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.
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