Thomas Frank has been chatting with the media as “excessive stage” Newcastle United intention to construct on the momentum accrued of their tantalising draw with Premier League leaders Liverpool.
After a difficult few weeks on Tyneside with factors spurned towards Crystal Palace and West Ham, the Magpies bounced again in exhilarating vogue as they ended the Reds’ seven-game profitable run in what has been dubbed a “traditional” at St. James Park on Wednesday.
A pointy turnaround typical of December will see Eddie Howe’s facet return to motion on Saturday afternoon, along with his Danish counterpart stuffed with reward for the gaffer as we glance to leapfrog the Bees this weekend.
Frank’s pre-match feedback
Frank, maybe with Might’s 4-2 defeat on the Gtech Group Stadium within the last recreation of the 2023/24 Premier League marketing campaign in thoughts, predicts that Newcastle can be their “greatest check” of the season up to now at house:
“That is an Eddie Howe group that’s as much as its finest. He’s executed a superb job over the past three years. First, they stayed within the league. They obtained into the Champions League two years in the past.
“And, final yr, they had been within the Champions League for the primary time in a very long time, they obtained the expertise of that, and nonetheless managed to get seventh – that might’ve often obtained a European place, however sadly didn’t.
“This season, I believe they’re again to the excessive stage that they had been at two years in the past. I don’t suppose they’ve been rewarded sufficient with the factors and outcomes.
“They had been good at house to Arsenal, they had been good on Wednesday night time at house to Liverpool, they had been superb away to Chelsea – they had been unfortunate to not get one thing out of that recreation – at house to West Ham, they completely dominated them. So I believe it’s an Eddie Howe group that’s at its finest and can be a giant check for us; this would be the greatest check that we now have confronted at house up to now this season.”
A tricky away check for the Toon
Apparently Brentford have went undefeated since Newcastle’s final journey to the capital in matchday 38 final season, usurping the remainder of the league on this marketing campaign for house kind, choosing up 19 of 21 factors out there to them – being held to a one-all draw by West Ham.
Nevertheless, if current weeks have confirmed something it’s that we’re as much as the problem. The Carabao Cup victory over Chelsea previous the Arsenal win and three-goal second half on the Metropolis Floor.
In fact, the Liverpool draw that adopted the disappointing Palace and Hammers outcomes finally outline what has been a topsy turvy season for Howe. and co, who can take additional solace within the reality we now have received on our final three visits to Brentford.
Regardless, one other alternative for Newcastle to construct momentum as earlier possibilities have gone awry, and handing the Bees their first house defeat of the season could be a significant announcement for the Toon to make forward of the quarter-final at SJP on December 18.