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🚨Despite Saturday's defeat to Bournemouth and slump to 14th, Eddie Howe has been told he retains full support from #nufc chiefs. Newcastle aren't set to release any statement to clarify their position on Howe. #nufc
Football will trend to prioritising two footed players everywhere. The angles it opens up is too big of a tactical tool for it not to be prioritised over other things.
Rayan Cherki has the potential to step into David Silva and Kevin De Bruyne’s boots and become #ManCity’s ‘flair player’, says Pep Guardiola. 🗣️ “Yeah, he has the ability, quality in the final third. That’s why I always demand, sometimes he goes back to pass the ball to the keeper. I say, ‘I don’t want you there, I want you up there’. In the final third he has something that I like a lot with attacking players, how they play with the rhythm. Accelerate, decelerate, accelerate, decelerate, immediately attack, and after stop, and everybody stops, and after accelerate again. These players have the ability to play with the rhythm of the opponents. They have the vision to surprise [the opponents]. For me, that defines the best. A player can be incredibly fast, but he doesn’t know to stop and accelerate again, they will never be a top, top, top player. Jeremy [Doku] as well, he goes, and stops, and goes, and stops. Those players are really, really good. Cherki in that is extraordinary; really, really extraordinary. He accelerates, stops, all the defenders stop, and after he has the ability to make a pass, an assist, and shoot. That’s why we need him close to the final third, so his talent helps us get assists, goals. It’s his biggest strength.” 🎥 youtu.be/ZWl14-OZSs0
Seeing Trent’s performance yesterday was divisive publicly. Interesting. I actually thought he was impressive, stood out and impacted the game well against such a good opponents
Lamine Yamal is incredible, but whenever I see La Liga goals on my timeline, wingers seem to have been given the entire pitch to operate in… x.com/fcb_media34/st…
🚨⚒️ Callum Wilson has agreed to sign new deal at West Ham, all done with the striker who accepted all conditions. The agreement will be valid until June 2027, one more season as @McGrathMike reported.
'Eddie Howe Out' is a thing at Newcastle now. It's baffling. Fan anger should be aimed at the semi-interested Saudi owners who promised so much but have delivered so little and have badly let manager and club down, writes OLIVER HOLT trib.al/ckM30rG