Eddie Howe has come under intense scrutiny this season but he retains the faith of the club's hierarchy despite a string of bad results
Just as bruising as the manner of the defeat at the Amex was the news that emerged in the aftermath that Joe Willock will be missing for a further six weeks with a new Achilles injury. How desperately the midfield need the balance that he provides.who was expensively extricated from Milan over the summer as a statement signing
, is not yet purring. Tonali has been the better of the pair, dictating play in spells and helping Newcastle break the lines of opposition teams – as they suspected he would. But Guimaraes has fallen below his own sky-high standards. The theory was that adding Tonali would allow the Brazil midfielder the freedom to play as a true box-to-box midfielder and be freed of some of the defensive responsibilities that anchored him down. So far, that is not happening.
Did Newcastle err in not adding the No 6 they have long coveted to their midfield mix? So far their recruitment has been stellar but this transfer window call could prove to be a mistake, forcing Howe to either find a formula to make his two star names work together or bench one of them.Howe built his success last season on a settled XI and has attempted to replicate it this term, only making one injury-forced change.
Reintegrating him would require a tactical rejig, but when in form he is worth that. Handing Alexander Isak a wider role to cut in from and benching the thus-far disappointing Miguel Almiron would be welcome by-products of a Wilson recall.
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