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'I'm not afraid' - Eddie Howe reveals his Newcastle dream supporters will love in Ashley shift

Eddie Howe is 'not afraid' to admit that he has dreamed of winning a trophy for Newcastle United because the Magpies head coach believes it is 'possible'.

It is now 53 years and counting since Newcastle last won a major trophy, the Fairs Cup, and Howe is the latest in a long line of managers bidding to end that drought as the black-and-whites prepare to face Tranmere Rovers in the second round of the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night.

However, rather than being daunted by that challenge, Howe has embraced it and the Newcastle boss has already imagined what it would be like to finally bring silverware back to St James' Park.

"I probably have to be honest," he told reporters. "Visualisation and having those high expectations, naturally, you do have to do that. You have to try and see it in your own head and believe it's possible.

"I'm not afraid to say that visualisation and imagining those things are very important. I wouldn't say I do it regularly. It's not necessarily a daily occurrence but you envisage the future and you just try and see what you can achieve. Certainly, it's one of my dreams."

Making it into the last 32 of the Carabao Cup would feel like a start when Newcastle have failed to even achieve that in four of the last five campaigns. In fact, Newcastle's recent record in the cups has been so poor that League Two side Tranmere have reached a final more recently than the Magpies and, even then, that was back in 2000.

However, after years of disappointment in the Ashley era, there is genuine ambition from the top now to truly attack the cups. Rather than downplaying expectations, Howe has set the bar 'very high' and the 44-year-old stressed that winning a cup is something Newcastle 'want to achieve as quickly as

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