Russia saying it was faulty ammo blast on the ship. They would rather look incompetent than admitting Ukraine blew it out the water.
Waiting for them next to say its a special operation to turn it into a submarine.
I think Newcastle postponing a few games and disappearing to Dubai for a week really helped let Howe get his ideas/squad together, games were coming thick and fast over that period and managers can't I imagine change too much at training.