The January 'of the month' nominations are looking good for Newcastle United after an impressive amount of representation in December.
In December, Newcastle had a candidate in every 'of the month' category except for Save of the Month with Alexander Isak scooping the Player of the Month gong.
Isak has once again been nominated for Player of the Month in January after impressive goal-scoring numbers but faces some strong competition this month.
Meanwhile, the man behind the impressive run of games, Eddie Howe, has also been nominated for the second month in a row as he's up for Manager of the Month again.
Eddie Howe masterminded Newcastle's epic run of wins which spanned December and January with that run coming to a crashing halt against Bournemouth before a good recovery against Southampton.
Eddie Howe (Newcastle)
P4 W3 D0 L1 GD+3
Beginning the month with a 2-1 comeback win at Tottenham Hotspur, Howe's side followed that up with a 3-0 success at home to Wolves - their sixth straight Premier League victory. Newcastle United lost one match in January, at home to AFC Bournemouth, but finished the month with a 3-1 win at Southampton that moved them up to fifth in the table.
You can vote for Eddie Howe for Manager of the Month by following this link.
Eddie Howe is up against Pep Guardiola who got his Manchester City side firing again after a big slump, Andoni Iraola, who has had a couple of stunning results for Bournemouth, including convincing wins over Newcastle and Nottingham Forest. Mikel Arteta rounds off the list.
Howe missed out on the award last month, and if I were a betting man, I'd expect him to again this month with Andoni Iraola likely to pick up the award.
However, like with Isak, if we flood the votes we may swing it on our favour.
PL | GD | PTS | ||
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1 |
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23 | 35 | 56 |
2 |
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24 | 27 | 50 |
3 |
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24 | 13 | 47 |
4 |
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24 | 16 | 43 |
5 |
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24 | 13 | 41 |
6 |
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24 | 13 | 41 |
7 |
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24 | 13 | 40 |
8 |
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24 | -3 | 37 |
9 |
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24 | 4 | 36 |
10 |
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24 | -3 | 34 |
11 |
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24 | 0 | 31 |
12 |
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24 | -2 | 30 |
13 |
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24 | -6 | 29 |
14 |
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24 | 11 | 27 |
15 |
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24 | -17 | 27 |
16 |
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23 | -5 | 26 |
17 |
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24 | -18 | 19 |
18 |
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24 | -28 | 17 |
19 |
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24 | -27 | 16 |
20 |
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24 | -36 | 9 |