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Alan Shearer on Eddie Howe being set to leave Newcastle United with immediate effect after a poor end to the season and disappointing pre-season results. 🎙️ Reporter: “Alan, Newcastle are reportedly parting ways with Eddie Howe after a poor finish to last season and an underwhelming pre-season. Is this the right decision?” 🗣️ Alan Shearer: “It’s heartbreaking because Eddie Howe transformed this football club, but football can be brutally unforgiving. The reality is Newcastle’s performances towards the end of last season were nowhere near good enough, and pre-season hasn’t given anyone confidence that things were about to improve.” “The intensity disappeared. The energy disappeared. The identity that made Newcastle so difficult to play against just wasn’t there anymore. Too many performances looked flat, predictable and lacking belief. At a club with Newcastle’s ambitions, that’s always going to raise serious questions.” “I still believe Eddie deserves enormous respect for everything he achieved here, but this isn’t a charity. Football is a results business. If the owners feel the team has stopped progressing and the performances are getting worse instead of better, they’re going to act. That’s the harsh reality every manager lives with.” “But let me make one thing very clear the players cannot hide behind this decision. It’s easy for everyone to point at the manager, but who was making careless mistakes? Who wasn’t winning battles? Who wasn’t showing enough fight? Too many players have escaped criticism while the manager takes all the bullets.” “Whoever comes in next shouldn’t think this is an easy job. Changing the manager won’t magically solve every problem. If the standards inside that dressing room don’t improve immediately, Newcastle will find themselves having exactly the same conversation again in a few months.” “If this really is Eddie Howe’s final chapter at Newcastle, he leaves with respect because he changed the club forever. But football doesn’t reward memories it rewards performances. Unfortunately for him, the performances at the end of last season and in pre-season simply weren’t good enough to convince the club that things were going in the right direction.”