Newcastle’s long-suffering boss Eddie Howe still can’t get that home town monkey off his back.This goal-less stalemate may have earned a point for his goal-shy Toon boys but this was yet another winless encounter for Howe against the club he loves.ReutersBournemouth and Newcastle played out a goalless draw on the south coast[/caption]GettyBournemouth were left frustrated by a defensive Newcastle set-up[/caption]Shutterstock EditorialBut the Magpies and Cherries shared just three shots on target between them[/caption]GettyEddie Howe remains winless against his old club[/caption]Howe featured in 770 games for the Cherries as player and manager and will always be remembered for lifting the club from League Two to the Premier League in two spells.But the Toon boss is now winless in seven games against the Cherries since he joined Newcastle in November 2021. The head coach showed his ruthlesss streak when he made SEVEN changes from the team that lost to Barcelona in the Champions League.And that included dropping his captain marvel Bruno Guimaraes to the bench on his return to the south coast.He wasn’t helped by Anthony Gordon’s suspension or the fact that Fabian Schar was ruled out by concussion rules after suffered a head injury against Barca. Andoni Iraola’s hard-running Bournemouth side were giving their visitors little respite knowing that they had suffered an energy-sapping defeat to Barca on Thursday.And another neat passing movement came so close to giving the hosts the lead on 15 minutes.Tavernier found Evanilson whose low cross fell perfectly for Brooks to tap home into an empty net.BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UKBut VAR confirmed referee Robert Jones correct decision that the Welshman was fractionally offside.The match petered out into a bore draw although Newcastle’s Nick Woltemade did have a penalty shout turned down by referee Robert Jones-and backed by VAR. French defender Bafode Diakite did indeed tug at Woltemade’s shirt in the box but the big German’s theatrical dive didn’t help his cause.Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope rescued a point with a superb stoppage time save from substitute Justin Kluivert‘s free-kick-the first shot of the second half!