It’s a weird Premier League season, isn’t it? It has already surpassed last season’s stalemate total, and we’re only just over halfway through. Newcastle contributed to that statistic this weekend with a nil-nil draw at Wolves. A game for the ages it was not.

Whilst this result falls into a broader pattern in the league of dull draws, it also serves as an insight into Newcastle this season in general. Hindsight is 20/20, but our summer window looks increasingly poor. Injuries are leaving us exposed defensively. We are toothless in front of goal. This is all nothing new.

I know we don’t want to talk about our striker and the impact his leaving had on the club, but it feels impossible to gloss over now. We wanted to ignore it and be excited about other signings.

Now we should be honest. Woltemade was, surely, a project player thrown in the deep end earlier than expected. He provided goals for us and enjoyed some success, and I think there’s loads more to come from him.

The 29-year-old Wissa was, so we were told, supposed to be a second-choice striker. You can now see why, though I hope it’s just a case of getting back up to speed post-injury.

Last week, Eddie Howe encouraged us to wrap our players in a big bundle of love (I’m paraphrasing, but it really wasn’t far off this message).

Stone circle vibes aside, he’s right. It does us no good at this point in the season to really dig out our players when they need backing and confidence. It’s just difficult not to get frustrated with the quality of the games we’re seeing.

I try to zoom out and remember we’re still in the League Cup (just), still in the Champions League, and still in the FA Cup. All is not lost. It’s just a bit hard to watch sometimes.