Eddie Howe needs a turning point as he faces crunch moment in Newcastle reign
by Richard Jolly
Jan 04, 2024
4 minutes
A derby defeat to Sunderland finished off a Newcastle United manager who had reached a cup final the previous season. His team were on a losing run, he compounded it with a disastrous team selection and a loss to local rivals. He left a few days later.
, it is safe to say, has rarely been compared to Ruud Gullit. He proved the first Newcastle manager since the Dutchman to t, and also lost to Manchester United there, but the similarities are otherwise superficial. Sunderland do not hold such immediate peril for him: not when the vast majority of the Newcastle fanbase in the two years before a and when he and director of football Dan Ashworth.
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