Newcastle manager Eddie Howe reflects on their 3-1 loss at Brentford.

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00:00Yeah, very disappointing that we, you know,

00:29we did get ourselves in a really good position again

00:31and we weren't able to really capitalise on that.

00:36I think it was always going to be a really tough game today.

00:39It was always going to be, you know, a real physical game with how they play

00:44and we needed to stand up to that.

00:46I thought we did in the first half and defended their set plays really well.

00:50But one moment really of switching off and a mistake,

00:53a couple of mistakes in the build-up to their first goal,

00:56and we paid the price and then, of course, we needed a big reaction to that goal really

01:01and we didn't get it.

01:03And yeah, very frustrating end to the game.

01:05Yeah, well, my initial feeling after that game today was it's different to West Ham.

01:21I think West Ham was a different kind of game today.

01:27I thought the players were there.

01:28I thought they were present.

01:29I thought they gave everything to the game physically.

01:31But I think it was clear for me, if you watch Newcastle regularly,

01:35we were lacking in confidence today.

01:36There was a lot of technical mistakes, which is really unlike us,

01:40especially in the middle of the pitch where we're usually really fluent.

01:43And that contributed then to putting us under pressure.

01:45So I think different feeling to West Ham, different emotions.

01:50I think it's really important today that I support the players.

01:52And we know we're good players.

01:55We know we've got a really good team.

01:58But we just need to stay grouped together in this difficult period.

02:01You knew who was going to be the throw-ins with the bomb bomb.

02:04Did the players execute what they've been asked to do in training?

02:09Well, we did for the majority.

02:13But the majority is not enough because it's one mistake

02:15and invariably you're going to get punished.

02:17So I thought we stood up to that test very well at times.

02:21But not for the first goal, of course.

02:23And ultimately that did change the game.

02:26Eddie, everyone was hoping for reaction lessons learned from last week.

02:31Why didn't that happen today?

02:32Is it simply confidence or is it something more?

02:35I think it's multi-factored.

02:37I don't think there's one thing.

02:39Confidence will now be an issue for sure

02:40because I think they're honest players.

02:42Really good people.

02:44They care.

02:44They want to do well.

02:47But the team's taken a few hits and I think that showed today.

02:50So we've got enough experience to respond in the right way.

02:54We've got enough experience to have been there before

02:56and then know how to deal with this moment.

02:58We know we're going to get criticised.

03:00We expect that.

03:01I don't see that being a problem for us

03:06as long as we stick together

03:08and we're really unified in this difficult period.

03:10Just on the criticism,

03:11when Renfrode were applying the pressure,

03:13they grabbed an equaliser after they had a let-off with the penalty.

03:16Why did it take until the second penalty in the red card

03:19before the changes finally came up?

03:21In what sense?

03:23In terms of Dan Boone sent off,

03:25penalty given away and then the substitutions.

03:27Yeah, I mean, of course we're discussing that

03:31as the game's going on,

03:31but those moments obviously impact everything

03:36because with hindsight you then go,

03:37well, you could have done something before that moment.

03:40But with Dan's height being pivotal from the set plays

03:42and with Jolenton going off,

03:44we then suddenly would have become very small.

03:46So they're big calls to make

03:47and yeah, of course with hindsight

03:49you possibly make a different decision.

03:51But of course in that moment

03:52I have to weigh up what I'm doing.

03:54Eddie, just on Nick Valdemar,

04:00and this isn't a criticism,

04:01but has his style impacted you,

04:03especially away from home,

04:04more than you would ever have realised?

04:06Given that you scored with your only shot on target a day,

04:09it was Nick's first touch in the box at the time.

04:11Is his style his preferred area

04:13while he probably leads the pitch,

04:15does that really impact you away from home?

04:17I don't think it's just on Nick

04:19and I think that's,

04:20you know, my job is to protect him

04:22and I think he's had a great start to his career here.

04:24Yeah, I think we haven't helped him

04:27be as effective as he can be,

04:30especially today.

04:31I thought it was a difficult game for him.

04:33Difficult again in the respect

04:35that he's the only fit centre forward we have.

04:36So again, more pressure

04:37and more weight on his shoulders

04:39when possibly I'd like to have made

04:42a different decision for him.

04:45But yeah, it's like the team has to do better.

04:49We have to do better in helping him

04:50and supporting him.

04:52He's giving everything currently

04:54and he's given everything since his beer

04:55and he's had to take that weight

04:56on his shoulders on his own.

04:57It's not been easy.

04:58But of course, we need to look at also

05:00how we're performing away from home

05:01and if there's changes to be made,

05:02then we need to make them.

05:04Eddie, what was the mood like

05:06in the dressing room of full time there?

05:07Are any of the votes

05:08that keep the experienced players

05:11speaking up and simply saying

05:13look, this isn't good enough right now?

05:16Yeah, we've got an experienced team

05:17and occasionally those players may speak.

05:22But I think it's important for me to speak

05:24and always is important for me to speak

05:25and give my message to the team.

05:29In times of adversity and difficulty

05:31I think is when your true character is tested

05:33and when your true character is revealed.

05:34And I think we need to be very calm

05:37but we need to be measured

05:38and we need to be reflective

05:39and we need to then come out of this period

05:41with a way forward

05:42and a way that we're going to be successful

05:44away from home and at home

05:45and get some more points.

05:47And what would your message to support us be

05:49who are perhaps looking at the severe form

05:51and are concerned about where

05:52the Premier League season may be going?

05:55My message is that we know

05:57it's not good enough

05:58and I take full responsibility for that

06:00and the work to putting that right

06:03starts now

06:03and that's all that I can do in this moment.

06:06Any updates on the injuries

06:09Anthony Gordon as well as Jolint

06:11and Nick Pope?

06:13What information do you have?

06:15Nick Pope suffered concussion

06:17and that's why we took him off.

06:18As soon as we were made aware of that

06:20then he was withdrawn.

06:23Jolint I'm not sure

06:24it looked like a knock

06:25but I haven't had a full discussion

06:27or debrief from the medical team on him.

06:29Anthony has a minor injury

06:31so he'll miss England.

06:32Is it a good thing to have

06:36the international break coming up now

06:38after the results of the league like that

06:42or would you have preferred

06:43to have the players still together?

06:47Yeah, I think I'd have preferred

06:48another game quite quickly

06:49but maybe the period of reflection

06:51and the period to allow us to reset

06:54is a good thing.

06:55We will work hard during the break

06:56and I think the biggest thing

06:59is to make sure we stay together

07:00and we're motivated

07:01for what's to come.

07:05Eddie, last year

07:05you obviously had the love

07:06of coming here

07:07and losing that game

07:08and afterwards

07:08there was sort of a reshuffle

07:10in the side

07:10and of tonight

07:10we moved to number six.

07:12Do you see

07:12that there needs to be

07:13a fundamental reset

07:15away from home

07:15in terms of how you approach

07:16those games

07:17or was it not as simple as that?

07:20Well, if there is

07:21a reshuffle

07:22it needs to be done

07:23in the right way

07:24it needs to be done

07:25with analysis

07:25and then detailed

07:28thought as to

07:30how the team's going to go forward

07:31and I'm not adverse to that

07:32I'm never going to do

07:33the same thing continually

07:34and we haven't done

07:35and expect a different result

07:36I don't think that's right

07:37so if there is changes

07:39we'll look at it

07:40and we'll try and figure out

07:41what those changes need to be.

07:42You mentioned losing the lead

07:43at West Ham

07:44last week

07:44and yesterday

07:45I think you've lost

07:45three times

07:47in the last five

07:47you've taken the lead

07:48in a game

07:49you've lost them

07:50I think it was the previous 56

07:51before that

07:52where do you think

07:53that issue has come from?

07:54I think it's probably associated

07:56with our lack of goals

07:57really

07:57I think there's

07:58going 1-0 up today

07:59you'd expect us to

08:00capitalise on that

08:01and establish ourselves

08:02as a stronger team

08:03in the game

08:03I don't think we did

08:04I think we became weaker

08:05in the game

08:05for the goal

08:06which was the same

08:07at West Ham

08:08so that's a

08:09big frustration for me

08:10I want my teams to attack

08:11and to be continually

08:12looking to score

08:13we don't look like

08:15that team currently

08:15so that's why I said earlier

08:17we have issues to fix

08:19there's no doubt about that

08:20and the process for that

08:21starts now.

08:22Gerard?

08:23Dan, the head of this game

08:25said this was a game

08:26to earn your money

08:26as a player

08:27and how frustrated are you

08:29that you've come to

08:29another top away

08:30ground

08:31having done well at home

08:32again mid-week

08:34and then it just doesn't

08:35come together yet again

08:36on the goal?

08:37Yep

08:38I can't

08:40sort of give you

08:41a satisfactory answer

08:44to that

08:44because it's not

08:45satisfactory

08:46the fact that we

08:46haven't done our jobs

08:47and we feel

08:48we've let everybody down

08:49I think when you do that

08:51when you make mistakes

08:52it's not intentional

08:53from anyone

08:54and all you can do

08:56is hold your hands up

08:57and go right

08:57okay let's try and fix it

08:58and that's what we're

08:59going to try and do

08:59you look at the table

09:01now two points

09:02for the relegation

09:02so it's not a concern

09:04the confidence

09:05and you get the results

09:06at home

09:07but then it keeps happening

09:08and you can kind of get

09:09dragged into a place

09:10you don't want to be

09:11yeah absolutely

09:12it's the wrong end

09:14of the table for us

09:14but it is what it is

09:15that's the reality

09:16and we can't change it

09:17all we can do

09:18is affect our next

09:20performances

09:20to try and change it

09:21and we knew

09:23that potentially

09:24the start of the season

09:25would be slightly

09:26choppy for us

09:26as we entered

09:27into a transitional

09:30period with the team

09:31but there's no excuses

09:33for us

09:33as I say

09:33we take full accountability

09:34for what we're delivering

09:36and only we can change it

09:38thanks very much everyone

09:39yeah you won't go

09:43with England

09:43yeah it's 12 days

09:45I think

09:45thank you

09:46thanks very much

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