gcw Willock came to us on a loan, played brilliantly (he scored 7 goals in 7 games or some club record only matched by Shearer) and was the reason we stayed up that season.
The reason he played well was because he still had whatever Arsenal had coached into him going on.
After he signed permanently, Bruce and his special brand of ‘just take 3 days off lads’ coaching took over which is why he joined all the other Newcastle lost souls in no man’s land for a while.
Since Howe has come in, he, like the rest of them, has been reborn. Willock could definitely do a job for England. He’s been consistently ‘good’ for the whole season but is really finding his feet of late. You’ll not see a better pass than the one he did for Isak against Spurs this season. If he can get his scoring boots on, I would say he definitely needs a call up - he misses too many he should put away at the moment - but I think that’ll come - Howe’s already done it with the likes of Joelinton and Almiron.
