Eddie Howe says he will not over-react after a third defeat on the trot - but the Newcastle manager knows he has issues to address
all brought impetus, when Newcastle contrived to concede a second. If the first goal was “messy” as Howe termed it, the next one “came at our best moment, when we were fighting our way back into it and the subs had made a difference.” Overall, it was “not the game we wanted it to be,” he said, which was a mild description. It was mistake and mishap.
In private, Howe may have been more direct. “There was a range of emotions going through me, but it’s best to keep them to myself,” he said. “The only response you want is the next game, the next training session. You want to see a focus and determination to get that result out of our system and look to the future. Dressing rooms can be a very easy place to talk but it doesn’t really mean too much.
There is plenty of scope to recover. Newcastle won their opening league game last season, failed to add another until their seventh and did not do too badly, but the mood is different now and it has to be. They are a Champions League club, a member of the elite and are judged that way. “We can reflect on a challenging season but we can’t hide away from the fact it’s going to be an exciting season as well,”said. “It’s up to us to choose which one of those we want.
It is time to focus and regroup, however. “We know the demands placed upon us are going to be extreme and this is a warning that we can’t be swayed,” Howe said. Just when winning stopped being a novelty the winning has stopped.Subscribe to The Athletic for in-depth coverage of your favorite players, teams, leagues and clubs. Try a week on us.has been reporting on football in the North East of England since 1994, 21 of those years for The Times.
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