Witnessing greatness is an uplifting experience at St James’ Park and after watching on as Kevin Keegan rebuilt the club in the 1990s and Sir Bobby Robson revived it in the early 2000s, I have to say that the job Eddie Howe has done is very similar to these two managerial greats.
Yet Howe actually has the chance to go one step further and write his name into Tyneside folklore.
Like both Robson and Keegan, Howe has not put a trophy on the table in the Toon boardroom, but if you can’t be optimistic about that happening in the next few years, you never will be.
