So much for fears of the World Cup interval slowing Newcastle ’s charge towards a top-four finish. By the end of this procession at Leicester, their supporters were singing that Eddie Howe’s team were going to win the league.
And while, no, we’re not going to believe them just yet, it is both easy and understandable for those silverware-starved fans to get excited when their team is producing a clinical first-half performance such as this one to seal a sixth straight league win that simultaneously checked the momentum that had been built up before the break by a porous and flat Leicester.
Howe is certainly happy to allow the fans to get wrapped up in the excitement - even if the manager's message to his players is that they simply must not get carried away. “My attitude won't change but I've no problem with the supporters dreaming, talking and speculating about what we can achieve,” Howe said.
