Eddie Howe has warned his players that the euphoria of beating Aston Villa is now behind them ahead of their tough trip to relegation-haunted Southampton.
The Magpies face a Saints team who are fourth bottom in the table and have managed just one win in eight matches. And United actually go into an away game as the favourites with the bookies - something unthinkable in recent years.
For all that, Howe knows that few teams are relishing playing against his Toon side at the moment. Howe said: "That's our ideal, really. "You want teams to not look forward to playing you – I think there's a problem if it's the other way around."
