Newcastle’s new boys deliver hammer blow to David Moyes

On the eve of the Premier League season, David Moyes attempted to dampen talk of issues within West Ham United by claiming there is only ever drama if it is a big club. Moyes may be about to find out just how big West Ham really are.

With a devastatingly difficult fixture list in the opening weeks, Newcastle United’s visit already felt pivotal. Given that Moyes is yet to make a signing this summer, it was all the more painful that Steve Bruce’s new arrivals, Callum Wilson and Jeff Hendrick, were the ones who left Newcastle heading back to the North East with a new found optimism.

Evidence that Newcastle were energised by their summer break and planning to attack with gusto was seen when