Newcastle United's Nick Woltemade

Eddie Howe has hinted that he may abandon the Nick Woltemade midfield experiment after the star's ineffective display against Everton.

However, Howe felt that the decision to rejig his formation was largely down to a lack of preparation time on the back of the Champions League play-off second leg against Qarabag.

Howe pondered whether he would repeat the move during his post-game Press conference and with a game fast approaching against Manchester United it will be interesting to see his midfield three and who starts as the central striker on Wednesday.

When asked if he regretted setting up the way he did against the Toffees, Howe said last night: "I always say on these things that it would be foolish of me to say I regret the set-up.

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"It was done with reason and with the limited time we had to prepare for the game I thought there was good logic. Then you see the reality and we didn't like it, so we changed it.

"I...