So far, what we have seen from Matthias Jaissle's Newcastle United is a high intensity, transition and turnover favouring physical machine.
Counter attacks have been the most fruitful avenue but in general it has been high speed vertical progressions exploiting spaces left by opposition that has resulted in the unbeaten start to the season.
With that being said, the Magpies have thus far faced a crop of sides who have somewhat played into Jaissle being able to deploy that system.
Liverpool came to get at Newcastle, which was exploited. Newcastle invited pressure on against Spurs and then played on turnovers, which worked to great affect. Bournemouth came to play high and intense, leaving gaps which Newcastle were able to expose, even if the Cherries were probably the better side overall.
A false view probably isn't the best terminology to use, but there is a feeling that Newcastle were always going to thrive in those sort of affairs and that it will be more difficult coming up against a more compact and defensive opposition.
That is exactly why the next few weeks could tell us a whole lot more than the ones gone by about what to expect from this season.
Leeds, Hull & Coventry
The next three fixtures present what, on paper, appears an easier task to navigate than the first three have done.
Two newly promoted sides alongside Leeds away from home, which is likely to be the toughest task of them all. Saying that, Hull have started exceptionally well, but you'd still expect a win at St James' Park.
The difference between these games and the ones previous, is that we are likely to see Newcastle have the majority of possession - which will have to see a different side to Matthias Jaissle's system.
What Newcastle need to change
What we have seen in previous years is a team that couldn't figure out the puzzle of low blocks. Whilst the manager is now different, the early signs would suggest that problem may still exist given the similarities in the standardised tactics.
The main problem during those previous struggles has been that there wasn't that player with the technical prowess and line breaking ability to unlock a team camped in their own half. It must be said that there are still question marks about whether that has actually changed.
Newcastle have amounted the highest time of any team in the Premier League this season for being stuck in their own third during build up. What this stat tells us is that there hasn't yet been much in terms of line breaking passes, aggressive progressing of the ball and a genuine ability to play through when being pressed.
What we also know is Newcastle are currently 19th in the XG table after the opening three games, meaning that even when we do get the ball into forward areas, we rarely convert it into genuine attempts on goal.
That simply can't be the case over the next couple of weeks, or Matthias Jaissle and co risk the upcoming games against lesser sides becoming more about what went wrong than getting more meaningful points on the board.
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