How Newcastle have become the form Premier League team of 2022
Daily MailNewcastle's transformation under Eddie Howe has been one of the stories of the Premier League season so far, with the Magpies climbing up to the giddy heights of 11th place after a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Wednesday night. Dan Burn has become bedrock of Newcastle's defence since joining in January GETTING THE FANS BACK ON SIDE Being taken over by a consortium with access to billions of pounds was always going to cheer the Toon faithful up after 14 years of regression and depression under the hated Mike Ashley, but the new owners have played their cards right to turn St James' Park into a fortress once more. Newcastle's new owners made an effort to bring supporters' group Wor Flags back into the fold BRUNO RAISING THE STANDARD Newcastle's lack of ambition under Ashley means that is a long time since top quality international footballers turned out for the club. £40m signing Bruno Guimaraes has started to show his international class in recent weeks LEARNING TO MANAGE GAMES One area of Newcastle's play that has improved drastically since Howe replaced Bruce has been their game management, which is clearly being worked on in training.