.png)
6 months ago
42 ARTICLE AD
Eddie Howe is now two and a half years into his Newcastle United adventure.
What a stunning job he has done so far.
Eddie Howe made it 100 Premier League games in charge of Newcastle United, when winning 4-1 at Burnley.
As he looks to oversee a top six finish this season despite an unprecedented number of unavailable players this season.
Gary Neville has just done an excellent interview with Eddie Howe (read and watch HERE).
Now the NUFC boss has done another great piece with today’s official match progamme v Brighton.
“It’s been everything that I hoped it would be when you come to a club like Newcastle.
“To have had the time that I’ve had here in 100 games, it’s just been so memorable, with so many great experiences.
“From day one I was just so proud to manage the club.
“I saw it as a huge moment in my life. That feeling has never gone away.
“I still absolutely love the job and I’m more determined than ever to be successful.”
Getting a kick out of the hard work in preparation…
“I get a tremendous amount of satisfaction from a good week’s training, or really good preparation going into a game.
“I get as much enjoyment out of that part at the end, when you can look back and go, ‘we did a good job this week’. You’re chasing loads of feelings.
“Another big one for me is trying to work to stop that feeling of disappointment if you don’t achieve your objectives. That’s a big driver for me. I don’t want that feeling. I don’t want that, (the) opposite of all the positive emotions.
“I’m doing everything I can to stop that happening for everybody.”
Taking out as much randomness as possible…
“I think the game of football can swing on big moments and sometimes random moments that you can’t predict or plan for, so I think a big part of it is random.
“But I think what we try to do as coaches is take out a lot of the randomness, if we can, by producing a team that functions really well with a clear plan in every phase and every part of the game, you name it – we should hopefully have prepared for that.
“But I don’t think you’ll ever fully take that out, because you’re dealing with individuals, individual players, who make decisions based on their own experiences.”
What Eddie Howe demands from his players…
“Players ultimately want to be told what they need to do to get in the team, to be successful, to have the best career they can, and I’m paid to give them that information.
“It’s not to say that I’m not open – I believe I’m an open person, and if people want to have conversations with me they can – but I just have a very clear vision of what I want for the team, and how I want my team to play.
“It’s up to me to tell them what I want them to do.
“But I always say that we can’t be playing the same football we were three or four years ago.
“We can’t be doing the same training that we were three or four years ago, because if that’s the case, I think we’ll cease to exist.
You have to keep evolving.”

 
