Eddie Howe on Newcastle's shock 3-0 Everton defeat
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00:29 >> Hi, Eddie, Sammy, from Sky Sports News.
00:31 Quite hard to kind of understand what quite went wrong there for you.
00:36 Have you been able to kind of assess exactly what went wrong?
00:39 >> Well, I think the game was there for us to win in that second half.
00:43 I thought it was an even first half.
00:46 I don't think we played particularly well.
00:47 I felt there was a lot more to come from the team in that second half.
00:51 I thought we played a lot better and had them penned in.
00:54 And then conceded that first goal.
00:57 And I think that changed the momentum of the match.
00:59 So a frustrating evening for us.
01:01 Missed opportunity.
01:02 >> It's still only five points on the road.
01:05 Why have you not quite been able to translate the home form away?
01:09 >> Yeah, I mean, it's a difficult one for us to understand
01:14 because last year our way form was very good.
01:16 We were free scoring.
01:17 Our defensive record was very good as well.
01:21 This year we just -- the Sheffield United game apart,
01:24 we haven't really got going on the road.
01:27 Certainly something for us to reflect and analyse.
01:29 We know we can do a lot better.
01:30 >> And Kieran Trippie has been such a brilliant performer for you this season.
01:34 Obviously he was dispossessed for the first two goals.
01:37 What's his reaction been after that?
01:39 >> Kieran's been absolutely magnificent since he signed for the football club.
01:43 He's been incredible.
01:44 He's been the catalyst really for a lot of what's happened subsequently with our success.
01:49 So collectively we weren't there tonight.
01:51 It was nothing to do with any individual performances.
01:53 Collectively we were off our best.
01:54 >> Thank you.
01:55 >> Anyone else?
01:56 >> Luke, Eddie, when you have so many players missing,
01:59 was that performance always a risk?
02:01 Particularly late on a week, just fatigues him to catch up?
02:05 >> Yeah, I'm in a difficult position to really agree with that
02:10 because I think if I do, then what stops that happening again and again?
02:15 So I think we have to do better.
02:20 But there are then reasons behind every performance
02:25 and we have struggled to change our players in running
02:31 to try and have the attacking options that we feel we need to change the game.
02:36 So that's not there for us and that's a big miss.
02:38 We've got some quality players, outstanding players that aren't with us at the moment.
02:41 And I do think you can potentially do it for a short period of time.
02:46 The longer you do it, the harder it gets.
02:49 But not to say it's impossible.
02:51 So that's why I'm disappointed.
02:54 I think it was a missed opportunity for us today.
02:56 I don't think we really grabbed it and we paid the price.
02:59 >> Eddie, there seemed to be a bit of a scuffle between Joel Linton and Tarkowski at the end.
03:05 What was that over?
03:06 Did you see it?
03:07 >> Yeah, well, I saw the coming together of players.
03:10 I've got no idea what it was over.
03:11 I think just emotions running high after a game.
03:13 We were certainly disappointed with our performance.
03:15 But there's no problems, I don't think.
03:18 >> There was a scuffle at the front.
03:20 >> How's Jamal, Eddie?
03:22 Is that the latest worry now?
03:25 >> Well, I don't think it's a serious one.
03:27 I think it's a dead leg.
03:28 So he's a knock to his thigh, I think.
03:30 Fingers crossed he'll be okay.
03:31 But I don't know at this moment.
03:32 >> Eddie, you said before this that you've lost the ability to rotate.
03:39 I mean, can I underestimate how much of a big pack that really is for you?
03:43 I mean, same ten players for like four games.
03:46 >> Yeah, I'm not underestimating how difficult that is because you have to
03:51 take into account, say, Louis Miley, looking at him individually, his age,
03:55 and being able to deal with not just the games, but the mental pressure that
03:58 the games bring is a huge ask for him.
04:00 But I thought, again, tonight he handled himself really, really well.
04:02 So yes, we have a lot of difficult situations at the moment that we're
04:11 trying to manage.
04:12 And the players to this point have been absolutely incredible in their response.
04:16 But today I just have to sort of call the performance for what I see.
04:19 We weren't our best.
04:20 So there are, as I said earlier, there are reasons around that.
04:23 But I have to call the performance, honestly.
04:25 >> And I guess about the reaction, that comes next now for you?
04:30 >> It always is.
04:30 I mean, that's the beauty of football.
04:32 You always have another game, and we have another game.
04:34 Of course, in a few days' time, that's sort of the schedule we've got in December.
04:38 It's a really big ask for the players.
04:40 We're desperate for help.
04:41 We're desperate to get some players back that can make a difference.
04:44 Hopefully that will happen.
04:46 But of course, there's no guarantees.
04:49 >> Have you got any positive injury news?
04:52 >> Well, yeah, I don't know.
04:54 So a lot of the players that are injured at the moment were working today at the
04:58 training ground.
04:58 So we are hopeful that we can get some support.
05:02 >> One in the middle, one of them, this section with Craig, and then Chris.
05:06 Yeah.
05:06 >> Eddie, Anthony Gould has been a revelation on the all-match campaign this season.
05:10 How much do you think the occasion got to him tonight?
05:12 He had a lot of good opportunities as well as a threat,
05:15 but it sounds like he's trying too hard at the table.
05:17 >> Yeah, I think that's a fair reflection.
05:18 I think Anthony, coming back here, it's a huge moment for him.
05:22 He had, as you said, some really big moments in the game,
05:27 especially in the second half.
05:29 It certainly wasn't for the lack of trying, as you said.
05:32 It was probably the opposite.
05:34 But he's been magnificent for us in recent weeks.
05:36 And yeah, he's got a huge part to play in our upcoming games.
05:42 >> Craig, anything for us?
05:44 >> How was tonight's knock on De Blasio, a pretty bruising end.
05:47 Has he got an issue with his back?
05:49 He seemed to be rolling his back a little bit.
05:50 >> I think he got a couple of knocks in the game.
05:53 I don't know of any permanent problem to his back.
05:58 Yeah, it would have been a difficult game for him, just the fact he conceded three goals.
06:01 But I think his overall performance was very good.
06:02 He made a couple of really good saves in that first half for us.
06:05 So I'm sure he'll be pleased to be back out there in the action.
06:09 And yeah, I don't think our performance has anything to do with him.
06:13 >> Chris, you mentioned the physical load on the players.
06:16 Physically, can this same group go again on Sunday?
06:19 Or will you simply have to make changes?
06:22 >> Well, we'll wait and see, Chris, I don't know.
06:25 We'll, as we always do, we don't just put the same players out there just for the sake of it.
06:29 We have to analyse how they're feeling.
06:32 Are they able to perform?
06:34 I felt there was enough of a gap between Manchester United and this game for us to perform.
06:39 I think they're doing very well physically.
06:42 The mental aspect is a much more harder thing to analyse.
06:47 So let's see how they look in the next couple of days.
06:50 >> Just on Emil Krafft coming on, Sendeback again, he's cleared that a few times for you now.
06:54 Do you see that as one of his positions for you?
06:57 >> It's definitely one of his positions, yeah.
06:58 I think he can play Sendehalf in a back two or a back three.
07:02 He's probably played it more for Newcastle in a back three.
07:05 But of course, right back would probably be his best position.
07:07 Any questions on our trip to Tottenham?
07:09 I'll just swim there.