Shearer responds to Lineker’s claim about Eddie Howe at Newcastle

Alan Shearer has stated that Newcastle ‘can’t sit once more’ beneath their soon-to-be supervisor Eddie Howe, as he advised Match of the Day.

The Newcastle legend was requested by Gary Lineker that one ‘worry’ about Howe is the number of targets his Bournemouth aspect conceded all through his time inside the Premier League.

All through his days at Bournemouth, the South Coast outfit had been usually referred to as a free-scoring and free-flowing crew that entertained all, every dwelling and away.

It included a ninth-placed finish – his and Bournemouth’s best ever – nevertheless ended with relegation in his remaining advertising and marketing marketing campaign.

All through that interval, the Cherries always conceded over 60 targets per season- 67 targets of their first advertising and marketing marketing campaign, then adopted by 67, 61, 70 and 65 – in that order.

That’s one factor he can’t afford to convey to St James’ Park, else Newcastle might be doomed sooner than he can get going.

Solely rock-bottom Norwich (26 targets) have shipped in further than the Magpies (24) this season, so that’s one house of concern already.

Nonetheless that’s what Shearer wanted to say about Howe’s imminent arrival, adopted by Lineker’s defensive worries.

“I really feel it’s appointment,” acknowledged Shearer. “He has been out for a while and I really feel he’ll come once more energised.

“He did very properly to get Bournemouth the place that they had been.”

Lineker added: “His teams score targets, nevertheless defensively you see from that may very well be one factor to worry about presumably.”

Shearer responded: “He has to shore up on the once more on account of Newcastle have been hopeless defensively.

“On within the current day’s proof and last week’s proof, they are going to’t sit once more. That’s all that points (defending them up). It’s a tricky job, nevertheless I’m hopeful and warranted that with further avid gamers in January, and his experience, they should have enough.”

Howe was in attendance on the Amex Stadium yesterday as Newcastle recorded some extent in opposition to Brighton.

Nonetheless, after 11 Premier League matches, they’re nonetheless looking for that all-important confidence-boosting win.

Newcastle are the one remaining crew inside the Premier League with out three elements, after Norwich beat Brentford yesterday.

And although they put some much-needed elements on the board, they nonetheless sacked their supervisor Daniel Farke and might no be drawing up their very personal itemizing of managers they should usher in.

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