Eddie Howe has saluted the management expertise of January signing Dan Burn after seeing him slot seamlessly into Newcastle’s Premier League survival mission.
The 29-year-old defender, who was launched by his boyhood membership on the age of 11, returned in a £13million deadline-day change from Brighton and has since made 4 appearances – the newest a 2-1 dwelling win over his former employers on Saturday – and helped the Magpies acquire 10 priceless factors.
In addition to his assured shows on the pitch, he – like fellow new arrivals Kieran Trippier and Chris Wooden – has taken on duty off it, and that has proved equally beneficial.
Head coach Howe mentioned: “I can’t credit score Dan sufficient. I do know I hold saying this, however he’s so good on the coaching floor and across the group.
“I mentioned after I first got here that a very powerful folks had been those already within the squad and any January additions can be nice, however it’s concerning the gamers related to the membership now. What I didn’t need to do was harm the atmosphere I already had.
“The largest praise I pays those who got here in is that they’ve all enhanced the group and the spirit is as sturdy because it has ever been.
“Dan, in all my preparations earlier than signing him, I realised that management was one of many large issues that caught out about him. It’s what folks mentioned after they spoke about him, the identical with Kieran.
“That’s massively vital. Chris Wooden too is a good instance within the altering room and coaching. Once they set the instance you need, it’s such a strong factor.”
Saturday’s victory, which noticed Ryan Fraser and Fabian Schar strike in fast succession earlier than the break and Lewis Dunk reply after it, was a fifth in six outings and prolonged Newcastle’s unbeaten league run to eight video games – a return which has eased them seven factors away from the relegation zone.
In contrast, it stretched Brighton’s shedding run to 4 video games and threatened to take the gloss off what was shaping as much as be one of many Seagulls’ greatest top-flight campaigns but.
Head coach Graham Potter mentioned: “We’ve received 33 factors, which remains to be good, however you’re at all times trying by way of the lens of your current outcomes and, in the mean time, we’re upset as a result of these are the outcomes we’ve received and we have now to react to that.
“However there’s quite a lot of soccer to play and quite a lot of factors to play for, and we have now to ensure that we end with as many as we will.”
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