Gary Neville on Eddie Howe and Newcastle United:
"It is a really disappointing season. The transfer business at the end of the window in the summer was a real problem for them because they ended up with Woltemade and Wissa and that has just not paid off yet at all. That is the difference right now.
I think full faith in Eddie Howe. Full trust in Eddie Howe. That is the way to go. They have got a really, really good manager. So where at some clubs it is easy to say 'let's shift the manager and let's keep the players because they have got five-year contracts, six-year contracts', it is absolutely the other way round at Newcastle, I would think.
I would think they would be thinking if we lost him, we have lost an eight-and-a-half out of 10 manager. Someone who is a real solid performer. Someone who is reliable, consistent, someone who has got a great attitude.
I think basically now, I hope they are sitting down with Eddie Howe and I hope they are going through 'these are the players I want you to shift for me, these are the players I am going to buy into for next season, I want to get these four or five [players] in and I want our business to be done early whilst everyone is thinking about the World Cup, everybody is planning, I want these players in.'
I am hoping they are in a really sure period behind the scenes where they are really getting themselves sorted for next season because for Newcastle now to be where they are, they are a really good side and I like watching them, there is a lot there to like about them (v Arsenal)
They didn't have a cutting edge but Wissa should have scored. If that is Isak (🇸🇪🐀) he does score. They are going to need to back their manager properly. Buy into him, back him. They do obviously back him and have done over a long time but almost go again with him.
Lean into making the manager the guy you believe in and say to the players: 'Right, who wants to be on this bus?' That is what I would do if I was Newcastle (management) because I think they have one of the very best there. I think he will pick them up and have them challenging for the Champions League again next season"
I think Gary speaks a lot of truth here and this is surely what will happen. The pressure will be on to right the wrongs of this season straight away though to avoid the Spurs 2.0 tag!!!
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