Here you go, make or break time for Newcastle United and Eddie Howe.
Don’t worry.
I haven’t joined the lunatic fringe who for whatever bizarre reason(s), now think Newcastle United would be better off without Eddie Howe.
Form is temporary BUT class is permanent.
In my lifetime supporting Newcastle United, Eddie Howe and Kevin Keegan (still can’t split them, so that isn’t in order) are the two best managers NUFC have had, no arguments.
Sir Bobby Robson a clear third, plus honourable mentions for the likes of Arthur Cox, Rafa Benitez and Chris Hughton.
Whilst far too many deserve dishonourable mentions, plus some who did ok and/or were just presented with near impossible situations.
Anyway, back to Eddie Howe and Newcastle United at this moment in time.
It is make or break when it comes to the Premier League this season.
As in, will there now be a push in the last third of the season that could potentially see a top five finish and Champions League qualification.
Before anybody says it is already a total write-off, the facts say otherwise.
This season has been a story of inconsistency across pretty much all Premier League clubs, with only rare exceptions. So any team that can put a decent run of results together, tends to climb a far few places in no time.
Which brings me to now. It is crunch time I reckon.
In the space of around 76 hours, it will have proved make or break time.
A 5.30pm home game on Saturday against Brentford, then away on Tuesday night at Spurs and a 7.30pm start.
As you can see from the Premier League table below, only nine points separate fourth and twelfth ahead of Saturday’s matches.
Premier League table as at Saturday 7 February 2026
If Eddie Howe and Newcastle United can get two wins and six points in these next few days, it is game on again. Right back in the mix to make a challenge in the final 12 Premier League matches for a top five finish. Two point could put NUFC only three or four points off the top five.
Two defeats, or even two draws, then I think Newcastle United and Eddie Howe are concentrating on the Champions League (2025/26 version) and FA Cup.
Four points from these Brentford and Spurs matches, maybe a case could still be made for some kind of hope still of a top five challenge, however, I think reality is that we really need two victories to really get that confidence, belief and momentum flowing again.
Brentford are doing really well this season but United are at home today, whilst only Wolves have won less Premier League home games than the two Spurs have won so far, only West Ham and Wolves having lost more PL home matches than the six that Tottenham have lost.
Eddie Howe and Newcastle United continue to have appalling luck when it comes to the number of injuries, so they will have to dig deep, to here’s hoping winning the next two games and get us all looking up the table once again.