What a real difference a week can make!

WHAT a difference a day makes. Well a few days actually. To both Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest.

- JOHN GIBSON

Nick Woltemade casually waits to take his penalty and, above, Bruno bends home his beauty from 20 yards

One, the black and white version, go into the international break with the smile of two successive victories to raise spirits.

The other, the Tricky Trees, have a tricky decision to make after back to back defeats in Europe and the Premier League. Do they peddle manager Ange Postecoglou who has failed to win a solitary game out of his first seven, smashing a Forest record that has stood for a century?

Big Ange is such a generous fella he might well find himself taking an autumn holiday!

Newcastle have been a slow burner this season but thankfully the bonfire has been lit and so we can take a pleasant break from the rigorous routine of three-times-a-week football.

Suddenly all is right with the world - or more right anyway.