TalkSPORT pundit takes pathetic swipe at Eddie Howe after Leeds incident

TalkSPORT host Max Rushden has taken a bizarre dig at Eddie Howe and Newcastle’s Saudi-backed ownership after the head coach was confronted by a Leeds fan over the weekend. 

During the game, a Leeds supporter had somehow bypassed security and into the technical area where he approached and pushed Howe before being dragged away and arrested.

Howe came out after the game to describe how taken back he was by the incident and how, looking back, it could have ended a lot worse. 

Rushden then made the strange claim that he ‘finds it hard’ for the 45-year-old to ‘moralise about anything’ because of the club’s ties to Saudis Arabia and Howe refusing to comment on the ownership.

It’s another example of someone in the media finding a way to drag the ownership into a scenario that has absolutely nothing to do with them. 

The focus should be on the fact that Leeds’ lacklustre security could have resulted in a much more serious incident but, as ever, it has somehow been spun back onto us. 

There's a time and a place to bring the Saudi-backed regime into the conversation. This just wasn't it. Here's Max's baffling exchange with Newcastle fans on Twitter following his controversial rant on the radio: