We're right behind the boss, says Big Dan

NEWCASTLE

- By SEAN MCCORMICK Football writer

Dan Burn and, inset, scoring against the Seagulls

United defender Dan Burn insists the players remain fully behind Eddie Howe, who he believes will go down as the ‘best manager in the history’ of the club.Howe has come under some pressure for Newcastle's poor Premier League form this season but Saturday’s 3-1 win over Brighton and Hove Albion went a long way to relieving that.

The Magpies are now looking upwards, rather than nervously over their shoulders, after they ended a run of five successive defeats in all competitions in front of the club's ownership.

Burn was among the goalscorers, heading home Newcastle’s second goal from Bruno Guimaraes’ corner, and he insists the responsibility for their form this term should fall on the players, rather than the head coach,