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Head coach Eddie Howe says he would step aside if he did not think he was still the right man to lead <\/b>Newcastle United<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n Newcastle<\/a> were booed off by their supporters following a damaging 3-2 defeat against Brentford<\/a> at St James’ Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n Howe was crestfallen afterwards and said he was “not doing my job well enough at the moment” after his side slipped to 12th place in the Premier League table.<\/p>\n However two days later, Howe – who ended the club’s seven-decade wait for a major domestic trophy 11 months ago – said there was “no doubt in my mind” he was the right man for the job.<\/p>\n “That’s why I’m sitting here,” he said on the eve of Tuesday’s game at Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>.<\/p>\n “If there was doubt, I wouldn’t be – because the club is the most important thing. I’ve never put myself before the club. <\/p>\n “If I didn’t think I was the correct man to take the team forward, and I couldn’t give the players what they need, then I would step aside and let someone else do it.”<\/p>\n Newcastle<\/a> have won only one of their last eight games in all competitions, but Howe retains the backing of the club’s hierarchy.<\/p>\n He has had a transformational impact since his appointment in 2021, beating Liverpool<\/a> in the Carabao Cup final last year and taking Newcastle<\/a> into the Champions League twice.<\/p>\n Newcastle<\/a> will be favourites to progress to the last 16 of the Champions League against Azerbaijan side Qarabag and have a FA Cup fourth-round tie against Aston Villa<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n