Eddie Howe comes out combating after brutal week

It’s been a brutal few days for Newcastle United, however we will’t really feel sorry for ourselves and should come out combating forward of what guarantees to be the largest week of our season to date.

West Ham away on Monday feels large for momentum, confidence within the camp and our push in the direction of these European locations, with a spot in subsequent season’s UEFA Champions League nonetheless within reach as the highest 5 look set to qualify.

Wembley and Liverpool await subsequent Sunday, and we all know we’ll be with out Lewis Corridor, Sven Botman and Anthony Gordon for each video games, handing Howe and the gamers an enormous problem they have to overcome if we wish to bounce again from every week of setbacks.

Chatting with the media this morning, Eddie Howe made no secret of that truth it’s been a difficult week – however provided a message of positivity, perspective and hope as we head into two large video games.

Fairly than permit himself to grow to be flustered, pissed off and fearing the worst after two damage blows, an FA Cup exit and three recreation ban, Howe is backing his employees and gamers to step up and seize the chance.

“It’s not been the perfect of weeks, it’s been a kind of weeks that challenges you within the job that I’m in,” Howe admitted throughout his 9am press convention this morning.

“However I feel you at all times want a degree head, you want clear pondering and you’ll want to put it at all times into perspective, we nonetheless have a very sturdy squad, we nonetheless have a very sturdy workforce.

“We’re gonna miss the gamers that we’re gonna lose and that’s an enormous disappointment – nevertheless it’s at all times another person’s alternative and we’ve got to take a look at it that manner. These gamers I do know can be supporting us and and hopefully we will do very well.”

Some on social media see subsequent Sunday’s cup closing as a write off following our damage and suspension woes. I’ve even seen solutions that we now have ‘no probability’ of European soccer.

Nonetheless, Howe has been fast to remind supporters that these able to step in for Corridor and Gordon consider they’ll make the distinction, whether or not that be Harvey Barnes, Joelinton, Joe Willock or Tino Livramento.

“We nonetheless have every thing to play for, all these gamers coming into the workforce will really feel like they’ll make the distinction. You need to be able to carry out, to play.

“We’ve got been working exhausting with the gamers behind the scenes so that everybody can play their half efficiently on this interval.”

With Howe we’ve got a peaceful head an workaholic who can be doing his all to get us in the perfect place doable to sort out subsequent week’s journeys to London.

Let’s hope he will get it proper and the gamers reply, as we nonetheless have a lot left to play for between now and late Might.