Willing to give Lascelles the benefit of the doubt, he was solid under Benitez and there were calls for him to get an England call up so have faith Howe can help him return to that.
At least Eddie is saying the right things, just need the players to follow through on it: 'We have to come out all guns blazing' Man City v Newcastle (16:30 BST) Newcastle boss Eddie Howe on whether his players can cause an upset: "It's the toughest test. I was a little bit disappointed with the performance last week, I thought we could have played better, but we were still close. I hope we get even closer this time. "Our weakness against Liverpool was a lack of bite and intensity that we have had in recent months and has been the hallmark of our success. "We didn't give the crowd enough on reflection and we can't be flat. We have to come out all guns blazing."
getting **** all from the ref and Grealish goes down easy and gets a free kick watch for all the soft freekicks City will get