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Mailbag: Has Eddie Howe taken Newcastle as far as he can?
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Despite some amazing highs over the last few years - including some apoplectic hangovers for Donaldson - plenty of you have been asking if Newcastle have gone as far as they can under Eddie Howe. So should they move on? Or do they just need to make some alterations elsewhere?
Marcus, Pete and Vish get stuck into that and have a right old barney about which teams are having a poor season by their own standards. Plus, in lighter climes: some historically brilliant strikers, former players rolling back the years and Pete unveils the most extreme Newcastle-related bet imaginable.
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