Tag: Newcastle United

Full-backs moving into midfield: The many different interpretations

The concept of a full-back drifting into central midfield positions still seems relatively novel.Yet it’s now over a decade since Pep Guardiola started...

Newcastle's deficiencies came to fore at Fulham – how is Eddie Howe going to fix them?

Newcastle United began this weekend contemplating the possibility of going top of the Premier League. They ended it pondering where they go next...

Harvey Barnes, Anthony Gordon and Newcastle's left-wing dilemma

Harvey Barnes’ exceptional ability to provide match-defining moments from the left flank was admired by Eddie Howe long before the winger joined Newcastle...

Newcastle United's Amy Andrews: 'I know I'm going to make it to the top'

“I’m in a rush,” Amy Andrews says and she isn’t being rude.She sits and she listens and she thinks and she laughs, but...

The tension between Howe and Mitchell is uncomfortable and unhealthy – Eales must sort it out

Uncomfortable, undesirable and unhealthy.Newcastle United may not be at “civil war”, but the internal tension is real and it must stop rising to...

Hugo Ekitike is reborn at Eintracht Frankfurt, having lost his shine at PSG

Eintracht Frankfurt’s Hugo Ekitike is one of German football’s bright lights.The French forward has three goals and two assists in all competitions so...