I hope you will forgive me for being sentimental, over the top even. I write this going through some real life struggles. I write this with back to back Sky Sports documentaries about Kevin Keegan and The Entertainers on in the background.
I write this struggling to understand my feelings about Eddie Howe going and the current state of Newcastle United. I write this as a man getting older, and feeling it.
I didn't know how I felt when my daughter broke the news that Eddie Howe was gone. My first words were "oh you're joking", so on reflection I was probably gutted.
I admit to growing frustrated at what I perceived to be a stagnant team falling behind, due to a manager who stubbornly stook to his system despite its apparent failings. But I still viewed Howe in the same company as King Kev and Sir Bobby, the only three managers in my lifetime that I have truly loved.
The memories of the last five years will remain with me forever. Eddie Howe's black and white army gave something to me and my daughter which brought us back together, my daughter who was being taken from me by teenage, by boyfriend, by growing up. My eternal thanks to the man for that.

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