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It’s difficult to know what to really make of Newcastle United two games into the season. Newcastle battled adversity to beat Southampton at home after Fabian Schar’s controversial red card to claim what looked a hard-fought three points at St James’ Park on the opening weekend. It certainly wasn’t pretty but got Eddie Howe’s side up and running in the Premier League, raising hope for the trip to Bournemouth on Sunday. Still, and while Newcastle had their chances, Howe’s side were lucky to have escaped the Vitality Stadium with a point following a controversial VAR call to have denied the Cher…

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