Hits and misses: Newcastle have thrown their season away... Literally
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Newcastle are quite literally throwing their season away Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from Crystal Palace’s match against Newcastle in the Premier League. They've lost seven of their last 10 matches and Newcastle's season is spiralling and the pressure is ramping up on Howe.The feeling that Howe's future could be contingent on Newcastle's European status or lack of going into next season is catching up with the Magpies boss.
There has been an air of sympathy for Howe within all this but that is turning to apathy with fans who travelled down to London didn't even wait to receive applause from the players.Newcastle are on the beach but after tasting the riches of Champions League football and a first piece of silverware in decades, having their feet up, with flip flops on is not where they want to be with six games to go.William Bitibiri Wake up: Spurs' slide is real Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player FREE TO WATCH: Highlights from Sunderland’s match against Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. Also See: Live Premier League table Watch FREE Premier League highlights Got Sky?
It's why Sean Dyche was replaced and it's not improved.Just 14 of their 32 Premier League goals this season have come on home soil - the lowest return in the division.You can see why when you watch them.Nottingham Forest 1-1 Aston Villa - Match report and highlightsAs it happened | Teams | StatsIgor Jesus had moments against Villa where sharper strikers make the difference, half chances that need to become something more. That's the difference between a good forward and a ruthless one.And that's where the concern lies for Aston Villa.When those missed opportunities start to cost results, like it did at the City Ground where he blazed a one-on-one chance over the bar, it becomes an issue that can't be ignored.Lewis JonesThe redemption of Jean-Philippe Mateta On Deadline Day, it was hard to see a way back at Crystal Palace for Jean-Philippe Mateta.The striker had agitated for a move to AC Milan, which fell through due to an ongoing knee injury - one that then kept him from playing for Crystal Palace for the last four months.You felt like it would be a somewhat quiet exit in the summer, and possibly tarnish a great legacy at a club where he had been beloved for so long.Crystal Palace 2-1 Newcastle - Match report and highlightsAs it happened | Teams | StatsBut after returning to action on Thursday against Fiorentina, he has now scored three goals in two games, including a double to beat Newcastle off the bench.As a striker, all you need to do to be loved again is score goals - and that's just what Mateta is doing.It would have been a true shame for the Frenchman to go out with a whimper at a club where he has done so much, and had a huge hand in the most successful period in their history.