What Newcastle United face is a season of destiny. No grey, everything written starkly in black and white.
Champions League joy or humiliation. Premier League challenge or a fall from current heights. A domestic trophy or another empty haul. It is the same for several individuals, none more so than Allan Saint-Maximin. Maxi effort or minimum return? Saint or sinner?
He is United's trampoline, up and down. Either the self styled main hope of success or an over rated footballer who inevitably comes up short. Even Maxi himself bounces from one outlook to another. Fired up and devoted to the Geordie cause or strangely indifferent and appearing to seek a way out.
