By Jamie Spencer Newcastle cruised to an impressive 5-1 win over Brentford at St James’ Park to stay within touching distance of the Premier League top four a quarter of the way into the new season. In contrast to the first half of last term, the Magpies have been difficult to beat so far in 2022/23 – only Liverpool have defeated Eddie Howe’s side – but this was just a third league victory and a first pair of consecutive wins after beating Fulham a week ago. South American stars Bruno Guimaraes and Miguel Almiron were again the heroes from a Newcastle perspective, although an Ivan Toney penalt…