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Newcastle have not won an away game in the Premier League since April. Here’s what Eddie Howe had to say in his Friday news conference. “It would be huge for us and I think it is only with back-to-back wins, if you look at the league table, that we are going to propel ourselves back up. It’s so tight. There are a lot of teams congested around where we are and you are looking for one positive result to try and elevate you. So this is a big game for us. All games in the Premier League are important, but as we go to the next international break the next two [at West Ham and Brentford] are huge.”
Some comments from Jarod Bowen, whose job this season has mainly been fronting up post-match, in the match day programme. “We need to really pull our fingers out now. We’re in trouble now. We have not played great, but we have got results when we have all been together.” Ooof.
