Howe exercises caution ahead of Wolves test

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Newcastle United Head Coach Eddie Howe had made clear that his focus is always on the next step as the Magpies get set to face Wolves. Daniel Wales reports.

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00:00Winning eight games in a row in all competitions has seen Newcastle United move to within touching

00:07distance of the top four of the Premier League, as well as giving them a fantastic chance

00:12at reaching the Carabao Cup final and progressing in the FA Cup. Despite the success, head coach

00:17Eddie Howe is not getting ahead of himself.

00:22Howe made clear that he does not like to look two games ahead and maintained that his focus

00:27is always on the next step that he and his players have to take during their campaign.

00:32He was adamant that his side must always approach the next game in the right way and not become

00:36complacent following a string of good performances.

00:41Newcastle have been the country's informed side over the last few weeks, leading many

00:46supporters to become excited about what the rest of the season may hold. And despite the

00:51caution from Howe, they will be pleased that he and the players are remaining focused on

00:56the task at hand in both the league and the Cups.

01:02On the injury front, the Magpies will be without Harvey Barnes for around a month, with the

01:07winger picking up a thigh strain against Bromley at St James' Park. Howe also made clear that

01:13Alexander Isak, Sven Botman, Joe Willock and Jacob Murphy will all be assessed ahead of

01:18the Wolves match on Wednesday.

01:22As for Wolves, Howe was complimentary of the work that Vito Pereira has done since

01:26he has taken charge at Molyneux. Charles Higgins-Jones has previewed the tie from the perspective

01:31of the visitors.

01:34Newcastle versus Wolves at St James' Park. Now it's obviously always quite a tough, tight

01:40fixture. There's not always a load of goals. I mean, last time there was, there's always

01:45probably three or four goals, but they usually go and the points are usually shared in this

01:52Newcastle have won three of the last four in terms of all meetings. I mean, it's St James'

01:58Park and it's such a tough place to go from a Wolves perspective. The last time they actually

02:02returned back from St James' Park with all three points was December 2018 with a 94th

02:10minute Matt Doherty winner. Now, you know, there's been a few draws and mainly Newcastle

02:16wins in that time. Obviously Wolves having an abundance of managers in that time as well.

02:22So yeah, it's obviously an incredibly difficult place for Wolves to go and Wolves fans, it's

02:28not a ground that they look forward to going to just based on that history. I mean, I wouldn't

02:34be surprised if the same sort of happened. Newcastle are in electric form at the moment.

02:39Wolves are still adjusting under Vito Pereira, expect a bit more defensive solidity. So maybe

02:45a draw. You never know with them at this stage of the season. They need points as desperately

02:49as they can to push away from the bottom three. But yeah, it's going to be an interesting one

02:55in the midweek at St James' Park.

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