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Written by Neil Harrison

9:54am Friday, March 4th, 2022

Commented 8 times

Rarely does a week go by these days where Eddie Howe isn’t asked about the transformation of Joelinton. The 25-year-old has been reborn since Howe joined in November and has found a new home in the Newcastle midfield.

Ciaran’s Clark sending off against Norwich has turned into a strange bit of good fortune. Howe was forced to shift to a 4-3-2 pushing Joelinton inside as part of a three-man midfield. The Brazilian rose to the task.

He’s been exclusively used in the midfield since mid-December becoming Newcastle’s most consistent force over that period. Saturday at Brentford was no different as he bagged a goal and made three Teams of the Week.

Howe spoke to talkSPORT earlier this week and Joelinton’s transformation was again a hot topic. Here’s what the boss said about Newcastle’s new folk hero:

“He’s an incredible guy
“He’s very, very focused on his football, very humble, very hardworking, and a really, really good trainer.
“He’s desperate to succeed and do well for Newcastle, and I can’t speak highly enough of him as a person.
“We have a really good relationship and he’s also a funny guy! He’s got a unique dress sense and he’s got a bit of Brazilian flair. I love him.
“Firstly, his defensive understanding and his tactical understanding of everything we’ve asked him to do has been very, very good.
“I think I said in an interview the other day, if you tell him something once, it sticks. You don’t have to tell him over and over again.
“So, his defensive delivery of the position has been at the highest level.
“And then his technical capabilities, which you can’t really doubt, are very, very high and, of course, with his center-forward background, he has an eye for goal and it showed against Brentford.
“So, he has all the qualities to play in that position and he’s done it very well for us.”

Newcastle’s midfield trio of Jonjo Shelvey, Joe Willock, and Joelinton, dubbed Jonjo-Joe-Jo by some, has been a revelation over our recent unbeaten streak. They’ve kept new signing Bruno Guimaraes out of the starting eleven.

It’s been five matches since Willock joined Shelvey and Joelinton as Newcastle have amassed 13 points over that stretch. We are likely to see the threesome once again on Saturday against Brighton.

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8 comments so far

lesh
Mar 4, 2022 at 9:58 AM
Comment #1
Where’s everybody gone?
🙂
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simon376
Mar 4, 2022 at 9:58 AM
Comment #2
Adamn
Exactly. I actually know a lass from the Ukraine, been living here about 4 or 5 years now. She is obviously devastated, he brother managed to get across the border, but parents and grand parents still there. When ask how family is, she just says still alive and like a world war out there. At the same time, she is friendly with a couple of Russians over here, and they are all helping each other out. Its not the fault of the person in the street
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Adamn_92
Mar 4, 2022 at 10:01 AM
Comment #3
Simon
That sounds awful, fingers crossed all her friends and family manage to say safe! Can’t even imagine what it must be like to be going through it over there, or knowing you have family or friends out there going through it. Just have to hope other people see it that way and don’t turn on the innocent people in this, similar to how the Asian community were receiving abuse when cov1d first came onto the scene.
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Mister Tuff
Mar 4, 2022 at 10:10 AM
Comment #4
Where’s everybody gone ———- they are all reading the Daily Mail.
Guardian is good if there is another toilet roll shortage. I managed to get some during the last shortage from a paper supplier. The only bother is that they use a lot of ink and it gets on your arse.
But it tears into nice squares, use a bradawl to make a hole near a corner then thread a bit of string through it and hang it on a nail hammered into the bog door. Jobs a goodun.
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ToonDarnSarf
Mar 4, 2022 at 10:11 AM
Comment #5
Lesh – I don’t even click on the Daily Fail links. They don’t care if you agree with them or disagree with them, they’re not trying to report the news and truth. They just care about hits and clicks, so I don’t give them what they want. They love people like you who disagree with their general politics but still give them the hits they want. Don’t feed the monster.
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ToonDarnSarf
Mar 4, 2022 at 10:13 AM
Comment #6
At my local gym, if I’m in the bar area, I put the Daily Mail in the bin. Haven’t been caught yet…
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lesh
Mar 4, 2022 at 10:21 AM
Comment #7
TDS
Check out Tuff’s perceptive contribution to the what to do with the Daily Heil question.
It’s as one would expect of an avid supporter of such an organ.
:rol:
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lesh
Mar 4, 2022 at 10:22 AM
Comment #8
TDS
@6
You’re a very naughty boy.
🙂
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17 February, 2023

I have an update on what's happening with my treatment for prostate cancer.

Last week, my oncologist called me late in the day and said he thought it was best to terminate my treatment with radium 223 dichloride because it was having such a negative effect on my health - specifically my digestive system.

I had completed 3 of the planned 6 infusions.

They had looked at the bone scans and three CAT scans I had early last week, and they showed no signs of the cancer spread being slowed or stopped: in fact, it was continuing to spread and my PSA account continued to rise.

The only treatment left now is to go back and have another bout of chemotherapy with docetaxel being the medication used.

I understand this will be a 7-month job with 10 sessions 3 weeks apart - almost double my first chemo treatment in Apil 2017, when I has 6 treatmnts.

The problem I have is that I'm in a very poor physical state right now, due to my digestive system being basically torn apart by the radium 223.

The radium 223 has leaked into my digestive system and caused me to have severe diarrhea, nausea, and heartburn, and it was (is) very serious.

They said it was too dangerous to proceed with the radium 223 treatment, with little benefit being shown.

I am also suffering from severe exhaustion, basically, because I have zero testosterone, and all the treatments I've had for the cancer, have further lessened the energy available to me.

It reminds me of the saying that if cancer doesn’t kill you - the treatment will (laugh).

It will probably take up to 8 weeks to get back to a physical state where I can start chemotherapy, and that's where I am now, but the cancer continues to spread in the bones.

I've also been put in touch with the dietitian from UNC Healthcare, who will help me get back my health - she is very helpful.

So that's where it stands it's been quite a journey over 12 years and I think I've had almost every treatment available.

It has really taken a toll on my body and on my energy, but that's where it stands and obviously, I'll do the best I can in the upcoming months with chemo and hope I can get through it.

It is as it is - and another challenge in life.

Ed Harrison