The workaholic manager still has top-four ambitions but faces a challenging start to the year after a poor run of results
Eddie Howe has two main strategies for coping with the stress of managing Newcastle United during a suddenly bleak midwinter.
While his boxer dog, Willis, has been taken for extra long walks in the Northumberland countryside surrounding the Howe family’s new home north of the city, his owner studiously ignores media coverage of the team’s run of six defeats in their last seven games.
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