Newcastle United had to fight hard to land the players Eddie Howe felt were necessary to improve his squad in a bruising summer transfer window. While the Alexander Isak saga dominated August, United worked tirelessly behind the scenes, focusing on recruitment in key areas.

By the time the window closed on September 1, six new faces had joined the first-team squad, and we are already starting to see the wisdom in some of those moves.

United's start to the new campaign has been mixed in terms of results, and they will return from the international break knowing that they must find the consistency which has eluded them to date - and rediscover their ability to win, and score, away from home in the Premier League.

The Magpies have now played 10 games in all competitions, and we asked you to rate the players for the contribution so far. We restricted the field to those who had played at least 90 minutes - so no Jacob Ramsey - and the results paint a...