Burnley travel to Newcastle tomorrow where we will come up against our former manager Eddie Howe who was in charge at Turf Moor from January 2011 until October 2012, either side of two stints at Bournemouth.
Being in the Champions League, Newcastle have played three games in the last week and a half in three different competitions and Howe said: ?It?s totally different to last year where we were able to go week to week and train intensely and really prepare thoroughly for each game. Now we are still trying to prepare thoroughly but in a much more condensed time which is a challenge, and the challenge for the players is to recover physically and mentally for each game.?
Embed from Getty ImagesThey had a difficult set of results before the first international break but that?s changed since. He explained that: ?The starting point was our defensive resilience,? he said. ?I think that?s been at the forefront of our results in recent weeks. We?ve looked solid again. We?ve had that solidity right through the middle of the pitch whoever?s played. I think we?ve been consistent in our work.? Speaking about the Clarets, he said: ?They are doing it very differently. There?s no right and wrong of course, you can do it in loads of different ways. They will always stick to their current model of playing.
?I?ve got to say it was hugely impressive last year, what they did, the goals they scored, the games they won and the style that they did it in was great to watch. We played Burnley last ...