BRUNO PLAYING THE RIGHT TOON

ANGE POSTECOGLOU may be feeling the heat - but Eddie Howe can sleep easy again as Newcastle United appear to have weathered their early-season storm.

- BY DEREK FOLEY

While both sets of fans told Postecoglou he is getting sacked in the morning, there will be few people on Tyneside calling for Howe's head, providing his side can build on their first back-to-back victories of the campaign.

A nightmare summer for the Magpies manager dragged into the opening games with striker Alexander Isak on strike and just one win from their opening six matches in all competitions.

But the form of new boy Nick Woltemade - who matched Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer by netting in each of his first three home games - has cast memories of Isak into the past.