Paul Merson says that the threatening Carabao Cup final of Newcastle is a major problem for Eddie Howe while he prepares for a “must-win” match against top-four Rivals Nottingham Forest.
In their first game since booking their place to be confronted opposite Liverpool, Newcastle was blown away by Man City who won an emphatic 4-0 victory in the Etihad Stadium. Their form has fallen in the past month with three defeats in the last four league games, and Howe has warned that their season would be over if they only concentrated on the Carabao Cup final.
“If [having one eye on the final] Is the case, we are in trouble, “said Howe.” Because our Premier League season will really be over by the time that the final comes, this cannot be the focus. “
Newcastle is confronted with Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and West Ham United in the Premier League, as well as Brighton & Hove Albion in the FA Cup fifth round for the final of the Carabao Cup, but Merson says that it is only natural for the players' attention , they could get Word Newcastle Legends by lifting a trophy, drifting to Wembley.
Prior to the Super Sunday showdown between Newcastle and Nottingham Forest, Live on Sky Sports, Merson discusses the last problem of Newcastle's Carabao Cup, the impressive season of Forest and why the game of Sunday is a must for the show and a must not lose For the side of Nuno Espirito Santo.
Forest's big chance at Newcastle
It is a huge opportunity for Nottingham Forest this weekend in Newcastle. They can open a nine points gap for Newcastle with a victory.
It is an opportunity to place some real daylight between them and the side of Eddie Howe.
It is a must-win game for Newcastle, but it is a must-less game for Nottingham Forest.
If Forest can go with a point from St James' park, they would be more than happy.
Their objective from now on until the end of the season must be to win at home and then to stop the teams in and around them.
That is why the match against Newcastle is huge. Of course they can win the game and go clearly, but the absolute minimum is to get away with a point to keep Newcastle on arm length.
Merse impressed by the 'resilient' forest
I am shocked by the way Nottingham Forest has performed this season.
What is more impressed by me than what has been when they have been beaten, they are recovered quickly. In that respect they have been so resilient.
I saw them better defeated in Man City and Arsenal, and even when they were slaughtered by Bournemouth, the way they bounced back in their next games made a bit more than what also impressed me.
In the Premier League you can get on these runs where one defeat becomes the other, and before you know it, you have lost five on the trot in an instant.
That is where the side of Nuno Espirito Santo was so impressive. They won the games immediately after a defeat, so that the rot is essentially stopped before the rotten goes into.
'Carabao Cup Final is a big problem for Howe'
The big problem that Eddie Howe currently has is the threatening Carabao Cup final.
They were blown away by Manchester City last weekend. They showed City like the Harlem Globetrotters.
They come to a stage, if they are not there yet, players will watch that final. It is no lack of respect for the club or something like that, but these players have the chance to represent Newcastle in a cup final at Wembley.
They have the chance to write history for this football club.
It goes without saying that a player who has in mind.
Newcastle does not win any cup competitions every other year. They have won no comments since I was born.
If they won this competition for Newcastle, the players would be legends. That is something they can't come from and that can cause how a big headache in all games before that Wembley trip.
View Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest on Super Sunday, Live on Sky Sports; kick -off 2 p.m.
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