Eddie Howe has relayed the message he gave his players in the dressing room after the 5-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur at the weekend. Emphasis has already turned to Friday night's encounter with Wolverhampton Wanderers at St James' Park but Howe is keen to keep one of the season's toughest days in some type of context.
After a second half collapse, the mood was understandably down in the dressing room after the game but Howe opted not to rip into his players. Instead, he reminded them of the standards he set on his arrival in November and asked for focus on the season-defining series of home matches back on Tyneside this week.
Howe told Chronicle Live: "I think that is an important thing for me (not to get too low) and for everybody connected with the club. These results can happen against the quality of the opposition we were playing.
