Finally, after 142 long days, Newcastle United supporters got their first glimpse of Callum Wilson and Alexander Isak playing together against Fulham on Sunday. You suspect it was worth the wait after the £80m duo combined at the death.
There were 89 minutes on the clock at St James' Park when Sean Longstaff's first-time cross picked out Wilson at the back post and the striker unselfishly hooked the ball back across goal at the second attempt. There was Isak to head Newcastle in front and secure a precious three points to send the Magpies back up to third in the table following a 1-0 win.
Although Howe rarely deviates from his favoured 4-3-3 formation, the Newcastle boss, tellingly, switched to a 4-2-3-1 when Isak came on in the 70th minute. That gamble paid off on an afternoon where Wilson, Isak, Allan Saint-Maximin and Miguel Almiron were all on the field at one point for the first time. So was it a sign of things to come?
