An endless discussion is now ensuing about the Newcastle United signings of summer 2025 and Eddie Howe.

Everybody agrees that the transfer window could have gone better.

Major disagreements amongst Newcastle United fans though, as to why it wasn’t what we had all hoped it was going to be.

Within those disagreements, much of the debate focuses on Eddie Howe.

Exactly where should we place the NUFC Head Coach amongst that debate.

For those desperate to attach blame to the Head Coach, I keep hearing the critics saying stuff along the lines of: “Eddie Howe had complete control of Newcastle United signings last summer which means…”

What the clear intention is, the implication, is to separate that summer 2025 transfer window from those that had gone before.

That Eddie Howe was totally responsible for the Newcastle United signings last summer BUT in previous windows had far less (no?) say on which players arrived at St James’ Park.

Putting it bluntly, what these fans (and media) want to claim is that Eddie Howe is to blame for the perceived failings of the summer 2025 transfer window, but others deserve a lot (all?) of the credit for the perceived transfer successes...