A winless start to the Premier League season and an early Carabao Cup exit has been compounded further by the lack of transfer activity in the summer window.
Steve Bruce managed to sign just one player – Joe Willock from Arsenal – after an attempt to sign Leicester City’s Hamza Choudhury on deadline day fell through.
Willock ended last season at St James’s Park so essentially, Bruce has not been able to strengthen his squad.
With Newcastle at a standstill and clubs around them active in the transfer market, relegation fears have indeed kicked in.
But do the bookmakers share supporters’ fears? Here are the latest relegation odds for each top-flight side:
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9. Wolverhampton Wanderers - 4/1
Wolves, under new boss Bruno Lage, have lost their opening three Premier League matches. That's certainly not the start Lage would have wanted. Photo: Shaun Botterill
10. Southampton - 10/3
Southampton have two points on the board for their first three games - drawing with Manchester United and Newcastle. Photo: Ian MacNicol
11. Brentford - 10/3
Brentford were one of the early favourites to be relegated but their unbeaten start could change a few opinions. Photo: Eddie Keogh
12. Newcastle United - 11/8
One summer signing. No wins at the start of the campaign. There is already plenty of doom and gloom on Tyneside. Photo: George Wood