Paul Merson says Newcastle’s Carabao Cup finals are a big problem for Eddie Howe as he is preparing to play the “mandatory victory” game against four Top-Criters Rivals Nottingham Forest.
In his first game since he booked his place to deal with Liverpool, Newcastle blew up Man City, who secured a stressed 4-0 victory at Etihad Stadium. In the last month, their pattern broke down with three defeats in the last four league matches, and Howe warned that their season would be over if they only focus on the finals of the Carabao Cup.
“If [having one eye on the final] Is it the case, we’re in trouble, “Howe said.” Since our Premier League season will be completed by the time the finals come, it cannot be a focus. “
Newcastle Face Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and West Ham United in the Premier League, as well as Brighton & Hove Albion in the Fifth Circle Fa Cup before the Carabao Cup finals, but Merson says it’s natural only for players’ attention, which could, who could become a legend Newcastle raising a trophy to drain Wembley.
On the eve of the super Sunday showdown between Newcastle and Nottingham Forest, Live on Sky Sports, Merson talks about the Newcastle’s final Carabao Cup problem, Forest’s impressive season and why Sunday’s game is a mandatory victory for toon and does not have to lose for Nuno Espirito Santo.
A forest great opportunity in Newcastle
It’s a huge opportunity for Nottingham Forest this weekend in Newcastle. They can open a nine -scoring gap with Newcastle with a win.
It is an opportunity to put some real daylight between them and Eddie Howe.
It is a necessary game for Newcastle, but it must not lose the game for Nottingham Forest.
If Forest can escape from St. James Park with a point, they would be more than happy.
Their goal from now until the end of the season must be to win at home and then stop the teams ini around them.
Because of this, the game against Newcastle is huge. Of course, I can win the game and move on, but the absolute minimum is to go with a point to keep Newcastle at the length of his hand.
MERSE IMPREDED
I shocked the way not that nottingham Forest performed this season.
What impressed me more than anything when they were beaten, they quickly recovered. They were so resilient in this regard.
I saw them beaten well in Man City and Arsenal, and even when they slaughtered them Bournemouth, the way they bounced in the following games was what impressed me more than anything.
In the Premier League you can come to these rides where one defeat turns into another, and before you find out, you lost five to three in the blink of an eye.
There were impressive Nuno Espirito Santo. The games won immediately after the defeat, basically stopping rotting before rotting.
‘Supervision carabao cupa finale big problem for Howe’
The big problem that Eddie Howe currently has is the Carabao Cup final.
Last weekend they were blowing them with Manchester City. They made the city look like Harlem Globetrotters.
They come to the stage, if they are gone, the players will look at that finals. This is not disrespectful to the club or the like, but these players have the opportunity to represent Newcastle in the Wembley Cup final.
They have the opportunity to make history for this football club.
It is only natural that the player has it in his head.
Newcastle does not win the CUP competition every other year. They haven’t won anything else since I was born.
If they had left and won this competition for Newcastle, the players would have been legends. This is something that they will not be able to get out of and that could cause the main headache in all games before that trip to Wembley.
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