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Eddie Howe - Your Views
Yesterday afternoon, Sunday 16th January 2010, I was quietly reading about one former Burnley manager, little expecting that the news would break of the confirmation of Eddie Howe as our new manager. It was a very appropriate date, the former manager I was reading about was Harry Potts who sadly passed away on the same date in 1996, fifteen years ago.Eddie has arrived at Turf Moor with Jason Tindall, his trusted assistant from Bournemouth, and the two 33-year-olds will work with coach Stuart Gray who has been in caretaker charge since Brian Laws left the club at the end of December.The appointment of Howe is certainly an innovative one. We've seen three other Championship clubs appoint managers in the last couple of weeks. One of them, Crystal Palace, have promoted from within whilst the other two, Preston and Ipswich, have opted for experienced managers who have already won promotion to the Premier League.We've gone for one of the most successful young managers of the last two years. His record at Bournemouth, under hugely difficult circumstances, is an incredible one. Now we hope he can bring great success to Burnley Football Club.We asked for your views on the appointment and those we have received are shown below. They will be added to as we receive further comments. Please EMAIL your views on the appointment of Eddie Howe as the new manager of Burnley Football Club.Steven Walmsley: Very happy with this appointment. I have a very good feeling about Eddie Howe and think he might just re-ignite our season.Welcome to Burnley Eddie and Jason ....... U T CGary Jenkins (rocket138): Congratulations and welcome to Burnley Football Club Eddie, and to you Jason. Here's hoping you enjoy it up here. All we ask is of a winning team who play football on the deck. Im delighted with the appointment, and excited at the thought of you managing us. UTC NNNMike Price (bfcmik): He appears to be a manager who knows how to do the 'politic' speak - able to say the right things at the right times and say it as though he really means it. I mean that in a positive way.He also has the managerial credit from his fantastic record at Bournemouth and his great rapport with both the players, board and supporters down there. I am sure that he will have a significant degree of respect from our senior pros despite his age as he has the 'done it' tag which they will be able to relate to. He has shown himself to be able to get the best from decent players and create the sense of 'togetherness' that makes teams achieve more success collectively than they would as a group of individuals.Good Luck to the new managerial team and let's hope you get a fairer reception from the fans than our last manager received.Mark Bailey: An exciting and bold appointment by the Board. Eddie Howe is looking like the hot prospect in British football at the moment but there will have been a number of Championship clubs at least in two minds and thinking about perhaps making overtures.Our Board have done what they have done before - tried to be progressive. It''s a risk but all appointements are at this point in a season placed where we are.It''s also a huge challenge for Eddie Howe, but he looks determined and confident. He clearly had the total respect of the Bournemouth team (check out the reaction after they scored on Friday) so let's hope he can get our players in that same space together.Really really looking forward to seeing us develop under our new manager. And wasn''t it great to have a positive atmosphere back on the Turf on Saturday?Welcome to Burnley Eddie - hope you'll feel at home as you did at the Cherries.Gary Storey (Dezzerbfc): Really hope their time here is as successful as much for Eddie Howe as Burnley Football Club. I watched the Colchester Bournemouth game the other night and the post match interview. You could tell just how emotional our new manager was and what a massive wrench it was to leave Bournemouth!A bit of a gamble by the board given his age and inexperience. Even little old Burnley are a big, big step up. Nevertheless some people are born managers and lets hope we have got one here! Good luck fellas! And glad Gray is staying on in some capacity as I think he is a decent coach!Kieron Duxbury (ClaretDucky): I must say I'm very relieved now we have a permanent manager in charge, and one who has a hunger and determination to succeed as well.Some people say it's a gamble taking in a lower league manager with little experience, but the success he had at Bournemouth with the restraints he had just goes to show he is capable of achieving success at a club. Albeit, Burnley compared to Bournemouth is a completely different ball-park, but I'm very confident that the fans will back our gaffer and results will show to prove a successful appointment.Let's roll in the wins now boys. Eddie Howe's Claret n Blue Army!Lee Richards: I think we have made a good choice inEddie Howe i think that once he sorts the defence out then we will get in the top 6 easy.UP THE CLARETSTony Crawford: Well done to BK and the board on this appointment.The last 12 months have been awful for a lot of reasons, (and not all down to Brian Laws), but we should unite as one and look forward.Phil Norrey: Totally delighted. Progressive, young, thoughtful and determined. I would also expect his win percentage to money-spent rating to be sky high!Pete Mason (Peejay): Eddie and Jason welcome to B.F.C, and thank you for accepting the posts of manager and assistant to our great football club.Not only are you the boardroom's choice to lead our club but the fans' choice too. All the best and I hope you can continue your ongoing success here at Turf Moor in your short management careers.Jeff Acreman: To Eddie and staff - all the best on your BFC management.To Barry Kilby and board - what a wonderful job you have done in order to obtain Mr Howe's services, thus making a fabulous management team from top to bottom.Well done all.Dave Wynne: This appears to be a very exciting appointment given what he has achieved at Bournemouth already. Yes its a big step up for him but he is what a lot of fans have been asking for. A young manager with new ideas and a thirst for success. I wish him and Jason every success at Burnley and only hope the fans give him the time to achieve this.Paddy Caldwell: I think it's great news for all.I didn't know who should be manager, but we needed someone up and coming, not 'old school', who knows how to get the best out of their players instead of just buying their way out of problems, who likes to play football with the ball on the ground, who likes to give youth a chance, no jibe about Steve Fletcher intended lol.I think Eddie ticks enough of the right boxes and I'm excited to see what the new era brings.I'm sure that Eddie and Jason are capable of spotting the strengths and weaknesses of the squad, so my only advice would be, no matter what your profession, but especially sportsmen, you can never give your best unless you're happy. Giving your all and playing your best are 2 completely different things, and while we have a genuine bunch of players in the squad who always try their hardest it hasn't always been their best. Put a smile on their faces and I'm sure you'll put a smile on the fans.All the best Eddie, up the Clarets.Niall Duxbury: Welcome to the club Eddie and we all hope you will get us back into the Premier League where we belong.P.S. Please buy Jack Cork ASAP!Bill Wilkinson: Bumped into Eddie and Jason at their hotel this morning and wished them well. They are young and very concentrated. They said they saw plenty to work on at the QPR game. I think they will be a credit to the club once they have found their feet.Keith Fitton: Absolutely made up!Good luck Eddie and Jason.You're right this is a great REAL football club with fantastic potential. I'm delighted you chose to join us and I'd like to wish you all the very best. All the fans are completely with you.Enjoy yourself and enjoy the challenge.George Marks:It is, without doubt, a brave appointment even though Eddie Howe was clearly a 'sought after' manager - albeit not necessarily by clubs at the highest level. Other clubs, at Championship level, have appointed much more experienced managers and it seems as if, initially, we were also pursuing managers with more proven experience.His lack of experience however say within the transfer market will hopefully not become a major issue/problem as he seems to have an eye for a good player and an ability to put together a winning team from limited resources - even though sometimes things fall into place more easily and readily when resources are small than when much better.Two major hopes are that the current set of players respond positively to him and, possibly more importantly (in my opinion) those players who may still be on the fringes and with something to prove.Secondly I hope Burnley fans will give him time and not expect instant success and an immediate return to the Premiership. I believe that they will and the negative vibes and views reflected during Brian Laws' period in charge will transform into positive support based on a belief that we are going in the right direction and playing more attractive football.Finally I have to commend the Burnley board and chairman Brian Kilby for making that brave leap notwithstanding offering a three and a half year contract at what seems like a pretty attractive salary and bonuses.Welcome Eddie (and Jason) and I wish you as much success with Burnley as you have had with Bournemouth.PS. There are some really nice places to live in and around the Burnley area and it ain't as grim up t'north as many think it is - honest.Lorraine Hardy: Fantastic news. Can't wait for Eddie to start. 45 years supporting Burnley, but not looking forward to going to work tomorrow living here in Bournemouth. Had enough grief all last week in case he went. Come on the Clarets.Steve Goodwill: Welcome to Turf Moor Eddie and Jason, hope your stay here is a successful one and that the fans are willing to give you the time to put your own stamp on the team. First aim is a play off position but I hope you are positive enough NOT to rule out a dart at the top two, positivity is what has been missing from this club for the past twelve months.Andrew Ings (Ashbourneclaret): Very pleased with the appointment and equally pleased he seems a popular choice all round, which makes a big difference!Robin McArthur: I think the Eddie Howe appointment is a breath of fresh air. I was disgusted with the whole Coyle saga and was delighted when Brian Laws came. It was a difficult task and anyone would have struggled. It came as no surprise when we were relegated. Laws was then given the chance to prepare a team to get us back into the premiership. I met and talked with Brian and found him to be both affable and extremely knowledgeable but, ultimately, this is a results-based industry and the results did not accompany the expectations. I would rather see Burnley play dire football and win 1-0 every week than see them play well and lose 4-3 but when the quality of football is unacceptable and we lose I'm afraid the inevitable had to happen.I always said that Laws had to be given a chance and could never understand the antipathy of the majority of fans. I do not agree with the way Laws was sacked- no-one deserves to be sacked over the phone. However, his position became untenable as the wave of criticism grew and it was obvious that some of the players were doing their level best to get rid of him.What we desperately need now is for everyone to pull together in the same direction. I realise that some people at Clarets Mad do not necessarily agree with the sacking of Laws but I believe that the post Coyle era starts now. Exciting times are in store.Martin Cichocki: One year on and Owen Coyle has yet to leave Turf Moor. His ghost is still haunting the Boardroom. During a season which represents our best hope of returning to the Premier League, the club has taken a massive gamble on somebody who has no idea how to manage a team at this level and whose success is limited to one club. The idea of taking a risk on a green manager was completely acceptable and understandable when we were a club standing still in 2007 after 7 years in the same division. However, with more money than we've ever had at this level we ought to have been looking for someone with experience of winning promotion to the Premier League to step in.I am desperately hoping that I am going to be proved wrong, as there's nothing I want more than to see us in the Premier League again, and I will back the team and manager 100%. Unfortunately however, I just think this is a completely unnecessary risk with the potential to confine us, should it not pay off, to another few seasons of mediocrity at this level.Garry Pickles: An ambitious and bold appointment by the burnley board who should be applauded for appointing the countries no1 up and coming football manager.Peter Brunskill (KeighleyClaret): I'm genuinely thrilled by the ambition of the club. We could have looked for a 'safe' but unexciting pair of hands, there were plenty about, but instead we've taken the gamble on a young man with more potential than most and a fantastic record, attitude and sense of loyalty.OK it may not work out - but I bet it does! I've got the same buzz I had when we appointed Owen Coyle, and he didn't do too badly did he?Most important he seems an absolutely top bloke and honest as the day is long. I hope he lasts at Burnley as long as Fergie has at Man U - that would mean we can look forward to 3 decades of success ahead!Paul French: An excellent appointment. Eddie seems very genuine,confident and positive. His track record should give us confidence. I'm sure he will quickly address the on field problems.Good luck Eddie and best wishes.Paul Taylor: I think his appointment will prove to be a huge success but fans should not expect instant promotion or frequent away wins to suddenly happen!I've supported Burnley since 1957 and the club's success was founded on youth (identifying good young talent and developing it) and a young ambitious Manager will be good for the club and will attract good young talent.Barry Kilby has always done his best for BFC and Eddie Howe is yet another example.Dave Pooley: Eddie Howe is a brave appointment but one which I am sure will get the support of the vast majority of Clarets fans.Yes. He is inexperienced, but so was Judas and, although I hate him with a passion for the manner in which he departed, he has turned out to be a very astute manager. Maybe Eddie Howe will be just as successful at Turf Moor.The board could have 'played safe' and gone for a more experienced manager, but I believe Howe could be a very good appointment.Whatever anyone thinks, let's hope the fans give him every change to succeed.
