Eddie Howe has always been a very good manager, just under-appreciated at times (not at Newcastle or Bournemouth but too often under-appreciated nationally). Showed his tactical smarts in outwitting Arteta. Showed the belief Newcastle players have in him that they understood and executed his game-plan perfectly. Fluid 5-2-3 caught Arsenal out.
Swamped visitors’ meek attack (missing Saka and a No 9). Burn, Schar and Botman aerial strength to negate Arsenal corners. Burn, then Schar joining high press stunned Rice and co. Cobra-like on the counter through Gordon, Isak and Murphy. Gordon and Murphy overwhelmed and overtook Arsenal full-backs. Isak gave Saliba and Gabriel nightmares.
Picked Trippier for his winning mindset, defiant and demanding, and impact on crowd. Set the tone. Ferocious work ethic throughout team (embodied by Gordon) reflects Howe’s character.
More broadly, Howe also makes good players better – Hall’s developed from a raw talent to international level over the past 18 months (and still only 20). Howe’s man-management of Tonali during his suspension rewarded with the midfielder’s fine form.
Howe’s success great for Newcastle – and for English football. One of only two English managers in the Premier League (with Potter), Howe’s an inspiration. He’s a mixture of inner determination and calm in the storm. Howe and his Newcastle players will head to Wembley on March 16 with belief and a plan. #NUFC #NEWARS #EFLCup #CarabaoCup
Next Friday, NUST will be represented at a meeting at VAR Headquarters at Stockley Park. We’ve pulled together a brief survey that we’d like as many of you as possible to complete giving your views on both refereeing in the Premier League, and VAR itself. Thanks go to @WeAreTheFSA for organising the meeting.
Please complete the survey here - https://t.co/YGp6VTSokG
This is an excellent bit of comms by Labour. Jon Richardson, in a bath with a beer, telling you how Sunak made his millions from the downfall of our economy.
Really important message, brilliantly delivered.
I followed Nigel Farage on and off for 10 years.
When all's said and done about his standing in Clacton, milkshake incident etc, he remains at the end of the day one of the most repugnant shameless liars in UK history.
Some of his standout lesser-known lies I've compiled FTR 🧵
“Of course we should have safe routes” says the PM who has literally dismantled our asylum system and is responsible for the most egregious and despicable law that says Rwanda is safe when it isn’t in a bid to outsource our duties to people seeking asylum #ITVDebate
Are you attending the @Lionesses game tomorrow night and are sat in the East Stand?
There is something on your seat to hold up, we would massively appreciate if you could look after these bits of foil and place them back on your seat at the end (with the elastic band, as per the image). We need them again for Monday. Please don’t take them home 🙏🏻
@FreeLionesses
As you watch the Aurora this evening, it’s worth reflecting that you’re getting a rare direct glimpse of the power of Nature. Those charged particles causing the atmosphere to glow came from a sunspot complex 17 times the diameter of Earth and traveled across 90 million miles at a million miles an hour. Without our magnetic field to protect us, our atmosphere would have been lost to space long ago. Those colours in the sky are Nature reminding us that we’re very lucky to be here amidst the violence. And perhaps therefore also reminding us not to shite it all up :-)
Alongside the @BritishArmy as we head off for the Marathon De Sable for the Army Benevolent Fund.. Please cheer along and give whatever you can … They’re the best of us.. https://t.co/AbvIFf2XGa
Here’s my payslip as a first year doctor in 2005, next to a first year doctor colleague’s in 2023. 18 years later, their take home salary is less than mine was. I lived for free in hospital accommodation and had a fraction of their student loan.
#JuniorDoctorsStrike