I HOPE MANAGERS UNDER PRESSURE GET THE TIME

IT IS painful watching Eddie Howe and Frank de Boer (right) struggling. Anyone who has been in that position, where you are looking for a win but you’re not sure where it’s coming from, will appreciate the agony. Both have to go again, but they will know they need a win in the next three games. Frank will certainly feel he has something to work on after an improved performance but when your team are not scoring it always increases the pressure. He’s got a week to work with them — I hope the board let him do that — and then he has a home game with Southampton, who are struggling in front of goal themselves. It would be a good game to win.