It is a new era at Newcastle United, but some things never change. Take the Magpies being knocked out of the FA Cup in January.
Remarkably, for the 10th time in the last 17 seasons, Newcastle have failed to progress past the third round of the competition following a 2-1 defeat against League One side Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday night. In truth, the much-changed visitors only had themselves to blame for being on the end of another giant killing - 12 months on from a humiliating cup exit at the hands of Cambridge United.
Newcastle had 75% possession, 11 corners and a whopping 22 shots at Hillsborough yet, somehow, Howe's team only scored once. Even then, substitute Bruno Guimaraes' 69th-minute goal proved a mere consolation when Newcastle were already 2-0 down.
