i'll keep my Ed down

From the moment Howe's players step off the bus and even on to the Sunderland pitch for a look around, they will be hit with jeers from home fans.

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Howe said: "You want to be the ones that go there and impose yourself on the game and quieten the crowd, use the crowd to our advantage. All these things we'll look to do.

"If you don't get the arousal levels right, if you hype the players up too much, then you can go out and not perform because you're overthinking things, you're not playing the game, you are playing the atmosphere."

Even then Howe wants the fire in the belly of his players burning, despite cool heads needed on the day. Twice in this fixture in recent battles Newcastle have had players sent off including former skipper Fabricio Coloccini and Cheick Tiote.