‘Want’ - Harvey Barnes makes golden promise to Newcastle United supporters
Harvey Barnes wants to add to his trophy cabinet at Newcastle United.
Harvey Barnes has vowed that Newcastle United will do everything they can to clinch silverware and qualify for Europe.
Last season was the best for the Magpies in living memory, with Eddie Howe guiding the team to Carabao Cup success and the Champions League. In this campaign, Newcastle have struggled to find consistency - especially on the road - but find themselves sitting sixth.
An all-time class at St James’ Park saw United fight from behind on three occasions to earn a 4-3 win over Leeds United. Barnes was at the centre of the storm - scoring Newcastle’s first and last goals to justify his selection.
Harvey Barnes keen to fight on all fronts
Speaking after the Leeds win, Barnes issued a positive battle cry to the Newcastle fan base. He is adamant the Magpies can attack all four competitions and they will do everything possible to deliver another trophy.
“We're not sort of naive to our performances, they've probably not been where we know they should be for a lot of the season,” Barnes said. “But after the last few weeks, the table looks a lot better.
“We're in a semi-final, we're doing well in the Champions League and competing in all these competitions. If we can get that little bit more percent (out of our performances) and consistency then maybe it can be a real special season.
“We won silverware last year, we want to do it again this year. We want to be back in Europe next year. So we've got all these targets but we need to find that real sort of consistency, keep these levels and just keep pushing on.”
‘Season-defining’ - Eddie Howe
Howe put his chips on the table before the Crystal Palace game on Sunday by declaring January as a “season-defining” month. It has been two wins out of two for the Toon since his comments.
"We're in there fighting and scrapping for every point that we can in the Premier League,” Howe said a week ago. “It's been a difficult season so far, it's not been plain sailing for us, but the points gap is minimal if we can put a run together.
"It's a big if. It's that magic word consistency, being able to back up results, which has probably been our failing this season, so that's what were looking to do and if we can, things can change quickly and the perspective can be very different.
"We haven't been able to do it yet, but this is the moment and we're running out of opportunities because beyond this, I don't think we'll get another chance. Our focus is there and the performance levels have been pretty good for a while, but it's a season-defining month for us and we're going to be challenged on various fronts, so exciting times ahead, I think."