Eddie Howe has emerged as a big talking point amongst our fan-base over the last few weeks. This piece was planned before the England job became available, but that has provided another discussion point for me to touch on.
Prior to Gareth Southgate leaving his post, Amanda Staveley left the club and sold her shares to the other owners. That led to a lot of talk online about the future direction for the club and what it meant for our progression. Howe was one of the main topics spoken about, with many suggesting he wouldn’t be as protected without the former minority owner at the club.
There seems to be a minority, and it is still only a minority, that believe that he is under pressure this season. It seems crazy to me that anyone would doubt Eddie Howe’s ability as Newcastle manager. The body of evidence we have available to us is wholly positive. Are there mistakes that he has made in the last 12 months? Sure, but that is the case for any manager working in football.
Any debate about Howe being a transitional manager incapable of winning major honours at St James’ Park may have some truth to it. Perhaps, it will transpire that a change is needed, but at this point in time, nobody can state that with certainty. In his two and a half seasons in charge, he has overseen a comfortable march away from a perilous league position; an incredible top four finish and a 7th placed finish.
Last season, the team were incredibly unfortunate to miss out on European football. Manchester United denied us by winning the FA Cup, but in the majority of previous campaigns, 7th would be sufficient for some sort of European football.
Aside from that quirk, a lot of situations transpired that gave the head coach difficulties. The cup draws were incredibly tough, an unheard of injury crisis took place and the big summer signing made by the club was banned for the majority of the season for a previous misdemeanor.
Although it is true that Howe is paid to manage through these…
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Author : Jake Jackman
Publish date : 2024-07-17 08:42:33
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