Newcastle have started the season superbly with four points, and it feels like they have changed the mood at St James' Park after a difficult summer. There's no doom and gloom about the place despite them losing several key players and, after predicting they would lose their first two games, I feel differently about their prospects now. Things can change very quickly of course and a home defeat by Bournemouth would see a lot of that optimism disappear.
Derek McInnes admits he took "a huge sigh of relief" when the summer transfer window closed and hopes it will bring "clarity and calmness" to Rangers. In total, the Ibrox club signed 14 players, with striker Kevin Kelsy and winger Badredine Bouanani arriving on Thursday shortly before the deadline. McInnes described this summer as the "longest window I've ever known" and is glad all the dealing is over for now.
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