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Forest's manager walked for the exit scratching his head, gaze fixed on the ground. After 7 matches in charge with zero wins, his prospects looked as unclear as a fog on the Tyne.

While the home side were far from their best form, second-half strikes from Bruno Guimarães and the German striker—Woltemade's from the penalty spot—ultimately earned them a much-needed second Premier League win of the season.

At kick-off, Postecoglou's insulated anorak swaddled him like a duvet, but the Australian's agitated body language suggested it offered no solace.

No jacket could protect him from the anxiety that his victory-less beginning by the Trent—taking over as the only manager in 100 years to go winless in his first half-dozen fixtures—would extend ahead of a likely dismissal over the upcoming pause.

And yet, his team did not do too badly during a tight at the back opening period.

Although Elliot Anderson at times outshone even the Italian star in the center, reminding everyone why Eddie Howe was so hesitant to let go of the homegrown talent, the defender contained Woltemade effectively, and Nicolò Savona caused the full-back difficulties down the home left.

Credit to the forward, who got minimal supply in the air or on the ground, his side's attacking play was not quite clicking.

Admittedly, it took a superb fingertip save from Matt Sels—a former Newcastle goalkeeper—to keep out Joelinton effort, and the player failed to convert a couple other chances, but overall, the visitors' defense was significantly better.

Considering it is only a few weeks since the Australian succeeded his predecessor and games have come in quick succession, with precious little time to put into practice his ideas on the practice field, all the speculation of an impending sack seemed faintly ridiculous.

That was until Guimarães curled a right-foot shot over the keeper and into the top corner from the edge of the area.

That saw the manager looking dismayed in apparent frustration, wearing the pained look of a man who had misplaced his keys.

The Forest squad protested about a perceived foul on their playmaker by Guimarães in the buildup, but their appeals were ignored by the officials.

As the Italian now dominant in midfield, the youngster was not the sole visiting player struggling to make an impact.

At this point, the coach had removed his anorak and pushed up the sleeves of his sweater. With his team seldom appearing capable of scoring and the hosts threatening to shred their earlier improved backline, he was obviously under pressure.

It took another fine save from the goalkeeper to keep out the midfielder's driven attempt, before the resultant set-piece prefaced the striker's shot crashing the bottom of the crossbar.

Sels then made an superb double save from Malick Thiaw and the winger before finally being beaten again from the penalty spot by the German.

The penalty was awarded when the midfielder's mistimed tackle brought the Brazilian crashing down.

Stepping up, the German forward to confound the goalie by lifting a quite audacious penalty into the top left corner.

It was Woltemade's fourth strike for Newcastle since his £70m move from Stuttgart in the summer, contradicting claims from officials at Bayern Munich that Newcastle were “foolish” to pay so much for the centre-forward.

It wasn't his finest performance in Newcastle colors, but his skill to hold the ball up and use his sticky touch to connect attacks is already making him a cult hero on Tyneside.