The way Eddie Howe made a career in professional football as a player and as a manager has been dependent on the manner hes gone about his business.
Often described as obsessive, head-driven and ambitious, his inspiration to live by these qualities comes from the delight he takes in defying the odds.
As a player, the ‘get up and get on with it’ mentality was very much a part of his psyche. The David v Goliath notion seems to have been the drive which motivated him, almost as if the backs-against-the-wall situations were the ones he revelled in and enjoyed.
For operating as a defender in the lower levels of English football was not an envied day job. But for Howe – even at only 5 foot 11 – it was something he endu…
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