Newcastle United return to action having been told to look forwards not backwards with Eddie Howe eager for his side not to get drunk on the success they enjoyed in the first 15 matches.
After a five-week break from domestic action, the games now come thick and fast for Howe and his players with cup action high on the agenda. Indeed, two of the first five games back are arguably season-defining and Howe has already described the League Cup tie against Bournemouth as "pivotal" to the campaign.
Let's be honest, if United can get past the Cherries and into the quarter-finals of the League Cup and negotiate their way past League One Sheffield Wednesday to set up a round four tie in the FA Cup, they will be cooking on gas. But perhaps there is just as much intrigue hovering above the first three Premier League back after the World Cup.
