Post by Webster on Nov 19, 2021 16:59:22 GMT
(The Guardian) Eddie Howe – Saturday is a 'massive' day for Newcastle
Newcastle’s social media team have kindly published some quotes from the new manager Eddie Howe on Twitter, before the meeting with Brentford at St James’ Park tomorrow: “I’m looking forward to the challenge. I’m under no illusions about our current situation and what we need to do,” Howe said. “Tomorrow is a massive day for the football club and the atmosphere will be a brilliant thing for us all to experience.
“I’d like to think you’ll see a team playing in the way I want them to and in a way befitting of what the supporters want to see. I like to think you’ll see a team playing for the supporters, the badge & doing the city proud.
“The players have responded really well to what we’ve asked them to do. It’s been intense but I don’t think we’ve over-worked the players. We’ve tried to implement our philosophy in a steady way and shape the team in the way we want to going forward.
“We need the players to play in a natural way but in a way that we want them to. I think that’s a very delicate balance to get into and that’s where your training becomes so important because everything should be done in a way that it becomes the norm for the players.
“We’ve tried to implement what we feel the players can grasp quickly and leave a few things for the future. It has to be a gradual process so the players aren’t taking to the pitch overloaded with information.”
The new Newcastle manager Howe added that he does not expect to lose any sleep as he prepares for his first game in charge. Asked how he was feeling ahead of the Premier League fixture, Howe said: “Do you know, I don’t tend to struggle to sleep. I’ll have to let you know tomorrow whether my sleep is affected tonight.
“As long as training is done as I want it to, as long as I feel I’ve given my best, that’s all I can do and I think I will sleep well in the knowledge that I’ve given everything I can for the team and for the club. Then, as always with football, you have to let the game roll. Obviously you can influence the game through subs and everything else, but you just hope that your work is good enough.”
Newcastle’s social media team have kindly published some quotes from the new manager Eddie Howe on Twitter, before the meeting with Brentford at St James’ Park tomorrow: “I’m looking forward to the challenge. I’m under no illusions about our current situation and what we need to do,” Howe said. “Tomorrow is a massive day for the football club and the atmosphere will be a brilliant thing for us all to experience.
“I’d like to think you’ll see a team playing in the way I want them to and in a way befitting of what the supporters want to see. I like to think you’ll see a team playing for the supporters, the badge & doing the city proud.
“The players have responded really well to what we’ve asked them to do. It’s been intense but I don’t think we’ve over-worked the players. We’ve tried to implement our philosophy in a steady way and shape the team in the way we want to going forward.
“We need the players to play in a natural way but in a way that we want them to. I think that’s a very delicate balance to get into and that’s where your training becomes so important because everything should be done in a way that it becomes the norm for the players.
“We’ve tried to implement what we feel the players can grasp quickly and leave a few things for the future. It has to be a gradual process so the players aren’t taking to the pitch overloaded with information.”
The new Newcastle manager Howe added that he does not expect to lose any sleep as he prepares for his first game in charge. Asked how he was feeling ahead of the Premier League fixture, Howe said: “Do you know, I don’t tend to struggle to sleep. I’ll have to let you know tomorrow whether my sleep is affected tonight.
“As long as training is done as I want it to, as long as I feel I’ve given my best, that’s all I can do and I think I will sleep well in the knowledge that I’ve given everything I can for the team and for the club. Then, as always with football, you have to let the game roll. Obviously you can influence the game through subs and everything else, but you just hope that your work is good enough.”