time my mates text me i think "oh what now"
in the last few weeks its been

Clubs about to be sold

No new buyers

Rafas going

Rafas staying

Players staying

players going if Rafa walks

Players stay if Rafa walks.

going all a bit mad. the club needs to come out and set a few things down so us fans......the ones that they can not live without know what is going on at OUR club.

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