Journalist Xu Danlei reported that in the current changes in the Premier League, Newcastle's door-to-door challenge to Chelsea is undoubtedly a showdown that will make topics other than football hotter. And before leading the team to Stamford Bridge, Magpie coach Eddie Howe won the Premier League's best manager of the Month in February – an honor that is easy to overlook but should not be underestimated, given the boiling days on and off the court.
In four league games in February, Howe led Newcastle to three wins and one draw. The time is slightly longer, and the results are more striking: in 2022, the Magpies scored 20 points in the league, second only to Liverpool's 22 points. Of the five major leagues that scored at least 20 points after the start of the year, only Barca remained. A few months ago, Eddie Howe raised his account at St. James's Park, which was unexpected. Now it can be said that the magpie bet was right. The team is now ranked 14th, climbing 5 places before Bihao took charge, 10 points ahead of the relegation zone!
Howe's first match was at home to Brentford on November 20 last year, a 3-3 match, the audience was happy, and the home team was embarrassed. Taking Christmas as the node, Eddie Howe played 7 league games before the festival, 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses; from the 9 rounds of the post-holiday draw to Manchester United, the team won 6 and drew 3, making it the only unbeaten team in the Premier League in the same period. In total, the Magpies won 7, drew 5 and lost 4 of the 16 rounds, averaging 1.6 points per game. Before he took office, the team had not won in the first 11 rounds of the season, 5 draws and 6 losses, and averaged less than half a point per game. With today's grab percentage, the Magpies play 11 more rounds until the end of the season and score nearly 50 points.
In his 4th league game against Burnley, Howe won for the first time. In the early stages of the team, he lost big scores to Rogers, Klopp and Guardiola. However, in the middle and late period, he leveled Ronnick and Ranieri, and in addition to winning the away victory over Bielsa, he defeated the "double Germany" that had been coached. Playing against the senior, middle-aged and young generations of premier league coaches, Eddie Howe proved that he should not be forgotten by the first league.
After making peace with Moyes away, Howe has won consecutive away games against Danish coach Frank (Brentford) and Hasenhüttel, who has just been rumored with Manchester United – in two away wins, he has beaten Porter (Brighton), who has been quite optimistic in recent years, at home.
When interviewed in Newcastle, Howe conquered the examiner with pent. Four months of leading the team to climb from the trough proved that he was neither Liao nor straw bale, but a real doer. Howe took Bournemouth all the way from the lower divisions to the Premier League and allowed the club to stay at the top for five consecutive years. Today, he won the Premier League's best of the month for the fourth time, with howlly tied Jose Mourinho, Pochettino and Pellegrini. The coach, who had been named Manager of the Year by the Professional Coaches Association of England seven years ago, is back.
On Thursday Newcastle 2-1 Saints, Magpies Brazilian midfielder Guimarães scored stunningly on his heels. This winter, the magpie threw nearly 100 million pounds, becoming the number one cash burner in Europe. Guimarães was worth £35 million. Striker Wood from Burnley is worth £25 million. Defender Trippier, who previously played for Atletico, and Bourne, who played for Brighton, were both worth tens of millions of pounds. It was Wood who won the Saints and scored another goal for the Magpies. But it would be biased to think that the Magpies' recent wild scores were "bought" in the winter window.
After Christmas, Manchester United and Watford, it was St. Maximine who scored one goal each. A small 1-0 victory, it was Shelvey who scored. Beginning in February, Winter Aid appeared. Trippier did score 3-1 Everton, but the Magpies won the game with the first goal coming from the opponent Oolong, and Fraser, who scored the second goal, was the veteran of the squad and also howe's old club at Burnley.
Against Villa, Trippier scored a goal, but England's right-hand side was injured. Then, the Magpies leveled the Hammers, beating Brentford and Brighton, and willock, Jorrington, Fraser and Char, who scored goals respectively, were in front of the winter window. The goals of Guimarães and Wood against the Saints were just the first goals of the two new signings after joining.
There are able people, cabbage can also be fried meat flavor. Eddie Howe was infected with COVID-19 shortly after taking office, but still through video guidance, trying to be personal. Assisted by his veteran assistant Tindal, he often called off training at the base, pointing out deficiencies. Overtraining, so that players are tired enough to go home and go to sleep. And a lot of hard work is equivalent to giving the team a miniature version of the pre-season training camp. Before and after Howe took office, the team drew with Seagulls and Bees, and the total score was 4-4. After the winter break, the two teams were played again, and the Magpies won both games, with an aggregate score of 4-1.
Now, before each game, Howe still has to spend a lot of effort to study the game video. He also loves to learn from his peers. Once he visited Simeone's Atletico. After taking charge of Newcastle, he visited Liverpool to meet Edwards, the "designer" of the Red Army. He not only learned coaching experience, but also enriched his knowledge of building a club. From it, people smell the magpie's desire to let him coach for a long time.
"Eddie Howe's lead is remarkable." Magpie Lady Staffili praised not long ago. During the international tournament in late March, Howe was preparing to lead the team to Dubai for training – before the winter break jumped, Newcastle had the whole team trained in Saudi Arabia for a week.
Newcastle's change of ownership to Saudis in the first half has raised strong doubts. Above Stamford Bridge, there is a cloud of strangeness. When the two teams met, only one thing was absolutely correct, and that was to sing the names of the managers of the two teams. If you're willing to appreciate the purity of football, cheer on Tuchel, who is under pressure; just as you want to appreciate Eddie Howe, who has withstood the initial pressure and may take Newcastle to the next level.