Eddie Howe hints that Lewis Miley will begin in opposition to Nottingham Forest on Sunday after good displaying on Saturday

 · February 21 2025, 12:30

Newcastle United’s 18-year-old sensation, Lewis Miley was about the one participant to maintain any dignity after final week’s humiliation by Manchester Metropolis.

Academy graduate Miley changed Joe Willock at half time and wasted no time getting caught into the champions and making an attempt to show the sport round.

Sadly, no person round him had any related ranges of enthusiasm and his efforts have been finally wasted.

Nonetheless, Eddie Howe did single him out of reward after the sport, citing him as the one actual optimistic from the afternoon.

Eddie Howe confirms that Lewis Miley is a robust contender to start out in opposition to Nottingham Forest

Chatting with the media this morning, Eddie Howe was requested about Miley and whether or not he is put himself into this pondering for Joelinton’s spot whereas the Brazilian is injured.

“I feel he is very a lot in and round that [midfield] place in the mean time. I feel his efficiency in opposition to Manchester Metropolis, as you say, was most likely the one large optimistic to take from the sport as a result of there wasn’t many.

“He approached the sport in a manner that actually we must always have completed from the beginning. He was courageous in each phases, aggressive, off the ball, courageous on the ball. Fearless in his method and I assumed he performed very strongly.”

Joe Willock falls aside like a dunked Wealthy Tea biscuit each time he begins for Newcastle

It was abundantly clear after 45 minutes final week that Joe Willock just isn’t the reply, so it absolutely needs to be Miley’s flip to try to take the place of J7. Eddie appears to be phasing out Sean Longstaff forward of a probable summer season departure, so absolutely it is time to reinstate the wonderkid.

We aren’t certain what’s taking place to Joe Willock, however it appears that evidently substitute Willock is infinitely higher than beginning XI Willock, so Howe’s going to have to simply hold him on the bench to impression video games late on much like Harvey Barnes.

It is nice having these choices, however we anticipated extra from each of them to be sincere.