Eddie Howe, Newcastle United's manager, grapples with squad balance issues despite having world-class players. The team's recent performance, particularly against Bournemouth, highlights the need for a better playing formula that includes Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Anthony Gordon, and Harvey Barnes. Howe's efforts to integrate these players have not been successful, leaving the team in a state of imbalance.
does not do overreactions but that doesn’t mean he can ignore some of the alarm bells ringing in the background.
Take the right of midfield. On Monday Howe tried Joelinton there and it didn’t come off, the Brazilian shunted into irrelevance in a game when Newcastle could have probably used his physicality. Righting some of these recruitment wrongs falls on Mitchell, who must do that while aligning with Howe and treading a PSR tightrope. Insiders say he has been quietly putting things in place to get it right long term, but the jury is out until January. Until then Newcastle need to find a formula to bring consistency.You suspect that it will have to incorporate Tonali, a classy midfielder who can’t do much damage when he’s restricted to second half cameos.
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