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Eddie Howe acknowledges Newcastle's alarming record of dropping 25 points from winning positions this season, calling it an 'incredible' statistic. The team's recent 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace highlighted issues with player execution of game plans.
āI donāt pick the team based on transfer feesā ā Howe on Newcastleās āincredibleā record of dropping points from winning positions
Eddie Howe says Newcastle dropping 25 points from winning positions this season is an āincredibleā statistic, and admits his playersā approach against Crystal Palace was not what he had instructed.
Will Osula opened the scoring for Newcastle but two late goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta handed them a 2-1 defeat at Selhurst Park.
āThose numbers are incredible, really, and itās blighted our season,ā Howe said on Newcastle dropping points from a winning position again.
āThe fact that we havenāt been able toĀ not just sort of consolidate really good passages of the game,Ā but go on and score more goals and continue to attack, I think Iāve said many times thatās not the tactical instructionĀ we give the players. We donāt want to go 1-0 up and change to a mentality of defending,Ā but weāve done it so I canāt say it hasnāt happened.
āBut then if you are going to defend,Ā we have to defend better than we did.ā
Howe opted to start goalscorer Osula over big summer signings Nick Woltemade and Yoane Wissa and asked about the decision, he said: āI donāt pick the team based on transfer fees.
āI have to pick the team based on what I see. I thought Will Osula has trained well.Ā I think he deserved to start today.Ā I thought he played well, Will.
āI thought he was, again, a real positive coming out of the game.Ā I thought he took his goal well.Ā Heās got the physical attributes,Ā the determination to do really well. Heās improving, I think, week in, week out, so I was delighted with his performance.ā
Newcastle has dropped 25 points from winning positions this season.
Eddie Howe admitted that the players' approach against Crystal Palace was not what he had instructed, leading to a 2-1 defeat.
Eddie Howe described the statistic of dropping points as 'incredible' and stated it has blighted Newcastle's season.

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