Eddie Howe has admitted his Newcastle United side still have so much to do before they can 'even be in the same breath' as Sir Bobby Robson's great team.
Newcastle have moved up to fifth place in the table after following up a 4-1 win at Fulham by hammering Brentford 5-1 at St James' Park on Saturday. In doing so, the Magpies scored four or more goals in back-to-back Premier League games for the first time since 2001 when Sir Bobby was in charge.
It is the latest statistic this group have matched from that era after Howe previously became the first manager since Sir Bobby to win six home games in a row in the Premier League last season. The noise at St James' certainly takes you back to those days and former Newcastle defender Nikos Dabizas previously told ChronicleLive the 'completely transformed' atmosphere is back to the 'standard it used to be in our time' under Sir Bobby.
