If reports are to be believed, Eddie Howe hasn’t taken long in channelling his inner Jimmy Pursey* (Sham 69) by taking his backroom team “down the pub.”
Having spent his first day in the job with a 12-hour shift at the training ground and his second day on media duty meeting the press corp, the Daily Telegraph reported that Howe took time out after training on Thursday afternoon to conduct a team bonding session with his backroom team of Jason Tindall, Stephen Purches, Simon Weatherstone, Dan Hodges and Graeme Jones.
The Telegraph did not report on what was ordered food wise at the Three Mile “bistro pub" in Gosforth and nor was there any indiction from the table layout as to what team formation Howe and his backroom staff would be adopting when announcing the line-up for his first game against Brentford next weekend.
Coming from the relatively quiet football backwater of Bournemouth where he had two managerial spells between 2009 and 2020, interrupted by a 20-month spell at Burnley; Howe now finds himself well and truly under the media spotlight on Tyneside in what hopefully will prove to be a healthy environment for press and coach alike.
* for younger fans Jimmy Pursey was lead singer with English punk band Sham 69, formed in 1975.
Having spent his first day in the job with a 12-hour shift at the training ground and his second day on media duty meeting the press corp, the Daily Telegraph reported that Howe took time out after training on Thursday afternoon to conduct a team bonding session with his backroom team of Jason Tindall, Stephen Purches, Simon Weatherstone, Dan Hodges and Graeme Jones.
The Telegraph did not report on what was ordered food wise at the Three Mile “bistro pub" in Gosforth and nor was there any indiction from the table layout as to what team formation Howe and his backroom staff would be adopting when announcing the line-up for his first game against Brentford next weekend.
Coming from the relatively quiet football backwater of Bournemouth where he had two managerial spells between 2009 and 2020, interrupted by a 20-month spell at Burnley; Howe now finds himself well and truly under the media spotlight on Tyneside in what hopefully will prove to be a healthy environment for press and coach alike.
* for younger fans Jimmy Pursey was lead singer with English punk band Sham 69, formed in 1975.
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