Eddie Howe Could Surprise Us All

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Ash Harrison

1 year ago

Tags: #nufc, Allan Saint-Maximin, Anthony Gordon, Bruno Guimaraes, David Moyes, Eddie Howe, elliot anderson, Joelinton, Newcastle United, Premier League, West Ham

Eddie Howe spoke to the media this morning ahead of tomorrow’s Premier League home clash with West Ham in late kick-off at 5:30pm live on Sky Sports.

With Bruno Guimaraes suspended for the next three games following his straight red card on Tuesday, many people had theorised that Joelinton would drop back in the middle of the park to cover Bruno’s position, while Alan Saint-Maximin or new boy, Anthony Gordon would play on the left side of the attack.

However, Howe could be sticking with Joelinton on the left and giving local lad, Elliot Anderson his chance to show us what he can do in the Premier League.

As highlighted by The Chronicle, Howe said: “We have Elliot who we really like and we’d love to see how he develops his career.

“We have other players who can play in midfield as well. We will miss Bruno’s presence and quality but we have to adjust as a team and we will do.”

While Howe has not said anything definitive, it shows that he is certainly thinking about the options and maybe looking at a way to catch the opposition off guard. Let’s be honest, if we as fans all predicted the Joelinton in the middle and ASM on the left move, David Moyes will definitely have thought of it.

We did it – three hours of the Vital Podcast from 8pm until the transfer window shut at 11pm. We talked about all sorts of football-related goodness to pass the time as the window was largely uneventful. The highlights were the lads winding me up about the match as my feed was on a delay.