He hopes to find some answers when the Magpies face Brentford at St James' Park tonight.
It will be their first game since the Wembley win against Liverpool and Saturday's victory parade, when the Geordie nation turned out in force.
The euphoria of those two occasions was in stark contrast to the mood on the team bus home from Brentford four months ago, when Newcastle were beaten 4-2.
Howe believes that Newcastle remain a team capable of incredible highs but also some worrying lows. He said: "That is the big question mark against us and I include myself in that. Can we be that team we were against Liverpool? That's now what we will be measured against.
"You can't be there every game but you can still reach a standard to win and that is what we have got to try to do.
"We have done it - we played West Ham before the final, didn't play great but won through defensive steel really. We have to find ways t...
It will be their first game since the Wembley win against Liverpool and Saturday's victory parade, when the Geordie nation turned out in force.
The euphoria of those two occasions was in stark contrast to the mood on the team bus home from Brentford four months ago, when Newcastle were beaten 4-2.
Howe believes that Newcastle remain a team capable of incredible highs but also some worrying lows. He said: "That is the big question mark against us and I include myself in that. Can we be that team we were against Liverpool? That's now what we will be measured against.
"You can't be there every game but you can still reach a standard to win and that is what we have got to try to do.
"We have done it - we played West Ham before the final, didn't play great but won through defensive steel really. We have to find ways t...
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