"I am very aware of the history with Sir Bobby [Robson]. The values he stood for: hard work, good organisation, always going to the end and never giving up,"
"Trying to do the crowd justice and representing the club in the right way - I think they were all values he stood for. He wanted his team to give everything on a matchday, and we have been trying to live by these principles since day one when I arrived here. Very similar to Kevin Keegan's principles as well, he was maybe more expansive in his way of playing, but we are trying to live by those principles, and I think that is what"
Newcastle United sit eighth in the Premier League, three points off the top four, and suffered a 2-0 EFL Cup semi-final first-leg defeat to Manchester City. The team drew with Wolves and will host PSV in the Champions League, positioned 12th in the group phase and two points behind the automatic qualification places with two matchdays remaining. Newcastle have won their last two Champions League home games, keeping clean sheets in both after only two clean sheets in their first 13 at St James' Park. Eddie Howe emphasizes Sir Bobby Robson's values of hard work, organisation and persistence while also trying to reflect Kevin Keegan's more expansive attacking principles.
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