Never mind the £90m spent by enterprising new owners at Newcastle and the quality players their pot of gold has brought in for a grateful fan base.
A huge thank you must also go to Eddie Howe for the way he has revitalised those already in-house.
Easybeats have become Neverbeats.
United are undefeated this calendar year in the Premier League, unbeaten in six matches, and have accumulated 12 points from a possible 18. Relegation? Surely, surely not. I'm not having that!
The greatest compliment that can be paid to a young manager still fighting to prove he can survive and prosper in rarified air outside of Bournemouth is that he has transformed players on the brink of being written off.
Take United's deserved equaliser away to Champions League contenders West Ham. All three players involved have gone from zero to hero.
Ryan Fraser and Jacob Murphy were inventive and bright in the build up play and Joe Willock's hooked effort off the far post was a joy to behold.
Fraser is a revelation, Murphy filled in nicely for Allan Saint-Maximin, and Willock is back to his bubbling best which is a tremendous relief.
Add into the mix Joelinton, tall as Grey's Monument and unbelievably drawing comparisons with Patrick Vieira in the way he goes about his midfield work. He outshone Declan Rice which is saying something.
Then there is Jonjo Shelvey, the plodder who has become a conductor of the orchestra, and Fabian Schar who has gone from being a walking mistake to a reliable player Howe picks time and time again.
Remember too that United went down to the London Stadium without their three most influential players Saint-Maximin, Kieran Trippier, and Callum Wilson.
Yet such is the faith Howe has in Newcastle's one-time Deadbeats that he voluntarily left out his skipper, Jamaal Lascelles, and his new £40m Brazilian international midfielder Bruno Guimaraes.
The fact that United trailed at one stage in the first-half was unbelievable and so undeserved.
They had put the hosts on the rack but went behind to a typical Hammer sucker punch.
We all know West Ham are set piece specialists - only leaders Manchester City and Liverpool have scored more from dead balls than their 10.
So when Emil Krafth stupidly dropped Michail Antonio to take a deserved yellow card alarm bells rang. Sure enough Aaron Cresswell swung in a piercing whipped cross which saw United asleep and Craig Dawson stole in for an unchallenged header.
Howe would have been hugely annoyed but in fairness United are a different animal defensively these days. In their last six fixtures they have never let in more than one goal in any game which considering they were as secure as confetti in a high wind is admirable.
How deserved Willock's equaliser was on the stroke of half-time is underlined by the fact that United enjoyed 60 per cent possession in the opening 45 minutes and had 10 shots to the home side's six.
Of course this was a team effort. New boys Dan Burn and Matt Targett have contributed massively to steadying the back four but then that is hardly a surprise. They were recruited to do exactly that.
United possess both the shortest player in the PL at 5ft 4in (Fraser) and the tallest at 6ft 7in (Burn) but right now they are both giants.
There was a ludicrous suggestion last week that United's new board were considering replacing Howe with Jose Mourinho in the summer. Don't make me smile, I've a split lip!
A sour Mourinho is yesterday's man, Howe is today's as well as tomorrow's man.
Only if you are capable of being seduced by high profile reputation, as United were when they signed Michael Owen after injury had robbed him of a yard of pace, would you consider employing Jose following his high profile failures at Manchester United, Spurs and Roma.
United are fitter than when Steve Bruce was in charge, more composed, more forward thinking, and getting so much more out of players left behind.
When disappointment is felt at getting only a draw away to a team fifth top because victory would not have been undeserved then it emphasises how far the club have come in such a short space of time.
However just in case we Geordies started basking in winter sunshine a reminder that there is still work to be done came before Newcastle's travelling party had unpacked on Tyneside. Both Watford and Burnley, the bottom two, won away from home to pull back two points apiece on us.
Nevertheless Storm Eunice which wreaked havoc across the country causing multiple train delays, felling trees, and even shredding the O2 Arena was never going to blow NUFC off course.
It's back to the smoke at the end of the week to take on Brentford. All right, we are ready, bring them on.
