The Eddie Howe win percentage with Newcastle United in the top tier, is the second highest in the club’s history, only surpassed by Kevin Keegan, who operated free from financial control (Yes, Eddie has even surpassed Sir Bobby).

He is the first Newcastle United manager since Joe Harvey to reach two cup finals.

Eddie Howe became the first manager in the Premier League era to avoid relegation with a team that failed to win any of the first 14 PL games of the season.

His 2023–24 side scored 85 Premier League goals, a club record in this PL era, surpassing Keegan’s Entertainers.

His team recorded the club’s biggest ever away league win (8-0 at Sheffield United).

Eddie Howe went through three consecutive transfer windows without bringing in an immediate first team player (due to PSR and Paul Mitchell’s incompetence), during which time the club sold Yankuba Minteh, Elliot Anderson, and Miguel Almiron.

Eddie Howe then delivered the first domestic trophy in 70 years and also qualified for the Champions League.

Yet, how soon we forget?

But let me digress a bit further.

Across the last 25 years, studies by economists such as Chris Brady (University of Salford) and data-driven...