Newcastle mentioned in same breath as relegation by TV presenter - alarm bells should be ringing

Newcastle United were thrashed 4-1 by newly promoted Coventry City on Monday evening but the tone was perhaps set around an hour before kick-off by Sky Sports presenter Dave Jones. Jones, alongside studio pundits Jamie Carragher and Steve Cooper, pored over the expected goal difference stats from the opening five games of the season, with both Coventry and Newcastle second bottom on -0.75. Those underlying stats are worrying and it was perhaps jarring to hear Jones describe it as 'relegation form' on a night where a win would have lifted Matthias Jaissle's side into the top four of the Premier…