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Manager’s notes: Howe using piano to switch off from Newcastle demands

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  • Howe says it provides ‘rare moment’ to forget about football
  • He feels ‘support and understanding’ amid indifferent results

Eddie Howe has revealed that playing the piano has helped him to relax during an often stressful season at Newcastle by briefly diverting his focus from football.

“I was tinkling the ivories last night,” the manager said on Friday. “When I’m playing I’m not thinking of 4-3-3 or 4-4-2; it’s a rare moment for me to do that – a chance to get away from football.

Continue reading…Howe says it provides ‘rare moment’ to forget about footballHe feels ‘support and understanding’ amid indifferent resultsEddie Howe has revealed that playing the piano has helped him to relax during an often stressful season at Newcastle by briefly diverting his focus from football.“I was tinkling the ivories last night,” the manager said on Friday. “When I’m playing I’m not thinking of 4-3-3 or 4-4-2; it’s a rare moment for me to do that – a chance to get away from football. Continue reading…