Wind, Weather, and Worn-Out Legs: Eddie Howe Reflects on Key Factors in Newcastle United’s Performance Dip
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Eddie Howe was speaking in his post-game press conference about why his team were unable to maintain their first half performance.
Eddie Howe said “I don’t know whether the weather…I am not making excuses I am trying to answer your question, because both teams seemed to do better attacking the goal towards the bottom end. I don’t know if weather played a part in that. Obviously there was a really strong wind today. I don’t know if that was coincidence or not. We certainly did not attack as well in the second half as we did in the first.”
Eddie Howe spoke about the performance and physical condition of his players during the second half of the game.
Eddie Howe said “We had spells in the game in the second period where we surrounded their box. It wasn’t all bad but it was not as strong in the first half. No issues with his performances. Midfield was an area where we were not as strong in the second half. I thought we had tired bodies and I could not change anybody. The Liverpool game took a lot out of our players. I would have probably liked to rotated a little bit more. Due to loads of different reasons I wasn’t able to do that due to the fitness of some of the players on the bench they are still not up to the condition needed to play in a Premier League game.”
Eddie Howe concluded his press conference by reflecting on the team’s recent performances.
Eddie Howe said “The last four games we have not been good enough.”
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